Del uses geospatial analytics to investigate a wide range of interdisciplinary problems related to seafloor exploration, earthquake science and passive underwater acoustics. He develops algorithms and remote sensing technologies to chart the geology and biology of the seafloor, detect and analyze seismic hazards and study underwater sound and its ecological implications. Other interests include archaeological geophysics, specifically the use of shallow geophysical imaging techniques in archaeological prospection and forensics.

Roles

• Fellows

Publications

• Mechanics of fault reactivation before, during, and after the 2015 eruption of Axial Seamount (2018)
• The recent volcanic history of axial seamount geophysical insights into past eruption dynamics with an eye toward enhanced observations of future eruptions (2018)
• Tidal triggering of microearthquakes over an eruption cycle at 9 degrees 50 ' N East Pacific rise (2018)
• Oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau) boatwhistle call detection and patterns within a large-scale oyster restoration site (2017)
• Explosive processes during the 2015 eruption of Axial Seamount, as recorded by seafloor hydrophones (2017)
• Explosive processes during the 2015 eruption of Axial Seamount, as recorded by seafloor hydrophones (2017)
• Use of passive acoustic monitoring to characterize fish spawning behavior and habitat use within a complex mosaic of estuarine habitats (2017)
• Morphometric comparisons between automated and manual karst depression inventories in apalachicola national forest, florida, and mammoth cave national park, kentucky, usa (2017)
• Seismic constraints on caldera dynamics from the 2015 Axial Seamount eruption (2016)
• Variation in habitat soundscape characteristics influences settlement of a reef-building coral (2016)

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