• since 2016: Postdoc at GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
• 2015 - 2016: Postdoc in the Department of Earth Science at the University of Bergen (Norway)
• 2011 - 2015: Ph.D. student in Marine Geophysics at GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
• 2009 - 2011: M.Sc in Geophysics, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
• 2006 - 2009: B.Sc. in Applied Geophysics Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany

• 2024 - today : MULTI-MAREX - A living laboratory for improved forecasting and action options for multiple geomarine extreme events
  Analysis of geohazards in the Aegean Sea and development of monitoring technologies 
• 2023 - today: MOLA - Helmholtz Validation project Modular Ocean Lander Architecture (PI)
  Development of seafloor landers and smart seafloor monitoring networks
• 2022 - today: CASCO - Risk workflow for cascading and compounding hazards in coastal urban areas
  Hazard and risk assessment of landslide-induced tsunamis and disaster cascades offshore Sicily, Italy
• 2019 - 2023: THESEUS – Tsunami hazard of explosive submarine eruptions (PI)
  2D and 3D seismic analysis of the Minoan Eruption and the 1650 eruption of Kolumbo
  Drilling location site survey for IODP Expedition 398 “Hellenic Arc Volcanic Field”
• 2019 - 2022: ACT SENSE - Assuring integrity of CO₂ storage sites through ground surface monitoring (co-PI)
  Development of seafloor instruments to monitor marine CO₂ storage based on ground deformation
  Organization of test campaign for deformation measurements using fiber-optic cables (DSS)
• 2019 - 2020: SMART - Sustainable Management of offshore groundwater resources
  Seismic analysis of potential aquifers in a carbonate platform offshore Malta
• 2017 - 2021: STEMM-CCS - Strategies for environmental monitoring of marine CCS
  Multi-method analysis of the fluid conduit beneath the Scanner Pockmark (North Sea)
  2D seismic and hydroacoustic analysis of a drilling induced blowout crater Figge Maar
• 2016 - 2018: RITTER ISLAND - Tsunami potential of volcanic flank collapses
  3D seismic analysis of the 1888 Ritter Island volcanic sector collapse
  Numerical tsunami simulations of sector collapse scenarios
• 2015 - 2016: GLANAM – Glaciation of the North Atlantic Margin
  Seismo-stratigraphic reconstruction of post-glacial sedimentation at the mid-Norwegian Margin
  Numerical simulations of gas-hydrate stability
• 2011 - 2015: ECO₂ - Sub-seabed CO₂ storage: Impact on marine ecosystems
  3D seismic analysis of focused fluid flow conduits in the Southern Viking Graben
  Numerical simulations of CO₂ leakage scenarios for the Sleipner CO₂ storage site

• 2024: M198: Geodetic and hydroacoustic surveys and equipment tests on the submerged flanks of Mt. Etna (Co-PI)
• 2023: Equipment on RV LITTORINA in the Baltic Sea (PI)
• 2021: Amphibious fiber-optic cable deformation measurements in the Baltic Sea (PI)
• 2019: POS538 - 2D, 3D and OBS seismics on RV POSEIDON in the Aegean Sea (PI)
• 2018: MSM78 - RockDrill2 campaign on RV MARIA S. MERIAN in the British North Sea (PI)
• 2018: AL512 - 2D and OBS seismics and hydroacoustics on RV ALKOR in the North Sea (PI)
• 2017: MSM63 - 2D and OBS seismics and hydroacoustics on RV MARIA S. MERIAN in the British North Sea
• 2015: SO241 - 2D and OBS seismics, hydroacoustics on RV SONNE in the Gulf of California (Lab leader)
• 2014: OR1415 - 3D and OBS seismics on RV OCEAN RESEARCHER V offshore Taiwan (Lab leader)
• 2014: Geological field work in the Colorado Plateau, USA (PI)     
• 2013: AL427 - 2D seismics and hydroacoustics on RV ALKOR (student cruise) in the Baltic Sea (Co-supervisor)
• 2012: AL404 - 2D and 3D seismics and hydroacoustics on RV ALKOR in the Baltic Sea
• 2012: AL403 - 2D and 3D seismics and hydroacoustics on RV ALKOR in the Baltic Sea
• 2012: M87/2 - 2D and OBS seismics and hydroacoustics on RV METEOR in the Norwegian Sea (Lab leader)
• 2012: M86/3 - OBS and 2D seismics on RV MARIA S. MERIAN in the Adriatic Sea
• 2012: AL381 - 2D seismics and hydroacoustics on RV ALKOR (student cruise) in the Baltic Sea (Co-supervisor)
• 2011: AL374 - Hydroacoustics and geochemical sampling on RV ALKOR in the North Sea (Lab leader)
• 2011: AL360 - 2D seismics and hydroacoustics on RV ALKOR (student cruise) in the Baltic Sea (Co-supervisor)
• 2010: JC45/46 - 2D and 3D seismics on RSS JAMES COOK offshore Montserrat, Caribbean Sea
• 2010: POS393/2 - Deployment of a OBS network on RV POSEIDON in the Alboran Sea and Gulf of Cadiz
• 2009: HE306 - 2D seismics and hydroacoustics on RV HEINCKE in the German North Sea
• 2008: Planning and installation of a seismological networks in Maule, Araucaria and Los Rios, Chile

Citation metrics:  Google Scholar: h-index of 20; i10-index of 26; 1270 citations (September 2024)

Peer-reviewed publications 

2024

44. Steinmetz, F., Gonzalez, E., Herges, R., Renner, B.-C., & Karstens, J., accepted. Integration of the ahoi Modem into the MOLA sea floor lander system: Concept, Realization and Real-World Trials. The 18th International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems (WUWNet 2024).

43. Kühn, M., Berndt, C., Watt, S. F. L., Hornbach, M., Krastel, S., Sass, K., Kutterolf, S., Freudenthal, T., Huhn, K., Karstens, J., Schramm, B., Elger, J. Böttner, C., & Kläschen, D., 2024. Volcanic flank collapse, secondary sediment failure and flow-transition: multi-stage landslide emplacement offshore Montserrat, Lesser Antilles.  Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25, e2024GC011564. DOI: 1029/2024GC01156

41. Preine, J., Karstens, J., Hübscher, C., Druitt, T.H., Kutterolf, S., Nomikou, P., Manga, M., Gertisser, R., Pank, K., Beethe, S., Berthod, C., Crutchley G.J., McIntosh, I.M., Ronge, T., Tominga, M., Clark, A., DeBari, S.M., Johnston, R.M., Mateo, Z.R.P., Peccia, A., Jones, C., Kletetschka, G., Metcalfe, A., Bernard, A., Chen, H., Chiyonobu, S., Fernandez Perez, T.I., Batuk Joshi, K., Koukousioura, O., McCanta, M., Morris, A., Polymenakou, P., Woodhouse, A., Yamamoto, Y., Wang, K.-L., Lee, H.-Y., Xiaohui, L., & Papanikolaou, D., 2024. Hazardous explosive eruptions of a rejuvenating multi-cyclic island arc caldera.  Nature Geoscience, 1-9. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-024-01392-7

