Prof. Anthony B. Watts

Publications (2000+)

2000

[121] Stewart, J., A. B. Watts and J. G. Bagguley, "Three-dimensional subsidence analysis and gravity modelling of the continental margin offshore Namibia", J. Geophys. Int.,141, 724-746, 2000

[122] Watts, A. B. and S. Zhong, "Observations of flexure and the rheology of the oceanic lithosphere", Geophys. J. Int., 142, 855-875, 2000

[123] Watts, A. B., S. McKerrow and E.Fielding, "Lithospheric flexure, uplift and landscape evolution in south-central England", J. Geol. Soc. London., 157, 1169-1177, 2000

[124] Canales, J.P., J. J. Danobeitia and A. B. Watts, "Wide-angle seismic constraints on the internal structure of Tenerife, Canary Islands", J. Volc. and Geotherm. Res. 103, 65-81, 2000 

2001

[125] Gee, M. J. R., D. G. Masson, A. B. Watts and N. C. Mitchell, "Offshore continuation of volcanic rift zones, El Hierro, Canary Islands. J. Volcan. and Geotherm. Res. 105, 107-119, 2001

[126] Gee, M. J. R., D. G. Masson, A. B. Watts and N. C. Mitchell, "Passage of debris flows and trubidity currents through a topographic constriction: seafloor erosion and deflection of flow pathways. Sedimentology. 48, 1389-1409, 2001

[127] Gee, M. J., A. B. Watts, D. G. Masson, N. C. Mitchell, "Landslides and the evolution of El Hierro in the Canary Islands". Marine Geology, 177, 271-293, 2001.

[128] Watts, A. B. and D. G. Masson, "New sonar evidence of recent catastrophic landslides on the north flank of Tenerife, Canary Islands". Bull. Volcan. 63, 8-19, 2001

[129] Haddad, D., Watts, A. B. and J. Lindsay, "Evolution of the intracratonic Officer Basin, central Australia: implications from subsidence analysis and gravity modelling". Basin Research 13, 217-238, 2001

[130] Watts, A. B., W. S. McKerrow and E.Fielding, "Discussion on lithospheric flexure, uplift and landscape evolution in south-central England - Reply to J. C. W. Cope", J. Geol. Soc. London., 158, 725-727, 2001

[131] Watts, A. B., "Gravity anomalies, flexure and, crustal structure at the Mozambique rifted margin", Marine and Petroleum Geology., 18, 445-455, 2001

[132] Collier, J.S and A. B. Watts,"Lithospheric response to volcanic loading by the Canary islands: Constraints from seismic reflection data in their flexural moats". Geophys. J. Int. 147, 660-676, 2001

[133] Watts, A. B., W. S. McKerrow and E.Fielding, "Discussion on lithospheric flexure, uplift and landscape evolution in south-central England - Reply to M. Simms and D. T. Donovan", J. Geol. Soc. London. 158, 877-879, 2001

[134] Armstrong, G. and A. B. Watts, "Spatial variations in Te in the southern Appalachians, Eastern United States". J. Geophys. Res. 106, 22,009-22,026, 2001

[135] Watts, A. B. "Isostasy and Flexure of the Lithosphere". Cambridge University Press. 472 pp, 2001.Sample of part of chapter 1

2002

[136] Masson, D. G. , A. B. Watts, M. J. R. Gee, R. Urgeles, N. C. Mitchell, T. P. Le Bas and M. Canals, "Slope failures on the flanks of the western Canary Islands". Earth Sci. Rev. 57, 1-35, 2002

[137] Lin, A. T-S. and A. B. Watts, "Origin of the West Taiwan basin by orogenic loading and flexure of a rifted continental margin". J. Geophys. Res. 107, No B9, 2185, doi:10.1029/2001JB000669, 2002

[138] Zhong, S. and A. B. Watts, "Constraints on the dynamics of mantle plumes from uplift of the Hawaiian Islands". Earth Planet. Sci Letts., 203, 105-116, 2002

[139] Mitchell, N. C., D. G. Masson, A. B. Watts, M. J. R. Gee and R. Urgeles, The morphology of the submarine flanks of volcanic ocean islands: A comparative study of the Canary and Hawaiian hotspot islands, J. Volcan. Geotherm. Res., 115, 83-107, 2002

