Leadership & Staff Dave Caress Principal Engineer [javascript protected email address] Website Curriculum Vitae ResearchGate Dave is a leader in the realm of seafloor mapping data acquisition and processing. At MBARI he heads the Seafloor Mapping Lab and is deeply involved with development of seafloor mapping technology including the Low Altitude Survey System, the Mapping AUVs, MB-System software, and Terrain-Relative Navigation. These advances have become integral to many research efforts at MBARI and beyond, including at Axial Seamount and the seamounts off California, the California, Cascadia and Canadian Beaufort Margins, the Mid-Atlantic, Juan de Fuca, and Gorda Ridges, and within the Gulf of California.Full list of Dave’s publications Teams All Teams Seafloor Mapping Lab Team Seafloor Mapping Lab The Seafloor Mapping Team collects multi-scale seafloor bathymetry and imaging data with precision navigation to produce efficient, high-resolution, and repeatable characterizations of deep-sea sites. Dave heads the Seafloor Mapping Lab at MBARI and the work on MB-System and the Low-Altitude Survey System. He provides guidance to the groups working on the Mapping AUVs, Terrain-Relative Navigation, and Seafloor Mapping Database , and works closely with the CoMPAS, Continental Margin Processes, Seafloor Processes and Bioinspiration Lab teams. Technologies All Technologies Software MB-System Technology MB-System Open source software for processing and display of multibeam and sidescan sonar data. Vehicle, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Dorado Class Seafloor Mapping AUV Technology Seafloor Mapping AUV The Dorado class autonomous underwater vehicles are optimized for meter-scale seafloor mapping. Projects All Projects Low Altitude Survey System Project Low Altitude Survey System Bringing mapping systems closer to the seafloor to achieve precision-controlled centimeter-scale bathymetry and millimeter-scale imagery. Terrain Relative Navigation Project Terrain Relative Navigation Improving vehicle navigation in real-time by localizing relative to an existing map. Axial Seamount Volcanic Processes Project Axial Seamount Volcanic Processes Mapping the hydrothermal sites, lava flows, and geodetics of this active volcano. Octopus Garden Project Octopus Garden MBARI research and technology have revealed that thermal springs at the base of Davidson Seamount are an important nursery for the deep-sea pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus). Gulf of California Tectonics and Hydrothermal Systems Project Gulf of California Tectonics and Hydrothermal Systems Mapping and multidisciplinary investigations in the southern Gulf of California. Cascadia Subduction Zone Project Cascadia Subduction Zone Deciphering the geologic records left by earthquake stimulated turbidity currents along the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Morro Bay Wind Farm Pockmarks Project Morro Bay Wind Farm Pockmarks Understanding the origins and activity of the pockmarks and submarine channels offshore of Morro Bay is paramount to developing a proposed floating wind farm. Coordinated Canyon Experiment (CCE) Project Coordinated Canyon Experiment (CCE) The Coordinated Canyon Experiment (CCE) is an extensive long-term effort to monitor turbidity currents in situ and at multiple locations simultaneously. Here you can find all the data and relevant metadata collected throughout this groundbreaking study. Arctic Shelf Edge Project Arctic Shelf Edge Investigating rapid changes in the seafloor morphology that have been discovered to occur under the Arctic Ocean. Submarine Volcanism Project Submarine Volcanism Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Community Studies Project Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Community Studies Studies of deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems at Sur Ridge and Davidson Seamount focus on oceanographic and biological factors influencing their diversity and abundance. Seafloor Mapping Database Project Seafloor Mapping Database The Seafloor Mapping Database (SMDB) provides access to MBARI's entire mapping data archive Latest News All News News New research reveals that prehistoric seafloor pockmarks off the California coast are maintained by powerful sediment flows Press Release 05.21.24 News MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle Ventana completes 4,500 deep-sea dives News 10.25.23 News Scientists solve mystery of why thousands of octopus migrate to deep-sea thermal springs Press Release 08.23.23
Seafloor Mapping Lab Team Seafloor Mapping Lab The Seafloor Mapping Team collects multi-scale seafloor bathymetry and imaging data with precision navigation to produce efficient, high-resolution, and repeatable characterizations of deep-sea sites.
Software MB-System Technology MB-System Open source software for processing and display of multibeam and sidescan sonar data.
Vehicle, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Dorado Class Seafloor Mapping AUV Technology Seafloor Mapping AUV The Dorado class autonomous underwater vehicles are optimized for meter-scale seafloor mapping.
Low Altitude Survey System Project Low Altitude Survey System Bringing mapping systems closer to the seafloor to achieve precision-controlled centimeter-scale bathymetry and millimeter-scale imagery.
Terrain Relative Navigation Project Terrain Relative Navigation Improving vehicle navigation in real-time by localizing relative to an existing map.
