
Dr. Cord Papenberg
Research Geophysicist
Staff member, Topic 3
Dynamics of the Ocean Floor (FB4)
Marine Geodynamics
Seismic signal processing
Data Expert, Licenses and IT contact
Office
Raum: 8C/210
Tel.: +49 (0) 431 600 2330
Fax.: +49 (0) 431 600 2922
E-Mail: cpapenberg(at)geomar.de
Address
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Building 8
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
24148 Kiel
Germany
Research Focus
- Imaging and Visualization Methods of Reflection and Refraction Data
- Water Column Imaging (WCI) Multibeam
- Seismic Oceanography
- Data Processing and Development - Ocean Bottom Seismometer, P-Cable
Publications
Number of items: 46.
Sager, T. F., Urlaub, M.
, Kaminski, P., Papenberg, C.
, Lastras, G., Canals, M. and Berndt, C.
(2022)
Development and Emplacement of the Ana Slide, Eivissa Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea.
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23
(11).
e2022GC010469.
DOI 10.1029/2022GC010469.




Grevemeyer, I.
, Ranero, C. R., Papenberg, C. A.
, Sallares, V., Bartolomé, R., Prada, M., Batista, L. and Neres, M.
(2022)
The continent-to-ocean transition in the Iberia Abyssal Plain.
Geology, 50
(5).
pp. 615-619.
DOI 10.1130/G49753.1.



Growe, K.
, Grevemeyer, I.
, Singh, S. C., Marjanovic, M., Gregory, E. P., Papenberg, C.
, Vaddineni, V. A., Gómez de La Peña, L.
and Wang, Z.
(2021)
Seismic structure of the St. Paul Fracture Zone and Late Cretaceous to Mid Eocene oceanic crust in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean near 18°W.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126
(11).
e2021JB022456.
DOI 10.1029/2021JB022456.





Vaddineni, V. A., Singh, S. C., Grevemeyer, I.
, Audhkhasi, P. and Papenberg, C.
(2021)
Evolution of the Crustal and upper Mantle seismic structure from 0 – 27 Ma in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean at 2º 43´S.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126
(6).
e2020JB021390.
DOI 10.1029/2020JB021390.



Riedel, M.
, Freudenthal, T., Bialas, J.
, Papenberg, C.
, Haeckel, M.
, Bergenthal, M., Pape, T. and Bohrmann, G.
(2021)
In-situ borehole temperature measurements confirm dynamics of the gas hydrate stability zone at the upper Danube deep sea fan, Black Sea.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 563
.
Art.Nr. 116869.
DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116869.





Riedel, M.
, Yellisetti, S., Papenberg, C.
, Rohr, K., Cote, M., Hyndman, R. and James, T.
(2021)
Seismic velocity structure of the Queen Charlotte terrace off western Canada in the region of the 2012 Haida Gwaii Mw 7.8 thrust earthquake.
Geosphere, 17
(1).
pp. 23-38.
DOI 10.1130/GES02258.1.



Zander, T., Haeckel, M.
, Klaucke, I.
, Bialas, J.
, Klaeschen, D.
, Papenberg, C.
, Pape, T.
, Berndt, C.
and Bohrmann, G.
(2020)
New insights into geology and geochemistry of the Kerch seep area in the Black Sea.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 113
.
Art.Nr. 104162.
DOI 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104162.









Grevemeyer, I.
, Hayman, N. W., Lange, D.
, Peirce, C., Papenberg, C.
, Van Avendonk, H. J. A., Schmid, F.
, Gomez de la Pena, L.
and Dannowski, A.
(2019)
Constraining the maximum depth of brittle deformation at slow- and ultraslow-spreading ridges using microseismicity.
Geology, 47
(11).
pp. 1069-1073.
DOI 10.1130/G46577.1.







Dannowski, A.
, Kopp, H.
, Klingelhoefer, F., Klaeschen, D.
, Gutscher, M. A., Krabbenhoeft, A., Dellong, D.
, Rovere, M., Graindorge, D., Papenberg, C.
and Klaucke, I.
(2019)
Ionian Abyssal Plain: A window into the Tethys oceanic lithosphere.
Solid Earth, 10
(2).
pp. 447-462.
DOI 10.5194/se-10-447-2019.