2003

[140] Ali, M. A., A. B. Watts and I.Hill, "A seismic reflection profile study of lithospheric flexure in the vicinity of the Cape Verde islands", J. Geophys. Res. 108, 2239, doi:10.1029/2002JB002155, 2003

[141] Watts, A. B. and E. B. Burov, "Lithospheric strength and its relationship to the elastic and seismogenic layer thickness", Earth Planet. Sci. Letts., 213, 113-131, 2003

[142] Ali, M. A., A. B. Watts and I. Hill, "Structure of Mesozoic oceanic crust in the vicinity of the Cape Verde islands from seismic reflection profiles", Marine Geophys. Res., 24, 329-343, 2003

[143] Lin, A. T., A. B. Watts and S. P. Hesselbo, "Cenozoic stratigraphy and subsidence history of the South China Sea basin in the Taiwan region", Basin Research, 15, 453-478, 2003

2004

[144] Pérez-Gussinyé, M., A. R. Lowry, A. B. Watts and I. Velicogna,"On the recovery of effective elastic thickness using spectral methods: examples from synthetic data and from the Fennoscandian shield", J. Geophys. Res., 109, B10409, doi:10.1029/2003JB002788,2004

[145] Hillier, J. K. and A. B. Watts, "The "plate-like" subsidence of the East Pacific Rise - South Pacific Superswell system", J. Geophys. Res.109, B10102, doi:10.1029/2004JB003041,2004

2005

[146] Watts, A. B., W. S. McKerrow and K. Richards, "Localised Quaternary uplift in South-Central England", J. Geol. Soc. London, 162, 13-24, 2005

[147] Corfield, R. I., A. B. Watts and M. P. Searle, "Subsidence history of the north Indian continental margin, Zanskar-Ladakh Himalaya, NW India", J. Geol. Soc. London, 162, 135-146, 2005

[148] Hillier, J. K. and A. B. Watts, "The relationship between depth and age in the North Pacific ocean", J. Geophys. Res, 110, doi:10.1029/2004JB003406, 2005

[149]Pérez-Gussinyé, M. and A. B. Watts, "The long-term strength of Europe and its implications for plate forming processes", Nature, 436, doi:10.1038/nature03854, 2005

[150] Corfield, R. I., A. B. Watts and M. P. Searle, "Discussion on subsidence history of the north Indian continental margin, Zanskar-Ladakh Himalaya, NW India: Reply to E. Garzanti, D. Sciunnach and M.Gaetani. ", J. Geol. Soc. London, 162, 889-892, 2005

[151] Jordan, T. A. and A. B. Watts, "Gravity anomalies, flexure and the elastic thickness structure of the India-Eurasia collisional system", Earth Planet. Sci. Letts., 236, 732-750, 2005

2006

[152] Burov, E. B. and A. B. Watts, "The long-term strength of continental lithosphere: "jelly sandwich" or "crème-brûlé"?", GSA Today, 16, 4-10, 2006

[153] Robinson, D. P., S. Das and A. B. Watts, "Earthquake rupture stalled by a subducting fracture zone", Science, 312, 1203-1205, 2006 Supplimentary material

[154] Watts, A. B., D. T. Sandwell, W. H. F. Smith and P. Wessel, "Global gravity, bathymetry, and the distribution of submarine volcanism through space and time", J. Geophys. Res., 111, doi:10.1029/2005JB004083, 2006Predicted seamount ages

[155] Wyer, P. and A. B. Watts, "Gravity anomalies and segmentation at the East Coast, USA continental margin", Geophys. J. International, 166, 1015-1038, 2006

[156] Rodger, M., A. B. Watts, C. J. Greenroyd, C. Peirce, R. W. Hobbs, "Evidence for unusually thin oceanic crust and strong mantle beneath the Amazon Fan", Geology, 34, 1081-1084, doi:1010.1130/G22966A.22961, 2006 Supplimentary material

2007

[157] Hillier, J. K. and A. B. Watts, "Global distribution of seamounts from ship-track bathymetry data", Geophys. Res. Letters, 34, doi:10.1029/2007GL029874, 2007 Global seamount heights

[158] Pérez-Gussinyé, M., A. R. Lowry, A. B. Watts, "Effective elastic thickness of South America and its implications for intracontinental deformation", G3, 8, doi:10.1029/2006GC001511, 2007

[159] Greenroyd, C. J., C. Peirce, M. Rodger, A. B. Watts, R. W. Hobbs, "Crustal structure of the French Guiana margin, West Equatorial Atlantic", Geophysical J. Int. 169 (3), 964-987, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03372.x, 2007

[160] Watts, A. B., "An overview", In Treatise on Geophysics (Ed. G. Schubert) Volume 6. Crust and Lithosphere Dynamics (Ed. A. B. Watts), Elsevier B.V., 1-49.2007.