Axial Seamount Volcanic Processes Project Axial Seamount Volcanic Processes Mapping the hydrothermal sites, lava flows, and geodetics of this active volcano.
Octopus Garden Project Octopus Garden MBARI research and technology have revealed that thermal springs at the base of Davidson Seamount are an important nursery for the deep-sea pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus).
Gulf of California Tectonics and Hydrothermal Systems Project Gulf of California Tectonics and Hydrothermal Systems Mapping and multidisciplinary investigations in the southern Gulf of California.
Cascadia Subduction Zone Project Cascadia Subduction Zone Deciphering the geologic records left by earthquake stimulated turbidity currents along the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
Morro Bay Wind Farm Pockmarks Project Morro Bay Wind Farm Pockmarks Understanding the origins and activity of the pockmarks and submarine channels offshore of Morro Bay is paramount to developing a proposed floating wind farm.
Coordinated Canyon Experiment (CCE) Project Coordinated Canyon Experiment (CCE) The Coordinated Canyon Experiment (CCE) is an extensive long-term effort to monitor turbidity currents in situ and at multiple locations simultaneously. Here you can find all the data and relevant metadata collected throughout this groundbreaking study.
Arctic Shelf Edge Project Arctic Shelf Edge Investigating rapid changes in the seafloor morphology that have been discovered to occur under the Arctic Ocean.
Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Community Studies Project Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Community Studies Studies of deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems at Sur Ridge and Davidson Seamount focus on oceanographic and biological factors influencing their diversity and abundance.
Seafloor Mapping Database Project Seafloor Mapping Database The Seafloor Mapping Database (SMDB) provides access to MBARI's entire mapping data archive
News New research reveals that prehistoric seafloor pockmarks off the California coast are maintained by powerful sediment flows Press Release 05.21.24
News Scientists solve mystery of why thousands of octopus migrate to deep-sea thermal springs Press Release 08.23.23
Girard, F., D.W. Caress, J.B. Paduan, L.A. Kuhnz, S.Y. Litvin, E. Flattery, A.S. Kahn, A. DeVogelaere, E.J. Burton, C. Lovera, E.J. Martin, and J.P. Barry. 2025. Habitat heterogeneity over multiple scales supports dense and diverse megafaunal communities on a northeast Pacific ridge. Limnology and Oceanography, 70(2): 377–392. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12766
Caress, D.W., E. Martin, M. Risi, G. Troni, A. Hamilton, C. Kecy, J. Paduan, H. Thomas, S. Rock, M. Wolfson-Schwehr, R. Henthorn, B. Hobson, and L. Bird. 2025. The MBARI Low Altitude Survey System for 1-cm-scale seafloor surveys in the deep ocean. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2024.3521256
Lundsten, E., C.K. Paull, R. Gwiazda, S. Dobbs, D.W. Caress, L.A. Kuhnz, M. Walton, N. Nieminski, M. McGann, T. Lorenson, G. Cochrane, and J. Addison. 2024. Pockmarks offshore Big Sur, California provide evidence for recurrent, regional, and unconfined sediment gravity flows. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(5): e2023JF007374. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007374
Slead, S. R., M. Wei, S. L. Nooner, W. W. Chadwick, D. W. Caress, and J. Beeson. 2024. Compartmentalization of Axial Seamount's Magma Reservoir Inferred by Analytical and Numerical Deformation Modeling With Realistic Geometry. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(5). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB028414
Julià-Miralles, M., I. Yarbuh, R.M. Spelz, R. Negrete-Aranda, J. Contreras, J.M. Fletcher, A. González-Fernández, R. Zierenberg, D.W. Caress. 2024. Strain localization instabilities and the genesis of multiple axes of seafloor spreading in the Carmen basin, southern Gulf of California. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 113:1265–1283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-024-02426-6