Grevemeyer, I.
, Hayman, N. W., Peirce, C., Schwardt, M., Van Avendonk, H. J. A., Dannowski, A.
and Papenberg, C.
(2018)
Episodic magmatism and serpentinized mantle exhumation at an ultraslow-spreading centre.
Nature Geoscience, 11
(6).
pp. 444-448.
DOI 10.1038/s41561-018-0124-6.



Klaucke, I.
, Sarkar, S.
, Bialas, J.
, Berndt, C.
, Dannowski, A.
, Dumke, I., Hillman, J., Koch, S., Nodder, S. D., Papenberg, C.
and Schneider von Deimling, J.
(2018)
Giant depressions on the Chatham Rise offshore New Zealand – Morphology, structure and possible relation to fluid expulsion and bottom currents.
Marine Geology, 399
.
pp. 158-169.
DOI 10.1016/j.margeo.2018.02.011.








Riedel, M.
, Crutchley, G.
, Koch, S., Berndt, C.
, Bialas, J.
, Eisenberg-Klein, G., Prüßmann, J., Papenberg, C.
and Klaeschen, D.
(2018)
Elongate fluid flow structures: Stress control on gas migration at Opouawe Bank, New Zealand.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 92
.
pp. 913-931.
DOI 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.03.029.







Waghorn, K., Pecher, I., Strachan, L., Crutchley, G.
, Bialas, J.
, Coffin, R., Davy, B., Koch, S., Kroeger, K. F., Papenberg, C.
, Rose, P. and Sarkar, S.
and SO226 Scientific Party
(2018)
Paleo-Fluid Expulsion Influencing Contouritic Drift Formation on the Chatham Rise, New Zealand.
Basin Research, 30
(1).
pp. 5-19.
DOI 10.1111/bre.12237.




Buffett, G. G., Krahmann, G.
, Klaeschen, D.
, Schroeder, K., Sallares, V., Papenberg, C. A.
, Ranero, C. R. and Zitellini, N.
(2017)
Seismic Oceanography in the Tyrrhenian Sea – Thermohaline Staircases, Eddies and Internal Waves.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122
(11).
pp. 8503-8523.
DOI 10.1002/2017JC012726.




Davy, R. G., Minshull, T. A., Bayrakci, G., Bull, J. M., Klaeschen, D.
, Papenberg, C.
, Reston, T. J., Sawyer, D. S. and Zelt, C. A.
(2016)
Continental hyperextension, mantle exhumation and thin oceanic crust at the continent-ocean transition, West Iberia: new insights from wide-angle seismic.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121
(5).
pp. 3177-3199.
DOI 10.1002/2016JB012825.



Koch, S., Schröder, H., Haeckel, M.
, Berndt, C.
, Bialas, J.
, Papenberg, C.
, Klaeschen, D.
and Plaza-Faverola, A.
(2016)
Gas migration through Opouawe Bank at the Hikurangi margin offshore New Zealand.
Geo-Marine Letters, 36
(3).
pp. 187-196.
DOI 10.1007/s00367-016-0441-y.





Bayrakci, G., Minshull, T. A., Sawyer, D. S., Reston, T. J., Klaeschen, D.
, Papenberg, C.
, Ranero, C., Bull, J. M., Davy, R. G., Shillington, D. J., Perez-Gussinye, M. and Morgan, J. K.
(2016)
Fault-controlled hydration of the upper mantle during continental rifting.
Nature Geoscience, 9
(5).
pp. 384-388.
DOI 10.1038/ngeo2671.


Gross, F., Krastel, S., Geersen, J.
, Behrmann, J. H.
, Ridente, D., Chiocci, F. L., Bialas, J.
, Papenberg, C.
, Cukur, D., Urlaub, M.
and Micallef, A.
(2016)
The limits of seaward spreading and slope instability at the continental margin offshore Mt Etna, imaged by high-resolution 2D seismic data.
Tectonophysics, 667
.
pp. 63-76.
DOI 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.11.011.







Koch, S., Berndt, C.
, Bialas, J.
, Haeckel, M.
, Crutchley, G.
, Papenberg, C.
, Klaeschen, D.
and Greinert, J.
(2015)
Gas-controlled seafloor doming.
Geology, 43
(7).
pp. 571-574.
DOI 10.1130/G36596.1.







