| Rare earth element behavior in soils and salt pan sediments of a semi-arid granitic terrain in the Western Cape, South Africa JS Compton, RA White, M Smith Chemical Geology 201 (3), 239-255, 2003 | 227 | 2003 |
| Pleistocene sea-level fluctuations and human evolution on the southern coastal plain of South Africa JS Compton Quaternary Science Reviews 30 (5), 506-527, 2011 | 224 | 2011 |
| Variations in the global phosphoruscycle J Compton, D Mallinson, CR Glenn, G Filippelli, K Follmi, G Shields, ... | 214 | 2000 |
| Degree of supersaturation and precipitation of organogenic dolomite JS Compton Geology 16 (4), 318-321, 1988 | 212 | 1988 |
| Holocene sea-level fluctuations inferred from the evolution of depositional environments of the southern Langebaan Lagoon salt marsh, South Africa JS Compton The Holocene 11 (4), 395-405, 2001 | 180 | 2001 |
| Origin and age of phosphorite from the south-central Florida Platform: Relation of phosphogenesis to sea-level fluctuations and δ13C excursions JS Compton, DA Hodell, JR Garrido, DJ Mallinson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 57 (1), 131-146, 1993 | 121 | 1993 |
| Dust as a nutrient source for fynbos ecosystems, South Africa K Soderberg, JS Compton Ecosystems 10, 550-561, 2007 | 114 | 2007 |
| Phosphogenesis and weathering of shelf sediments from the southeastern United States: Implications for Miocene δ13C excursions and global cooling JS Compton, SW Snyder, DA Hodell Geology 18 (12), 1227-1230, 1990 | 108 | 1990 |
| Depositional and sea-level history from MIS 6 (Termination II) to MIS 3 on the southern continental shelf of South Africa HC Cawthra, Z Jacobs, JS Compton, EC Fisher, P Karkanas, CW Marean Quaternary Science Reviews 181, 156-172, 2018 | 99 | 2018 |
| Diffusion and mass balance of Mg during early dolomite formation, Monterey Formation JS Compton, R Siever Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 50 (1), 125-135, 1986 | 95 | 1986 |
| The mid-Holocene sea-level highstand at Bogenfels Pan on the southwest coast of Namibia JS Compton Quaternary Research 66 (2), 303-310, 2006 | 80 | 2006 |
| Understanding Late Quaternary change at the land–ocean interface: a synthesis of the evolution of the Wilderness coastline, South Africa HC Cawthra, MD Bateman, AS Carr, JS Compton, PJ Holmes Quaternary Science Reviews 99, 210-223, 2014 | 75 | 2014 |
| Sediment Composition and Precipitation of Dolomite and Pyrite in the Neogene Monterey and Sisquoc Formations Santa Maria Basin Area California JS Compton Special Publications of SEPM, 1988 | 74 | 1988 |
| Porosity reduction and burial history of siliceous rocks from the Monterey and Sisquoc Formations, Point Pedernales area, California JS Compton Geological Society of America Bulletin 103 (5), 625-636, 1991 | 68 | 1991 |
| Sea-level change in southern Africa since the Last Glacial Maximum JAG Cooper, AN Green, JS Compton Quaternary Science Reviews 201, 303-318, 2018 | 65 | 2018 |
| Oligocene to Holocene glauconite–phosphorite grains from the Head of the Cape Canyon on the western margin of South Africa R Wigley, JS Compton Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 54 (11-13), 1375-1395, 2007 | 65 | 2007 |
| Late Cenozoic evolution of the outer continental shelf at the head of the Cape Canyon, South Africa RA Wigley, JS Compton Marine Geology 226 (1-2), 1-23, 2006 | 64 | 2006 |
| The rocks and mountains of Cape Town JS Compton Juta and Company Ltd, 2004 | 61 | 2004 |
| Phosphorite deposits on the Namibian shelf JS Compton, EW Bergh Marine Geology 380, 290-314, 2016 | 60 | 2016 |
| Mineralization of organogenic ammonium in the Monterey Formation, Santa Maria and San Joaquin basins, California, USA JS Compton, LB Williams, RE Ferrell Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 56 (5), 1979-1991, 1992 | 58 | 1992 |
