Carlson, R. L. and D. Jay Miller, Unraveling the structure and composition of the oceanic crust, Sea Technology, 46, 10-13, 2005.
Kwon, O.***, K. M. Mobley**, and R. L. Carlson, Measured Permeabilities of Diatomaceous Sediments and Pelagic Clay from the Northwest Pacific, ODP Site 1179, Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 191: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 2005.
Carlson, R. L. and D. Jay Miller, Influence of pressure and mineralogy on seismic velocities in oceanic gabbros: implications for the composition and state of the lower oceanic crust, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B0925, doi: 10.1029/2003JB002699, 2004.
Carlson, R.L., Seismic Properties of Layer 2A at 11 Ma: Results of a VSP at ODP Site 1243, Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 31, L17601, doi:10.1029/2004GL020598, 2004.
Carlson, R. L., Bound Water Content of the Lower Oceanic Crust Estimated from Modal Analyses and Seismic Velocities of Oceanic Diabase and Gabbro, Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 30, no. 22, 2142, doi: 10.1029/2003GL018213, 2003.
Orcutt, J., A. Schultz, T. Davies, T, R. Carlson et al., Proc. ODP. Init Repts., 203 [CD ROM], Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, 2003.
Carlson, R. L. and D. Jay Miller, Mantle Wedge Water Contents Estimated from Seismic Velocities in Partially Serpentinized Peridotites, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1250-1253, 2003.
Mortera, C., D. W. Scholl and R. L. Carlson, Fault trends on the seaward slope of the Aleutian Trench: Implications for a lateral change of the stress field due to the westward increase in oblique convergence, J. Geophys. Res., 108, B10, pp. 6-1 to 6-20, 2477, doi:10.1029/2001JB001433, 2003.
Carlson. R. L., The effects of temperature, pressure, and alteration on seismic properties of diabase dike rocks from DSDP/ODP Hole 504B, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3979-3982, 2001.
Kanazawa, T., Sager, W., Escutia, C. Carlson, R. et al., Proc. ODP. Init Repts., 191 [CD ROM], Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, 2001.
Carlson. R. L., Rock and Earth's Crust, in, Handbook of Elastic Properties of Solids, Liquids, and Gases, Vol. III: Elastic Properties of Solids: Biological and Organic Materials, Earth and Marine Sciences, Levy, M. et. al. (eds), Acadmic Press, 377-461, 2001.
Carlson, R. L., The abundance of ultramafic rocks in Atlantic crust, Geophys. J. Int., 144, 37-48, 2001.
Cerney*, B. and R. L. Carlson, The effect of cracks on the seismic properties of basalt from the S. E. Greenland margin, Proc. Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, In Larsen, H. C., Duncan, R., A., Allan, J. F., Brooks, K., et al., Proc. Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 163, 29-35, 1999.
Hohertz*, W. L. and R. L. Carlson, An independent test of cooling and mantle flow models for the western South Atlantic, Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 161, 73-83, 1998.
R. L. Carlson,, Seismic velocities in the uppermost oceanic crust: age dependence and the fate of layer 2A, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 7069-7078, 1998.
Sager, W. W., I. R. McDonald, W. R. Bryant, R. L. Carlson, and D. B. Prior, TAMU2 digital side-scan sonar survey of Louisiana slope areas containing active oil seeps and halokinetic sediment modification, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston,TX, 1998.
R. L. Carlson,, and J. D. Miller, A new assessment of the abundance of serpentinite in the oceanic crust, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 457-460, 1997.
Gangi, A. F., and R. L. Carlson, An asperity-deformation model for effective pressure, Tectonophysics, 256, 241-252, 1996.
Carlson, R. L., A plate cooling model relating the rate of plate motion to the age of the lithosphere at trenches, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 1977-1980, 1995.
Carlson, R. L., and H. P. Johnson, Modelling the thermal structure of the oceanic upper mantle: An assessment of the plate cooling model, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 3201-3214, 1994.
Carlson, R. L., and R. S. Jacobson, Comment on 'Upper crustal structure as a function of plate age' by Robert Houtz and John Ewing, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 3135-3138, 1994.
Johnson, H.P., and R. L. Carlson, Variation of sea floor depth with age: A test of models based on drilling results, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 1971-1974, 1992.
Carlson, R. L., J. Moore et al., [TAMU]2 - Multispectral sonar swath mapping, U.S. Hydrographic Conference, Proceedings, February, 1992.
Gangi, A. F., and R. L. Carlson, An asperity deformation model for effective pressure, Proceedings, 2nd International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysical Society, 1, 90-95, 1991.
Hilde, T. W. C., R. L. Carlson, et al., [TAMU]2: New generation of seafloor mapping technology, Sea Technology, 45-48, June, 1991.
Hilde, T. W. C., R. L. Carlson, et al., [TAMU]2 - Texas A & M University Topography and Acoustic Mapping Undersea System, IEEE, OCEANS '91 Proceedings, 1, 750-755, 1991.
Carlson, R. L., and C. N. Herrick*, Densities and porosities in the oceanic crust and their variations with depth and age, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 9153-9170, 1990.
Carlson, R. L., and C. A. Mortera-Gutierrez*, Subduction hinge migration along the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc, Tectonophysics, 181, 331-344, 1990.
Salisbury, M. H., J. H. Scott, ..., R.L. Carlson, et al., Old oceanic crust: Synthesis of logging, laboratory and seismic data from Leg 102, In Salibury, M. H., J. H. Scott, et al., Proc. Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 102, 155-169, 1988.
Wilkens, R.H., D. Schultz*, and R.L. Carlson, Relationship of resistivity, velocity and porosity of downhole well logging measurements of Hole 418A Basalts, In Salisbury, M.H., J.H. Scott, et al., Proc. Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 102, 69-76, 1988.
Carlson, R. L., K. R. Snow, and R.H. Wilkens, Site 418 downhole logs: implications for the density of the oceanic crust, In Salisbury, M. H., Scott, J. H., et al., Proc. Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 102, 63-68, 1988.
Carlson, R. L., R. H. Wilkens, D. Moos, and C. Broglia, Correlations of sediment lithostratigraphy, downhole logs and seismic reflectors at Site 418, In Salisbury, M. H., Scott, J. G. et al., Proc. Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 102, 19-28, 1988.
Salisbury, M. H., J. H. Scott, ..., R.L. Carlson, et al., Proc. Ocean Drilling Program, Init. Repts. 102, 245 pp., 1986.