Peña-Salinas, M.E., D.R. Speth, D.R. Utter, R.M. Spelz, S. Lim, R. Zierenberg, D.W. Caress, P.G. Núñez, R. Vázquez, V.J. Orphan. 2024. Thermotogota diversity and distribution patterns revealed in Auka and JaichMaa ‘ja ‘ag hydrothermal vent fields in the Pescadero Basin, Gulf of California. PeerJ, 12(e17724) https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17724
Paull, C. K., J. K. Hong, D. W. Caress, R. Gwiazda, H. Kim, E. Lundsten, J. B. Paduan, Y. K. Jin, M. J. Duchesne, T. S. Rhee, V. Brake, J., Obelcz, and M.A.L. Walton. 2024. Massive Ice Outcrops and Thermokarst Along the Arctic Shelf Edge: By-Products of Ongoing Groundwater Freezing and Thawing in the Sub-Surface. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(10). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007719
Crosby, A., L. Takayama, E.J. Martin, G.I. Matsumoto, K. Katija, and D.W. Caress. 2024. Beyond bunkspace: Telepresence for deep sea exploration, In 2024 IEEE Conference on Telepresence, Pasadena, CA, USA, January 22,2025,16–23, IEEE, doi: 10.1109/Telepresence63209.2024.10841692
Mussett, M.E., D.F. Naar, D.W., Caress, T.A. Conrad, A.G. Graham, M. Kaufmann, and M. Maia. 2024. Analyzing Archive Transit Multibeam Data for Nodule Occurrences. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 12(12): 2322. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12122322
Coscia, A., H.M. Sapers, N. Deutsch, M. Khurana, J.S. Magyar, S.A. Parra, D.R. Utter, R.L. Wipfler, D.W. Caress, E.J. Martin, J.B. Paduan, M. Hendrie, S. Santiago Lombeyda, H. Mushkin, A. Endert, S. Davidoff, and V.J. Orphan. 2024. DeepSee: Multidimensional Visualizations of Seabed Ecosystems. In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24), May 11–16, 2024, Honolulu, HI, USA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642001
Dobbs, S.C., C.K. Paull, E.M. Lundsten, R. Gwiazda, D.W. Caress, M. McGann, M.M. Coholich, M.A. Walton, N.M. Nieminski, T. McHargue, and S.A. Graham. 2023. Sediment gravity flow frequency offshore central California diminished significantly following the Last Glacial Maximum. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10(1099472): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1099472
Wolfson-Schwehr, M., C. Paull, D.W. Caress, R. Gwiazda, N.M. Nieminski, P.J. Talling, C. Carvajal, S. Simmons, and G. Troni. 2023. Time-lapse seafloor surveys reveal how turbidity currents and internal tides in Monterey Canyon interact with the seabed at centimeter-scale. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(4): e2022JF006705. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006705
Barry, J.P., S.Y. Litvin, A. DeVogelaere, D.W. Caress, C.F. Lovera, A.S. Kahn, E.J. Burton, C. King, J.B. Paduan, C.G. Wheat, F. Girard, S. Sudek, A.M. Hartwell, A.D. Sherman, P.R. McGill, A. Schnittger, J.R. Voight, and E.J. Martin. 2023. Abyssal hydrothermal springs—Cryptic incubators for brooding octopus. Science Advances, 9(34): 1–13. science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg3247
Paull, C.K., S.R. Dallimore, Y.K. Jin, D.W. Caress, E. Lundsten, R. Gwiazda, K. Anderson, J.H. Clarke, C. Youngblut, and H. Melling. 2022. Rapid seafloor changes associated with the degradation of Arctic submarine permafrost. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119: 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2119105119
Clague, D. A., R.A. Zierenberg, J.B. Paduan, D.W. Caress, B.L. Cousens, B.M. Dreyer, A.S. Davis, J. McClain, and S.L. Ross. 2022. Emplacement and impacts of lava flows and intrusions on the sediment-buried Escanaba Segment of the Gorda mid-ocean ridge. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 432(107701): 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107701
Kim, Y., Y.K. Jin, J.K. Hong, C. Paull, D. Caress, C. Jang, and B. So. 2022. Thermal structure and sediment bulk density of the MV420 mud volcano on the continental slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea and its implications for the plumbing system. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.963580
Riedel, M., M. Scherwath, M. Römer, C.K. Paull, E.M. Lundsten, D. Caress, P.G. Brewer, J.W. Pohlman, L.L. Lapham, N.R. Chapman, M.J. Whiticar, G.D. Spence, R.J. Enkin, and K. Douglas. 2022. Barkley Canyon gas hydrates: A synthesis based on two decades of seafloor observation and remote sensing. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10: 1–25. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.852853.