[161] Lane, N., A. B. Watts, A. Farrant, "An analysis of Cotswold topography: Insights into the landscape response to denudational isostasy". J. Geol. Soc. London., 165, 85-103, 2007.

2008

[162] Greenroyd, C., C. Peirce, M. Rodger, A. B. Watts, R. W. Hobbs, "Demerara Plateau - the structure and evolution of a transform passive margin", Geophys. J. Int., 172, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03662.x, 2008.

[163] Pim, J., C. Peirce, A. B. Watts, I. Grevemeyer, A. Krabbenhoeft, "Crustal structure and origin of the Cape Verde Rise", Earth Planet. Sci. Letts., 272, 422-428, 2008.

[164] Greenroyd, C., C. Peirce, M. Rodger, A. B. Watts, R. W. Hobbs, "Do fracture zones define continental margin segmentation? - evidence from the French Guiana margin", Earth Planet. Sci. Letts., 272, 553-566, 2008.

2009

[165] Ali, M. and A. B. Watts, "Subsidence history, gravity anomalies and flexure of the United Arab Emirates foreland basin", GeoArabia, 14, 17-44, 2009.

[166] Close, D. I., A. B. Watts, H. M. J. Stagg, "A marine geophysical study of the Wilkes land rifted continental margin, Antarctica", Geophys. J. Int., 177, 430-450, 2009.

[167] Das, S. and A. B. Watts, "Effect of subducting seafloor topography on the rupture characteristics of great subduction zone earthquakes" S. Lallemand and F. Funiciello (Eds.), Subduction Zone Geodynamics, doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-87974-9, Springer-Verlag, 103-118, 2009.

[168] Lane, N., A. B. Watts, A. Farrant, Reply to discussion on "An analysis of Cotswold topography: insights into the landscape response to denudational isostasy", J. Geol. Soc. London, 166, 584, 2009.

[169] Watts, A. B., M. Rodger, C. Peirce, C. Greenroyd, R. W. Hobbs,"Seismic structure, gravity anomalies and flexure of the Amazon continental margin, NE Brazil", J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2008JB006259, 2009.

[170] Kalnins, L. and A. B. Watts, "Spatial variations in effective elastic thickness in the western Pacific Ocean and their implications for Mesozoic volcanism", Earth Planet. Sci. Letts., doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.018, 286, 89-100, 2009.

2010

[171] Contreras-Reyes, E., I. Grevemeyer, A. B. Watts, L. Planert, E.R. Flueh, C. Peirce, "Crustal intrusion beneath the Louisville hotspot track", Earth Planet. Sci. Letts., 289, 323-333, 2010.

[172] Koppers, A. A. P. and A. B. Watts,"Seamounts as a window to physical and chemical geodynamics", Special Volume on "Mountains in the Sea", Oceanography, 23, 42-57, 2010.

[173] Watts, A. B., A. A. P. Koppers and D. Robinson,"Seamount subduction and earthquakes", Special Volume on "Mountains in the Sea", Oceanography, 23, 166-173, 2010.

[174] Cunha, T. A., A. B. Watts, L. M. Pinheiro, R. Myklebust, "Seismic and gravity anomaly evidence of large-scale deformation off SW Portugal", Earth Planet Sci. Letts., doi:10.1016/j.epsl2010.01.047, 2010.

[175] Wilson, D. J., C. Peirce, A. B. Watts, I. Grevemeyer, A. Krabbenhoeft, "Uplift at lithospheric swells-I: seismic and gravity constraints on the crust and uppermost mantle structure of the Cape Verde mid-plate swell", Geophysical J. Int., 182, 531-550, 2010.

[176] Lamb, S. and A. B. Watts, "The origin of mountains - implications for the behaviour of Earth's lithosphere", Current Science, Perspectives in Earth Sciences - 2010, 99, 1699-1718, 2010.

2011

[177] Watts, A. B., "Isostasy" Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics. Ed. Gupta, H. K., 2011, 1, 647-662, Elsevier. 