40. Druitt, T.H., Kutterolf, S., Ronge, T., Hübscher, C., Nomikou, P., Preine, J., Gertisser, R., Karstens, J., Keller, J., Koukousioura, O., Manga, M., Metcalfe, A., McCanta, M., McIntosh, I.M., Pank, K., Woodhouse, A., Beethe, S., Berthod, C., Chiyonobu, S., Chen, H., Clark, A., DeBari, S.M., Johnston, R.M., Peccia, A., Yamamoto, Y., Bernard, A., Fernandez Perez, T.I., Jones, C., Batuk Joshi, K., Kletetschka, G., Xiaohui, L., Morris, A., Polymenakou, P., Tominga, M., & Papanikolaou, D., 2024. Giant offshore pumice deposit records a shallow marine explosive eruption of ancestral Santorini.  Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 5, 24. DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-01171-z

2023

39. Karstens, J., Crutchley, G. J, Hansteen, T. Preine, J., Carey, S., Elger, J., Kühn, M., Nomikou, P., Schmid, F., Kelfoun K., Dalla Valle, G., & Berndt, C., 2023. Cascading events during the 1650 tsunamigenic eruption of Kolumbo volcano.  Nature Communications, 14(1), 6606. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42261-y

38. Crutchley G.J., Karstens, J., Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Kühn, M., & Fossen, H.l., 2023. Extensional faulting around Kolumbo Volcano, Aegean Sea - relationships between local stress fields, fault relay ramps and volcanism. Tectonics, 42, e2023TC007951. DOI: 10.1029/2023TC007951

37. Berndt, C., Planke, S., Alvarez Zarikian, C., Frieling, J., Millett, J., Jones, M., Brinkhuis, H., Buenz, S., Svensen, H., Longman, J., Scherer, R., Karstens, J., Manton, B., Huismans, R., Faleide, J.I., Agarwal, A., Andrews, G., Betlem, P., Bhattacharya, J., Chatterjee, S., Christopoulou, M., Clementi, V., Ferre, E., Filina, I., Guo, P., Harper, D., Lambart, S., Mohn, G., Nakaoka, R., Tegner, C., Varela, N., Wang, M.,  Xu, W., and Yager, S., 2023. Shallow-water hydrothermal venting in the North Atlantic during the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum.  Nature Geoscience, 16, 803–809. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-023-01246-8

36. Karstens, J., Preine, J., Carey, S., Bell, K.C., Nomikou, P., and Urlaub, M., 2023. Formation of undulating seafloor bedforms during the Minoan eruption and their implications for eruption dynamics and slope stability at Santorini.  Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 616. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118215

35. Karstens, J., Preine, J., Crutchley, G. J, Kutterolf, S., van der Bilt, W., Hooft, E., Druitt, T., Schmid, F., Cederstrøm, J.M., Hübscher, C., Nomikou, P., Carey, S., Kühn, M., Elger, J., and Berndt, C., 2023. Revised Minoan eruption volume as benchmark for large volcanic eruptions.  Nature Communications. 14, 2497. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38176-3

34. Zainab, T., Karstens, J., & Landsiedel, O., 2023.  LightEQ: On-Device Earthquake Detection with Embedded Machine Learning. Proceedings of the 8th ACM/IEEE Conference on Internet of Things Design and Implementation. DOI: 10.1145/3576842.3582387

33. Karstens, J., Haflidason, H., Berndt, C., and Crutchley, C.J., 2023. Revised Storegga Slide reconstruction reveals two major submarine landslides 12,000 years apart.  Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 4, 55. DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-00710-y

2022

32. Preine, J., Karstens, J., Hübscher, C., Nomikou, P., Schmid, F., Crutchley, G.J., and Druitt, T., 2022. Spatio-Temporal evolution of the Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo volcanic field, South Aegean.  Geology, 50, 1. DOI: 10.1130/G49167.1

31. Karstens, J., Schneider von Deimling, J., Berndt, C., Böttner, C., Kühn, M., Reinardy, B.T.I., Ehrhardt, A., Schramm, B., Haeckel, M., Klaeschen, D., Elger, J., Schmidt, M., Gros, J., Heinrich, S., Müller, P., and Bense, F., 2022. Formation of the Figge Maar seafloor crater during the 1964 B1 blowout in the German North Sea.  Earth Science, Systems and Society, 2, 10053. DOI: 10.3389/esss.2022.10053

30. Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Karstens, J., & Nomikou, P., 2022. Volcano-Tectonic Evolution of the Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo Rift Zone. Tectonics, e2022TC007524. DOI: 10.1029/2022TC007524

29. Zainab, T., Karstens, J., & Landsiedel, O., 2022.  Cross-Domain Fusion in Smart Seafloor Sensor Networks.  Informatik Spektrum, 45(5). DOI: 10.1007/s00287-022-01486-9

28. Preine, J., Karstens, J., Hübscher, C., Nomikou, P., Schmid, F., Crutchley, G.J., & Druitt, T., 2022. The Hidden Giant: How a rift pulse triggered a catastrophic disaster cascade of voluminous sector collapses and secondary mass-wasting events in the early evolution of Santorini.  Basin Research, 34(4). DOI: 10.1111/bre.12667

27. Karstens, J., Müller, P., Berndt, C., and Patruno, S., 2022. Deep-seated focused fluid migration as indicator for hydrocarbon leads in the East Shetland Platform, North Sea Province. In Cross border themes in petroleum geology I: The North Sea. Geological Society of London Special Publications, 494. DOI: 10.1144/SP494-2019-26

26. Sarkar, S., Moser, M., Berndt, C., Doll, M., Böttner, C., Chi, W.-C., Klaeschen, D., Galerne, C.Y., Karstens, J., Geilert, S., Mortera-Gutierrez, C., & Hensen, C., 2022. Thermal state of the Guaymas Basin derived from a gas hydrate bottom simulating reflector depth and heat flow measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 127(8), e2021JB023909.  DOI: 10.1029/2021JB023909

25. Conelly, M. Bull, J.M., Flohr, A., Schaap, A., Koopmans, D., Blackford, J.C., White, P.R., James, R.H. Pearce, C., Lichtschlag, A., Achterberg, E.P., de Beer, D., Roche, B., Li, J., Saw, K., Alendal, G., Avlesen, H., Brown, R., Borisov, S.M.,  Böttner, C., Cazenave, P.W., Chen, B., Dale, A.W., Dean, M., Dewar, M., Esposito, M., Gros, J., Haeckel, M., Hosking, B., Huvenne, V., Karstens, J., Le Bas, T., Leighton, T.G., Linke, P., Loucaides, S., Matter, J.M., Monk, S.,  Mowlem, M.C., Oleynik, A., Omar, A.M., Peel, K., Provenzano, G., Saleem, U., Schmidt, M., Schramm, B., Sommer, S., Strong, J., Falcon Suarez, I., Ungerboeck, B., Widdicombe, S., Wright, H., & Yakushev, E., 2022. Assuring the integrity of offshore carbon dioxide storage.  Environmental Science and Technology, 166, 112670. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112670

2021

24. Schramm, B., Berndt, C., Dannowski, A., Böttner, C., Karstens, J., & Elger, J., 2021.  Seismic imaging of the active fluid conduit below Scanner Pockmark, Central North Sea.  Marine and Petroleum Geoscience, 105302. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105302

23. Callow, B, Bull, J. M., Provenzano, G, Robinson, A. H., Birinci, H., Böttner, C., Bayrakci, G., Henstock, T. J., Minshull, T. A., Lichtschlag, A., Roche, B., Yilo, N., Berndt, C., Gehrmann, R., Karstens, J., & Falcon-Suarez, I. H., 2021. Seismic chimney characterisation in the Witch Ground Basin, North Sea – Implications for fluid migration and pockmark formation.  Marine and Petroleum Geoscience, 155, 105301. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105301

