| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The importance of shale composition and pore structure upon gas storage potential of shale gas reservoirs | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2009 | 1,779 |
| 2 | Marine hyperpycnal flows: initiation, behavior and related deposits. A review | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2003 | 783 |
| 3 | Simple kinetic models of petroleum formation. Part I: oil and gas generation from kerogen | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1995 | 557 |
| 4 | The rise of diapirs during thin-skinned extension | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1992 | 540 |
| 5 | Fractures, faults, and hydrocarbon entrapment, migration and flow | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2000 | 509 |
| 6 | Early Cenozoic two-phase extension and late Cenozoic thermal subsidence and inversion of the Bohai Basin, northern China | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1997 | 475 |
| 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 | 475 |
| 8 | Application of aromatic compounds as maturity indicators in source rocks and crude oils | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1988 | 469 |
| 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 | 431 |
| 10 | 50 years of the turbidite paradigm (1950s—1990s): deep-water processes and facies models—a critical perspective | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2000 | 421 |
| 11 | Variation of structural style and basin evolution in the central Zagros (Izeh zone and Dezful Embayment), Iran | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2004 | 419 |
| 12 | Rifting, lithosphere breakup and volcanism: Comparison of magma-poor and volcanic rifted margins | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2013 | 416 |
| 13 | Structural framework of the Zagros Fold–Thrust Belt, Iran | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2004 | 411 |
| 14 | 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 | 406 |
| 15 | Hybrid sediment gravity flow deposits – Classification, origin and significance | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2009 | 405 |
| 16 | Explaining the Storegga Slide | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2005 | 373 |
| 17 | Plate tectonic history, basin development and petroleum source rock deposition onshore China | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1987 | 368 |
| 18 | Deltaic, mixed and turbidite sedimentation of ancient foreland basins | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2003 | 365 |
| 19 | A review of kinematic indicators from mass-transport complexes using 3D seismic data | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2009 | 344 |
| 20 | Turbidite channel reservoirs—Key elements in facies prediction and effective development | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2006 | 340 |
| 21 | Morphology and architecture of the present canyon and channel system of the Zaire deep-sea fan | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2002 | 339 |
| 22 | Oil and gas wells and their integrity: Implications for shale and unconventional resource exploitation | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2014 | 335 |
| 23 | Reconstruction of turbidity currents in Amazon Channel | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2003 | 327 |
| 24 | Architecture and evolution of upper fan channel-belts on the Niger Delta slope and in the Arabian Sea | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2003 | 326 |
| 25 | Carbon isotope fractionation during natural gas generation from kerogen | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1991 | 323 |
| 26 | Structural comparison of archetypal Atlantic rifted margins: A review of observations and concepts | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2013 | 321 |
| 27 | Lateral accretion packages (LAPs): an important reservoir element in deep water sinuous channels | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2003 | 318 |
| 28 | Rheology and strength of the lithosphere | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2011 | 316 |
| 29 | Sequence stratigraphy in active extensional basins: implications for the interpretation of ancient basin-fills | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1994 | 312 |
| 30 | Theoretical aspects of cap-rock and fault seals for single- and two-phase hydrocarbon columns | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1987 | 309 |
| 31 | Hydrocarbon leakage interpreted on seismic data | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2009 | 309 |
| 32 | The permeability of faults within siliciclastic petroleum reservoirs of the North Sea and Norwegian Continental Shelf | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2001 | 303 |
| 33 | The Bengal Fan: morphology, geometry, stratigraphy, history and processes | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2002 | 300 |
| 34 | Experimental mechanical compaction of clay mineral aggregates—Changes in physical properties of mudstones during burial | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2007 | 300 |
| 35 | 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 | 300 |
| 36 | The continental margin of the Mesozoic Tethys in the Western Alps | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1986 | 299 |
| 37 | The Storegga slide: evaluation of triggering sources and slide mechanics | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2005 | 295 |
| 38 | Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of the south-western Barents Sea in a regional rift-shear tectonic setting | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1993 | 286 |
| 39 | Geochemical and biological marker assessment of depositional environments using Brazilian offshore oils | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1988 | 284 |
| 40 | Deep-water sedimentary systems: New models for the 21st century | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2000 | 282 |
| 41 | Subsurface gas hydrates in the northern Gulf of Mexico | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2012 | 277 |
| 42 | The dating and morphometry of the Storegga Slide | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2005 | 276 |
| 43 | Architecture of turbidite channel systems on the continental slope: Patterns and predictions | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2011 | 276 |
| 44 | 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 | 275 |
| 45 | Induced seismicity and hydraulic fracturing for the recovery of hydrocarbons | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2013 | 274 |
| 46 | 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 | 271 |
| 47 | Clay mineral diagenesis and quartz cementation in mudstones: The effects of smectite to illite reaction on rock properties | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2009 | 271 |
| 48 | Characterization of pore systems in seal rocks using Nitrogen Gas Adsorption combined with Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure techniques | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2013 | 269 |
| 49 | Isotopic reversal (‘rollover’) in shale gases produced from the Mississippian Barnett and Fayetteville formations | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 2012 | 267 |
| 50 | Simple kinetic models of petroleum formation. Part III: Modelling an open system | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1995 | 265 |
