Watters, Tom

Senior Geologist

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Background And Education

education and training

• B.A., West Chester University
• M.A., Bryn Mawr College
• Ph.D., George Washington University

awards and honors

• Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar Award, 2018

Research And Grants

investigator on

• Developing the Lunar Geophysical Network Mission  awarded by University of Notre Dame 2020 -
• Analysis of Lunar Tectonics  awarded by Arizona State University
• Global Characterization and Analysis of Tectonism on Mercury  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC)  awarded by Arizona State University
• Planetary Remote Sensing: Linking Observations, Theory and Field Studies  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Planetary Science Displays in the National Air and Space Museum  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Goddard Space Flight Center
• Regional Planetary Image Facility  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Goddard Space Flight Center
• Smithsonian Regional Planetary Image Facility  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Shared Services Center
• Studies of Tectonic Features on the Terrestrial Planets  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Tectonism on the Moon: Global Characterization and Analysis of Lunar Faults  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Publications

selected publications

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  • Watters, Thomas R. 2021. "A case for limited global contraction of Mercury." Communications Earth & Environment 2 (1):9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00076-5 2021
  • Campbell, Bruce A., Watters, Thomas R., and Morgan, Gareth A. 2021. "Dielectric Properties of the Medusae Fossae Formation and Implications for Ice Content." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets, 126, (3), Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006601. 2021
  • Matsuyama, I., Keane, J. T., Trinh, A., Beuthe, M., and Watters, Thomas R. 2021. "Global tectonic patterns of the Moon." Icarus 358:114202-114202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114202 2021
  • Watters, Thomas R., James, Peter B., and Selvans, Michelle M. 2021. "Mercury's Crustal Thickness and Contractional Strain." Geophysical Research Letters 48 (17):https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093528 2021
  • Williams, Nathan R., Bell, James F., III, Watters, Thomas R., Banks, Maria E., Daud, Katie, and French, Renee A. 2019. "Evidence for recent and ancient faulting at Mare Frigoris and implications for lunar tectonic evolution." Icarus 326:151-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.03.002 2019
  • French, Renee A., Watters, Thomas R., and Robinson, Mark S. 2019. "Provenance of block fields along lunar wrinkle ridges." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124 (11):2970-2982. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006018 2019
  • Watters, Thomas R., Weber, Renee C., Collins, Geoffrey C., Howley, Ian J., Schmerr, Nicholas C., and Johnson, Catherine L. 2019. "Shallow seismic activity and young thrust faults on the Moon." Nature Geoscience 12 (6):411- . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0362-2 2019
  • Schleicher, Lisa S., Watters, Thomas R., Martin, Aaron J., and Banks, Maria E. 2019. "Wrinkle ridges on Mercury and the Moon within and outside of mascons." Icarus 331:226-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.04.013 2019
  • van der Bogert, Carolyn H., Clark, Jaclyn D., Hiesinger, Harald, Banks, Maria E., Watters, Thomas R., and Robinson, Mark S. 2018. "How old are lunar lobate scarps? 1. Seismic resetting of crater size-frequency distributions." Icarus 306:225-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.01.019 2018
  • Watters, Thomas R., Leuschen, Carl J., Campbell, Bruce A., Morgan, Gareth A., Cicchetti, Andrea, Grant, John A., Phillips, Roger J., and Plaut, Jeffrey J. 2017. "Radar sounder evidence of thick, porous sediments in Meridiani Planum and implications for ice-filled deposits on Mars." Geophysical Research Letters 44 (18):9208-9215. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074431 2017
  • Preusker, Frank, Stark, Alexander, Oberst, Jü, Matz, Klaus-Dieter, Gwinner, Klaus, Roatsch, Thomas, and Watters, Thomas R. 2017. "Toward high-resolution global topography of Mercury from MESSENGER orbital stereo imaging: A prototype model for the H6 (Kuiper) quadrangle." Planetary and Space Science 142:26-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2017.04.012 2017
