A. 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] 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

[143] 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

[144] 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

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

[146] 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

[147] 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

[148]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

[149] 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

[150] 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

[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, 2006 Predicted 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.

In press (accepted for publication)

Watts, A. B., "Models for the evolution of Passive Margins", Phanerozoic Regional Geology of the World, Editors: A. W. Bally and D. G. Roberts. Elsevier

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.

Submitted

Watts, A. B., C. Peirce, I. Grevemeyer, M. Paulatto, W. R. Stratford, D. Bassett, J. A. Hunter, L. Kalnins and C. E. J. de Ronde, "Rapid rates of collapse and growth at Monowai submarine volcano, Kermadec Arc"

In preparation

Døssing, A. and A. B. Watts, "The Greenland Fracture Zone: Geophysical evidence of pronounced flexure and transverse ridge segmentation"


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