| Large subglacial lakes in East Antarctica at the onset of fast-flowing ice streams RE Bell, M Studinger, CA Shuman, MA Fahnestock, I Joughin Nature 445 (7130), 904-907, 2007 | 310 | 2007 |
| Active volcanism beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet and implications for ice-sheet stability DD Blankenship, RE Bell, SM Hodge, JM Brozena, JC Behrendt, CA Finn Nature 361 (6412), 526-529, 1993 | 254 | 1993 |
| East Antarctic rifting triggers uplift of the Gamburtsev Mountains F Ferraccioli, CA Finn, TA Jordan, RE Bell, LM Anderson, D Damaske Nature 479 (7373), 388-392, 2011 | 236 | 2011 |
| Widespread movement of meltwater onto and across Antarctic ice shelves J Kingslake, JC Ely, I Das, RE Bell Nature 544 (7650), 349-352, 2017 | 214 | 2017 |
| The role of subglacial water in ice-sheet mass balance RE Bell Nature Geoscience 1 (5), 297-304, 2008 | 212 | 2008 |
| Widespread persistent thickening of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet by freezing from the base RE Bell, F Ferraccioli, TT Creyts, D Braaten, H Corr, I Das, D Damaske, ... Science 331 (6024), 1592-1595, 2011 | 205 | 2011 |
| Ice cover, landscape setting, and geological framework of Lake Vostok, East Antarctica M Studinger, RE Bell, GD Karner, AA Tikku, JW Holt, DL Morse, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 205 (3-4), 195-210, 2003 | 204 | 2003 |
| Origin and fate of Lake Vostok water frozen to the base of the East Antarctic ice sheet RE Bell, M Studinger, AA Tikku, GKC Clarke, MM Gutner, C Meertens Nature 416 (6878), 307-310, 2002 | 187 | 2002 |
| How much, how fast?: A science review and outlook for research on the instability of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier in the 21st century TA Scambos, RE Bell, RB Alley, S Anandakrishnan, DH Bromwich, ... Global and Planetary Change 153, 16-34, 2017 | 169 | 2017 |
| Structure of the Dead Sea pull‐apart basin from gravity analyses US Ten Brink, Z Ben‐Avraham, RE Bell, M Hassouneh, DF Coleman, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 98 (B12), 21877-21894, 1993 | 165 | 1993 |
| Antarctic surface hydrology and impacts on ice-sheet mass balance RE Bell, AF Banwell, LD Trusel, J Kingslake Nature Climate Change 8 (12), 1044-1052, 2018 | 160 | 2018 |
| Antarctic ice shelf potentially stabilized by export of meltwater in surface river RE Bell, W Chu, J Kingslake, I Das, M Tedesco, KJ Tinto, CJ Zappa, ... Nature 544 (7650), 344-348, 2017 | 159 | 2017 |
| Sub-ice geology inland of the Transantarctic Mountains in light of new aerogeophysical data M Studinger, RE Bell, WR Buck, GD Karner, DD Blankenship Earth and Planetary Science Letters 220 (3-4), 391-408, 2004 | 156 | 2004 |
| Gravity gradiometry resurfaces RE Bell, R Anderson, L Pratson The Leading Edge 16 (1), 55-59, 1997 | 131 | 1997 |
| Patterns of late Cenozoic volcanic and tectonic activity in the West Antarctic rift system revealed by aeromagnetic surveys JC Behrendt, R Saltus, D Damaske, A McCafferty, CA Finn, ... Tectonics 15 (3), 660-676, 1996 | 114 | 1996 |
| Subglacial sediments: A regional geological template for ice flow in West Antarctica M Studinger, RE Bell, DD Blankenship, CA Finn, RA Arko, DL Morse, ... Geophysical Research Letters 28 (18), 3493-3496, 2001 | 113 | 2001 |
| Estimating the depth and shape of subglacial Lake Vostok's water cavity from aerogravity data M Studinger, RE Bell, AA Tikku Geophysical Research Letters 31 (12), 2004 | 109 | 2004 |
| Geophysical models for the tectonic framework of the Lake Vostok region, East Antarctica M Studinger, GD Karner, RE Bell, V Levin, CA Raymond, AA Tikku Earth and Planetary Science Letters 216 (4), 663-677, 2003 | 108 | 2003 |
| Progressive unpinning of Thwaites Glacier from newly identified offshore ridge: Constraints from aerogravity KJ Tinto, RE Bell Geophysical Research Letters 38 (20), 2011 | 106 | 2011 |
| Influence of persistent wind scour on the surface mass balance of Antarctica I Das, RE Bell, TA Scambos, M Wolovick, TT Creyts, M Studinger, ... Nature Geoscience 6 (5), 367-371, 2013 | 105 | 2013 |
