| Ichnology: the use of trace fossils in sedimentology and stratigraphy AA Ekdale, RG Bromley, SG Pemberton SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology, 1984 | 1113 | 1984 |
| Chondrites: a trace fossil indicator of anoxia in sediments RG Bromley, AA Ekdale Science 224 (4651), 872-874, 1984 | 742 | 1984 |
| Paleoecology of the marine endobenthos AA Ekdale Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 50 (1), 63-81, 1985 | 457 | 1985 |
| Characteristic trace-fossil associations in oxygen-poor sedimentary environments AA Ekdale, TR Mason Geology 16 (8), 720-723, 1988 | 435 | 1988 |
| Composite ichnofabrics and tiering of burrows RG Bromley, AA Ekdale Geological magazine 123 (1), 59-65, 1986 | 367 | 1986 |
| Pelagic environment PA Scholle, MA Arthur, AA Ekdale | 254 | 1983 |
| Trace fossils and ichnofabric in the Kjolby Gaard Marl, uppermost Cretaceous, Denmark AA Ekdale, RG Bromley Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 31, 107-119, 1983 | 231 | 1983 |
| Muckraking and mudslinging: the joys of deposit-feeding AA Ekdale Short courses in Paleontology 5, 145-171, 1992 | 228 | 1992 |
| Selective preservation of burrows in deep-sea carbonates WH Berger, AA Ekdale, PP Bryant Marine Geology 32 (3-4), 205-230, 1979 | 215 | 1979 |
| Analysis of composite ichnofabrics: an example in uppermost Cretaceous chalk of Denmark AA Ekdale, RG Bromley Palaios, 232-249, 1991 | 195 | 1991 |
| Sedimentology and ichnology of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Denmark; implications for the causes of the terminal Cretaceous extinction AA Ekdale, RG Bromley Journal of Sedimentary Research 54 (3), 681-703, 1984 | 193 | 1984 |
| Comparative ichnology of shelf-sea and deep-sea chalk AA Ekdale, RG Bromley Journal of Paleontology, 322-332, 1984 | 186 | 1984 |
| Pitfalls of paleobathymetric interpretations based on trace fossil assemblages AA Ekdale Palaios, 464-472, 1988 | 185 | 1988 |
| GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE ABYSSAL BENTHOS: EVIDENCE FROM TRACE FOSSILS IN DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT CORES. AA Ekdale Rice University, 1974 | 160 | 1974 |
| The New Zealand Zoophycos revisited: morphology, ethology, and paleoecology AA Ekdale, DW Lewis Ichnos: An International Journal of Plant & Animal 1 (3), 183-194, 1991 | 155 | 1991 |
| Trace fossil preservation in flint in the European chalk RG Bromley, AA Ekdale Journal of Paleontology, 298-311, 1984 | 151 | 1984 |
| Deep-sea ichnofacies: modern organism traces on and in pelagic carbonates of the western equatorial Pacific AA Ekdale, WH Berger Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 23, 263-278, 1978 | 149 | 1978 |
| Quantitative ichnology of modern pelagic deposits in the abyssal Atlantic AA Ekdale, LN Muller, MT Novak Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 45 (2), 189-223, 1984 | 132 | 1984 |
| Graphoglyptid burrows in modern deep-sea sediment AA Ekdale Science 207 (4428), 304-306, 1980 | 128 | 1980 |
| Paleoethologic interpretation of complex Thalassinoides in shallow-marine limestones, Lower Ordovician, southern Sweden AA Ekdale, RG Bromley Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 192 (1-4), 221-227, 2003 | 126 | 2003 |