| Reservoir geomechanics MD Zoback Cambridge university press, 2010 | 4274 | 2010 |
| Fluid flow along potentially active faults in crystalline rock CA Barton, MD Zoback, D Moos Geology 23 (8), 683-686, 1995 | 1372 | 1995 |
| Determination of stress orientation and magnitude in deep wells MD Zoback, CA Barton, M Brudy, DA Castillo, T Finkbeiner, ... International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 40 (7-8), 1049-1076, 2003 | 1234 | 2003 |
| State of stress in the conterminous United States ML Zoback, M Zoback Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 85 (B11), 6113-6156, 1980 | 1205 | 1980 |
| New evidence on the state of stress of the San Andreas fault system MD Zoback, ML Zoback, VS Mount, J Suppe, JP Eaton, JH Healy, ... Science 238 (4830), 1105-1111, 1987 | 1188 | 1987 |
| Well bore breakouts and in situ stress MD Zoback, D Moos, L Mastin, RN Anderson Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 90 (B7), 5523-5530, 1985 | 1136 | 1985 |
| How faulting keeps the crust strong J Townend, MD Zoback Geology 28 (5), 399-402, 2000 | 1130 | 2000 |
| Empirical relations between rock strength and physical properties in sedimentary rocks C Chang, MD Zoback, A Khaksar Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 51 (3-4), 223-237, 2006 | 1094 | 2006 |
| Earthquake triggering and large-scale geologic storage of carbon dioxide MD Zoback, SM Gorelick Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (26), 10164-10168, 2012 | 956 | 2012 |
| Global patterns of tectonic stress ML Zoback, MD Zoback, J Adams, M Assumpcao, S Bell, EA Bergman, ... Nature 341 (6240), 291-298, 1989 | 903 | 1989 |
| Mechanical properties of shale-gas reservoir rocks—Part 1: Static and dynamic elastic properties and anisotropy H Sone, MD Zoback Geophysics 78 (5), D381-D392, 2013 | 767 | 2013 |
| Adsorption of methane and carbon dioxide on gas shale and pure mineral samples R Heller, M Zoback Journal of unconventional oil and gas resources 8, 14-24, 2014 | 735 | 2014 |
| Empirical relationships among seismic velocity, effective pressure, porosity, and clay content in sandstone D Eberhart-Phillips, DH Han, MD Zoback Geophysics 54 (1), 82-89, 1989 | 727 | 1989 |
| Estimation of the complete stress tensor to 8 km depth in the KTB scientific drill holes: Implications for crustal strength M Brudy, MD Zoback, K Fuchs, F Rummel, J Baumgärtner Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 102 (B8), 18453-18475, 1997 | 631 | 1997 |
| The World Stress Map database release 2016: Crustal stress pattern across scales O Heidbach, M Rajabi, X Cui, K Fuchs, B Müller, J Reinecker, K Reiter, ... Tectonophysics 744, 484-498, 2018 | 630 | 2018 |
| Experimental investigation of matrix permeability of gas shales R Heller, J Vermylen, M Zoback AAPG bulletin 98 (5), 975-995, 2014 | 572 | 2014 |
| A statistical evaluation of intact rock failure criteria constrained by polyaxial test data for five different rocks LB Colmenares, MD Zoback International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 39 (6), 695-729, 2002 | 570 | 2002 |
| Utilization of observations of well bore failure to constrain the orientation and magnitude of crustal stresses: application to continental, Deep Sea Drilling Project, and … D Moos, MD Zoback Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 95 (B6), 9305-9325, 1990 | 543 | 1990 |
| Injection‐induced earthquakes and crustal stress at 9 km depth at the KTB deep drilling site, Germany MD Zoback, HP Harjes Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 102 (B8), 18477-18491, 1997 | 530 | 1997 |
| Tectonic stress field of the continental United States ML Zoback, MD Zoback, LC Pakiser, WD Mooney Geophysical framework of the continental United States 172, 523-539, 1989 | 526 | 1989 |