Crutchley, G. J.
, Klaeschen, D.
, Planert, L., Bialas, J.
, Berndt, C.
, Papenberg, C.
, Hensen, C.
, Hornbach, M. J., Krastel, S.
and Brückmann, W.
(2014)
The impact of fluid advection on gas hydrate stability: Investigations at sites of methane seepage offshore Costa Rica.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 401
.
pp. 95-109.
DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.05.045.








Plaza-Faverola, A., Pecher, I., Crutchley, G.
, Barnes, P. M., Bünz, S., Golding, T., Klaeschen, D.
, Papenberg, C.
and Bialas, J.
(2014)
Submarine gas seepage in a mixed contractional and shear deformation regime: Cases from the Hikurangi oblique-subduction margin.
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15
(2).
pp. 416-433.
DOI 10.1002/2013GC005082.





Ruiz, M., Galve, A., Monfret, T., Sapin, M., Charvis, P., Laigle, M., Evain , M., Hirn, A., Flueh, E. R., Gallart, J., Diaz, J., Lebrun, J. F., Bayrakci, G., Becel, A., Gailler, A., Hello, Y., Kopp, H.
, Krabbenhoeft, A., Papenberg, C.
, Planert, L. and Weinzierl, W.
and Lesser Antilles Thales Scientific Party
(2013)
Seismic Activity offshore Martinique and Dominica islands (Central Lesser Antilles subduction zone) from temporary onshore and offshore seismic networks.
Tectonophysics, 603
.
pp. 68-78.
DOI 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.08.006.



Shulgin, A., Kopp, H.
, Klaeschen, D.
, Papenberg, C.
, Tilmann, F., Flueh, E. R., Franke, D., Barckhausen, U., Krabbenhoeft, A. and Djajadihardja, Y.
(2013)
Subduction system variability across the segment boundary of the 2004/2005 Sumatra megathrust earthquakes.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 365
.
pp. 108-119.
DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.12.032.



Krabbenhoeft, A., Bialas, J.
, Klaucke, I.
, Crutchley, G.
, Papenberg, C.
and Netzeband, G.
(2013)
Patterns of subsurface fluid-flow at cold seeps: The Hikurangi Margin, offshore New Zealand.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 39
(1).
pp. 59-73.
DOI 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.09.008.




Crutchley, G. J.
, Berndt, C.
, Geiger, S., Klaeschen, D.
, Papenberg, C.
, Klaucke, I.
, Hornbach, M. J., Bangs, N. L. B. and Maier, C.
(2013)
Drivers of focused fluid flow and methane seepage at South Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon, USA.
Geology, 41
(5).
pp. 551-554.
DOI 10.1130/G34057.1.





Kandilarov, A., Mjelde, R., Pedersen, R. B., Hellevang, B., Papenberg, C.
, Petersen, C. J., Planert, L. and Flueh, E.
(2012)
The northern boundary of the Jan Mayen microcontinent, North Atlantic determined from ocean bottom seismic, multichannel seismic, and gravity data.
Marine Geophysical Research, 33
(1).
pp. 55-76.
DOI 10.1007/s11001-012-9146-4.

Schneider von Deimling, J. and Papenberg, C.
(2012)
Detection of gas bubble leakage via correlation of water column multibeam images.
Ocean Science, 8
(2).
pp. 175-181.
DOI 10.5194/os-8-175-2012.


Contreras-Reyes, E., Grevemeyer, I.
, Watts, A. B., Flueh, E. R., Peirce, C., Moeller, S. and Papenberg, C.
(2011)
Deep seismic structure of the Tonga subduction zone: Implications for mantle hydration, tectonic erosion, and arc magmatism.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 116
(B10).
B10103.
DOI 10.1029/2011JB008434.



Kopp, H.
, Weinzierl, W., Becel, A., Charvis, P., Evain, M., Flueh, E. R., Gailler, A., Galve, A., Hirn, A., Kandilarov, A., Klaeschen, D.
, Laigle, M., Papenberg, C.
, Planert, L. and Roux, E.
and Trail and Thales teams
(2011)
Deep structure of the central Lesser Antilles Island Arc : relevance for the formation of continental crust.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 304
(1-2).
pp. 121-134.
DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.01.024.