Ramírez-Zerpa, N., R.M. Spelz, I. Yarbuh, R. Negrete-Aranda, J. Contreras, D.A. Clague, F. Neumann, D.W. Caress, R. Zierenberg, and A. González-Fernández. 2022. Architecture and tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Pescadero Basin Complex, southern Gulf of California: Analysis of high-resolution bathymetry data and seismic reflection profiles. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 114(103678): 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103678
Paduan, J., D. Clague, D. Caress, M. Le Saout, and B. Dreyer. 2021. Systematic variations in lava flow morphology along the north and south rift zones of Axial Seamount. AGU Meeting, Fall 2020: 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10505810.1
Paull, C.K., S.R. Dallimore, D.W. Caress, R. Gwiazda, E. Lundsten, K. Anderson, H. Melling, Y.K. Jin, M.J. Duchesne, S.G. Kang, S. Kim, M. Riedel, E.L. King, and T. Lorenson. 2021. A 100-km wide slump along the upper slope of the Canadian Arctic was likely preconditioned for failure by brackish pore water flushing. Marine Geology, 435: 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106453
Ramirez, V., L. Angel, S. Madero, R. Michael, J. Contreras Perez, D. Caress, D. Clague, and J.B. Paduan. 2021. A new method for fault-scarp detection using linear discriminant analysis (LDA) in high-resolution bathymetry data From the Alarcón Rise and Pescadero Basin, Gulf of California. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 23rd EGU General Assembly: EGU21–417. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021EGUGA..23..417V/abstract
Fildani, A., S. Kostic, J.A. Covault, K.L. Maier, D.W. Caress, and C.K. Paull. 2021. Exploring a new breadth of cyclic steps on distal submarine fans. Sedimentology, 68: 1378–1399. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12803
Vega-Ramirez, L.A., R.M. Spelz-Madero, R. Negrete-Aranda, F. Neumann, D.W. Caress, D.A. Clague, J.B. Paduan, J. Contreras, and J.G. Peña-Dominguez. 2021. A new method for fault-scarp detection using linear discriminant analysis in high-resolution bathymetry data from the Alarcon Rise and Pescadero Basin. Tectonics, 40(12): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021TC006925
Negrete-Aranda, R., F. Neumann, J. Contreras, R.N. Harris, R.M. Spelz, R. Zierenberg, and D.W. Caress. 2021. Transport of heat by hydrothermal circulation in a young rift setting: Observations from the Auka and JaichMaa Ja'ag' vent field in the Pescadero Basin, southern Gulf of California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(8): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022300
Walton, M.A.L., C.K. Paull, G. Cochrane, J. Addison, D. Caress, R. Gwiazda, D. Kennedy, E. Lundsten, and A. Papesh. California Deepwater Investigations and Groundtruthing (Cal DIG) I: Fault and Shallow Geohazard Analysis Offshore Morro Bay, Volume 2. Camarillo, CA: US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 2021. https://espis.boem.gov/final%20reports/BOEM_2021-044.pdf
Clague, D.A., J.B. Paduan, D.W. Caress, J. McClain, and R.A. Zierenberg. 2020. Lava flows erupted in 1996 on North Gorda Ridge Segment and the geology of the nearby Sea Cliff Hydrothermal Vent Field From 1-M resolution AUV mapping. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7: 1–25. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00027
Clague, D.A., J.F. Martin, J.B. Paduan, D.A. Butterfield, J.W. Jamieson, M. Le Saout, D.W. Caress, H. Thomas, J.F. Holden, and D.S. Kelley. 2020. Hydrothermal chimney distribution on the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 21: 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC008917
Maier, K. L., C.K. Paull, D.W. Caress, K. Anderson, N.M. Nieminski, E. Lundsten, B.E. Erwin, R. Gwiazda, and A. Fildani. 2020. Submarine-fan development revealed by integrated high-resolution datasets from La Jolla fan, offshore California, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 90: 468–479. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2020.22
Wheat, C. G., R.A. Zierenberg, J.B. Paduan, D.W. Caress, D.A. Clague, and W.W. Chadwick Jr. 2020. Changing brine inputs into hydrothermal fluids: Southern Cleft Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 21: 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009360
Clague, D.A., J.B. Paduan, D.W. Caress, C.L. Moyer, B.T. Glazer, and D.R. Yoerger. 2019. Structure of Lo‘ihi Seamount, Hawai'i and lava flow morphology from high-resolution mapping. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7: 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00058
Georgieva, M.N., C.K. Paull, C.T.S. Little, M. McGann, D. Sahy, D. Condon, L. Lundsten, J. Pewsey, D.W. Caress, and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 2019. Discovery of an extensive deep-sea fossil serpulid reef associated with a cold seep, Santa Monica Basin, California. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: 1–18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00115
Chen, T.T., C.K. Paull, C.S. Liu, I. Klaucke, H.H. Hsu, C.C. Su, R. Gwiazda, and D.W. Caress. 2019. Discovery of numerous pingos and comet-shaped depressions offshore southwestern Taiwan. Geo-Marine Letters, 40: 407–421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-019-00577-z
Gwiazda, R.H., C.K. Paull, D. Caress, C.M. Preston, S.B. Johnson, E. Lundsten, and K. Anderson. 2019. The extent of fault-associated modern authigenic barite deposits offshore Northern Baja California revealed by high resolution mapping. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00460