  • Watters, Thomas R., Montési, Laurent G. J., Oberst, Jü, and Preusker, Frank. 2016. "Fault-bound valley associated with the Rembrandt basin on Mercury: Fault-Bound Valley on Mercury." Geophysical Research Letters 43 (22):11536-11544. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070205 2016
  • Campbell, Bruce A. and Watters, Thomas R. 2016. "Phase Compensation of MARSIS Subsurface Sounding Data and Estimation of Ionospheric Properties: New Insights From SHARAD Results: Phase Compensation of MARSIS Data." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets 121 (2):180-193. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JE004917 2016
  • Watters, Thomas R., Daud, Katie, Banks, Maria E., Selvans, Michelle M., Chapman, Clark R., and Ernst, Carolyn M. 2016. "Recent tectonic activity on Mercury revealed by small thrust fault scarps." Nature Geoscience 9 (10):743-747. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2814 2016
  • Watters, Thomas R., Selvans, Michelle M., Banks, Maria E., Hauk, Steven A., II, Becker, Kris J., and Robinson, Mark S. 2015. "Distribution of Large-Scale Contractional Tectonic Landforms on Mercury: Implications for the Origin of Global Stresses." Geophysical Research Letters 42 (10):3755-3763. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL063570 2015
  • Banks, Maria E., Xiao, Zhiyong, Watters, Thomas R., Strom, Robert G., Braden, Sarah E., Chapman, Clark R., Solomon, Sean C., Klimczak, Christian, and Byrne, Paul K. 2015. "Duration of activity on lobate-scarp thrust faults on Mercury: Thrust Fault Activity on Mercury." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets 120 (11):1751-1762. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JE004828 2015
  • Watters, Thomas R., Robinson, Mark S., Collins, Geoffrey C., Banks, Maria E., Daud, Katie, Williams, Nathan R., and Selvans, Michelle M. 2015. "Global thrust faulting on the Moon and the influence of tidal stresses." Geology 43 (10):851-854. https://doi.org/10.1130/G37120.1 2015
  • Orosei, R., Jordan, R. L., Morgan, D. D., Cartacci, M., Cicchetti, A., Duru, F., Gurnett, D. A., Heggy, E., Kirchner, D. L., Noschese, R., Kofman, W., Masdea, A., Plaut, J. J., Seu, R., Watters, Thomas R., and Picardi, G. 2015. "Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS) after nine years of operation: A summary." Planetary and Space Science 112:98-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2014.07.010 2015
  • French, Renee A., Bina, Craig R., Robinson, Mark S., and Watters, Thomas R. 2015. "Small-scale Lunar Graben: Distribution, Dimensions, and Formation Processes." Icarus 252:95-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.031 2015
  • Ernst, Carolyn M., Denevi, Brett W., Barnouin, Olivier S., Klimczak, Christian, Chabot, Nancy L., Head, James W., Murchie, Scott L., Neumann, Gregory A., Prockter, Louise M., Robinson, Mark S., Solomon, Sean C., and Watters, Thomas R. 2015. "Stratigraphy of the Caloris Basin: Implications for Volcanic History and Basin Impact Melt." Icarus 250:413-429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.11.003 2015
  • Byrne, Paul K., Klimczak, Christian, Sengor, A. M. C., Solomon, Sean C., Watters, Thomas R., and Hauck II, Steven A. 2014. "Mercury's Global Contraction Much Greater than Earlier Estimates." Nature Geoscience (7): 301-307. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2097 2014
  • Williams, N. R., Watters, Thomas R., Pritchard, M. E., Banks, Maria E., and Bell, J. F., III. 2013. "Fault dislocation modeled structure of lobate scarps from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera digital terrain models." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets 118 (2):224-233. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20051 2013
  • Klimczak, Christian, Ernst, Carolyn M., Byrne, Paul K., Solomon, Sean C., Watters, Thomas R., Murchie, Scott L., Preusker, Frank, and Balcerski, Jeffrey A. 2013. "Insights into the subsurface structure of the Caloris basin, Mercury, from assessments of mechanical layering and changes in long-wavelength topography." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets 118 (10):2030-2044. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20157 2013
  • Denevi, Brett W., Ernst, Carolyn M., Meyer, Heather M., Robinson, Mark S., Murchie, Scott L., Whitten, Jennifer L., Head, James W., Watters, Thomas R., Solomon, Sean C., Ostrach, Lilian R., Chapman, Clark R., Byrne, Paul K., Klimczak, Christian, and Peplowski, Patrick N. 2013. "The distribution and origin of smooth plains on Mercury." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets 118 (5):891-907. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20075 2013
