| XVIII. Radioactivity and earth movements A Holmes Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow 18 (3), 559-606, 1931 | 501 | 1931 |
| Petrographic methods and calculations: with some examples of results achieved A Holmes Thomas Murby & Company, 1921 | 379 | 1921 |
| A revised geological time-scale A Holmes Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society 17 (3), 183-216, 1959 | 342 | 1959 |
| The sequence of Precambrian orogenic belts in south and central Africa A Holmes Proceed. 18th Internat. Geol. Congr. London 1948 14, 254-269, 1951 | 318 | 1951 |
| An estimate of the age of the Earth A Holmes Nature 157 (3995), 680-684, 1946 | 281 | 1946 |
| The age of the Earth A Holmes Harper & Brothers, 1913 | 255 | 1913 |
| The nomenclature of petrology: with references to selected literature A Holmes Thomas Murby & Company, 1928 | 217 | 1928 |
| Cryogenic distillative separation of acid gases from methane AS Holmes, JM Ryan US Patent 4,318,723, 1982 | 215 | 1982 |
| VII.—The Construction of a Geological Time-Scale A Holmes Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow 21 (1), 117-152, 1947 | 212 | 1947 |
| The phanerozoic time-scale: a symposium dedicated to Professor Arthur Holmes WB Harland, AG Smith, B Wilcock (No Title), 1964 | 186 | 1964 |
| The age of the Earth A Holmes The Geographical Journal 90 (6), 566, 1937 | 177 | 1937 |
| Dating of Precambrian of Peninsular India and Ceylon A Holmes Proc. Geol. Assoc. Can. 7, 81-106, 1955 | 170 | 1955 |
| Petrogenesis of katungite and its associates A Holmes American Mineralogist: Journal of Earth and Planetary Materials 35 (9-10 …, 1950 | 164 | 1950 |
| Principles of physical geology A Holmes Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 67 (1), 115-116, 1945 | 151 | 1945 |
| Distillative separations of gas mixtures containing methane, carbon dioxide and other components AS Holmes, JM Ryan US Patent 4,462,814, 1984 | 143 | 1984 |
| African geochronology A Holmes, L Cahen HM Stationery Office, 1955 | 128 | 1955 |
| Petrology of the volcanic fields east and south-east of Ruwenzori, Uganda A Holmes, HF Harwood Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 88 (1-4), 370-442, 1932 | 127 | 1932 |
| The problem of the association of acid and basic rocks in central complexes A Holmes Geological Magazine 68 (6), 241-255, 1931 | 117 | 1931 |
| The association of lead with uranium in rock-minerals, and its application to the measurement of geological time A Holmes Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a …, 1911 | 113 | 1911 |
| The origin of igneous rocks A Holmes Geological Magazine 69 (12), 543-558, 1932 | 111 | 1932 |