22. Gehrmann, R.A.S., Provenzano, G., Böttner, C., Marin-Moreno, H., Bayrakci, G., Tan. Y. Y., Yilo, N. K., Djanni, A. T., Weitemeyer, K. A., Minshull, T. A., Bull, M, Berndt, C., & Karstens, J., 2021. Porosity and free gas estimates from controlled source electromagnetic data at the Scanner Pockmark in the North Sea. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 109, 103343. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103343

21. Haroon, A., Micallef, A., Jegen, M., Schwalenberg, K., Karstens, J., Berndt, C., Garcia, X., Kühn, M., Rizzo, E., Fusi, N.C., Ahaneku Valeria, C., Petronio, L., Faghih, Z., & Weymer, B.A., 2021. Electrical resistivity anomalies in a carbonate shelf: Evidence for offshore freshened groundwater?  Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL091909. DOI: 10.1029/2020GL091909

20. Robinson, A.H., Callow, B., Böttner, C., Yilo, N., Provenzano, G., Falcon-Suarez, I.H., Marin-Moreno, H., Lichtschlag, A., Bayrakci, G., Gehrmann, R., Parkes, L., Roche, B., Saleem, U., Schramm, B., Waage, M., Lavayssiere, A., Li, J., Jedari-Eyvazi, F., Sahoo, S., Deusner, C., Kossel, E., Minshull, T. A., Berndt, C., Bull, J.M., Dean, M., James, R.H., Chapman, M., Best, A. I., Bünz, S., Chen, B., Connelly, D. P., Elger, J., Haeckel, M., Henstock, T. J., Karstens, J., Macdonald, C., Matter, J.M., North, L. & Reinardy, B., 2021. Multiscale characterisation of chimneys/pipes: Fluid escape structures within sedimentary basins.  International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 106, 103245. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2020.103245

19. Kühn, M., Karstens, J., Berndt, C., & Watt, S.F.L., 2021 Seismic reconstruction of seafloor sediment deformation during volcanic debris avalanche emplacement offshore Sakar Island, Papua New Guinea. 2021. Marine Geology, 439, 106563. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106563

18. Watt, S.F.L., Karstens, J., & Berndt, C., 2021. Volcanic-island lateral collapses and their submarine deposits. In Volcanic Debris Avalanches – From Collapse to hazard, Springer books. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-57411-6_10

2020

17. Karstens, J., Kelfoun, K., Watt, S.F.L., & Berndt, C., 2020. Combining 3D seismics, eyewitness accounts and numerical simulations to reconstruct the 1888 Ritter Island sector collapse and tsunami.  International Journal of Earth Sciences, 109. DOI: 10.1007/s00531-020-01854-4

16. Böttner, C., Berndt, C., Schmidt, M., Haeckel, M., Vielstädte, L., Kutsch, J., & Karstens, J., 2020. Decommissioned hydrocarbon wells as a source for greenhouse gas release: sources, rates, and mitigation strategies.  International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 100, 103119. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2020.103119

2019

15. Glöckner, M., Walda, J., Dell, S., Gajewski, D., Karstens, J., Klaeschen, D., & Berndt, C., 2019. Imaging zero-offset 3D P-cable data and CRS method.  Geophysical Journal International, 219 (3). DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggz403

14. Böttner, C., Berndt, C., Reinardy, B.T.I., Geersen, J., Karstens, J., Bull, J.M., Callow, B.J., Lichtschlag, A., Schmidt, M., Elger, J., Schramm, B., & Haeckel, M., 2019. Pockmarks in the Witch Ground Basin, central North Sea.  Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20(4). DOI: 10.1029/2018GC008068

13. Watt, S.F.L., Karstens, J., Micallef, A., Berndt, C., Urlaub, M., Desai, A., Klaucke, I., Böttner, C., Day, S., Downes, H., Kühn, M., & Elger, J., 2019. From catastrophic collapse to multi-phase deposition: flow transformation, seafloor interaction and triggered eruption following a volcanic-island landslide. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 517. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.024

12. Karstens, J., Berndt, C., Urlaub, M., Watt, S.F.L., Micallef, A., Kühn, M., Klaucke, I., Muff, S., Klaeschen, D., Roth, T., Böttner, C., Schramm, B., Elger, J., Ray, M., & Brune, S., 2019. From gradual spreading to catastrophic collapse - 3D seismic reconstruction of the 1888 Ritter Island volcanic sector collapse. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 517. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.009

2018

11. Karstens, J., Haflidason, H., Becker, L., Berndt, C., Rüpke, L., Planke, S., Liebetrau, V., Schmidt, M., & Mienert, J., 2018. Glacigenic sedimentation pulses triggered post-glacial gas hydrate dissociation.  Nature Communications, 9, 635. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03043-z  

2017

10. Vielstädte, L., Haeckel, M., Karstens, J., Linke, P., Schmidt, M., Steinle, L. & Wallmann, K., 2017. Shallow gas migration along hydrocarbon wells – An unconsidered, anthropogenic source of biogenic methane in the North Sea. Environmental Science & Technology, 51 (17). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b02732

9. Karstens, J., Ahmed, W., Berndt, C., & Class, H., 2017. Focused fluid flow and the sub-seabed storage of CO2: Evaluating the leakage potential of seismic chimney structures for the Sleipner CO2 storage operation. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 88. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.08.003

2016

8. Berndt, C., Hensen, C., Mortera-Gutierrez, C., Sarkar, S., Geilert, S., Schmidt, M., Liebetrau, V., Kipfer, R., Scholz, F., Doll, M., Muff, S., Karstens, J., Böttner, C., Chi, W.C., Moser, M., Behrendt, R., Fiskal, A., Lever, M., Planke, S., Lizarralde, D., & Petersen, S., 2016. Rifting under steam – how rift magmatism triggers methane venting from sedimentary basins. Geology, 45, 7. DOI: 10.1130/G38049.1

2015

7. Vielstädte, L., Karstens, J., Haeckel, M., Schmidt, M., Liebetrau, V., Reimann, S., Linke, P., McGinnis, D., & Wallmann, K., 2015. Quantification of methane emissions at abandoned gas wells in the Central North Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 68. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.07.030

6. Karstens, J., & Berndt, C., 2015. Seismic chimneys in the Southern Viking Graben – Implications for palaeo fluid migration and overpressure evolution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 412. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.12.017

2014

5. Villar-Muñoz, L., Behrmann, J.H., Diaz-Naveas, J., Klaeschen, D., & Karstens, J., 2014. Heat flow in the southern Chile forearc controlled by large-scale tectonic processes. Geo-Marine Letters, 34. DOI: 10.1007/s00367-013-0353-z

2013

4. Karstens, J., Crutchley, G.J., Berndt, C., Talling, P.J., Watt, S.F.L., Hühnerbach, V., Le Friant, A.L., Lebas, E., Trofimovs, J., & Watt, S.F.L., 2013. Emplacement of pyroclastic deposits offshore Montserrat: Insights from 3D seismic data. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 257. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.03.004

3. Crutchley, G.J., Karstens, J., Berndt, C., Talling, P.J., Watt, S.F.L., Vardy, M.E., Hühnerbach, V., Urlaub, M., Sarkar, S., Klaeschen, D., Paulatto, M., Le Friant, A., Lebas, E., & Maeno, F., 2013. Insights into the emplacement dynamics of volcanic landslides from high-resolution 3D seismic data acquired offshore Montserrat, Lesser Antilles. Marine Geology, 335. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.10.004