  • Klimczak, Christian, Watters, Thomas R., Ernst, Carolyn M., Freed, Andrew M., Byrne, Paul K., Solomon, Sean C., Blair, David M., and Head, James W. 2012. "Deformation associated with ghost craters and basins in volcanic smooth plains on Mercury: Strain analysis and implications for plains evolution." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets 117 (E12):https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004100 2012
  • Watters, Thomas R., Solomon, Sean C., Klimczak, Christian, Freed, Andrew M., Head, James W., Ernst, Carolyn M., Blair, David M., Goudge, Timothy A., and Byrne, Paul K. 2012. "Extension and contraction within volcanically buried impact craters and basins on Mercury." Geology 40 (12):1123-1126. https://doi.org/10.1130/G33725.1 2012
  • Banks, Maria E., Watters, Thomas R., Robinson, Mark S., Tornabene, Livio L., Tran, T., Ojha, L., and Williams, N. R. 2012. "Morphometric analysis of small-scale lobate scarps on the Moon using data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets 117 (12):https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JE003907 2012
  • Freed, Andrew M., Blair, David M., Watters, Thomas R., Klimczak, Christian, Byrne, Paul K., Solomon, Sean C., Zuber, Maria T., and Melosh, H. J. 2012. "On the origin of graben and ridges within and near volcanically buried craters and basins in Mercury's northern plains." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets 117 (E12):https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004119 2012
  • Watters, Thomas R., Robinson, Mark S., Banks, Maria E., Tran, Thanh, and Denevi, Brett W. 2012. "Recent extensional tectonics on the Moon revealed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera." Nature Geoscience 5:181-185. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1387 2012
  • Head, James W., Chapman, Clark R., Strom, Robert G., Fassett, Caleb I., Denevi, Brett W., Blewett, David T., Ernst, Carolyn M., Watters, Thomas R., Solomon, Sean C., Murchie, Scott L., Prockter, Louise M., Chabot, Nancy L., Gillis-Davis, Jeffrey J., Whitten, Jennifer L., Goudge, Timothy A., Baker, David M. H., Hurwitz, Debra M., Ostrach, Lillian R., Xiao, Zhiyong, Merline, William J., Kerber, Laura, Dickson, James L., Oberst, Jürgen, Byrne, Paul K., Klimczak, Christian et al. 2011. "Flood Volcanism in the Northern High Latitudes of Mercury Revealed by MESSENGER." Science 333 (6051):1853-1856. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1211997 2011
  • Preusker, Frank, Oberst, Jürgen, Head, James W., Watters, Thomas R., Robinson, Mark S., Zuber, Maria T., and Solomon, Sean C. 2011. "Stereo topographic models of mercury after three MESSENGER flybys." Planetary and Space Science 59 (15):1910-1917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2011.07.005 2011
  • Watters, Thomas R., Thomas, Peter C., and Robinsob, Mark S. 2011. "Thrust faults and the near-surface strength of asteroid 433 Eros." Geophysical Research Letters 38 (2):L02202. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL045302 2011
  • Zuber, Maria T., Montési, Laurent G. J., Farmer, Grant T., II, Steven A. Hauck, Ritzer, J. Andreas, Phillips, Roger J., Solomon, Sean C., Smith, David E., Talpe, Matthieu J., III, James W. Head, Neumann, Gregory A., Watters, Thomas R., and Johnson, Catherine L. 2010. "Accommodation of Lithospheric Shortening on Mercury from Altimetric Profiles of Ridges and Lobate Scarps Measured during MESSENGER Flybys 1 and 2." Icarus 209 (1):247-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2010.02.026 2010
  • Prockter, Louise M., Ernst, Carolyn M., Denevi, Brett W., Chapman, Clark R., Head, James W., Fassett, Caleb I., Merline, William J., Solomon, Sean C., Watters, Thomas R., Strom, Robert G., Cremonese, Gabriele, Marchi, Simone, and Massironi, Matteo. 2010. "Evidence for Young Volcanism on Mercury from the Third MESSENGER Flyby." Science 329 (5992):668-671. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1188186 2010
  • Watters, Thomas R., Robinsob, Mark S., Beyer, Ross A., Banks, Maria E., Bell, James F., III, Pritchard, Matthew E., Hiesinger, Harald, van, der Bogert, Thomas, Peter C., Turtle, Elizabeth P., and Williams, Nathan R. 2010. "Evidence of Recent Thrust Faulting on the Moon Revealed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera." Science 329 (5994):936-940. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1189590 2010
