Wells, Ray E., Parke D. Jr. Snavely, and Alan R. Niem. "Quaternary Thrust Faulting at Netarts Bay, Northern Oregon Coast." Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 24, no. 5 (1992): 89.

England, Philip, and Ray E. Wells. "Neogene Rotations and Quasicontinuous Deformation of the Pacific Northwest Continental Margin." Geology 19 (1991): 978-981.

Wells, Ray E.. Paleomagnetic Rotations and the Cenozoic Tectonics of the Cascade Arc, Washington, Oregon, and California., 1990.

Wells, Ray E., and Parke D. Jr. Snavely. "Paleogene Geologic History of the Oregon-Washington Continental Margin." Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 21, no. 5 (1989): 157.

Wells, Ray E., and John W. Hillhouse. "Paleomagnetism and Tectonic Rotation of the Lower Miocene Peach Springs Tuff: Colorado Plateau, Arizona, to Barstow, California." Geological Society of America Bulletin 101 (1989): 846-863.

Wells, Ray E., and Paul L. Heller. "The Relative Contribution of Accretion, Shear, and Extension to Cenozoic Tectonic Rotation in the Pacific Northwest." Geological Society of America Bulletin 100 (1988): 325-338.

Wells, Ray E., and Alan R. Niem. "Geology of the Columbia River Basalt Group in the Astoria Basin, Oregon and Washington: Evidence for Invasive Flows." GSA Abstract Form (1987).

Wells, Ray E., and Robert S. Coe. "Paleomagnetism and Geology of Eocene Volcanic Rocks of Southwest Washington, Implications for Mechanisms of Tectonics Rotation." Journal of Geophysical Research 90, no. B2 (1985): 1925-1947.

Wells, Ray E.. Paleomagnetism and Tectonics of the Crescent Formation and Overlying Sedimentary Rocks, Southwest Washington Coast Range In Geology. Vol. Ph.D. Geology Ph.D. Santa Cruz, California: University of California, 1982.