2012

2. Watt, S.F.L., Talling, P.J., Vardy, M.E., Heller, V., Hühnerbach, V., Urlaub, M., Sarkar, S., Masson, D.G., Henstock, T.J., Minshull, T.A., Paulatto, M., Le Friant, A., Lebas, E., Berndt, C., Crutchley, G.J., Karstens, J., Stinton, A.J., & Maeno, F., 2012. Combinations of volcanic-flank and seafloor-sediment failure offshore Montserrat, and their implications for tsunami generation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 319-320. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.032

1. Watt, S.F.L., Talling, P.J., Vardy, M.E., Masson, D.G., Henstock, T.J., Hühnerbach, V., Minshull, T.A., Urlaub, M., Lebas, E., Le Friant, A., Berndt, C., Crutchley, G.J., & Karstens, J., 2012. Widespread and progressive seafloor-sediment failure following volcanic debris avalanche emplacement: Landslide dynamics and timing offshore Montserrat, Lesser Antilles. Marine Geology, 323-325. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.08.002

Publications without peer review

• Galerne, C., Cheviet, A., Kahl, W.-A., Wiggers, C., Bach, W., Neumann, F., Buatier, M., Höfig, T.W., Lizarralde, D., Teske, A., Peña-Salinas, M., Karstens, J., Böttner, C., Berndt, C., Aiello, I.W., Marsaglia, K.M., Gontharet, S., Kuhnert, H., Stock, J., Negrete-Aranda, R., Zhang, J., & Kopf, A., submitted. Sill stacking in subseafloor unconsolidated sediments and control on sustained hydrothermal systems: evidence from IODP drilling in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California.  Authorea Preprints. DOI: 10.22541/essoar.172493960.00538303
• Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Karstens, J., Crutchley G.J., & Nomikou, P., 2022. Spatio-temporal evolution of the Kolumbo Volcanic Chain and its link to the volcanic plumbing system of Santorini.  Authorea Preprints. DOI: 10.1002/essoar.10512943.2
• Bohloli, B., Arjomand, E., Berndt, C., Bjørnarå, T.I., Bouquet, S., Dujardin, J.-R., Eiken, O., Estublier, A., Fourno, A., Frauenfelder, R., Frey, J., Karstens, J., Kear, J., Lee, Y.-K., Moreno, H.M., Martínez Orio, R., Meckel, T., Meland, H., Mondol, N.H., Park, J., Park, Y.-C., Soroush, A., Salimzadeh, S., Sparrevik, P.M., Vidal, J.A.M., Vincent, C., Vöge, M., White, J., Xue, Z., & Zarifi, Z., 2022. Monitoring CO₂ Storage Sites Onshore and Offshore using InSAR Data and Strain Sensing Fibre Optics Cables. International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-16), Lyon, 23 – 28 October 2022.
• Bohloli, B., Bateson, L., Berndt, C., Bjørnarå, T.I., Eiken, O., Estublier, A., Frauenfelder, R., Karstens, J., Martínez Orio, R., Meckel, T., Mondol, N.H., Park, J., Soroush, A., Soulat, A., Sparrevik, P.M., Vincent, C., Vöge, M., Waarum, I.-K., White, J., Xue, Z., Zarifi, Z., & Álvarez Gutiérrez, I., 2021. Assuring integrity of CO2 storage sites through ground surface monitoring (SENSE). International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-15), Abu Dhabi 5 – 8, October 2021. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3818971
• Micallef, A., Watt, S., Berndt, C., Urlaub, M., Brune, S., Klaucke, I., Böttner, C., Karstens, J., & Elger, J., 2017. An 1888 Volcanic Collapse Becomes a Benchmark for Tsunami Models.  Eos: Earth & Space Science News, 48. DOI: 10.1029/2017EO083743
• Eriksen, F. N., Berndt, C., Karstens, J., & Crutchley, C.J., 2015. P-Cable High Resolution 3D Seismic - Case Study and Recent Advances In: Near-Surface Asia Pacific Conference, Waikoloa, Hawaii, 7 - 10 July 2015. Society of Geophysicists, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 116-119. DOI: 10.1190/nsapc2015-029

Data publications

• Crutchley, G.J., Karstens, J., Elger, J., & Kühn, M., 2023. 3D multichannel seismic reflection processed data (P-Cable system with GI Gun) from RV POSEIDON cruise POS538, Kolumbo Volcano, Aegean Sea.  Pangaea. DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.960973
• Karstens, J., & Preine, J., 2023. 2D seismic reflection data from POSEIDON cruise POS538, offshore Santorini.  Pangaea. DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.956579
• Karstens, J., & Berndt, C., 2023. Sediment echosounder data (Atlas Parasound P70) during METEOR cruise M87/2 from the northern sidewall of the Storegga Slide, offshore Norway.  Pangaea. DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.954535 
• Böttner, C., Haeckel, M., Schmidt, M., Berndt, C., Vielstädte, L., Kutsch, J.A., Karstens, J., & Weiß, T., 2021. Leakage propensity prediction based well activity and seismic data in the Central North Sea.  Pangaea. DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.928949
• Schramm, B., Bayrakci, G., Dannowski, A., Berndt, C., Böttner, C., Karstens, J., Bull, J., Elger, J., & Minshull T.A., 2020. Ocean bottom seismometer sgy-files of seismic refraction and wide angle data from profiles P1000 and P2000 during Maria S. Merian cruise MSM63 with links to data files.  Pangaea. DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.915968
• Karstens, J., Böttner, C., & Wölfl, A.-C., 2021. Multibeam bathymetry raw data (Kongsberg EM 712 entire dataset) of RV MARIA S. MERIAN during cruise MSM78.  Pangaea. DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.931011
• Berndt, C., Kühn, M., & Karstens, J., 2021. 2D multi-channel seismic data from SONNE cruise SO252 offshore Ritter Island, 2016, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea.  Pangaea. DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.929022
• Karstens, J., 2012. Bathymetry of Sleipner region during ALKOR cruise AL374.  Pangaea. DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.775122
• Karstens, J., 2012. Profiles of sediment echo sounding of Sleipner region during ALKOR cruise AL374 with links to SGY data files. Pangaea. DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.777244

Intellectual property publications

• Karstens, J., 2023. WO200023078497A1 - Measuring Device Anchor. WIPO (PCT) publication.
• Karstens, J., 2022. DE202021106052U1 Messgeräte-Anker. Gebrauchsmusterschrift.
• Karstens, J., 2022. DE202021106053U1 Signalgeber-Auslösemechanismus für Messgeräte. Gebrauchsmusterschrift.
• Karstens, J. & Berndt, C., 2021. WO2021058051A1 - Seabed measurement measuring unit, seabed measurement measuring unit sensor swarm and method for using same. WIPO (PCT) publication.
• Karstens, J. & Berndt, C., 2021. DE102019125905A1 - Meeresbodenmessungen-Messeinheit, Meeresbodenmessungen-Messeinheiten-Sensorschwarm und Einsatzverfahren dafür. Offenlegungsschrift.
• Karstens, J. & Berndt, C., 2019. DE202019105337U1 - Meeresbodenmessungen-Messeinheit, Meeresbodenmessungen-Messeinheiten-Sensorschwarm und Einsatzverfahren dafür. Gebrauchsmusterschrift.

