A. B. Watts

22.0k citations
244 papers · 15.7k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 74

Impact in

  • Geophysics top 0.05%
    • earthquake and tectonic studies
    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials
    • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Geology top 0.01%
    • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Papers in

    • earthquake and tectonic studies 147
    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis 115
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials 65
    • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide 31
    • Geological and Geophysical Studies 60

A. B. Watts

242 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

Subsidence of the Atlantic-type continental margin off New York 1978 · 669 citations
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A. B. Watts
Comparison fields: 5 of 164
  • Geophysics 12.2k
  • Geology 3.5k
  • Earth-Surface Processes 2.9k
  • Atmospheric Science 2.8k
  • Oceanography 1.1k
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All Works

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Neogene Rift Propagation of the East African Rift System (EARS) into Central Africa and its Implications: Tectonic, Topographic and Geomorphic Impacts of the Luangwa and Luapula Rift Valleys on the Upper Congo Drainage Basin, Lake Bangweulu Wetlands and the Development of the Diffuse Southwestern Tip of the EARS.
20172
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Structure and deformation of the Tonga-Kermadec subduction system in the Louisville Ridge pre-collision zone
20132
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Linkage between crustal shortening in collisional orogens and the long-term strength of the continental lithosphere
20121
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Constraints on Lithosphere Rheology from Observations of Volcano-induced Deformation
20111
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Collisional orogens, structural inheritance and the long-term strength of continental lithosphere
20111
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Crust and lithosphere dynamics
200719
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Crustal Structure of the Continental Margin Offshore French Guiana, Central Atlantic
20052
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Slope Failures and Debris Avalanches on the Flanks of Volcanic Oceanic Islands : the Canary Islands, off NW Africa
19959
19 1979124
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A geophysical atlas of the East and Southeast Asian Seas
197834

About A. B. Watts

A. B. Watts is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, having authored 244 papers that have together received 15.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include earthquake and tectonic studies (147 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (115 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (65 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (60 papers), Geological formations and processes (45 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (31 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (26 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (12.2k citations), Geology (3.5k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (2.9k citations), Atmospheric Science (2.8k citations) and Oceanography (1.1k citations). A. B. Watts has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include M. S. Steckler, Garry D. Karner, E. Burov, J. H. Bodine, Douglas G. Masson, Andrew Tien‐Shun Lin, Mohammed Y. Ali, Jeffrey K. Weissel, Shijie Zhong and Uri S. ten Brink. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Journal International, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth and Journal of the Geological Society.

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