| Catastrophic flooding origin of shelf valley systems in the English Channel S Gupta, JS Collier, A Palmer-Felgate, G Potter Nature 448 (7151), 342-345, 2007 | 351 | 2007 |
| Correlation of sidescan backscatter with grain size distribution of surficial seabed sediments JS Collier, CJ Brown Marine Geology 214 (4), 431-449, 2005 | 268 | 2005 |
| Age of Seychelles–India break-up JS Collier, V Sansom, O Ishizuka, RN Taylor, TA Minshull, RB Whitmarsh Earth and Planetary Science Letters 272 (1-2), 264-277, 2008 | 247 | 2008 |
| Melt to mush variations in crustal magma properties along the ridge crest at the southern East Pacific Rise SC Singh, GM Kent, JS Collier, AJ Harding, JA Orcutt Nature 394 (6696), 874-878, 1998 | 202 | 1998 |
| A seismic study of lithospheric flexure in the vicinity of Tenerife, Canary Islands AB Watts, C Peirce, J Collier, R Dalwood, JP Canales, TJ Henstock Earth and Planetary Science Letters 146 (3-4), 431-447, 1997 | 164 | 1997 |
| Seismic images of a magma chamber beneath the Lau Basin back-arc spreading centre J Collier, M Sinha Nature 346 (6285), 646-648, 1990 | 142 | 1990 |
| Mapping benthic habitat in regions of gradational substrata: an automated approach utilising geophysical, geological, and biological relationships CJ Brown, JS Collier Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 78 (1), 203-214, 2008 | 139 | 2008 |
| The relationship between rifting and magmatism in the northeastern Arabian Sea TA Minshull, CI Lane, JS Collier, RB Whitmarsh Nature Geoscience 1 (7), 463-467, 2008 | 112 | 2008 |
| Seismic mapping of a magma chamber beneath the Valu Fa Ridge, Lau Basin JS Collier, MC Sinha Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 97 (B10), 14031-14053, 1992 | 108 | 1992 |
| Pleistocene subglacial tunnel valleys in the central North Sea basin: 3‐D morphology and evolution L Lonergan, SCR Maidment, JS Collier Journal of Quaternary Science: Published for the Quaternary Research …, 2006 | 104 | 2006 |
| A seismic reflection and GLORIA study of compressional deformation in the Gorringe Bank region, eastern North Atlantic N Hayward, AB Watts, GK Westbrook, JS Collier Geophysical Journal International 138 (3), 831-850, 1999 | 104 | 1999 |
| Variable water input controls evolution of the Lesser Antilles volcanic arc GF Cooper, CG Macpherson, JD Blundy, B Maunder, RW Allen, S Goes, ... Nature 582 (7813), 525-529, 2020 | 99 | 2020 |
| The importance of rift history for volcanic margin formation JJ Armitage, JS Collier, TA Minshull Nature 465 (7300), 913-917, 2010 | 94 | 2010 |
| Detailed structure of the top of the melt body beneath the East Pacific Rise at 9 40′ N from waveform inversion of seismic reflection data JS Collier, SC Singh Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 102 (B9), 20287-20304, 1997 | 94 | 1997 |
| Seismic evidence for a hydrothermal layer above the solid roof of the axial magma chamber at the southern East Pacific Rise SC Singh, JS Collier, AJ Harding, GM Kent, JA Orcutt Geology 27 (3), 219-222, 1999 | 79 | 1999 |
| Deformation at plate boundaries around the Gulf of Oman TA Minshull, RS White, PJ Barton, JS Collier Marine Geology 104 (1-4), 265-277, 1992 | 77 | 1992 |
| Lithospheric response to volcanic loading by the Canary Islands: constraints from seismic reflection data in their flexural moat JS Collier, AB Watts Geophysical Journal International 147 (3), 660-676, 2001 | 75 | 2001 |
| The role of arc migration in the development of the Lesser Antilles: A new tectonic model for the Cenozoic evolution of the eastern Caribbean RW Allen, JS Collier, AG Stewart, T Henstock, S Goes, A Rietbrock Geology 47 (9), 891-895, 2019 | 73 | 2019 |
| Characterization of seaward‐dipping reflectors along the South American Atlantic margin and implications for continental breakup C McDermott, L Lonergan, JS Collier, KG McDermott, P Bellingham Tectonics 37 (9), 3303-3327, 2018 | 70 | 2018 |
| Two-stage opening of the Dover Strait and the origin of island Britain S Gupta, JS Collier, D Garcia-Moreno, F Oggioni, A Trentesaux, ... Nature Communications 8 (1), 15101, 2017 | 69 | 2017 |
Timothy J. HenstockProfessor of Geophysics, University of SouthamptonVerified email at soton.ac.uk