Conference presentations

• Kühn, M., Urlaub, M., Husrin, S., Furst, S., Berndt, C., Karstens, J., Belo, J., Supardi, S. R., Karima, S., Budi Nugroho, A., Pratama, A., Klein, E., Pank, K., Berndt, J., Matthies, F., Meredew, K., & Preine, P., 2024. New insights into processes involved in the 1883 Krakatau eruption and tsunami from seismic and hydroacoustic data. AGU Fall Meeting 2024, Washington D.C., 9 - 13 December 2024.
• Galerne, C., Cheviet, A., Kahl, W.-A., Wiggers, C., Bach, W., Neumann, F., Buatier, M., Höfig, T.W., Lizarralde, D., Teske, A., Peña-Salinas, M., Karstens, J., Böttner, C., Berndt, C., Aiello, I.W., Marsaglia, K.M., Gontharet, S., Kuhnert, H., Stock, J., Negrete-Aranda, R., Zhang, J., & Kopf, A., submitted. Sill stacking in subseafloor unconsolidated sediments and control on sustained hydrothermal systems: evidence from IODP drilling in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California. ILP Kraków 2024 - 18th Workshop of the International Lithosphere Program Task Force Sedimentary Basins, Krakow, 07 - 11 October 2024.
• Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Woodhouse, A., Koukousioura, O., Chiyonobu, S., Druitt, T.H., Kutterolf, S., Nomikou, P., Ronge, T., Beethe, S., Manga, M., McIntosh, I.M., Tominga, M., Bernard, A., Berthod, C., Chen, H., Clark, A., DeBari, S.M., Fernandez Perez, T.I., Gertisser, R., Johnston, R.M., Jones, C., Batuk Joshi, K., Kletetschka, G., McCanta, M., Morris, A., Pank, K., Peccia, A., Polymenakou, P., Yamamoto, Y., Metcalfe, A., Xiaohui, L., Crutchley, G.J., & Karstens, J., 2024. IODP Expedition 398 reveals a major normal fault along the Kolumbo Volcanic Chain. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, 14 – 19 April 2024.
• Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Woodhouse, A., Koukousioura, O., Chiyonobu, S., Druitt, T.H., Kutterolf, S., Nomikou, P., Ronge, T., Beethe, S., Manga, M., McIntosh, I.M., Tominga, M., Bernard, A., Berthod, C., Chen, H., Clark, A., DeBari, S.M., Fernandez Perez, T.I., Gertisser, R., Johnston, R.M., Jones, C., Batuk Joshi, K., Kletetschka, G., McCanta, M., Morris, A., Pank, K., Peccia, A., Polymenakou, P., Yamamoto, Y., Metcalfe, A., Xiaohui, L., Crutchley, G.J., & Karstens, J., 2024. Discovery of a major normal fault along the Kolumbo Volcanic Chain reveals fundamental volcano-tectonic feedback mechanisms. Cities on Volcanoes 12, Antigua, 11 – 17 February 2024.
• Nievas, C.I., Androsov, A., Harig, S., Hinz, A.-K., Karstens, J., Ren, Y., Urlaub, M., & Weatherill, G., 2024. Propagating Uncertainty in Tsunamigenesis through to Damage and Loss using Data Reduction. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024), Milan, 30 June - 5 July 2024.
• Preine, J., Karstens, J., Hübscher, C., Druitt, T.H., Kutterolf, S., Nomikou, P., Manga, M., Beethe, S., Berthod, C., Clark, A., Crutchley, G.J., DeBari, S.M., Gertisser, R., Johnston, R.M., Mateo, Z.R.P., McIntosh, I.M., Pank, K., Peccia, A., Ronge, T., Tominga, M., Chen, H., Chiyonobu, S., Fernandez Perez, T.I., Jones, C., Batuk Joshi, K., Kletetschka, G., McCanta, M., Morris, A., Polymenakou, P., Woodhouse, A., Yamamoto, Y., Xiaohui, L., Metcalfe, A., & Papanikolaou, D.,2023. Rising from the Ashes: Scientific Drilling Sheds New Light on the Spatio-Temporal Evolution of the Kameni Volcano inside the Santorini Caldera (Invited). AGU Fall Meeting 2023, San Francisco, 11 - 15 December 2023.
• Druitt, T.H., Kutterolf, S., Preine, J., Gertisser, R., Karstens, J., Keller, J., Hübscher, C., Koukousioura, O., Manga, M., McCanta, M., McIntosh, I.M., Metcalfe, A., Nomikou, P., Pank, K., Ronge, T., Woodhouse, A., Crutchley, G.J., Beethe, S., Berthod, C., Chiyonobu, S., Chen, H., Clark, A., DeBari, S.M., Johnston, R.M., Peccia, A., Yamamoto, Y., Bernard, A., Fernandez Perez, T.I., Jones, C., Batuk Joshi, K., Kletetschka, G., Xiaohui, L., Morris, A., Polymenakou, P., & Tominga, M., 2023. Deposits from a spectrum of shallow marine to subaerial explosive eruptions studied by deep drilling at Santorini (IODP Expedition 398). AGU Fall Meeting 2023, San Francisco, 11 - 15 December 2023.
• Berndt, C., Planke, S., Alvarez Zarikian, C., Frieling, J., Jones, M., Millett, J., Brinkhuis, H., Buenz, S., Svensen, H., Longman, J., Scherer, R., Karstens, J., Manton, B., Nelissen, M., Faleide, J.I., Reed, B., Huismans, R., Agarwal, A., Andrews, G., Betlem, P., Bhattacharya, J., Chatterjee, S., Christopoulou, M., Clementi, V., Filina, I., Guo, P., Harper, D., Lambart, S., Mohn, G., Nakaoka, R., Varela, N., Wang, M., Xu, W., Yager, S., &  Ferre, E., 2023. Shallow-water hydrothermal venting linked to the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum. AGU Fall Meeting 2023, San Francisco, 11 - 15 December 2023.
• Crutchley, G.J., Karstens, J., Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Kühn, M., & Fossen, H., 2023. Extensional faulting around Kolumbo Volcano, Aegean Sea – investigating local stress fields, fault relay structures and volcanism. Oceanic Volcanism Workshop 2023, Kiel, 12 - 15 September 2023.
• Karstens, J., Crutchley, G.J., Hansteen, T.C., Preine, J., Kelfkoun, K., Carey, S., & Nomikou, P.,2023. Combining high-resolution 3D seismic reflection data, historical eyewitness accounts, and numerical simulations to reconstruct the 1650 Kolumbo eruption and tsunami in the Aegean Sea. Oceanic Volcanism Workshop 2023, Kiel, 12 - 15 September 2023.
• Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Karstens, J., Crutchley, G.J., & Nomikou, P., 2023. From Eruptions to Reflections: Seismic imaging of submarine volcanoes, their plumbing system and eruptive products at the Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo Volcanic Field. Oceanic Volcanism Workshop 2023, Kiel, 12 - 15 September 2023.
• Crutchley G.J., Karstens, J., Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Fossen, H., & Kühn, M., 2023. Normal faulting around Kolumbo Volcano - exploring relationships between stress fields and volcanism. GeoBerlin 2023, Berlin, 3 - 7 September 2023.
• Karstens, J., 2023. Pitch: Modular Ocean lander Architecture. Waterkant Festival 2023, Kiel, 16 - 17 June 2023.
• Zainab, T., Karstens, J., & Landsiedel, O., 2023. Towards Distributed Machine Learning for Data Acquisition in Wireless Sensor Networks. 29th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, San Antonio, 9 - 12 May 2023.
• Kühn, M., Berndt, C., Krastel, S., Kutterolf, S., Karstens, J., Watt, S. F. L., Hornbach, M., Huhn, K.  & Freudenthal, K., 2023. Flank collapse, sediment failure and flow-transition: the multi-stage deposition of a volcanic sector collapse offshore Montserrat, Lesser Antilles. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, 23 – 28 April 2023.
• Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Karstens, J., Crutchley, G.J., & Nomikou, P., 2023. Seismic imaging of the submarine Kolumbo Volcanic Chain reveals its volcano-tectonic evolution and link to Santorini. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, 23 – 28 April 2023.
• Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Karstens, J., Crutchley, G.J., & Nomikou, P., 2023. Seismic imaging of the submarine Kolumbo Volcanic Chain. DGG Meeting 2023, Bremen, 5 - 9 March 2023.
