Assistant Professor
Tel. (919) 515-7449
E-mail: delwayne_bohnenstiehl@ncsu.edu
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B.S., Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois (Geology), 1995

M.S., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (Geology), 1998

PhD, Columbia University, New York, NY (Marine Geology & Geophysics), 2002

TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

Extensional tectonics and rifting; the distribution and scaling of fault populations and earthquakes; magmatic, tectonic and hydrothermal interactions at mid-ocean ridges, hydroacoustics with applications to seismic studies, explosion monitoring and marine mammal populations. Dr. Bohnenstiehl teaches classes in introductory and advanced Geophysics.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Bohnenstiehl, D.R., R.P. Dziak, M. Tolstoy, C. Fox, and M. Fowler, Temporal and Spatial History of the 1999-2000 Endeavour Segment Seismic Series, Juan de Fuca Ridge, Geochem., Geophys. and Geosyst., 10.1029/2004GC000735, 2004.

Bohnenstiehl, D.R., M. Tolstoy, R.P. Dziak, C.G. Fox, and D.K. Smith, Aftershocks in the mid-ocean ridge environment: An analysis using hydroacoustic data, Tectonophysics 354, 49-70, 2002.

Bohnenstiehl, D.R., and S.M. Carbotte, Faulting patterns near 19.5 °S on the East Pacific Rise: Implications for fault formation and growth at superfast-spreading centers, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 2001GC000156, 2001.

Bohnenstiehl, D.R. and M.C. Kleinrock, Evidence for spreading-rate dependence in the displacement-length ratios of abyssal hill faults at mid-ocean ridges, Geology, 28, 395-398, 2000.

Chapp, E., D.R. Bohnenstiehl, and M. Tolstoy, Sound-channel observations of ice-generated tremor in the IndianOcean, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 6, Q06003, doi:10.1029/2004GC000889, 2005.