| A model for development of Red Sea JR Cochran Aapg Bulletin 67 (1), 41-69, 1983 | 514 | 1983 |
| Thermal consequences of lithospheric extension: pure and simple WR Buck, F Martinez, MS Steckler, JR Cochran Tectonics 7 (2), 213-234, 1988 | 365 | 1988 |
| The Gulf of Aden: structure and evolution of a young ocean basin and continental margin JR Cochran Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 86 (B1), 263-287, 1981 | 342 | 1981 |
| Gravity anomalies and flexure of the lithosphere along the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain AB Watts, JR Cochran Geophysical Journal International 38 (1), 119-141, 1974 | 276 | 1974 |
| Effects of finite rifting times on the development of sedimentary basins JR Cochran Earth and Planetary Science Letters 66, 289-302, 1983 | 271 | 1983 |
| Himalayan uplift, sea level, and the record of Bengal Fan sedimentation at the ODP Leg 116 sites JR Cochran | 205 | 1990 |
| Evidence from the northern Red Sea on the transition from continental to oceanic rifting JR Cochran, F Martinez Tectonophysics 153 (1-4), 25-53, 1988 | 201 | 1988 |
| Structure and tectonics of the northern Red Sea: catching a continental margin between rifting and drifting F Martinez, JR Cochran Tectonophysics 150 (1-2), 1-31, 1988 | 193 | 1988 |
| Geologic implications of gas hydrates in the offshore of India: Results of the National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition 01 TS Collett, R Boswell, JR Cochran, P Kumar, M Lall, A Mazumdar, ... Marine and Petroleum Geology 58, 3-28, 2014 | 190 | 2014 |
| An analysis of isostasy in the world's oceans: 2. Midocean ridge crests JR Cochran Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 84 (B9), 4713-4729, 1979 | 188 | 1979 |
| Free-air gravity anomalies in the world's oceans and their relationship to residual elevation JR Cochran, M Talwani Geophysical Journal International 50 (3), 495-552, 1977 | 163 | 1977 |
| The Gakkel Ridge: Bathymetry, gravity anomalies, and crustal accretion at extremely slow spreading rates JR Cochran, GJ Kurras, MH Edwards, BJ Coakley Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 108 (B2), 2003 | 160 | 2003 |
| Gravity anomalies and flexure of the lithosphere: A three‐dimensional study of the Great Meteor Seamount, northeast Atlantic AB Watts, JR Cochran, G Selzer Journal of Geophysical Research 80 (11), 1391-1398, 1975 | 160 | 1975 |
| Gravity and magnetic investigations in the Guiana Basin, western equatorial Atlantic JR Cochran Geological Society of America Bulletin 84 (10), 3249-3268, 1973 | 153 | 1973 |
| Northern Red Sea: Nucleation of an oceanic spreading center within a continental rift JR Cochran Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 6 (3), 2005 | 144 | 2005 |
| Evidence of recent volcanic activity on the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel ridge MH Edwards, GJ Kurras, M Tolstoy, DR Bohnenstiehl, BJ Coakley, ... Nature 409 (6822), 808-812, 2001 | 129 | 2001 |
| Variations in subsidence rates along intermediate and fast spreading mid-ocean ridges JR Cochran Geophysical Journal International 87 (2), 421-454, 1986 | 114 | 1986 |
| Gravity anomalies, regional elevation, and the deep structure of the North Atlantic JR Cochran, M Talwani Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 83 (B10), 4907-4924, 1978 | 114 | 1978 |
| Somali Basin, Chain Ridge, and origin of the Northern Somali Basin gravity and geoid low JR Cochran Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 93 (B10), 11985-12008, 1988 | 113 | 1988 |
| Geologic implications of gas hydrates in the offshore of India: Krishna–Godavari basin, Mahanadi basin, Andaman Sea, Kerala–Konkan basin P Kumar, TS Collett, R Boswell, JR Cochran, M Lall, A Mazumdar, ... Marine and Petroleum Geology 58, 29-98, 2014 | 110 | 2014 |
