| Proterozoic crustal evolution in southwestern Africa C Hartnady, P Joubert, C Stowe Episodes 8 (4), 236-244, 1985 | 396 | 1985 |
| Presentday kinematics of the East African Rift E Saria, E Calais, DS Stamps, D Delvaux, CJH Hartnady Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 119 (4), 3584-3600, 2014 | 369 | 2014 |
| A kinematic model for the East African Rift DS Stamps, E Calais, E Saria, C Hartnady, JM Nocquet, CJ Ebinger, ... Geophysical Research Letters 35 (5), 2008 | 357 | 2008 |
| Plate tectonic development of the South West Indian Ocean: A revised reconstruction of East Antarctica and Africa AK Martin, CJH Hartnady Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 91 (B5), 4767-4786, 1986 | 289 | 1986 |
| Kinematics of the East African Rift from GPS and earthquake slip vector data E Calais, C Ebinger, C Hartnady, JM Nocquet Geological Society, London, Special Publications 259 (1), 9-22, 2006 | 196 | 2006 |
| Southern Ocean hotspot tracks and the Cenozoic absolute motion of the African, Antarctic, and South American plates CJH Hartnady, AP Le Roex Earth and Planetary Science Letters 75 (2-3), 245-257, 1985 | 131 | 1985 |
| Geochemistry and tectonic setting of magmatic units in the Pan-African Gariep Belt, Namibia HE Frimmel, CJH Hartnady, F Koller Chemical Geology 130 (1-2), 101-121, 1996 | 108 | 1996 |
| Early tectonic extension between the Agulhas Bank and the Falkland Plateau due to the rotation of the Lafonia microplate Z Ben-Avraham, CJH Hartnady, JA Malan Earth and Planetary Science Letters 117 (1-2), 43-58, 1993 | 105 | 1993 |
| Neotectonic activity on continental fragments in the southwest Indian Ocean: Agulhas Plateau and Mozambique Ridge Z BenAvraham, CJH Hartnady, AP Le Roex Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 100 (B4), 6199-6211, 1995 | 100 | 1995 |
| Structure and tectonics of the Agulhas-Falkland fracture zone Z Ben-Avraham, CJH Hartnady, KA Kitchin Tectonophysics 282 (1-4), 83-98, 1997 | 95 | 1997 |
| Mesozoic magnetic anomalies in the southern Natal Valley SW Goodlad, AK Martin, CJH Hartnady Nature 295 (5851), 686-688, 1982 | 92 | 1982 |
| A revised fit of South America and south central Africa AK Martin, CJH Hartnady, SW Goodlad Earth and Planetary Science Letters 54 (2), 293-305, 1981 | 88 | 1981 |
| Earthquake hazard in Africa: perspectives on the Nubia–Somalia boundary CJH Hartnady South African journal of science 98, 425-428, 2002 | 86 | 2002 |
| THE STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MALMESBURY GROUP IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CAPE. CJ Hartnady, N AR, T JN | 85 | 1974 |
| Cretaceous palaeopositions of the Falkland Plateau relative to southern Africa using Mesozoic seafloor spreading anomalies AK Martin, SW Goodlad, CJH Hartnady, A Plessis Geophysical Journal International 71 (3), 567-579, 1982 | 75 | 1982 |
| South Africa's diminishing coal reserves CJH Hartnady South African Journal of Science 106 (9), 1-5, 2010 | 74 | 2010 |
| South Africa's gold production and reserves CJH Hartnady South African Journal of Science 105 (9), 328-329, 2009 | 68 | 2009 |
| Post-Eocene seismic stratigraphy of the deep ocean basin adjacent to the southeast African continental margin: a record of geostrophic bottom current systems TM Niemi, Z Ben-Avraham, CJH Hartnady, M Reznikov Marine Geology 162 (2-4), 237-258, 2000 | 68 | 2000 |
| Climatic effects of late Neogene tectonism and volcanism TC Partridge, GC Bond, CJH Hartnady, PB Demenocal, WF Ruddiman Paleoclimate and Evolution, with Emphasis on Human Origins. Yale University …, 1995 | 60 | 1995 |
| Blue amphiboles and their significance for the metamorphic history of the PanAfrican Gariep belt, Namibia HE Frimmel, CJH Hartnady Journal of metamorphic Geology 10 (5), 651-669, 1992 | 57 | 1992 |
