| Subaerial exposure environment M Esteban, CF Klappa | 1063 | 1983 |
| Carbonate lithofacies as paleolatitude indicators: problems and limitations G Carannante, M Esteban, JD Milliman, L Simone Sedimentary Geology 60 (1-4), 333-346, 1988 | 456 | 1988 |
| Significance of the Upper Miocene coral reefs of the western Mediterranean M Esteban Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 29, 169-188, 1979 | 392 | 1979 |
| An overview of Miocene reefs from Mediterranean areas: general trends and facies models M Esteban | 291 | 1996 |
| Evolución tectonoestratigráfica de los Catalánides P Anadón, F Colombo Piñol, M Esteban Cerdà, M Marzo Carpio, ... CSIC-Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera (ICTJA), 1979 | 208 | 1979 |
| Secondary porosity development during late burial in carbonate reservoirs as a result of mixing and/or cooling of brines M Esteban, C Taberner Journal of Geochemical Exploration 78, 355-359, 2003 | 188 | 2003 |
| The coral reef of Nijar, Messinian (uppermost Miocene), Almeria Province, SE Spain CJ Dabrio, M Esteban, JM Martin Journal of Sedimentary Research 51 (2), 521-539, 1981 | 174 | 1981 |
| Paleoclimatic controls on sedimentation, diagenesis, and reservoir quality: lessons from Miocene carbonates SQ Sun, M Esteban AAPG bulletin 78 (4), 519-543, 1994 | 149 | 1994 |
| Caliche textures and Microcodium. M Esteban Boll. Soc. geol. ital. 92, 105-125, 1974 | 148 | 1974 |
| Western Mediterranean reef complexes M Esteban, JC Braga, J Martín, C De Santisteban | 146 | 1996 |
| Vadose pisolite and caliche EC Mateo AAPG Bulletin 60 (11), 2048-2057, 1976 | 120 | 1976 |
| Characterization, lateral variability and lateral extent of discontinuity surfaces on a carbonate platform (Barremian to Lower Aptian, Oman) UTE Sattler, A Immenhauser, H Hillgärtner, M Esteban Sedimentology 52 (2), 339-361, 2005 | 119 | 2005 |
| Recognition and interpretation of polygenic discontinuity surfaces in the Middle Cretaceous Shu’aiba, Nahr Umr, and Natih Formations of northern Oman A Immenhauser, A Creusen, M Esteban, HB Vonhof GeoArabia 5 (2), 299-322, 2000 | 113 | 2000 |
| Pisoids and pisolite facies (Permian), Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and West Texas M Esteban, LC Pray Coated grains, 503-537, 1983 | 105 | 1983 |
| Models for carbonate stratigraphy from Miocene reef complexes of Mediterranean regions: Introduction EK Franseen, M Esteban, WC Ward, JM Rouchy | 78 | 1996 |
| Breaking barriers and paradigms in presalt exploration: the Pão de Açúcar discovery (offshore Brazil) PHV de Luca, H Matias, J Carballo, D Sineva, GA Pimentel, J Tritlla, ... | 77 | 2017 |
| Introduction to karst systems and paleokarst reservoirs M Esteban, JL Wilson | 71 | 1993 |
| Messinian coral reefs and erosion surfaces in Cabo de Gata (Almeria, SE Spain) ME Cerdà Acta Geologica Hispanica, 97-104, 1980 | 68 | 1980 |
| Las Rizocreciones del Pleistoceno de Mallorca. R CALVET, P GOMA, E CERDA | 59 | 1975 |
| Palaeokarst: practical applications M Esteban, VP Wright, PL Smart Palaeokarsts and palaeokarstic reservoirs 152, 89-119, 1991 | 56 | 1991 |
