| Rifting, lithosphere breakup and volcanism: Comparison of magma-poor and volcanic rifted margins D Franke Marine and Petroleum geology 43, 63-87, 2013 | 552 | 2013 |
| The final rifting evolution in the South China Sea D Franke, D Savva, M Pubellier, S Steuer, B Mouly, JL Auxietre, ... Marine and Petroleum Geology 58, 704-720, 2014 | 358 | 2014 |
| Evolution of the South China Sea: Revised ages for breakup and seafloor spreading U Barckhausen, M Engels, D Franke, S Ladage, M Pubellier Marine and Petroleum Geology 58, 599-611, 2014 | 336 | 2014 |
| Margin segmentation and volcano-tectonic architecture along the volcanic margin off Argentina/Uruguay, South Atlantic D Franke, S Neben, S Ladage, B Schreckenberger, K Hinz Marine Geology 244 (1-4), 46-67, 2007 | 232 | 2007 |
| Seismic stratigraphy of the central South China Sea basin and implications for neotectonics CF Li, J Li, W Ding, D Franke, Y Yao, H Shi, X Pang, Y Cao, J Lin, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 120 (3), 1377-1399, 2015 | 228 | 2015 |
| The continent-ocean transition at the southeastern margin of the South China Sea D Franke, U Barckhausen, N Baristeas, M Engels, S Ladage, R Lutz, ... Marine and Petroleum Geology 28 (6), 1187-1204, 2011 | 220 | 2011 |
| Different expressions of rifting on the South China Sea margins D Savva, M Pubellier, D Franke, N Chamot-Rooke, F Meresse, S Steuer, ... Marine and Petroleum Geology 58, 579-598, 2014 | 188 | 2014 |
| The Laptev sea rift D Franke, K Hinz, O Oncken Marine and Petroleum Geology 18 (10), 1083-1127, 2001 | 171 | 2001 |
| Seismic images of a collision zone offshore NW Sabah/Borneo D Franke, U Barckhausen, I Heyde, M Tingay, N Ramli Marine and Petroleum Geology 25 (7), 606-624, 2008 | 146 | 2008 |
| Seismic stratigraphy and tectonic structure from a composite multi-channel seismic profile across the entire Dangerous Grounds, South China Sea W Ding, D Franke, J Li, S Steuer Tectonophysics 582, 162-176, 2013 | 143 | 2013 |
| The deep-water fold-and-thrust belt offshore NW Borneo: Gravity-driven versus basement-driven shortening S Hesse, S Back, D Franke Geological Society of America Bulletin 121 (5-6), 939-953, 2009 | 125 | 2009 |
| Seismic evidence of hyper-stretched crust and mantle exhumation offshore Vietnam D Savva, F Meresse, M Pubellier, N Chamot-Rooke, L Lavier, KW Po, ... Tectonophysics 608, 72-83, 2013 | 110 | 2013 |
| Oligocene–Miocene carbonates and their role for constraining the rifting and collision history of the Dangerous Grounds, South China Sea S Steuer, D Franke, F Meresse, D Savva, M Pubellier, JL Auxietre Marine and Petroleum Geology 58, 644-657, 2014 | 109 | 2014 |
| Geology of the East Siberian Sea, Russian Arctic, from seismic images: structures, evolution, and implications for the evolution of the Arctic Ocean Basin D Franke, K Hinz, C Reichert Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 109 (B7), 2004 | 101 | 2004 |
| A review of Pangaea dispersal and Large Igneous Provinces–In search of a causative mechanism AL Peace, JJJ Phethean, D Franke, GR Foulger, C Schiffer, JK Welford, ... Earth-Science Reviews 206, 102902, 2020 | 99 | 2020 |
| The great Sumatra–Andaman earthquakes—imaging the boundary between the ruptures of the great 2004 and 2005 earthquakes D Franke, M Schnabel, S Ladage, DR Tappin, S Neben, YS Djajadihardja, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 269 (1-2), 118-130, 2008 | 99 | 2008 |
| Birth of a volcanic margin off Argentina, South Atlantic D Franke, S Ladage, M Schnabel, B Schreckenberger, C Reichert, K Hinz, ... Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 11 (2), 2010 | 97 | 2010 |
| Structural inheritance in the North Atlantic C Schiffer, AG Doré, GR Foulger, D Franke, L Geoffroy, L Gernigon, ... Earth-Science Reviews 206, 102975, 2020 | 94 | 2020 |
| The offshore East African Rift System: Structural framework at the toe of a juvenile rift D Franke, W Jokat, S Ladage, H Stollhofen, J Klimke, R Lutz, ... Tectonics 34 (10), 2086-2104, 2015 | 94 | 2015 |
| Time constraints on the evolution of southern Palawan Island, Philippines from onshore and offshore correlation of Miocene limestones S Steuer, D Franke, F Meresse, D Savva, M Pubellier, JL Auxietre, ... Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 76, 412-427, 2013 | 87 | 2013 |