Kormann, J., Cobo, P., Biescas, B., Sallarés, V., Papenberg, C.
, Recuero, M. and Carbonell, R.
(2010)
Synthetic modelling of acoustical propagation applied to seismic oceanography experiments.
Geophysical Research Letters, 37
.
L00D90.
DOI 10.1029/2009GL041763.


Krabbenhöft, A., Netzeband, G., Bialas, J.
and Papenberg, C.
(2010)
Episodic methane concentrations at seep sites on the upper slope Opouawe Bank, southern Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand.
Marine Geology, 272
(1/4).
pp. 71-78.
DOI 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.08.001.


Krabbenhöft, A., Weinrebe, R. W., Kopp, H.
, Flueh, E. R., Ladage, S., Papenberg, C.
, Planert, L. and Djajadihardja, Y.
(2010)
Bathymetry of the Indonesian Sunda margin-relating morphological features of the upper plate slopes to the location and extent of the seismogenic zone.
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 10
(9).
pp. 1899-1911.
DOI 10.5194/nhess-10-1899-2010.



Netzeband, G., Krabbenhöft, A., Zillmer, M., Petersen, C. J., Papenberg, C.
and Bialas, J.
(2010)
The structures beneath submarine methane seeps : seismic evidence from Opouawe Bank, Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand.
Marine Geology, 272
(1/4).
pp. 59-70.
DOI 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.07.005.


Papenberg, C.
, Klaeschen, D.
, Krahmann, G.
and Hobbs, R. W.
(2010)
Ocean temperature and salinity inverted from combined hydrographic and seismic data.
Geophysical Research Letters, 37
(4).
L04601.
DOI 10.1029/2009GL042115.




Zhu, J., Kopp, H.
, Papenberg, C.
, Klaeschen, D.
, Flueh, E. R. and Planert, L.
(2010)
Margin architecture and seismic attenuation in the central Costa Rican forearc.
Marine Geology, 276
.
pp. 30-41.
DOI 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.07.004.



Geli, L., Cosquer, E., Hobbs, R. W., Klaeschen, D.
, Papenberg, C.
, Thomas, Y., Menesguen, C. and Hua, B. L.
(2009)
High resolution seismic imaging of the ocean structure using small volume airgun source array in the Gulf of Cadiz.
Geophysical Research Letters, 36
.
L00D09.
DOI 10.1029/2009GL040820.



Hobbs, R. W., Klaeschen, D.
, Sallarès, V., Vsemirnova, E. and Papenberg, C.
(2009)
Effect of seismic source bandwidth on reflection sections to image water structure.
Geophysical Research Letters, 36
.
L00D08.
DOI 10.1029/2009GL040215.



Klaeschen, D.
, Hobbs, R. W., Krahmann, G.
, Papenberg, C.
and Vsemirnova, E.
(2009)
Estimating movement of reflectors in the water column using seismic oceanography.
Geophysical Research Letters, 36
.
L00D03.
DOI 10.1029/2009GL038973.




Krahmann, G.
, Papenberg, C.
, Brandt, P.
and Vogt, M.
(2009)
Evaluation of seismic reflector slopes with a Yoyo-CTD.
Geophysical Research Letters, 36
.
L00D02.
DOI 10.1029/2009GL038964.




Ménesguen, C., Hua, L., Papenberg, C.
, Klaeschen, D.
, Géli, L. and Hobbs, R.
(2009)
Effect of bandwidth on seismic imaging of rotating stratified turbulence surrounding an anticyclonic eddy from field data and numerical simulations.
Geophysical Research Letters, 36
.
L00D05.
DOI 10.1029/2009GL039951.



Scherwath, M., Contreras-Reyes, E., Flueh, E. R., Grevemeyer, I.
, Krabbenhöft, A., Papenberg, C.
, Petersen, C. J. and Weinrebe, R. W.
(2009)
Deep lithospheric structures along the southern central Chile Margin from wide-angle P-wave modellilng.
Geophysical Journal International, 179
.
pp. 579-600.
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04298.x.