Dunlop, K.M., T. Jarvis, K.J. Benoit-Bird, C.M. Waluk, D.W. Caress, H. Thomas, and K.L. Smith Jr. 2018. Detection and characterization of deep-sea benthopelagic animals from an autonomous underwater vehicle with a multibeam echosounder: a proof of concept and description of data-processing methods. Deep Sea Research 1, 134: 64–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2018.01.006
Clague, D.A., D.W. Caress, B.M. Dreyer, L. Lundsten, J.B. Paduan, R.A. Portner, R. Spelz-Madero, J.A. Bowles, P.R. Castillo, R. Guardado-France, M. Le Saout, J.F. Martin, M.A. Santa Rosa-del Rio, and R.A. Zierenber. (2018). Geology of the Alarcon Rise, Southern Gulf of California. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 19: 807–837. http://doi.org/10.1002/2017GC007348
Paduan, J.B., R.A. Zierenberg, D.A. Clague, R.M. Spelz, D.W. Caress, G. Troni, H. Thomas, J. Glessner, M.D. Lilley, T. Lorenson, J. Lupton, F. Neumann, M.A. Santa Rosa del Rio, and C.G. Wheat. 2018. Discovery of hydrothermal vent fields on Alarcón Rise and in Southern Pescadero Basin, Gulf of California. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19: 4788–4819. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC007771
Paull, C.K., P.J. Talling, K.L. Maier, D. Parsons, J. Xu, D.W. Caress, R. Gwiazda, E.M. Lundsten, K. Anderson, J.P. Barry, M. Chaffey, T. O'Reilly, K.J. Rosenberger, J.A. Gales, B. Kieft, M. McGann, S.M. Simmons, M. McCann, E.J. Sumner, M.A. Clare, and J. Cartigny. 2018. Powerful turbidity currents driven by dense basal layers. Nature Communications, 9: 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06254-6
Clague, D.A., J.B. Paduan, D.W. Caress, W.W. Chadwick Jr., M. Le Saout, B. Dreyer, and R.A. Portner. 2017. High-resolution AUV mapping and targeted ROV observations of three historical lava flows at Axial Seamount. Oceanography, 30: 82–99. http://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.426
Goffredi, S.K., S.B. Johnson, V. Tunnicliffe, D. Caress, D. Clague, E. Escobar, L. Lundsten, J.B. Paduan, G. Rouse, D.L. Salcedo, L.A. Soto, R. Spelz-Madero, R. Zierenberg, and R. Vrijenhoek. 2017. Hydrothermal vent fields discovered in the southern Gulf of California clarify role of habitat in augmenting regional diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 284: 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0817
Maier, K.L., C.K. Paull, D.S. Brothers, D.W. Caress, M. McGann, E.M. Lundsten, A. Anderson, and R. Gwiazda. 2017. Investigation of late Pleistocene and Holocene activity in the San Gregorio Fault Zone on the continental slope north of Monterey Canyon, offshore Central California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107(3): 1094. http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0120160261
Maier, K.L., D.S. Brothers, C.K. Paull, M. McGann, D.W. Caress, and J.E. Conrad. 2016. Records of continental slope sediment flow morphodynamic responses to gradient and active faulting from integrated AUV and ROV data, offshore Palos Verdes, southern California borderland. Marine Geology, 393: 47–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.10.001
Chaytor, J.D., E.L. Geist, C.K. Paull, D.W. Caress, R. Gwiazda, J.U. Fucugauchi, and M.R. Vieyra. 2016. Source characterization and tsunami modeling of submarine landslides along the Yucatán Shelf/Campeche Escarpment, southern Gulf of Mexico. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 173: 4101–4116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00024-016-1363-3
Gwiazda, R., C.K. Paull, D.W. Caress, T. Lorenson, P.G. Brewer, E.T. Peltzer, P.M. Walz, K. Anderson, and E.M. Lundsten. 2016. Eel Canyon slump scar and associated fluid venting. Submarine mass movements and their consequences, 7th International Symposium, 2016: 411–418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1_41
Martin, E.J., D.W. Caress, H. Thomas, B. Hobson, R. Henthorn, M. Risi, C.K. Paull, J.P. Barry, and G. Troni. 2016. Enabling new techniques in environmental assessment through multi-sensor hydrography. Marine Technology Society / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oceans Conference, 2016: 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761487
Paull, C.K., K. Anderson, D.W. Caress, E. Lundsten, and R. Gwiazda. 2016. Fine-scale morphology of Tubeworm Slump, Monterey Canyon. Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 7th International Symposium, 41: 155–162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1_15
Paduan, J.B., D.A. Clague, D.W. Caress, and H. Thomas. 2016. High-resolution AUV mapping and ROV sampling of mid-ocean ridges. Marine Technology Society / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oceans Conference, 2016: 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761264
Chadwick, W.W., J.B. Paduan, D.A. Clague, B.M. Dreyer, S.G. Merle, A.M. Bobbitt, D.W. Caress, B.T. Philip, D.S. Kelley, and S.L. Nooner. 2016. Voluminous eruption from a zoned magma body after an increase in supply rate at Axial Seamount. Geophysical Research Letters, 43: 12063–12070. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071327
Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2016. MB-System Version 5.5.2284. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites, 2000-2016. https://www.mbari.org/products/research-software/mb-system/