[178] Contreras-Reyes, E., I. Grevemeyer, A. B. Watts, E. R. Flueh, C. Peirce, S. Moeller, C. Papenberg, "Deep seismic structure of the Tonga subduction zone: Implications for mantle hydration, tectonic erosion and arc magmatism":, J. Geophys. Res., 116, doi:10.1029/2011JB008434, 2011.

2012

[179] Watts, A. B., "Passive margin models", Regional Geology and Tectonics: Phanerozoic Rift Systems and Sedimentary Basins, Editors: D. G. Roberts and A. W. Bally. Volume 1B, Chapter 3, 33-58, Elsevier, Amsterdam. 

[180] Hutton, E. W. H., J. P. M. Syvitski and A. B. Watts, "Isostatic flexure of a finite slope due to sea-level rise and fall", Computers & Geosciences, doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2012.03.020, 2012.

[181] Watts, A. B., C. Peirce, I. Grevemeyer, M. Paulatto, W. Stratford, D. Bassett, J. A. Hunter, L. M. Kalnins, and C. E. J. de Ronde, "Rapid rates of growth and collapse of Monowai submarine volcano in the Kermadec Arc", Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/NGEO1473, 2012.

2013

[182] Ali, M. Y., A. B. Watts and M. P. Searle, "Seismic stratigraphy and subsidence history of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) rifted margin margin and overlying foreland basins", Lithosphere Dynamics and Sedimentary Basins: The Arabian plate and analogues, Editors: K. A. Al Hosani et al., p127-144, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 474pp., 2013. 

[183] Wilson, D. J., C. Peirce, A. B. Watts, I. Grevemeyer, "Uplift at lithospheric swells - II: is the Cape Verde mid-plate swell supported by a lithosphere of varying mechanical strength?", Geophysical Journal, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt034, 2013

[184] Martinez-Garcia, P., M. Comas, J. I. Soto, L. Lonergan, A. B. Watts, "Strike-slip tectonics and partial inversion in the Western Mediterranean: the Post-Messinian basin evolution of the Alboran Sea", Basin Research, doi: 10.1111/bre.12005, 2013. 

[185] Ali, M. Y. and A. B. Watts, "Subsidence history, crustal structure and evolution of the Somaliland-Yemen conjugate margin", J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1002/jgrb.50113, 2013.

[186] Timm, C., D. Bassett, I.J. Graham, M. Leybourne, Cornel E.J. de Ronde, J. Woodhead and A. B. Watts, "Louisville seamount subduction and its implication on mantle flow beneath the central Tonga-Kermadec arc", Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/ncomms2702, 2013. 

[190] Maystrenko, Y. P., M. Scheck-Wenderoth, A. Hartwig, Z. Anka, A. B. Watts, K. K. Hirsch, S. Fishwick, "Structural features of the Southwest African continental margin according to results of lithosphere-scale 3D gravity and thermal modeling", Tectonophysics, 2013

[191] Watts, A. B., S. J. Zhong and J. Hunter, "Lithosphere behaviour on seismic through geologic time-scales", Annual Reviews Earth & Planetary Sciences, 41, 443-468, 2013. 

[192] Mouthereau, F., A. B. Watts, E. B. Burov, "Structure of orogenic belts controlled by lithosphere age", Nature Geoscience, 6, 785-789, doi:10.1038/ngeo1902, 2013. 

[193] Zhong, S. and A. B. Watts, "Lithospheric deformation induced by loading of the Hawaiian Islands and its implications for mantle rheology", J. Geophys. Res., 118, 6025-6048, 2013. 

[194] West, A. J., J. M. Fox., R. Walker, A. Carter, T. Harris, A. B. Watts, B. Gantulga, "Links between climate, erosion, uplift, and topography during intracontinental mountain building of the Hangay Dome, Mongolia", Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14, Number 12, doi: 10.1002/2013GC004859, 2013. 

