| Mesozoic break-up of SW Gondwana: implications for regional hydrocarbon potential of the southern South Atlantic D Macdonald, I Gomez-Perez, J Franzese, L Spalletti, L Lawver, ... Marine and Petroleum Geology 20 (3-4), 287-308, 2003 | 263 | 2003 |
| A review of fault sealing behaviour and its evaluation in siliciclastic rocks Y Pei, DA Paton, RJ Knipe, K Wu Earth-Science Reviews 150, 121-138, 2015 | 175 | 2015 |
| Evaluating lateral compaction in deepwater fold and thrust belts: How much are we missing from “nature’s sandbox” RWH Butler, DA Paton GSA Today 20 (3), 4-10, 2010 | 116 | 2010 |
| Evolution of seaward-dipping reflectors at the onset of oceanic crust formation at volcanic passive margins: Insights from the South Atlantic DA Paton, J Pindell, K McDermott, P Bellingham, B Horn Geology 45 (5), 439-442, 2017 | 106 | 2017 |
| Tectonically induced adjustment of passive-margin accommodation space; influence on the hydrocarbon potential of the Orange Basin, South Africa DA Paton, D van der Spuy, R di Primio, B Horsfield AAPG bulletin 92 (5), 589-609, 2008 | 86 | 2008 |
| Insights into the petroleum system evolution of the southern Orange Basin, South Africa DA Paton, R Di Primio, G Kuhlmann, D Van Der Spuy, B Horsfield South African Journal of Geology 110 (2-3), 261-274, 2007 | 85 | 2007 |
| Depositional processes across the Sinú accretionary prism, offshore Colombia JS Vinnels, RWH Butler, WD McCaffrey, DA Paton Marine and Petroleum Geology 27 (4), 794-809, 2010 | 82 | 2010 |
| Tectonic subsidence history and thermal evolution of the Orange Basin KK Hirsch, M Scheck-Wenderoth, JD van Wees, G Kuhlmann, DA Paton Marine and Petroleum Geology 27 (3), 565-584, 2010 | 76 | 2010 |
| Influence of crustal heterogeneity on normal fault dimensions and evolution: southern South Africa extensional system DA Paton Journal of structural geology 28 (5), 868-886, 2006 | 76 | 2006 |
| Orthogonal to oblique rifting: effect of rift basin orientation in the evolution of the North basin, Malawi Rift, East Africa E Mortimer, DA Paton, CA Scholz, MR Strecker, P Blisniuk Basin Research 19 (3), 393-407, 2007 | 75 | 2007 |
| Role of crustal anisotropy in modifying the structural and sedimentological evolution of extensional basins: the Gamtoos Basin, South Africa DA Paton, JR Underhill Basin Research 16 (3), 339-359, 2004 | 69 | 2004 |
| Applicability of thin or thick skinned structural models in a region of multiple inversion episodes; southern South Africa DA Paton, DIM Macdonald, JR Underhill Journal of structural geology 28 (11), 1933-1947, 2006 | 66 | 2006 |
| Outer-bank bars: a new intra-channel architectural element within sinuous submarine slope channels T Nakajima, J Peakall, WD McCaffrey, DA Paton, PJP Thompson Journal of Sedimentary Research 79 (12), 872-886, 2009 | 64 | 2009 |
| Crustal structure beneath the Orange basin, South Africa KK Hirsch, M Scheck-Wenderoth, DA Paton, K Bauer South African Journal of Geology 110 (2-3), 249-260, 2007 | 43 | 2007 |
| Defining a 3-dimensional trishear parameter space to understand the temporal evolution of fault propagation folds Y Pei, DA Paton, RJ Knipe Journal of structural Geology 66, 284-297, 2014 | 38 | 2014 |
| The missing piece of the South Atlantic jigsaw: when continental break-up ignores crustal heterogeneity DA Paton, EJ Mortimer, N Hodgson, D Van Der Spuy Geological Society, London, Special Publications 438 (1), 195-210, 2017 | 37 | 2017 |
| The role of inherited lithospheric heterogeneities in defining the crustal architecture of rifted margins and the magmatic budget during continental breakup M Gouiza, DA Paton Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 20 (4), 1836-1853, 2019 | 35 | 2019 |
| Deciphering the origin of the Cenozoic intracontinental rifting and volcanism in eastern China using integrated evidence from the Jianghan Basin L Wu, L Mei, DA Paton, P Guo, Y Liu, J Luo, D Wang, M Li, P Zhang, ... Gondwana Research 64, 67-83, 2018 | 34 | 2018 |
| Unconformity structures controlling stratigraphic reservoirs in the north-west margin of Junggar basin, North-west China K Wu, D Paton, M Zha Frontiers of Earth Science 7, 55-64, 2013 | 30 | 2013 |
| Laterally confined volcanic successions (LCVS); recording rift-jumps during the formation of magma-rich margins JR Norcliffe, DA Paton, EJ Mortimer, AM McCaig, H Nicholls, K Rodriguez, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 504, 53-63, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