  • Irwin, Rossman P., III and Watters, Thomas R. 2010. "Geology of the Martian crustal dichotomy boundary: Age, modifications, and implications for modeling efforts." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets 115:E11006-E11006. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JE003658 2010
  • Schultz, Richard A., Hauber, Ernst, Kattenhorn, Simon A., Okubo, Chris H., and Watters, Thomas R. 2010. "Interpretation and analysis of planetary structures." Journal of Structural Geology 32 (6):855-875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2009.09.005 2010
  • Watters, Thomas R. and Schultz, R. A. 2010. "Planetary Tectonics: Introduction." in Planetary Tectonics, edited by Watters, Thomas R. and Schultz, R. A., 1-14. Cambridge University Press. 2010
  • Oberst, Jürgen, Preusker, Frank, Phillips, Roger J., Watters, Thomas R., Head, James W., Zuber, Maria T., and Solomon, Sean C. 2010. "The Morphology of Mercury's Caloris Basin as Seen in MESSENGER Stereo Topographic Models." Icarus 209 (1):230-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2010.03.009 2010
  • Fassett, C. I., Head, James W., Blewett, David T., Chapman, Clark R., Dickson, J. L., Murchie, Scott L., Solomon, Sean C., and Watters, Thomas R. 2009. "Caloris Impact Basin: Exterior Geomorphology, Stratigraphy, Morphometry, Radial Sculpture, and Smooth Plains Deposits.." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 285 (3-4):297-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.022 2009
  • Freed, A. M., Solomon, Sean C., Watters, Thomas R., Philips, Roger J., and Zuber, Maria T. 2009. "Could Pantheon Fossae be the result of the Apollodorus crater-forming impact within the Caloris basin, Mercury?." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 285 (3-4):320-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.038 2009
  • Watters, Thomas R., Murchie, Scott L., Robinson, Mark S., Solomon, Sean C., Denevi, Brett W., Andre, S. L., and Head, J. W. 2009. "Emplacement and tectonic deformation of smooth plains in the Caloris basin, Mercury." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 285 (3-4):309-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.040 2009
  • Head, J. W., Murchie, Scott L., Prockter, Louise M., Solomon, Sean C., Strom, Robert G., Chapman, Clark R., Watters, Thomas R., Blewett, David T., Gillis-Davies, Jeffrey J., Fassett, C. I., Dickson, J. L., Hurwitz, D. M., and Ostrach, L. R. 2009. "Evidence for intrusive activity on Mercury from the first MESSENGER flyby.." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 285 (3-4):251-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.008 2009
  • Watters, Thomas R., Head, J. W., Solomon, Sean C., Robinson, Mark S., Chapman, C. R., Denevi, B. W., Fassett, C. I., Murchie, Scott L., and Strom, R. G. 2009. "Evolution of the Rembrandt Impact Basin on Mercury." Science 324:618-621. 2009
  • Farrell, W. M., Plaut, Jeffrey J., Cummer, S. A., Gurnett, D. A., Picardi, G., Watters, Thomas R., and Safaeinili, Ali. 2009. "Is the Martian water table hidden from radar view?." Geophysical Research Letters 36:L15206. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GL038945 2009
  • Carter, Lynn M., Campbell, Bruce A., Watters, Thomas R., Phillips, Roger J., Putzig, Nathaniel E., Safaeinili, Ali, Plaut, Jeffrey J., Okubo, Chris H., Egan, Anthony F., Seu, Roberto, Biccari, Daniela, and Orosei, Roberto. 2009. "Shallow radar (SHARAD) sounding observations of the Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars." Icarus 199 (2):295-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2008.10.007 2009
  • Denevi, Brett W., Robinsob, Mark S., Solomon, Sean C., Murchie, Scott L., Blewett, David T., Domingue, Deborah L., McCoy, Timothy J., Ernst, Carolyn M., Head, James W., Watters, Thomas R., and Chabot, Nancy L. 2009. "The Evolution of Mercury's Crust: A Global Perspective from MESSENGER." Science 324 (5927):613-618. 2009
  • Watters, Thomas R., Solomon, Sean C., Robinson, Mark S., Head, J. W., Andre, S. L., Hauck III, S. A., and Murchie, Scott L. 2009. "The tectonics of Mercury: The view after MESSENGER's first flyby." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 285 (3-4):283-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.025 2009
  • Head, James W., Murchie, Scott L., Prockter, Louise M., Solomon, Sean C., Chapman, Clark R., Strom, Robert G., Watters, Thomas R., Blewett, David T., Gillis-Davies, Jeffrey J., Fassett, C. I., Dickson, J. L., Morgan, G. A., and Kerber, L. 2009. "Volcanism on Mercury: Evidence from the first MESSENGER flyby for extrusive and explosive activity and the volcanic origin of plains.." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 285 (3-4):227-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.007 2009