2014

[195] Paulatto M, A. B. Watts, C. Peirce, "Potential field and high-resolution bathymetry investigation of the Monowai volcanic centre, Kermadec Arc: implications for caldera formation and volcanic evolution", Geophys. J. Int., 2014

[196] Ali, M. Y., A. B. Watts and A. Farid, "Gravity anomalies of the United Arab Emirates: Implications for basement structures and infra-cambrian salt distribution", Geoarabia, 2014

[197] Nomikou P, M.M. Parks, D. Papanikolaou, D.M. Pyle, T. A. Mather, A. B. Watts et al., "The emergence and growth of a submarine volcano: The Kameni islands, Santorini (Greece)", GeoResJ, 1-2: 8-18, 2014

[198] Funnell, M. J., C. Peirce, W. R. Stratford, M. Paulatto, A. B. Watts and I. Grevemeyer, "Structure and deformation of the Kermadec forearc in response to subduction of the Pacific oceanic plate", Geophys. J. Int., 199: 1286-1302, 2014

2015

[199] Stratford, W., C. Peirce, M. Paulatto, M. Funnell, A. B. Watts, I. Grevemeyer, and D. Bassett, "Seismic velocity structure and deformation due to the collision of the Louisville Ridge with the Tonga-Kermadec Trench", Geophys. J. Int., 200, 1503-1522, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu475, 2015

[200] Ali, M. Y. and A. B. Watts, "Tectonic evolution of sedimentary basins of northern Somalia", Basin Research, 1-25, doi: 10.1111/bre.12113, 2015

[201] Watts, A. B., P. Nomikou, J. D. P. Moore, M. M. Parks, M. Alexandri. "Historical bathymetric charts and the evolution of Santorini submarine volcano, Greece", Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 16, doi:10.1002/2014GC005679, 2015. 

[202] Bassett, D. and A. B. Watts. "Gravity anomalies, crustal structure and seismicity at subduction zones: Part 1 - Seafloor roughness and subducting relief", Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. doi: 10.1002/2014GC005684, 2015. 

[203] Bassett, D. and A. B. Watts. "Gravity anomalies, forearc structure and seismicity in subduction zones: Part 2 - Interrelationships between crustal structure and seismogenic behaviour", Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi: 10.1002/2014GC005685, 2015.  

[204] Grevemeyer, I., E. Gràcia, A. Villaseñor, W. Leuchters, A. B. Watts, “Seismicity and active tectonics in the Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean: Constraints from an offshore-onshore seismological network and swath bathymetry data”, J. Geophys. Res. 120, doi:10.1002/2015JB012073, 2015

[205] Pilia, S., M. Y. Ali, A. B. Watts, M. Searle, “UAE-Oman mountains give clues to oceanic crust and mantle rocks”, EOS, 96, doi:10.1029/2015EO040937, 2015

2016

[206] Døssing, A., P. Japsen, A. B. Watts, T. Nielson, W. Jokat, H. Thybo, T. Dahl-Jensen, “Miocene uplift of the NE Greenland margin linked to plate tectonics: Seismic evidence from the Greenland Fracture Zone, NE Atlantic”, Tectonics, doi: 10.1002/2015TC004079, 2015

[207] Bassett, D., D. T. Sandwell, Y. Fialko, A. B. Watts, "Residual topography and gravity anomalies reveal structural controls on co-seismic slip in the 2011 M_w 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake”, Nature 531, 92–96, doi:10.1038/nature16945

[208] Metz, D., A. B. Watts, I. Grevemeyer, M. Rodgers, M. Paulatto, “Ultra long range hydroacoustic observations of submarine volcanic activity at Monowai, Kermadec Arc, Geophys. Res. Letts., doi: 10.1002/2015GL067259, 2016

[209] Hunter, J. and A. B. Watts, “Gravity anomalies, flexure and mantle rheology seaward of Circum-Pacific trenches”, Geophys. J. Int., 207, 288-316, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw275, 2016

[210] Paxman, G., A. B. Watts, F. Ferraccioli, T. A. Jordan, R. E. Bell, S. S. R. Jamieson and C. A. Finn, “Erosion-driven uplift in the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains of East Antarctica”, Earth Planet. Sci. Letts., 452, 1-14, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.040211, 2016

[211] Nomikou, P., T. H. Druitt, C. Hübscher, T. A. Mather, M. Paulatto, L. M. Kalnins, K. Kelfoun, D. Papanikolaou, K. Bejelou1, D. Lampridou, D. M. Pyle, S. Carey, A. B. Watts, M. M. Parks, “Post-eruptive flooding of Santorini caldera and implications for tsunami generation”, Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/ncomms13332, 2016

[212] Walker, R. T., M. Telfer, R. L. Kahle, A. Buta-Neto, M. W. Dee, B. Kahle, J.-L. Schwenninger, R. A. Sloan, C. Tunguno, A. B. Watts, “Rapid mantle-driven uplift along the Angolan margin in the late Quaternary”, Nature Geoscience, 909-914, doi: 10.1038/NGEO2835, 2016