Paull, C.K., S.R. Dallimore, D.W. Caress, R. Gwiazda, H. Melling, M. Riedel, Y.K. Jin, J.K. Hong, Y.G. Kim, D. Graves, A. Sherman, E. Lundsten, K. Anderson, L. Lundsten, H. Villinger, A. Kopf, S.B. Johnson, J. Hughes Clarke, S. Blasco, K. Conway, P. Neelands, H. Thomas, and M. Côté. 2015. Active mud volcanoes on the continental slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16: 3160–3181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GC005928
Dunlop, K.M., L.A. Kuhnz, H.A. Ruhl, C.L. Huffard, D.W. Caress, R.G. Henthorn, B.W. Hobson, P. McGill, and K.L. Smith Jr. 2015. An evaluation of deep-sea benthic megafauna length measurements obtained with laser and stereo camera methods. Deep Sea Research I, 96: 38–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2014.11.003
Brothers, D.S., J.E. Conrad, K.L. Maier, C.K. Paull, M. McGann, and D.W. Caress. 2015. The Palos Verdes Fault offshore Southern California: Late Pleistocene to present tectonic geomorphology, seascape evolution, and slip rate estimate based on AUV and ROV surveys. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120: 4734–4758. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015jb011938
Paull, C.K., D.W. Caress, H. Thomas, E. Lundsten, K. Anderson, R. Gwiazda, M. Riedel, M. McGann, and J.C. Herguera. 2015. Seafloor geomorphic manifestations of gas venting and shallow subbottom gas hydrate occurrences. Geosphere, 11: 491–513. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/ges01012.1
Tubau, X., C.K. Paull, G. Lastras, D.W. Caress, M. Canals, E. Lundsten, K. Anderson, R. Gwiazda, and D. Amblas. 2015. Submarine canyons of Santa Monica Bay, Southern California: Variability in morphology and sedimentary processes. Marine Geology, 365: 61–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2015.04.004
Thompson, D., D. Caress, H. Thomas, and D. Conlin. 2015. MBARI mapping AUV operations in the Gulf of California 2015. In Proceedings of the Marine Technology Society / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oceans Conference, Washington, D.C., 2016: 1–7.
Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2015. MB-System Version 5.5.2252. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites, 2000-2015. https://www.mbari.org/products/research-software/mb-system/
Paull, C.K., D.W. Caress, R. Gwiazda, J. Urritia-Fucugauchi, M. Rebolledo-Vieya, E. Lundsten, K. Anderson, and E.J. Sumner. 2014. Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary exposed: Campeche Escarpment, Gulf of Mexico. Marine Geology, 357: 392–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2014.10.002
Paull, C.K., M. McGann, E.J. Sumner, P.M. Barnes, E.M. Lundsten, K. Anderson, R. Gwiazda, B. Edwards, and D.W. Caress. 2014. Sub-decadal turbidite frequency during the early Holocene: Eel Fan, offshore northern California. Geology, 42: 855–858. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G35768.1
Clague, D.A., B.M. Dreyer, J.B. Paduan, J.F. Martin, D.W. Caress, J.B. Gill, D.S. Kelley, H. Thomas, R.A. Portner, J.R. Delaney, T.P. Guilderson, and M.L. McGann. 2014. Eruptive and tectonic history of the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge, based on AUV mapping data and lava flow ages. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15: 3364–3391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GC005415
Kannberg, P.K., A.M. Tréhu, S.D. Pierce, C.K. Paull, and D.W. Caress. 2013. Temporal variation of methane flares in the ocean above Hydrate Ridge, Oregon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 368: 33–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.02.030
Thompson, D., D. Caress, D. Clague, D. Conlin, J. Harvey, E. Martin, J. Paduan, C. Paull, J. Ryan, H. Thomas, and Y. Zhang. 2013. MBARI Dorado AUV's scientific results. Proceedings of Marine Technology Society/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oceans 2013, San Diego, 23–27 September 2013.
Yeo, I.A., D.A. Clague, J.F. Martin, J.B. Paduan, and D.W. Caress. 2013. Pre-eruptive flow focussing in dikes feeding historic pillow ridges on the Juan de Fuca and Gorda Ridges. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14: 3586–3599. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20210
Martin, E.J., H. Thomas, D.W. Caress, and B.W. Hobson. 2013. Seafloor mapping and imaging efforts using AUVs. Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 11–14 August 2013.
Clague, D., B.M. Dreyer, J.B. Paduan, J.F. Martin, W.W. Chadwick, D.W. Caress, R.A. Portner, T.P. Guilderson, M.L. McGann, H. Thomas, D.A. Butterfield, and R.W. Embley. 2013. Geologic history of the summit of Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14: 4403–4443. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20240
Chadwick Jr., W.W., D.A. Clague, R.W. Embley, M.R. Perfit, D.A. Butterfield, D.W. Caress, J.B. Paduan, J.F. Martin, P. Sasnett, S.G. Merle, and A.M. Bobbitt. 2013. The 1998 eruption of Axial Seamount: New insights on submarine lava flow emplacement from high-resolution mapping. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14: 3939–3968. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20202
Maier, K.L., A. Fildani, T.R. McHargue, C.K. Paull, S.A. Graham, and D.W. Caress. 2012. Deep-marine punctuated channel migration: High-resolution subsurface data from the Lucia Chica channel system, offshore California. Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM), 82: 1–8.
