| Neoproterozoic variations in the C-isotopic composition of seawater: stratigraphic and biogeochemical implications AJ Kaufman, AH Knoll Precambrian research 73 (1-4), 27-49, 1995 | 1431 | 1995 |
| Stromatolite reef from the Early Archaean era of Australia AC Allwood, MR Walter, BS Kamber, CP Marshall, IW Burch Nature 441 (7094), 714-718, 2006 | 1023 | 2006 |
| Stromatolites MR Walter Elsevier, 1976 | 750* | 1976 |
| Stromatolites 3,400–3,500 Myr old from the North pole area, Western Australia MR Walter, R Buick, JSR Dunlop Nature 284 (5755), 443-445, 1980 | 608 | 1980 |
| Dating the 840–544 Ma Neoproterozoic interval by isotopes of strontium, carbon, and sulfur in seawater, and some interpretative models MR Walter, JJ Veevers, CR Calver, P Gorjan, AC Hill Precambrian Research 100 (1-3), 371-433, 2000 | 540 | 2000 |
| Morphological and ecological complexity in early eukaryotic ecosystems EJ Javaux, AH Knoll, MR Walter Nature 412 (6842), 66-69, 2001 | 463 | 2001 |
| Filamentous fossil bacteria from the Archean of Western Australia SM Awramik, JW Schopf, MR Walter Developments in precambrian geology 7, 249-266, 1983 | 441 | 1983 |
| The Ediacaran Period: a new addition to the geologic time scale A Knoll, M Walter, G Narbonne, N Christie‐Blick Lethaia 39 (1), 13-30, 2006 | 417 | 2006 |
| Latest Proterozoic stratigraphy and Earth history AH Knoll, MR Walter Nature 356 (6371), 673-678, 1992 | 388 | 1992 |
| Neoproterozoic stratigraphy of the Centralian superbasin, Australia MR Walter, JJ Veevers, CR Calver, K Grey Precambrian Research 73 (1-4), 173-195, 1995 | 378 | 1995 |
| Archean stromatolites: evidence of the Earth's earliest benthos MR Walter Earth's Earliest Biosphere., 187-213, 1983 | 377 | 1983 |
| Earliest signs of life on land preserved in ca. 3.5 Ga hot spring deposits T Djokic, MJ Van Kranendonk, KA Campbell, MR Walter, CR Ward Nature communications 8 (1), 1-9, 2017 | 357 | 2017 |
| Stromatolites and the biostratigraphy of the Australian Precambrian and Cambrian MR Walter Palaeontological Association, 1972 | 329 | 1972 |
| A new period for the geologic time scale AH Knoll, MR Walter, GM Narbonne, N Christie-Blick Science 305 (5684), 621-622, 2004 | 327 | 2004 |
| Evidence for low sulphate and anoxia in a mid-Proterozoic marine basin Y Shen, AH Knoll, MR Walter Nature 423 (6940), 632-635, 2003 | 314 | 2003 |
| Microbiology and morphogenesis of columnar stromatolites (Conophyton, Vacerrilla) from hot springs in Yellowstone National Park MR Walter, J Bauld, TD Brock Developments in sedimentology 20, 273-310, 1976 | 286 | 1976 |
| Molecular fossils and microfossils of prokaryotes and protists from Proterozoic sediments RE Summons, MR Walter American Journal of Science 290, 212-244, 1990 | 278 | 1990 |
| Links between the rise of the metazoa and the decline of stromatolites MR Walter, GR Heys Precambrian Research 29 (1-3), 149-174, 1985 | 278 | 1985 |
| TEM evidence for eukaryotic diversity in mid‐Proterozoic oceans EJ Javaux, AH Knoll, MR Walter Geobiology 2 (3), 121-132, 2004 | 277 | 2004 |
| Environmental evolution of the Archean-early Proterozoic Earth JCG Walker, C Klein, M Schidlowski, JW Schopf, DJ Stevenson, ... IN: Earth's earliest biosphere: Its origin and evolution (A84-43051 21-51 …, 1983 | 272 | 1983 |