[213] Bassett, D., H. Kopp, R. Sutherland, S. Henrys, A. B. Watts, C. Timm, M. Scherwath, I. Grevemeyer, C. E. J. de Ronde, “Crustal structure of the Kermadec arc from MANGO seismic refraction profiles”, J. Geophys. Res. 121, 7514–7546, doi: 10.1002/2016JB013194, 2016

2017

[214] Paxman, G. J. G., S. S. R. Jamieson, F. Ferraccioli, M. J. Bentley, R. Forsberg, N. Ross, A. B. Watts, H. F. J. Corr, T. A. Jordan, “Uplift and tilting of the Shackleton Range in East Antarctica driven by glacial erosion and normal faulting”, J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1002/2016JB013841, 2017

[215] Tozer, B., A. B. Watts, M. C. Daly, “Crustal structure, gravity anomalies and subsidence history of the Parnaíba cratonic basin, Northeast Brazil”, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 5591-5621, doi: 10.1002/2017JB014348, 2017

[216] Watts, A. B. and J. D. P. Moore, “Flexural isostasy: Constraints from gravity and topography power spectra”, J. Geophys. Res., 122, doi: 10.1002/2017JB014571

[217] Martínez-García, P., M. Comas, L. Lonergan, A. B. Watts, “From extension to shortening: tectonic inversion distributed in time and space in the Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean”, Tectonics, doi: 10.1002/2017TC004489

2018

[218] Ali, M. Y., S. Aidarbayev, M.P. Searle, A. B. Watts, “Crustal Structure, Subsidence History and Seismic Stratigraphy of the Western Musandam Peninsula, Oman - United Arab Emirates (UAE) Mountains”, Tectonics, doi: 10.1002/2017TC004777

[219] Watts, A. B., B. Tozer, M. C. Daly, J. Smith, “A comparative study of the Parnaíba, Michigan and Congo cratonic basins”, In Daly, M. C., Fxxk, R. A., Julià, J., Watts, A. B., D. I. M. Macdonald (eds), Cratonic Basin Formation: A case study of the Parnaíba basin of Brazil, Geological Society Lond., Special Publications, 472, doi: 10.1144/SP472.6

[220] Angrand, P., M. Ford, A. B. Watts, “Lateral variations in foreland flexure of a rifted continental margin: the Aquitaine Basin (SW France)”, Tectonics, doi: 10.1002/2017TC004670

[221] Daly, M. C., B. Tozer, A. B. Watts, “Cratonic basins and the Wilson Cycle: a perspective from the Parnaíba Basin Brazil”. In Wilson, R. W., Houseman, G. A., McCaffrey, K. J. W., Dore, A. G. & Buiter, S. J. H. (eds), Fifty years of the Wilson Cycle Concept in Plate Tectonics, Geol. Soc. Lond. Special Publications, 470, doi: 10.1144/SP470.13

[222] Morgan, R. L. and A. B. Watts, “Seismic and gravity constraints on flexural models for the origin of seaward dipping reflectors”, Geophys. J. Int., 214, 2073-2083, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggy243

[223] Watts, A. B., “The use of object-oriented and process-oriented methods for gravity modelling of sedimentary basins”, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggy353

[224] Daly, M. C., Fxxk, R.A., Julia, J., Macdonald, D. I. M. & Watts, A. B., “Cratonic basin formation: a case study of the Parnaíba Basin of Brazil”, Geol. Soc. London Special Publications, 472, 1-15, doi: 10.1144/SP472.20

[225] Metz, D., A. B. Watts, I. Grevemeyer, M. Rodgers, “Tracking submarine volcanic activity at Monowai: Constraints from long-range hydroacoustic measurements”, J. Geophys. Res. 123, 7877-7895, doi: 10.1029/2018JN015888

[226] Richards, F. D., L. M. Kalnins, A. B. Watts, B. E. Cohen & R. J. Beaman, “The Morphology of the Tasmantid Seamounts: Interactions between Tectonic Inheritance and Magmatic Evolution”, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 19, doi: 10.1029/2018GC007821

2019

[227] Paxman, G. J. G., S. R. S. Jamieson, F. Ferraccioli, M. J. Bentley, N. Ross, A. B. Watts, G. Leitchenkov, E. Armadillo, D. Young, “The role of lithospheric flexure in the landscape evolution of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin and Transantarctic Mountains of East Antarctica”. J. Geophys. Res. doi: 10.1029/2018JF004705