  • André, S. L., Andr, T. C., Watters, Thomas R., and Robinson, Mark S. 2008. "Application of an adaptive least squares correlation algorithm for stereo matching planetary image data." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets 113:E11006. 2008
  • Murchie, Scott L., Watters, Thomas R., Robinsob, Mark S., Head, James W., Strom, Robert G., Chapman, Clark R., Solomon, Sean C., McClintock, William E., Prockter, Louise M., Domingue, Deborah L., and Blewett, David T. 2008. "Geology of the Caloris Basin, Mercury: A View from MESSENGER." Science 321 (5885):73-76. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1159261 2008
  • Farrell, W. M., Clifford, S. M., Milkovich, S. M., Plaut, Jeffrey J., Leuschen, C. J., Picardi, G., Gurnett, D. A., Watters, Thomas R., Safaeinili, Ali, Ivanov, A. B., Phillips, R. J., Stofan, E. R., Heggy, E., Cummer, S. A., and Espley, J. R. 2008. "MARSIS subsurface radar investigations of the South Polar reentrant Chasma Australe." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets 113:E04002. 2008
  • Robinson, Mark S., Murchie, Scott L., Blewett, David T., Domingue, Deborah L., Hawkins, S. Edward, Head, James W., Holsclaw, Gregory M., McClintock, William E., McCoy, Timothy J., McNutt, Ralph L., Prockter, Louise M., Solomon, Sean C., and Watters, Thomas R. 2008. "Reflectance and Color Variations on Mercury: Regolith Processes and Compositional Heterogeneity." Science 321 (5885):66-69. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1160080 2008
  • Solomon, Sean C., McNutt, Ralph L., Watters, Thomas R., Lawrence, David J., Feldman, William C., Head, James W., Krimigis, Stamatios M., Murchie, Scott L., Phillips, Roger J., Slavin, James A., and Zuber, Maria T. 2008. "Return to Mercury: A Global Perspective on MESSENGER's First Mercury Flyby." Science 321 (5885):59-62. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1159706 2008
  • Head, James W., Murchie, Scott L., Prockter, Louise M., Robinsob, Mark S., Solomon, Sean C., Strom, Robert G., Chapman, Clark R., Watters, Thomas R., McClintock, William E., Blewett, David T., and Gillis-Davis, Jeffrey J. 2008. "Volcanism on Mercury: Evidence from the First MESSENGER Flyby." Science 321 (5885):69-72. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1159256 2008
  • Watters, Thomas R., McGovern, P. J., and Irwin, Rossman P., III. 2007. "Hemispheres apart: The crustal dichotomy on Mars." Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 35:621-652. 2007
  • Watters, Thomas R., Campbell, Bruce A., Carter, Lynn M., Leuschen, Carl J., Plaut, Jeffrey J., Picardi, Giovanni, Orosei, Roberto, Safaeinili, Ali, Clifford, Stephen M., Farrell, William M., Ivanov, Anton B., Phillips, Roger J., and Stofan, Ellen R. 2007. "Radar Sounding of the Medusae Fossae Formation Mars: Equatorial Ice or Dry, Low-Density Deposits?." Science 318 (5853):1125-1128. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1148112 2007
  • Plaut, Jeffrey J., Picardi, G., Safaeinili, Ali, Ivanov, A. B., Milkovich, S. M., Cicchetti, A., Kofman, W., Mouginot, J., Farrell, W. M., Phillips, R. J., Clifford, S. M., Frigeri, A., Orosei, R., Federico, C., Williams, I. P., Gurnett, D. A., Nielsen, E., Hagfors, T., Heggy, E., Stofan, E. R., Plettemeier, D., Watters, Thomas R., Leuschen, C. J., and Edenhofer, P. 2007. "Subsurface radar sounding of the south polar layered deposits of Mars." Science 316 (5821):92-95. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1139672 2007
  • Head, J. W., Chapman, C. R., Domingue, D. L., Hawkins, S. E., McClintock, W. E., Murchie, Scott L., Prockter, L. M., Robinson, Mark S., Strom, R. G., and Watters, Thomas R. 2007. "The geology of mercury: The view prior to the MESSENGER mission." Space Science Reviews 131 (1-4):41-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-007-9263-6 2007
  • Hawkins, S. E., Boldt, J. D., Darlington, E. H., Espiritu, R., Gold, R. E., Gotwols, B., Grey, M. P., Hash, C. D., Hayes, J. R., Jaskulek, S. E., Kardian, C. J., Keller, M. R., Malaret, E. R., Murchie, Scott L., Murphy, P. K., Peacock, K., Prockter, L. M., Reiter, R. A., Robinson, Mark S., Schaefer, E. D., Shelton, R. G., Sterner, R. E., Taylor, H. W., Watters, Thomas R., and Williams, B. D. 2007. "The mercury dual imaging system on the MESSENGER spacecraft." Space Science Reviews 131 (1-4):247-338. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-007-9266-3 2007

