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| 2 | Marine hyperpycnal flows: initiation, behavior and related deposits. A review | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2003 | 780 |
| 3 | Simple kinetic models of petroleum formation. Part I: oil and gas generation from kerogen | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1995 | 562 |
| 4 | The rise of diapirs during thin-skinned extension | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1992 | 538 |
| 5 | Fractures, faults, and hydrocarbon entrapment, migration and flow | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2000 | 516 |
| 6 | Early Cenozoic two-phase extension and late Cenozoic thermal subsidence and inversion of the Bohai Basin, northern China | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1997 | 505 |
| 7 | A preliminary study on the pore characterization of Lower Silurian black shales in the Chuandong Thrust Fold Belt, southwestern China using low pressure N2 adsorption and FE-SEM methods | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2013 | 492 |
| 8 | Application of aromatic compounds as maturity indicators in source rocks and crude oils | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1988 | 491 |
| 9 | Nano-scale pore structure and fractal dimension of organic-rich Wufeng-Longmaxi shale from Jiaoshiba area, Sichuan Basin: Investigations using FE-SEM, gas adsorption and helium pycnometry | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2016 | 463 |
| 10 | Structural framework of the Zagros Fold–Thrust Belt, Iran | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2004 | 444 |
| 11 | Hybrid sediment gravity flow deposits – Classification, origin and significance | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2009 | 437 |
| 12 | Variation of structural style and basin evolution in the central Zagros (Izeh zone and Dezful Embayment), Iran | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2004 | 433 |
| 13 | Rifting, lithosphere breakup and volcanism: Comparison of magma-poor and volcanic rifted margins | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2013 | 428 |
| 14 | 50 years of the turbidite paradigm (1950s—1990s): deep-water processes and facies models—a critical perspective | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2000 | 422 |
| 15 | Geochemical evolution of organic-rich shales with increasing maturity: A STXM and TEM study of the Posidonia Shale (Lower Toarcian, northern Germany) | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2012 | 414 |
| 16 | Explaining the Storegga Slide | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2005 | 379 |
| 17 | Plate tectonic history, basin development and petroleum source rock deposition onshore China | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1987 | 371 |
| 18 | Deltaic, mixed and turbidite sedimentation of ancient foreland basins | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2003 | 370 |
| 19 | Turbidite channel reservoirs—Key elements in facies prediction and effective development | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2006 | 361 |
| 20 | Oil and gas wells and their integrity: Implications for shale and unconventional resource exploitation | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2014 | 352 |
| 21 | A review of kinematic indicators from mass-transport complexes using 3D seismic data | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2009 | 347 |
| 22 | Geological setting and characterization of a methane hydrate reservoir distributed at the first offshore production test site on the Daini-Atsumi Knoll in the eastern Nankai Trough, Japan | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2015 | 336 |
| 23 | Structural comparison of archetypal Atlantic rifted margins: A review of observations and concepts | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2013 | 334 |
| 24 | Architecture and evolution of upper fan channel-belts on the Niger Delta slope and in the Arabian Sea | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2003 | 330 |
| 25 | Carbon isotope fractionation during natural gas generation from kerogen | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1991 | 326 |
| 26 | Rheology and strength of the lithosphere | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2011 | 324 |
| 27 | Morphology and architecture of the present canyon and channel system of the Zaire deep-sea fan | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2002 | 323 |
| 28 | Lateral accretion packages (LAPs): an important reservoir element in deep water sinuous channels | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2003 | 323 |
| 29 | Hydrocarbon leakage interpreted on seismic data | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2009 | 320 |
| 30 | Theoretical aspects of cap-rock and fault seals for single- and two-phase hydrocarbon columns | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1987 | 317 |
| 31 | The Bengal Fan: morphology, geometry, stratigraphy, history and processes | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2002 | 314 |
| 32 | Sequence stratigraphy in active extensional basins: implications for the interpretation of ancient basin-fills | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1994 | 313 |
| 33 | The permeability of faults within siliciclastic petroleum reservoirs of the North Sea and Norwegian Continental Shelf | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2001 | 313 |
| 34 | Experimental mechanical compaction of clay mineral aggregates—Changes in physical properties of mudstones during burial | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2007 | 307 |
| 35 | Reconstruction of turbidity currents in Amazon Channel | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2003 | 304 |
| 36 | The continental margin of the Mesozoic Tethys in the Western Alps | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1986 | 300 |
| 37 | The Storegga slide: evaluation of triggering sources and slide mechanics | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2005 | 293 |
| 38 | Cenozoic structural deformation and dynamic processes of the Bohai Bay basin province, China | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2010 | 293 |
| 39 | Architecture of turbidite channel systems on the continental slope: Patterns and predictions | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2011 | 293 |
| 40 | Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of the south-western Barents Sea in a regional rift-shear tectonic setting | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1993 | 291 |
| 41 | Subsurface gas hydrates in the northern Gulf of Mexico | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2012 | 288 |
| 42 | Scaling of fault attributes: A review | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2011 | 287 |
| 43 | Characterization of pore systems in seal rocks using Nitrogen Gas Adsorption combined with Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure techniques | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2013 | 286 |
| 44 | Clay mineral diagenesis and quartz cementation in mudstones: The effects of smectite to illite reaction on rock properties | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2009 | 285 |
| 45 | Deep-water sedimentary systems: New models for the 21st century | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2000 | 284 |
| 46 | BIB-SEM characterization of pore space morphology and distribution in postmature to overmature samples from the Haynesville and Bossier Shales | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2015 | 283 |
| 47 | Geochemical and biological marker assessment of depositional environments using Brazilian offshore oils | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1988 | 282 |
| 48 | Migration–aggradation history and 3-D seismic geomorphology of submarine channels in the Pleistocene Benin-major Canyon, western Niger Delta slope | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2007 | 282 |
| 49 | Induced seismicity and hydraulic fracturing for the recovery of hydrocarbons | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2013 | 280 |
| 50 | Evolution of the South China Sea: Revised ages for breakup and seafloor spreading | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2014 | 279 |