[228] Watts, A. B., “MARTIN HAROLD PHILLIPS BOTT 12 July 1926 – 20 October 2018”, Biog. Mem. Fell. Roy. Soc. London. doi: 10.1098/rsbm.2019.0009

[229] Metz, D., A. B. Watts, I. Grevemeyer, R. Werner, H. Huusmann, “Updated seafloor topography and T phase seismicity at Monowai, northern Kermadec Arc”. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2019.165174

[230] Watts, A. B., “Science, Seamounts and Society”. Geoscientist, 29 (7), 10-16, doi: 10.1144/geosci2019-039

[231]  Daly, M. C., P. Green, A. B. Watts, O. Davies, F. Chibesakunda, R. Walker, “Tectonics and Landscape of the Central African Plateau and their implications for a propagating Southwestern Rift in Africa”. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 21, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008746

2020

[232] Ali, M. Y., A. B. Watts, M. P. Searle, B. Keats, S. Pilia, T. Ambrose, “Geophysical imaging of ophiolite structure in the United Arab Emirates” Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16521-0

[233] Bellas, A., Zhong, S.J., Watts, A. B. “Constraints on the rheology of the lithosphere from flexure of the Pacific Plate at the Hawaiian Islands”. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21, e2019GC008819. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008819

[234] Watts, A. B., B. Tozer, H. Harper, B. Boston, D. J. Shillington, R. Dunn, “Evaluation of shipboard and satellite-derived bathymetry and gravity data over seamounts in the northwest Pacific Ocean”, J. Geophys. Res.,125, e2020JB020396.  https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020396

2021

[235] Watts, A. B., I. Grevemeyer, D. J. Shillington, R. Dunn, B. Boston, L. Gómez de la Peña, “Seismic structure, Gravity anomalies and Flexure along the Emperor Seamount chain”, J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2020JB021109.  https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB021109236.

[236] Pilia,  S., M. Y. Ali, M. P. Searle, A. B. Watts, C. Lü and D. A. Thompson, ^“Crustal structure of the UAE-Oman mountain range and Arabian rifted passive margin: new constraints from active and passive seismic methods”, J. Geophys. Res., https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB021374

[237] Pilia, S., A. Kaviani, M. P. Searle, P. Arroucau, M. Y. Ali, A. B. Watts, “Crustal and mantle deformation inherited from obduction of the Semail ophiolite (Oman) and continental collision (Zagros)”, Tectonics, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020tc006644

[238] Watts, A. B., “Science, seamounts and society”, Ocean Challenge, 25, p28-3

[239] Ali, M. Y. and A. B. Watts, “Crustal structure of the Nogal Basin, Northern Somalia”, Journal African Earth Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2021.104385

[240] Watts, A. B., “Reflections on a career in marine geoscience”, Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, 2, e2021CN000144 https://doi.org/10.1029/2021CN000144

2022

[241] Bellas, A., S. J. Zhong, A. B. Watts, “Reconciling lithospheric rheology between laboratory experiments, field observations and different tectonic tectonic settings”, Geophys. J. Int., 228, 857-875, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggab38

[242] Chong X., R. Dunn, A. B. Watts, D. Shillington, I. Grevemeyer, L. Gómez de la Peña and B. Boston, “A seismic tomography, gravity, and flexure study of the crust and upper mantle structure of the Emperor Seamounts at Jimmu guyot”, J. Geophys. Res. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB02324

[243] Wessel, P., A. B. Watts, S.-S. Kim, and D. T. Sandwell, “Models for the evolution of seamounts”, Geophys. J. Int., 231, 1898-1916, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggac285

2023

[244] Gu Z., X. Zhai, A. B. Watts, G. Liu, H. Jiang, and W. Mo, “Formation and evolution of an Early Cambrian foreland basin in the northwest Yangtze Block, South China”, J. Geol. Soc. London. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2022-127

[245] Ismaiel, M., M. Y. Ali, A. B. Watts, B. Barkat, “Spatial variations of effective elastic thickness of eastern Arabia: Implications for lithospheric weakening in the Oman-UAE mountain belt”, Tectonophysics, 863, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.229995

[246] Cilli, P., A. B. Watts, B. Boston, D. J. Shillington, (2023), “Re-processing of legacy seismic reflection profile data and its implications for plate flexure in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands”, J. Geophys. Res., 128, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB026577

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