• Planke, S., Berndt, C., Zarikian, C.A., Bünz, S., Huismans, R., Karstens, J., Svensen, H., Manton, B., and the IODP Expedition 396 Scientific Party, 2022. Shallow-water hydrothermal venting during the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM): New results from IODP Expedition 396 in the Vøring Basin, Norwegian Sea. 12th International Conference on Climatic and Biotic Events of the Paleogene (CBEP12), Bremen, 22 – 25 August 2022.
• Haroon, A., Micallef, A., Jegen, M., Schwalenberg, K., Karstens, J., Berndt, C., Garcia, X., Kuehn, M., Rizzo, E., Fusi, N.C., Ahanek, C. V., Petronio, L., Faghih, Z, Weymer, B.A, de Biase, M., Chidichimo, F., Pondthai, P. & Everett, M. (2022) Evidence for OFG in the carbonate margin of Malta? Insights from geophysical investigations. International Workshop on Freshened Groundwater Research 2022, Valetta, 27 – 28 July 2022, Valletta.
• Karstens, J., Preine, J., Crutchley, G.J., Kutterolf, S., van der Bilt, W., Hooft, E., Druitt, T.H., Schmid, F., Cederstrøm, J. M., Hübscher, C., Nomikou, P., Carey, S., Kühn, M., Elger, J., & Berndt, C., 2022. Revising the volume of the Minoan eruption (Santorini) based on new marine geophysical and sedimentological data. 11th Conference Cities on Volcanoes (COV11), Heraklion, 12 -17 June 2022.
• Urlaub, M., Karstens, J., & Berndt, C., 2022. Flank collapse mechanisms at coastal and ocean island volcanoes: Insights from shoreline-crossing investigations. 11th Conference Cities on Volcanoes (COV11), Heraklion, 12 - 17 June 2022.
• Preine, J., Karstens, J., Hübscher, C., Crutchley, G.J., Druitt, T.H., Schmid, F., & Nomikou, P., 2022. The Hidden Giant: How a rift pulse triggered a disaster cascade of sector collapses and voluminous secondary mass-transport events in the early evolution of Santorini. 11th Conference Cities on Volcanoes (COV11), Heraklion, 12 - 17 June 2022.
• Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Karstens, J., Druitt, T.H., Crutchley, G.J., Hooft, E., Schmid, F., & Nomikou, P., 2022. This Rift is on Fire: Volcano-Tectonic Evolution of the Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo volcanic field, Aegean Sea. 11th Conference Cities on Volcanoes (COV11), Heraklion, 12 - 17 June 2022.
• Bonanati, C., Urlaub, M., Furst, S., Karstens, J., & Klein, E., 2022. The PRE-COLLAPSE project: A holistic, shoreline-crossing approach to identify precursory signals of flank collapse at coastal and ocean island volcanoes. 11th Conference Cities on Volcanoes (COV11), Heraklion, 12 - 17 June 2022.
• Urlaub, M., Karstens, J., & Berndt, C., 2022. State of the art in the study of volcanic flank collapses. International Conference on Seafloor Landforms, Processes and Evolution, Valetta, 4-6 June 2022. 11th Conference Cities on Volcanoes (COV11), Heraklion, 12 - 17 June 2022.
• Preine, J., Hübscher, C., & Karstens, J. 2022. How the interplay of magmatism, tectonics, and mass wasting shaped the morphology of the Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo Volcanic field. International Conference on Seafloor Landforms, Processes and Evolution, Valetta, 4 - 6 June 2022.
• Nievas, C.I., Bouwer, L.M., Urlaub, M., Androsov, A., Babeyko, A., Berndt, C., Cotton, F., Gomez-Zapata, J.C., Karstens, J., Kopp, H., Lin, Q., Schorlemmer, D., & Tang, H., 2022. Risk workflow for CAScading and COmpounding hazards in COastal urban areas: The CASCO Project.  EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna 2022, 23 – 27 May 2022.
• Berndt, C., IODP396 Shipboard scientific party, Bünz, S., Karstens, J., & Svensen, H., 2022. Shallow-water hydrothermal venting in the North Atlantic during the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, 23 – 27 May 2022.
• Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Karstens, J., Hooft, E., & Nomikou, P., 2022. This Rift is on Fire: Volcano-Tectonic Evolution of the Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo volcanic field, Aegean Sea. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, 23 – 27 May 2022.
• Galerne, C.Y., Bach, W., Berndt, C., Schwark, L., Höfig, T. Buatier, M., Chevillet, A., Pistone, M., Acosta, M., Wiggers, C., Kahl, W.-A., Burwicz-Galerne, E., Baumgarther, L., Stockhausen, M., Karstens, J., Monien, P., & the IODP Expedition 385 scientists, 2022. Overview and perspective of peperite formation in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California – Implications for the Earth’s Carbon-, Plate-, Life-Cycles. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, 23 – 27 May 2022
• Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Karstens, J., Druitt, T.H., Kutterrolf, S., Crutchley, G.J., & Nomikou, P., 2022. How the interplay of volcanism and tectonics shaped Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo volcanic field: An outlook on IODP Expedition 398. DGG Meeting 2022, Munich, 7 – 10 March 2022.
• Bohloli, B., Park, J., Bjørnarå, T.I., Sparrevik, P.M., Frauenfelder, R., Vöge, M., Ritter, S., Mondol, N.H., Berndt, C., & Karstens, J., 2021. Monitoring seafloor deformation caused by subsurface fluid injection. 1st International Conference on Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering, Lisbon, 27 - 30 June 2021.
• Haroon, A., Micallef, A., Jegen, M., Schwalenberg, K., Karstens, J., Berndt, C., Garcia, X., Kühn, M., Rizzo, E., Fusi, N.C., Ahaneku Valeria, C., Petronio, L., Faghih, Z., & Weymer, B.A., 2021. Controlled source electromagnetic measurements offshore the Maltese Islands: Implications for offshore freshened groundwater in a carbonate shelf. EGU General Assembly 2021, Vienna, 3 - 10 April 2021.
• Druitt, T.H., Hübscher, C., Kutterolf, S., Nomikou, P., Papanikolaou, D., & Karstens, J., 2021. Volcanism and tectonics in an island-arc rift environment: proposal to drill at Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo marine volcanic field, Greece. EGU General Assembly 2021, Vienna, 3 - 10 April 2021.
• Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Karstens, J., Nomikou, P., Druitt, T.H., & Papanikolaou, D., 2021. Chronostratigraphic Analysis of the Evolution of the Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo Volcanic Field. EGU General Assembly 2021, Vienna, 3 - 10 April 2021.
• Schmid, F., Karstens, J., & Nomikou, P., 2021. Identification and interpretation of seismic short-duration events inside the Kolumbo submarine volcano in the Southern Aegean. EGU General Assembly 2021, Vienna, 3 - 10 April 2021.
• Kühn, M., Karstens, J., Berndt, C., & Watt, S.F.L., 2021.  Seismic reconstruction of seafloor sediment deformation during volcanic debris avalanche emplacement offshore Sakar, Papua New Guinea. DGG Meeting 2021, Kiel, 1 – 5 March 2021.
• Karstens, J., Crutchley, G., Nomikou, P., Preine, J., Kühn, M., Elger, J., Schmid, F., Dalla Valle, G., Hübscher, C., & Berndt, C., 2021. POS538: High-resolution 2D and 3D reflection seismic analysis of tsunamigenic volcanic eruptions in the Southern Aegean Sea (Greece). DGG Meeting 2021, Kiel, 1 – 5 March 2021.
• Schmid, F., Karstens, J., & Nomikou, P., 2021. Identification and interpretation of seismic short-duration events inside the Kolumbo submarine volcano in the Southern Aegean. DGG Meeting 2021, Kiel, 1 – 5 March 2021.