Zhu, J., Kopp, H.
, Flueh, E. R., Klaeschen, D.
, Papenberg, C.
and Planert, L.
(2009)
Crustal structure of the central Costa Rica subduction zone: implications for basal erosion from seismic wide-angle data.
Geophysical Journal International, 178
.
pp. 1112-1131.
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04208.x.



Kopp, H.
, Weinrebe, R. W., Ladage, S., Barckhausen, U., Klaeschen, D.
, Flueh, E. R., Gaedicke, D., Djajadihardja, Y., Grevemeyer, I.
, Krabbenhöft, A., Papenberg, C.
and Zillmer, M.
(2008)
Lower slope morphology of the Sumatra trench system.
Basin Research, 20
(4).
pp. 519-529.
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00381.x.




von Huene, R., Klaeschen, D.
and Papenberg, C.
(2008)
Potential of 3-D vertical seismic profiles to characterize seismogenic fault zones.
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9
(Q07S07).
DOI 10.1029/2008GC002013.



Petersen, C. J., Papenberg, C.
and Klaeschen, D.
(2007)
Local seismic quantification of gas hydrates and BSR characterization from multi-frequency OBS data at northern Hydrate Ridge.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 255
(3/4).
pp. 414-431.
DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.002.


Kopp, H.
, Flueh, E. R., Papenberg, C.
and Klaeschen, D.
and SPOC-Scientists
(2004)
Seismic investigations of the O'Higgins Seamount Group and Juan Fernández Ridge: aseismic ridge emplacement and lithosphere hydration.
Tectonics, 23
(2).
TC2009.
DOI 10.1029/2003TC001590.




Expeditions
- 2017 - "LITHOS-iLAB" MSM69 Mid-Atlantic FS Maria S. Merian
- 2015 - "CAYSEIS" M115 Cayman Trough FS Meteor
- 2014 - "DIONYSUS" M111 Ionian Sea FS Meteor
- 2013 - "CHRIMP" SO226 New Zealand FS Sonne - "COMM3D" Pos453 Galicia FS Poseidon - "COMM3D" Pos458 Galicia FS Poseidon
- 2012 - "Messina Strait" M86-2 FS Meteor - Adriatic Sea M86-3 FS Meteor - "Docu-Gas" - Pos427 - BlackSea - FS Poseidon - "3D" M88-2 Nordsee FS Meteor
- 2011 - "NEMESYS" SO-214 New Zealand FS SONNE
- 2010 - "SUAGR" P405 Black Sea FS POSEIDON - "Sea Acceptance Test" Azoren FS METEOR -"Costa Rica Mounds" SO-206 Costa Rica FS SONNE
- 2009 - WND P388 West Nil Delta FS POSEIDON
- 2008 - "TOTAL" SO-195 Louisville Ridge (Tonga) FS SONNE - "GITEWS" Tsunami Mittelmeer R/V CASTOR
- 2007 - OBS Bergung Guadeloupe LE KAHOUANNE (Phares et Balises) - "GO" P350 Golf v. Cadiz FS POSEIDON - "SISMANTILLES II" Guadeloupe R/V L'ATALANTE
- 2006 - "SISMANTILLES II" MSM04/02 Franz. Antillen FS M.S. MERIAN - JAN MAYEN Jan Mayen G.O. SARS - "SEACAUSE II" Penang-Singapur FS SONNE - "GITEWS" Jakarta / Singapur FS SONNE
- 2005 - "TIPTEQ" SO-181 Chile Triple Junction FS SONNE
- 2004 - "MERAMEX" SO-179 Java FS SONNE
- 2003 - D275 Amazon Fan FS DISCOVERY - "SUBDUCTION II" SO-173-1 Costa Rica FS SONNE
- 2002 - "SUBDUCTION I" SO-163-1 Costa Rica FS SONNE
- 2001 - "SPOC" SO-161-4 Offshore Chile FS SONNE
- 1999 - P337, Iceland, FS POSEIDON - P389, Canary Island, FS POSEIDON
- 1998 - Baltic Sea & North Sea, FS POSEIDON, FS ALKOR, FS VALDIVIA
- 1997 - Baltic Sea, FS POSEIDON, FS ALKOR