Maier, K.L., A. Fildani, C.K. Paull, T.R. McHargue, S.A. Graham, and D.W. Caress. 2012. Deep-sea channel evolution and stratigraphic architecture from inception to abandonment from high-resolution autonomous underwater vehicle surveys offshore central California. Sedimentology, 60(4): 935–960. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01371.x
Paull, C.K., D.W. Caress, E. Lundsten, R. Gwiazda, K. Anderson, M. McGann, J. Conrad, B. Edwards, and E.J. Sumner. 2012. Anatomy of the La Jolla Submarine Canyon system; offshore southern California. Marine Geology, 335: 16–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2012.10.003
Rubin, K.H., S.A. Soule, W.W. Chadwick Jr., D.J. Fornari, D.A. Clague, R.W. Embley, E.T. Baker, M.R. Perfit, D.W. Caress, and R.P. Dziak. 2012. Volcanic eruptions in the deep sea. Oceanography, 25: 142–157. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.12
Kelley, D.S., S.M. Carbotte, D.W. Caress, D.A. Clague, J.R. Delaney, J.B. Gill, H. Hadaway, J.F. Holden, E.E.E. Hooft, J.P. Kellogg, M.D. Lilley, M. Stoermer, D. Toomey, R. Weekly, and W.S.D. Wilcock. 2012. Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca ridge: one of the most remarkable places on Earth. Oceanography, 25: 44–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.03
Caress, D.W., D.A. Clague, J.B. Paduan, J.F. Martin, B.M. Dreyer, W.W. Chadwick Jr., A. Denny, and D.S. Kelley. 2012. Repeat bathymetric surveys at 1-metre resolution of lava flows erupted at Axial Seamount in April 2011. Nature Geoscience, 5: 483–488. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1496
Paull, C.K., D.W. Caress, W. Ussler III, E. Lundsten, and M. Meiner-Johnson 2011. High-resolution bathymetry of the axial channels within Monterey and Soquel submarine canyons, offshore central California. Geosphere, 7: 1077–1101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES00636.1
Maier, K.L., A. Fildani, C.K. Paull, S.A. Graham, T.R. McHargue, D.W. Caress, and M. McGann. 2011. The elusive character of discontinuous deep-water channels: New insights from Lucia Chica channel system, offshore California. Geology, 39: 327–330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G31589.1
Resing, J.A., K.H. Rubin, R.W. Embley, J.E. Lupton, E.T. Baker, R.P. Dziak, T. Baumberger, M.D. Lilley, J.A. Huber, T.M. Shank, D.A. Butterfield, D.A. Clague, N.S. Keller, S.G. Merle, N.J. Buck, P.J. Michael, A. Soule, D.W. Caress, S.L. Walker, R. Davis, J.P. Cowen, A.L. Reysenbach, and H. Thomas. 2011. Active submarine eruption of boninite in the northeastern Lau Basin. Nature Geoscience, 4: 799–806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1275
Clague, D.A., J.B. Paduan, D.W. Caress, H. Thomas, W.W. Chadwick Jr., and S.G. Merle. 2011. Volcanic morphology of West Mata Volcano, NE Lau Basin, based on high-resolution bathymetry and depth changes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12: QOAF03. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GC003791
Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2011. MB-System Version 5.3.1909. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites.
Paull, C.K., W. Ussler III, D.W. Caress, E. Lundsten, J. Barry, J.A. Covault, K.L. Maier, J. Xu, and S. Augenstein. 2010. Origins of large crescent-shaped bedforms within the axial channel of Monterey Canyon, offshore California. Geosphere, 6: 755–774. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES00527.1
Paull, C.K., B. Schlining, W. Ussler III, E. Lundsten, J.P. Barry, D. Caress, J. Johnson, and M. McGann. 2010. Submarine mass transport within Monterey Canyon: Benthic disturbance controls on the distribution of chemosynthetic biological communities. Submarine mass movements and their consequences, Advances in natural and technological hazards research, 28: 229–246.
Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2010. MB-System Version 5.2.1880. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites.
Normark, W.R., C.K. Paull, D.W. Caress, W. Ussler III, and R. Sliter. 2009. Fine-scale relief related to late Holocene channel shifting within the floor of upper Redondo Fan Valley in San Pedro Basin, offshore southern California. Sedimentology, 56: 1690–1704.
Paduan, J., D.W. Caress, D.A. Clague, C.K. Paull, and H. Thomas. 2009. High-resolution mapping of erosional, tectonic, and volcanic hazards using the MBARI mapping AUV. Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 7: 181–186.