• Böttner, C., Häckel, M., Schmidt, M., Berndt, C., Vielstädte, L., & Karstens, J., 2019. Greenhouse gas emissions from marine decommissioned hydrocarbon wells: leakage detection, monitoring and mitigation strategies. AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, 9 - 13 December 2019.
• Urlaub, M., Morgan, J., Berndt, C., & Karstens, J., 2019. Understanding the 1888 sector collapse of Ritter Island (Papua New Guinea) by integrating 3D seismic data and Discrete Element Models. GeoMünster 2019, Münster, 22 - 25 September 2019.
• Böttner, C., Berndt, C., Reinardy, B.T.I., & Karstens, J., 2019. Pockmarks within a stratigraphic framework from the Witch Ground Basin, central North Sea. INQUA Congress 2019, Dublin, 25 - 31 July 2019.
• Bull, J.M., Berndt, C., Minshull, T.A., Henstock, T.J., Bayrakci, G., Gehrmann, R., Böttner, C., Schramm, B., Callow, B., Chapman, M., Yilo, N., Dewar, M., Chen, B., Saleem, U., Marin-Moreno, H., Provenzano, G., Lichtschlag, A., Falcon-Suarez, I., Roche, B., James, R., Connelly, D.P., Matter, J., Elger, J., Karstens, J., & Best, A.I., 2018. Constraining leakage pathways through the overburden above sub-seafloor CO₂ storage reservoirs. International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technology (GHGT-14), Melbourne, 21 – 26 October 2018.
• Karstens, J., Urlaub, M., Berndt, C., Watt, S.F.L., Micallef, A., Kelfoun, K., Klaucke, I., Ray, M., Brune, S., Muff, S., & Klaeschen, D., 2018. From slow spreading to catastrophic collapse: 3D seismic reconstruction of the 1888 Ritter Island sector collapse. 10^th Cities on Volcanoes (COV10), Naples, 2 – 7 September 2018.
• Watt, S.F.L., Berndt, C., Karstens, J., Urlaub, M., & Krastel, S., 2018. Hazard implications of large-scale edifice collapses: insights into complex landslide processes, tsunami hazards and modified eruptive behaviour following the Ritter Island 1888 collapse. 10^thCities on Volcanoes (COV10), Naples, 2 – 7 September 2018.
• Böttner, C., Schramm, B., Berndt, C., Karstens, J., Hacker, M., Elger, J., Callow, B., Bull, J., Lichtschlag, A., & Reinardy, B.T.I., 2018. Pockmark formation in the Witch Ground Basin, central North Sea. EGU General Assembly 2017, Vienna, 8 – 13 April 2018.
• Karstens, J., Urlaub, M., Berndt, C., Watt, S.F.L., Micallef, A., Klaucke, I., Klaeschen, D., Brune, S., & Kühn, M., 2017. The complex emplacement dynamics and tsunami genesis of the 1888 Ritter Island sector collapse from 3D seismic data. AGU Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans, 11 - 15 December 2017.
• Vielstädte, L., Haeckel, M., Karstens, J., Linke, P., Steinle, L., Schmidt, M., & Wallmann, K., 2017. Dealing with legacy wells: Leakage of shallow gas along hydrocarbon wells in the North Sea. 11th IEAGHG Monitoring Network Meeting, Traverse City, 13 - 15 June 2017.
• Vielstädte, L., Haeckel, M., Karstens, J., Linke, P., Schmidt, M., Steinle, L., & Wallmann, K.,2016. Leaky hydrocarbon wells are an unconsidered source for biogenic methane in the North Sea. AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Francisco, 12 - 16 December 2016.
• Karstens, J., Haflidason, H., Rüpke, L., Fuchs, S., Dahlgren, T., Becker, L., Berndt, C., Planke, S., Vadakkepuliyambatta, S., & Bünz, S., 2016. The impact of sedimentation and erosion on gas hydrate dynamics during and after glaciations on the Norwegian continental shelf. Gas in Marine Sediments (GIMS 13), Tromsø, 19 – 22 September 2016.
• Karstens, J., Haflidason, H., Becker, L., Sejrup, H.P., Berndt, C., Planke, S., & Dahlgren, T., 2016. The impact of increased sedimentation rates associated with the decay of the Fennoscandian ice-sheet on gas hydrate stability and focused fluid flow at the Nyegga pockmark field, offshore mid-Norway. EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, 17 – 22 April 2016.
• Berndt, C., Hensen, C., Mortera-Gutierrez, C., Sarkar, S., Geilert, S., Schmidt, M., Liebetrau, V., Kipfer, R., Scholz, F. Doll, M., Muff, S., Karstens, J., Böttner, C., Chi, W.-C., Moser, M., Behrendt, R., Fiskal, A., Lever, M., Planke, S., & Lizarralde, D., 2015. Hydrothermal activity of in the northern Guaymas Basin.  AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, 14 - 18 December 2015.
• Karstens, J., & Berndt, C. 2014. Insights into focused fluid conduit formation from comparing seismic chimneys and pipes with field observations of fluid flow manifestations in the Colorado Plateau. AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, 15 - 19 December 2014.
• Flach, T., Solomon, S., Cavanagh, A., Schelland, M., Wildenborg, T., Buenz, S., Karstens, J., Ahmed, N., Chadwick, A., & Holloway, S., 2014. Evaluating propensity of leakage with Bayesian Belief Nets (BN). International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technology (GHGT-12), Austin, 5 – 9 October 2014.
• Karstens, J., & Berndt, C., 2014. Seismic chimneys in the Southern Viking Graben. Gas in Marine Sediments (GIMS 12), Taipei, 1 – 4 September 2014.
• Vielstädte, L., Karstens, J., Haeckel, M., Schmidt, M., Linke, P., Reimann, S., Liebetrau, V., & Wallmann, K., 2014. Anthropogenic Methane Emissions from Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells in the North Sea- How much Methane is Leaking into the Ocean and finally into the Atmosphere? Gas in Marine Sediments (GIMS 12), Taipei 1 – 4 September 2014.
• Karstens, J., Berndt, C., & Crutchley, G.J., 2014. 3D seismic investigation of volcanic landslide deposits offshore Montserrat. 7th Annual P-Cable Workshop, 3 – 4 February 2014.
• Haeckel, M., Wallmann, K., Schmidt, M., Liebetrau, V., Sommer, S., Schroller, D., Schönfeld, J., Karstens, J., & Berndt, C.,2013. Fluid expulsion at a 3-km long fracture system in the Northern North Sea – geochemical constraints on the origin of gas and water. AGU Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, 9 - 13 December 2013.
• Karstens, J. Berndt, C., & Crutchley, G.J., 2013. Why every dimension matters: Interpretation of volcanic landslide deposits from 3D seismic and time-lapse bathymetric data from offshore Montserrat. International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences (ISSMMTC), Kiel, 23 - 25 September 2013.
• Berndt, C., Crutchley, G.J., Krastel, S., Karstens, J., Dumke, I., & Dünnbier, K., 2012. Recent slope mobilizations in the Storegga Slide area. Invited talk at the AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, 3-7 December 2012.
• Talling, P.J., Kataoka, K., Endo, D., Watt, S.F., Le Friant, A., Ishizuka, O. IODP Expedition 340 Scientific Party, Berndt, C., Crutchley, G.J., & Karstens, J., 2012. New insights into composition and source, single or multistage emplacement, and relationship to eruption cycles from first drilling of volcanic island landslides, offshore Montserrat. AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, 3 - 7 December 2012.
• Karstens, J., Berndt, C., & Crutchley, G.J., 2012. Insights into pyroclastic flow emplacement from high-resolution 3D seismic data from Montserrat, Lesser Antilles. DGG Meeting 2012, Hamburg, 5 – 8 March 2012.

