Watters, Tom
Senior Geologist
Selected Publications
Article
Watters, Thomas R., Campbell, Bruce A., Leuschen, Carl J., Morgan, Gareth A., Cicchetti, Andrea, Orosei, Roberto, and Plaut, Jeffrey J. 2024. "Evidence of Ice-Rich Layered Deposits in the Medusae Fossae Formation of Mars." Geophysical Research Letters , 51, (2). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105490 .
2024
Martin, Emily S. and Watters, Thomas R. 2022. "Displacement-length scaling relations of nearside graben: Evidence of restricted normal faults on the Moon ." Icarus , 388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115215 .
2022
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
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). 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. E. 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
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 ." The National Air and Space Museum Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Nov 16, 2016. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/revealing-mercury%E2%80%99s-great-valley .
2016
Watters, Thomas R. 2016. "The Incredible, Still Shrinking Mercury ." The National Air and Space Museum Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Sep 28, 2016. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/incredible-still-shrinking-mercury .
2016
Watters, Thomas R. 2015. "Earth is Shaping the Shrinking Moon." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum
2015
Watters, Thomas R. 2015. "The Last Hours of MESSENGER." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National air and Space Museum.
2015
Watters, Thomas R. 2012. "This Pie is Out of this World ." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Nov 22, 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 ." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Mar 17, 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 ." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Mar 16, 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 . Watters, Thomas R. and Schultz, R. A., editors. 121–182. Oxford, UK: 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 . Watters, Thomas R. and Schultz, R. A., editors. 351–396. Oxford, UK: Cambridge University Press.
2010
Watters, Thomas R. and Schultz, R. A. 2010. "Planetary Tectonics: Introduction ." In Planetary Tectonics . Watters, Thomas R. and Schultz, R. A., editors. 1–14. Oxford, UK: Cambridge University Press.
2010
Watters, Thomas R. and Nimmo, F. 2010. "The Tectonics of Mercury ." In Planetary Tectonics . Watters, Thomas R. and Schultz, R. A., editors. 15–80. Oxford, UK: 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 ." from 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2018 .
2018
Watters, Thomas R. 2007. "Buried basins in the northern lowlands of mars revealed by the marsis radar sounder." from 2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting . 60-5,
2007
Dataset
Martin, Emily S. and Watters, Thomas R. 2022. [Dataset] Displacement-Length Scaling Relations of Nearside Graben: Evidence of Restricted Normal Faults on the Moon . Distributed by National Air and Space Museum. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.16832725.V1 .
2022
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 Washington, DC: 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 Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. https://doi.org/10.5479/data_nasm/10088/31956 .
2017
Editor Of
Book
Watters, Thomas R. and Schultz, R. A., editors. 2010. Planetary Tectonics . Oxford, UK: Cambridge University Press.
2010
