| The Karoo basins of south-central Africa O Catuneanu, H Wopfner, PG Eriksson, B Cairncross, BS Rubidge, ... Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (1-3), 211-253, 2005 | 708 | 2005 |
| The sedimentary dynamics of active fluvial channels on the Okavango fan, Botswana TS McCarthy, IG Stanistreet, B Cairncross Sedimentology 38 (3), 471-487, 1991 | 176 | 1991 |
| An overview of the Permian (Karoo) coal deposits of southern Africa B Cairncross Journal of African Earth Sciences 33 (3-4), 529-562, 2001 | 169 | 2001 |
| A lithostratigraphic-sedimentological reference profile for the Late Archaean Mozaan Group, Pongola Sequence: application to sequence stratigraphy and correlation with the … B Beukes, NJ & Caimcross South African Journal of Geology 94 (1), 44-69, 1991 | 169 | 1991 |
| The Karoo Basin of South Africa: type basin for the coal-bearing deposits of southern Africa AB Cadle, B Cairncross, ADM Christie, DL Roberts International Journal of Coal Geology 23 (1-4), 117-157, 1993 | 121 | 1993 |
| Foredeep submarine fans and forebulge deltas: orogenic off-loading in the underfilled Karoo Basin O Catuneanu, PJ Hancox, B Cairncross, BS Rubidge Journal of African Earth Sciences 35 (4), 489-502, 2002 | 115 | 2002 |
| The roles of sedimentation and plant growth in changing flow patterns in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. TS McCarthy, WN Ellery, KH Rogers, B Cairncross, K Ellery South African Journal of Science 82 (10), 579-584, 1986 | 89 | 1986 |
| Low sinuosity and meandering bedload rivers of the Okavango Fan: channel confinement by vegetated levees without fine sediment IG Stanistreet, B Cairncross, TS McCarthy Sedimentary Geology 85 (1-4), 135-156, 1993 | 87 | 1993 |
| A peat fire in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, and its importance as an ecosystem process WN Ellery, K Ellery, TS McCarthy, B Cairncross, R Oelofse African Journal of Ecology 27 (1), 7-21, 1989 | 87 | 1989 |
| Karoo Sedimentology and Palaentology: Centennial Geocongress 1995: Geological Excursion B3, 8th April-12th April 1995 B Cairncross Geological Society of South Africa, 1995 | 85 | 1995 |
| The manganese adventure: the South African manganese fields B Cairncross, NJ Beukes, J Gutzmer (No Title), 1997 | 80 | 1997 |
| No evidence for thermogenic methane release in coal from the Karoo-Ferrar large igneous province DR Gröcke, SM Rimmer, LE Yoksoulian, B Cairncross, H Tsikos, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 277 (1-2), 204-212, 2009 | 78 | 2009 |
| The inorganic chemistry of peat from the Maunachira channel-swamp system, Okavango Delta, Botswana TS McCarthy, JR McIver, B Cairncross, WN Ellery, K Ellery Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 53 (5), 1077-1089, 1989 | 75 | 1989 |
| Field guide to rocks & minerals of Southern Africa B Cairncross Penguin Random House South Africa, 2011 | 74 | 2011 |
| Incremental aggradation on the Okavango Delta-fan, Botswana TS McCarthy, IG Stanistreet, B Cairncross, WN Ellery, K Ellery, R Oelofse, ... Geomorphology 1 (3), 267-278, 1988 | 71 | 1988 |
| Paleodepositional environments and tectonosedimentary controls of the postglacial Permian coals, Karoo Basin, South Africa B Cairncross International Journal of Coal Geology 12 (1-4), 365-380, 1989 | 53 | 1989 |
| Mineralogy and origin of stichtite in chromite-bearing serpentinites LD Ashwal, B Cairncross Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 127, 75-86, 1997 | 52 | 1997 |
| The Kalahari manganese field B Cairncross, NJ Beukes Random House Struik, 2013 | 51 | 2013 |
| Palaeoecology of the Triassic Molteno formation, Karoo basin, south Africa-sedimentological and palaeontological evidence B Cairncross, JM Anderson South African Journal of Geology 98 (4), 452-478, 1995 | 51 | 1995 |
| Palaeoenvironmental control on coal formation, distribution and quality in the Permian Vryheid Formation, East Witbank Coalfield, South Africa B Cairncross, AB Cadle International Journal of Coal Geology 9 (4), 343-370, 1988 | 42 | 1988 |
Nic BeukesProfessor of Geology, Department of Geology, APK Campus, University of JohannesburgVerified email at uj.ac.za