Theses

• Karstens, J., 2015. Focused fluid conduits in the Southern Viking Graben and their implications for the Sleipner CO₂ storage project. Ph.D. thesis, Kiel University, 183 pp.
• Karstens, J., 2011. 3D seismic investigation of volcanic mass wasting deposits offshore Montserrat. M.Sc. thesis, Kiel University, 68 pp.
• Karstens, J., 2009. Determination of the blasting force of explosives by seismic measurements. B.Sc. thesis, Kiel University, 50 pp.

Scientific reports

• Bohloli, B., Sparrevik, P.M., Vöge, M., Frauenfelder, R., Park, J., Berndt, C., Bateson, L., Karstens, J., Hussain, E., & Novellino, A., 2020.  Quantification of ground movement State-of-the-art. SENSE-Act Deliverable D1.1, 66 pp.
• Karstens, J., Crutchley, G., Elger, J., Kühn, M., Schmid, F., Dalla Valle, G., Preine, J. & Nomikou, P., 2020. R/V Poseidon Cruise Report 538 - THESEUS Tsunami hazard of explosive submarine eruptions, 7th October – 28th October 2019, Cartagena (Spain) - Heraklion (Greece).  GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany, 106 pp.
• Karstens, J., 2020. Short Cruise Report R/V Poseidon – POS538, 7th October – 28th October, 2019 Cartagena (Spain) - Heraklion (Greece); THESEUS - Kolumbo 2019. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany, 13 pp.
• Karstens, J., 2019. 1. Wochenbericht POS538. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, 2 pp.
• Karstens, J., 2019. 2. Wochenbericht POS538. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, 2 pp.
• Karstens, J., 2019. 3. Wochenbericht POS538. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, 2 pp.
• Karstens, J., Böttner, C., Edwards, M., Falcon-Suarez, I., Flohr, A., James, R., Lichtschlag, A., Maicher, D., Pheasant, I., Roche, B., Schramm, B., & Wilson, M., 2019. RV MARIA S. MERIAN Fahrtbericht / Cruise Report MSM78 - PERMO 2, Edinburgh – Edinburgh (U.K.), 16.10. – 25.10.2018. GEOMAR Report, N. Ser. 048. GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 60 pp.
• Karstens, J., 2018. Short Cruise Report Maria S. Merian – MSM78, Edinburgh – Edinburgh, 16th October – 25th October, 2018. PERMO 2.  GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 10 pp.
• Karstens, J., 2018. 1. Wochenbericht MSM78. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, 2 pp.
• Karstens, J. 2018. 2. Wochenbericht MSM78. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, 1 pp.
• Karstens, J., Schneider von Deimling, J., Böttner, C., Elger, J., Hilbert, H. S., Kühn, M., Kühn, R., Müller, P., Reinardy, B., & Schramm, B., 2018. R/V ALKOR Cruise Report 512 [AL512] - North Sea Blowouts, 15th July - 26th July, 2018, Cuxhaven - Kiel (Germany).  GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany, 39 pp.
• Karstens, J., 2018. Short Cruise Report Alkor - AL512. GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 10 pp.
• Karstens, J., 2018. 1. Wochenbericht AL512. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, 2 pp.
• Berndt, C., Elger, J., Böttner, C., Gehrmann, R., Karstens, J., Muff, S., Pitcairn, B., Schramm, B., Lichtschlag, A., & Völsch, A., eds., 2017. RV MARIA S. MERIAN Fahrtbericht / Cruise Report MSM63 - PERMO, Southampton – Southampton (U.K.) 29.04.-25.05.2017. GEOMAR Report, N. Ser. 037. GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Kiel, 137 pp.
• Berndt, C., Hensen, C., Muff, S., Karstens, J., Schmidt, M., Liebetrau, V., Kipfer, R., Lever, M., Böttner, C., Doll, M., Sarkar, S. & Geilert, S.,2015. RV SONNE 241 Cruise Report / Fahrtbericht, Manzanillo, 23.6.2015 – Guayaquil, 24.7.2015: SO241 - MAKS: Magmatism induced carbon escape from marine sediments as a climate driver – Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, 74 pp.
• Karstens, J., Berndt, C., Bünz, S., Tasianas, A., Class, H., Ahmed, W. and Orlic, B. & ECO2, 2014. WP1 summary report relevant for risk assessment. ECO2 Deliverable, D1.3, 23 pp.
• Baumberger, T., Bünz, S., Pedersen, R.B., Blomberg, A.E., Landschulze, K., Tasianas, A., Berndt, C., Karstens, J., Class, H., Ahmed, W., Flemisch, B., Chadwick, A., Holloway, S., White, J. C., Cevatoglu, M., Bull, J. Orlic, B. & ECO2, 2014. WP1 result summary report relevant for “Environmental Best Practice”. ECO2 Deliverable, D1.2, 32 pp.
• Linke, P., Haeckel, M., Schneider von Deimling, J., Vielstädte, L., Schmidt, M., Karstens, J., Berndt, C., Herreilers, H., Lichtschlag, A., James, R., Connelly, D., Baumberger, T., Pedersen, R.B., Denny, A.R., Rapp, H. T., Thorseth, I.H., Molari, M., de Beer, D., Rehder, G., Kedzior, S., Beaubien, S. & de Vittor, C., 2014. Fluxes of CO₂ from natural seep sites and Sleipner storage site. ECO2 Deliverable, D2.2, 43 pp.
• Pedersen, R. B., Baumberger, T., Berndt, C., Blomberg, A.E., Bünz, S., Chadwick, A., Class, H., Darcis, M., Flemisch, B., Holloway, S., Karstens, J., Landschulze, K., Tasianas, A., Thorseth, I.H. & White, J. C., 2013. Report of Leakage Assessment. ECO2 Deliverable, D1.1, 77 pp.
• Kopp, H., Dannowski, A., Argnani, A., Dasovic, I., Dumke, I., Elger, J., Flueh, E., Frey, B., Handy, M.R., Karstens, J., Kordowski, M., Krabbenhoeft, A., Mögeltönder, J., Papenberg, C., Planert, L., Steffen, K.P., Stipcevic, J., Ustaszewski, K., Weinrebe, W., Wiskandt, T. & Zander, T., 2013. Adria lithosphere investigation alpha - Cruise No. M86/3, January 20 - February 04, 2012, Brindisi (Italy) - Dubrovnik (Croatia). METEOR-Berichte, M86/3. DFG-Senatskommission für Ozeanographie, Bremen, 48 pp.