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David W. Caress is affiliated with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus in Environmental Science. Within these areas, they have contributed to subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Environmental Chemistry, and Oceanography.

Their work covers a range of topics, encompassing:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Underwater Acoustics Research

David W. Caress has published in various scientific venues. Some of the most frequent include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Frequent co-authors in Caress's work comprise:

  • C. K. Paull
  • J. B. Paduan
  • Robert A. Zierenberg
  • David A. Clague
  • E. M. Lundsten

Among recent significant publications are:

  • Submarine-fan development revealed by integrated high-resolution datasets from La Jolla Fan, offshore California, U.S.A. (2020), Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • Rapid seafloor changes associated with the degradation of Arctic submarine permafrost (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Exploring a new breadth of cyclic steps on distal submarine fans (2020), Sedimentology
  • Hydrothermal Chimney Distribution on the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge (2020), Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • A 100-km wide slump along the upper slope of the Canadian Arctic was likely preconditioned for failure by brackish pore water flushing (2021), Marine Geology

Best Publications

  • Improved processing of Hydrosweep DS multibeam data on the R/V Maurice Ewing

    David W. Caress;Dale N. Chayes

  • Tomographic image of the Mid‐Atlantic Plate Boundary in southwestern Iceland

    Ingi Þorleifur Bjarnason;William Menke;Ólafur G. Flóvenz;David Caress

  • Powerful turbidity currents driven by dense basal layers

    Charles K. Paull;Peter J. Talling;Katherine L. Maier;Katherine L. Maier;Daniel Parsons

  • Seismic imaging of hotspot-related crustal underplating beneath the Marquesas Islands

    David W. Caress;Marcia K. McNutt;Robert S. Detrick;John C. Mutter

  • Active submarine eruption of boninite in the northeastern Lau Basin

    Joseph A. Resing;Kenneth H. Rubin;Robert W. Embley;John E. Lupton

  • Failure of plume theory to explain midplate volcanism in the southern Austral islands

    M. K. McNutt;D. W. Caress;J. Reynolds;K. A. Jordahl;K. A. Jordahl

  • Origins of large crescent-shaped bedforms within the axial channel of Monterey Canyon, offshore California

    Charles K. Paull;William Ussler;David W. Caress;Eve Lundsten

  • High-resolution bathymetry of the axial channels within Monterey and Soquel submarine canyons, offshore central California

    Charles K. Paull;David W. Caress;William Ussler;Eve Lundsten

  • Volcanic Eruptions in the Deep Sea

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Samuel A. Soule;William W. Chadwick;Daniel J. Fornari

  • Association among active seafloor deformation, mound formation, and gas hydrate growth and accumulation within the seafloor of the Santa Monica Basin, offshore California

    Charles K. Paull;William R. Normark;William Ussler;David W. Caress

  • Repeat bathymetric surveys at 1-metre resolution of lava flows erupted at Axial Seamount in April 2011

    David W. Caress;David A. Clague;Jennifer B. Paduan;Julie F. Martin

  • Tomographic image of the axial low‐velocity zone at 12°50′N on the East Pacific Rise

    David W. Caress;Mark S. Burnett;John A. Orcutt

  • High-Resolution Multibeam, Sidescan, and Subbottom Surveys Using the MBARI AUV D. Allan B

    DW Caress;H Thomas;WJ Kirkwood;R McEwen

  • Anatomy of the La Jolla Submarine Canyon system; offshore southern California

    C.K. Paull;D.W. Caress;E. Lundsten;R. Gwiazda

  • New software for processing sidescan data from sidescan-capable multibeam sonars

    D.W. Caress;D.N. Chayes

  • Tomographic image of the magma chamber at 12°50' N on the East Pacific Rise

    M. S. Burnett;D. W. Caress;J. A. Orcutt

  • Eocene reorganization of the Pacific‐Farallon Spreading Center north of the Mendocino Fracture Zone

    David W. Caress;H. W. Menard;R. N. Hey

  • Active mud volcanoes on the continental slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea

    Charles K Paull;S R Dallimore;D W Caress;R Gwiazda

  • The 1998 eruption of Axial Seamount: New insights on submarine lava flow emplacement from high‐resolution mapping

    William W. Chadwick;D. A. Clague;R. W. Embley;M. R. Perfit

  • The elusive character of discontinuous deep-water channels: New insights from Lucia Chica channel system, offshore California

    Katherine L. Maier;Andrea Fildani;Charles K. Paull;Stephan A. Graham

  • Voluminous eruption from a zoned magma body after an increase in supply rate at Axial Seamount

    W. W. Chadwick;J. B. Paduan;D. A. Clague;B. M. Dreyer

  • Hydrothermal vent fields discovered in the southern Gulf of California clarify role of habitat in augmenting regional diversity

    Shana K. Goffredi;Shana K. Goffredi;Shannon Johnson;Verena Tunnicliffe;David Caress

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles K. Paull
Charles K. Paull Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
David A. Clague
David A. Clague Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
William W. Chadwick
William W. Chadwick Oregon State University
William Ussler
William Ussler Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Andrea Fildani
Andrea Fildani Equinor (Norway)
James P. Barry
James P. Barry Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Esther J. Sumner
Esther J. Sumner University of Southampton
Daniel R. Parsons
Daniel R. Parsons University of Hull
Char-Shine Liu
Char-Shine Liu National Taiwan University
Deborah S. Kelley
Deborah S. Kelley University of Washington

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