Watts, A.B. and M. Talwani, Gravity anomalies seaward of deep- sea trenches and their tectonic implications, Geophys. J. Roy. Astro. Soc., 36, 57-92,1974
Watts, A.B., and J.R. Cochran, Gravity anomalies and flexure of the lithosphere along the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain, Geophys. J. Roy. Astro. Soc., 38, 119-141,1974
Watts, A.B., J.R. Cochran, G. Selzer, Gravity anomalies and flexure of the lithosphere: A three-dimensional study of the Great Meteor Seamount, N.E. Atlantic, Jour. Geophys. Res., 80, 1391-1398,1975
Watts, A.B. and W.B.F. Ryan, Flexure of the lithosphere and continental margin basins, Tectonophysics, 36, 25-44,1976
Watts, A.B., An analysis of isostasy in the world's oceans: 1. Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain, Jour. Geophys. Res., 83, 5989- 6004, 1978
Bodine, J.H. and A.B. Watts, On lithospheric flexure seaward of the Bonin and Mariana Trenches, Earth and Planetary Science Lett., 43, 132-148, 1979
Watts, A.B., J.H. Bodine and N.M. Ribe, Observations of flexure and the geological evolution of the Pacific Ocean basin, Nature, London, 283, 532-537, 1980
Watts, A.B., J.H. Bodine and M.S. Steckler, Observations of flexure and the state of stress in the oceanic lithosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 85, 6369-6376, 1980 <
Bodine, J.H., M.S. Steckler and A.B. Watts, Observations of flexure and the rheology of the oceanic lithosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 86, 3695- 3707, 1981
Watts, A.B., G.D. Karner and M.S. Steckler, Lithospheric flexure and the evolution of sedimentary basins, in: The Evolution of Sedimentary Basins, (ed.) Sr. P. Kent, M.H.P. Bott, D.P. McKenzie and C.A. Williams, Phil. Trans, Roy. Soc. Lond., 305A, 249-281, 1982
Karner, G.D. and A.B. Watts, Gravity anomalies and flexure of the lithosphere at mountain ranges, J. Geophys. Res. 88, 10,449- 10,477, 1983
Watts, A.B., U. ten Brink, P. Buhl, T. Brocher, A multi-channel seismic study of lithospheric flexure across the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain, Nature, 315, 6015, 105-111, 1985
Watts, A.B., Gravity anomalies, crustal structure and flexure of the lithosphere at the Baltimore Canyon Trough, Earth and Planet. Sci. Lettrs., 89, 221-238, 1988
Watts, A.B., Lithospheric Flexure due to Prograding Sediment Loads: Implications for the origin of Offlap/Onlap patterns in Sedimentary Basins, Basin Res., 2, 133-144, 1989
Coakley, B.J. and A.B.Watts, Tectonic controls on the development of Unconformities: The North Slope, Alaska, Tectonics, 10,101-10,130, 1991
Goodwillie, A.M. and A. B. Watts. "An altimetric and bathymetric study of elastic thickness in the Central Pacific Ocean". Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 118, 311-326, 1993
Watts, A.B. "Crustal Structure, Gravity anomalies and flexure of the Lithosphere in the vicinity of the Canary Islands". Geophys. J. Intern., 119, 648-666, 1994
Stewart, J. and A. B. Watts, "Gravity anomalies and spatial variations of flexural rigidity at mountain ranges". J. Geophys. Res. 102, 5327-5352,1997