| Lateral extrusion in the Eastern Alps, part 2: structural analysis Lothar Ratschbacher, Wolgang Frisch, Hans-Gert Linzer, Olivier Merle Tectonics 10 (2), 257-271, 1991 | 1058 | 1991 |
| Lateral extrusion in the Eastern Alps, part 1: boundary conditions and experiments scaled for gravity L Ratschbacher, O Merle, P Davy, P Cobbold Tectonics 10 (2), 245-256, 1991 | 497 | 1991 |
| Experimental study of caldera formation O Roche, TH Druitt, O Merle Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 105 (B1), 395-416, 2000 | 358 | 2000 |
| Scaled experiments of volcanic spreading O Merle, A Borgia Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 101 (B6), 13805-13817, 1996 | 228 | 1996 |
| Active spreading and regional extension at Mount Etna imaged by SAR interferometry JL Froger, O Merle, P Briole Earth and Planetary Science Letters 187 (3-4), 245-258, 2001 | 166 | 2001 |
| The Cenozoic evolution of the Roer Valley Rift System integrated at a European scale L Michon, RT Van Balen, O Merle, H Pagnier Tectonophysics 367 (1-2), 101-126, 2003 | 153 | 2003 |
| The Combin fault: compressional reactivation of a Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary detachment fault in the Western Alps M Ballèvre, O Merle Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 73 (2), 205-227, 1993 | 144 | 1993 |
| Shear criteria and structural symmetry P Choukroune, D Gapais, O Merle Journal of Structural Geology 9 (5-6), 525-530, 1987 | 135 | 1987 |
| The evolution of the Massif Central Rift; spatio-temporal distribution of the volcanism L Michon, O Merle Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 172 (2), 201-211, 2001 | 124 | 2001 |
| The formation of the West European Rift; a new model as exemplified by the Massif Central area O Merle, L Michon Bulletin de la Societé géologique de France 172 (2), 213-221, 2001 | 124 | 2001 |
| A simple continental rift classification O Merle Tectonophysics 513 (1-4), 88-95, 2011 | 120 | 2011 |
| Experiments on the indentation process during cryptodome intrusions: new insights into Mount St. Helens deformation F Donnadieu, O Merle Geology 26 (1), 79-82, 1998 | 120 | 1998 |
| Deformation and motion in the Western Alpine arc P Choukroune, M Ballèvre, P Cobbold, Y Gautier, O Merle, JP Vuichard Tectonics 5 (2), 215-226, 1986 | 102 | 1986 |
| Tertiary ductile normal faulting as a consequence of lithospheric stacking in the western Alps M BALLEVRE, Y LAGABRIELLE, O MERLE Mémoires de la Société géologique de France (1833) 156, 227-236, 1990 | 100 | 1990 |
| Tertiary kinematics in the Lepontine dome O Merle, PR Cobbold, S Schmid Geological Society, London, Special Publications 45 (1), 113-134, 1989 | 99 | 1989 |
| The effect of volcanic constructs on rift fault patterns B van Wyk de Vries, O Merle Geology 24 (7), 643-646, 1996 | 98 | 1996 |
| Internal strain within lava flows from analogue modelling O Merle Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 81 (3-4), 189-206, 1998 | 97 | 1998 |
| Reactivation of basement faults beneath volcanoes: a new model of flank collapse M Vidal Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 99, 9-26, 2000 | 95 | 2000 |
| Hybrid collapse mechanism at Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Reunion Island, Indian Ocean O Merle, JF Lénat Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 108 (B3), 2003 | 93 | 2003 |
| Extension induced by volcanic loading in regional strike-slip zones B Van Wyk de Vries, O Merle Geology 26 (11), 983-986, 1998 | 92 | 1998 |