Paduan, J., D.W. Caress, D.A. Clague, C.K. Paull, and H. Thomas. 2009. High-resolution mapping of mass wasting, tectonic, and volcanic hazards using the MBARI mapping AUV. Proceedings of the International Conference on Seafloor Mapping and Geohazards Assessment.
Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2009. MB-System Version 5.1.2 . Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites.
Caress, D.W., H. Thomas, W.J. Kirkwood, R. McEwen, R. Henthorn, D.A. Clague, C.K. Paull, J.B. Paduan, and K.L. Maier. 2008. High-resolution multibeam, sidescan, and subbottom surveys of seamounts, submarine canyons, deep-sea fan channels, and gas seeps using the MBARI AUV D. Allan B.. Marine Habitat Mapping Technology for Alaska: 47–70.
Paull, C.K., W.R. Normark, W. Ussler III, D.W. Caress, and R. Keaten. 2008. Association among active seafloor deformation, mound formation, and gas hydrate growth and accumulation with the seafloor of the Santa Monica Basin, offshore California. Marine Geology, 250: 258–275.
Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2008. MB-System Version 5.1.1. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites, 5.1.1.
McNutt, M., and D.W. Caress. 2007. Hotspots and hotspot swells in seismology and the structure of the Earth. Treatise on Geophysics, Volume 1.
Kirkwood, W.J., and D.W. Caress. 2007. Comparison of MBARI autonomous underwater mapping results for ORION Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS) and Neptune Canada. Underwater Technology Conference.
Henthorn, R., D. Caress, H. Thomas, R. McEwen, W. Kirkwood, C.K. Paull, and R. Keaten. 2006. High-resolution multibeam and subbottom surveys of submarine canyons and gas seeps using the MBARI mapping AUV. Proceedings of the Marine Technology Society / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oceans Conference.
Paull, C.K., W. Ussler III, P. Mitts, D. Caress, and G.J. West. 2006. Discordant 14C-stratigraphies in upper Monterey Canyon: A signal of anthropogenic disturbance. Marine Geology, 233: 21–36.
Stakes, D., M.R. Perfit, M.A. Tivey, D.W. Caress, T.M. Ramirez, and N. Maher. 2006. The Cleft revealed: Geologic, magnetic, and morphologic evidence for construction of upper oceanic crust along the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 7: 1–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005GC001038
Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2006. MB-System Version 5.1.0. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites, 5.1.0.
Paull, C.K., B. Schlining, W. Ussler, J.B. Paduan, D. Caress, and H.G. Greene. 2005. Distribution of chemosynthetic biological communities in Monterey Bay, California. Geology, 33: 85–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/g20927.1
Schmidt, V., D.N. Chayes, and D.W. Caress. 2005. The MB-System Cookbook. Technical documentation distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites.
Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2005. MB-System Version 5.0.6. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites, 5.0.6-5.0.7.
Jordahl, K., M. McNutt, and D. Caress. 2004. Multiple episodes of volcanism in the Southern Austral Islands: Flexural constraints from bathymetry, seismic reflection, and gravity data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109: B06103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003JB002885
Jordahl, K., D. Caress, M. McNutt, and A. Bonneville. 2004. Seafloor topography and morphology of the Superswell region. The Pacific Ocean Hot Spots: 9–28.
Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2004. MB-System Version 5.0.5. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites.
Stakes, D.S., M. Perfit, M.A. Tivey, T. Walsh, M. McCann, T.M. Ramirez, and D. Caress. 2003. Virtual field trip from the Juan de Fuca Ridge.
Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2002. MB-System Version 5.0. beta27. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites.
Caress, D.W., and W. Kirkwood. 2001. High resolution mapping with AUVs: payload development issues in support of oceanographic science. AUV Sensor Workshop.
Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2001. MB-System version 5.0.beta12. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-Deo web sites.
Kastens, K., E. Bonatti, D. Caress, G. Carrara, O. Dauteuil, G. Frueh-Green, and M. Ligi. 2000. The Vema transverse ridge (Central Atlantic). Marine Geophysical Researches: 20: 533–556.
Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2000. MB-system version 4.6.10. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites MBARI, 2000.
Schuur, C.L., M.F. Coffin, C. Frohlich, C.G. Massell, G.D. Karner, D. Ramsay, and D. Caress. 1998. Sedimentary regimes at the Macquarie Ridge Complex: Interaction of Southern Ocean circulation and plate boundary bathymetry. Paleoceanography, 13: 646–670. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/98pa02357
McNutt, M.K., D.W. Caress, J. Reynolds, K.A. Jordahl, and R.A. Duncan. 1997. Failure of plume theory to explain midplate volcanism in the southern Austral islands. Nature, 389: 479–482. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/39013