• blog posting

  • Watters, Thomas R. 2016. "Revealing Mercury's Great Valley." [Blog] . 2016. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/revealing-mercury%E2%80%99s-great-valley. 2016
  • Watters, Thomas R. 2016. "The Incredible, Still Shrinking Mercury." [Blog] . 2016. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/incredible-still-shrinking-mercury. 2016
  • Watters, Thomas R. 2015. "Earth is Shaping the Shrinking Moon." [Blog] . 2015. 2015
  • Watters, Thomas R. 2015. "The Last Hours of MESSENGER." [Blog] . 2015. 2015
  • Watters, Thomas R. 2012. "This Pie is Out of this World." [Blog] . 2012. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/research/this-pie-is-out-of-this-world/. 2012
  • Watters, Thomas R. 2011. "MESSENGER on Final Approach to Mercury." [Blog] . 2011. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/planetary-science/messenger-on-final-approach-to-mercury/. 2011
  • Watters, Thomas R. 2010. "Shaking It Up: Planetary Tectonics Throughout the Solar System." [Blog] . 2010. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/astronomy/shaking-it-up-planetary-tectonics-throughout-the-solar-system/. 2010

• chapter

  • Watters, Thomas R. and Johnson, C. L. 2010. "Lunar Tectonics." in Planetary Tectonics, edited by Watters, Thomas R. and Schultz, R. A., 121-182. Cambridge University Press. 2010
  • Tanaka, K. L., Anderson, R., Dohm, J. M., Hansen, V., Pappalardo, R., Watters, Thomas R., and Schultz, R. A. 2010. "Planetary Structural Mapping." in Planetary Tectonics, edited by Watters, Thomas R. and Schultz, R. A., 351-396. Cambridge University Press. 2010
  • Watters, Thomas R. and Nimmo, F. 2010. "The Tectonics of Mercury." in Planetary Tectonics, edited by Watters, Thomas R. and Schultz, R. A., 15-80. Cambridge University Press. 2010

• conference paper

  • Nahm, A. L., Johnson, M. B., Hauber, E., Watters, Thomas R., and Martin, E. S. 2018. "New global map and classification of large-scale extensional structures on the Moon." In , , 2018
  • Watters, Thomas R. 2007. "Buried basins in the northern lowlands of mars revealed by the marsis radar sounder." In , , 2007

• dataset

  • Watters, Thomas R. 2021. [Dataset] Lunar Wrinkle Ridges and the Evolution of the Nearside Lithosphere. Distributed by National Air and Space Museum. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.16619674.V1. 2021
  • Watters, Thomas R. 2021. [Dataset] "Mercury's crustal thickness and contractional strain." Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.14270720.V1 2021
  • Watters, Thomas R. 2020. [Dataset] "A hemispheric dichotomy in the contraction of Mercury." Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.12482453.V1 2020
  • Martin, Emily S. and Watters, Thomas R. 2020. [Dataset] "Dataset: Topography of nearside mare graben: Implications for dike-induced or passive extension formation." Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.11878032.V1 2020
  • Watters, Thomas R., Daud, Katie, Banks, Maria E., Selvans, Michelle M., Chapman, Clark R., and Ernst, Carolyn M. 2017. [Dataset] "Recent tectonic activity on Mercury revealed by small thrust fault scarps." Distributed by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://doi.org/10.5479/data_nasm/10088/31955 2017
  • Watters, Thomas R., Montesi, Laurent G. J., Oberst, Jurgen, and Preusker, Frank. 2017. [Dataset] "Supporting information for Fault-bound valley associated with the Rembrandt basin on Mercury." Distributed by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://doi.org/10.5479/data_nasm/10088/31956 2017
• Watters, Thomas R. 2022. "Lunar Wrinkle Ridges and the Evolution of the Nearside Lithosphere." Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets, 127, (3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007058. 2022

editor of

• book

  • Planetary Tectonics 2010

Affiliation

member of

• missing activity 2012 -

Other

Location

• National Air & Space Museum  Academic Department