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DORMAN, LEROY

Professor

Degrees:

• B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
• M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Interests:

• Seismology, especially seismic structure of the seafloor
• Scholte waves
• Seafloor instrument development, especially of Ocean-Bottom Seismometers (OBSs) and seismic sources
• Current: Seismic noise and fluid flow associated with tremor and slip

Courses Recently Taught:

• SIO 226: Introductn/Marine Geophysics
• SIO202B: Fundamentals of Wave Physics
• SIO226: Introductn/Marine Geophysics
• SIO240: Marine Geology

Honors and Awards:

• Antarctica Service Medal, 2001
• WHOI Visiting Scholar (Senior Studies) 1980
• Carnegie Fellow (1970-1971)
• Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Vietnam)
• Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Quemoy-Matsu)
• National Defense Service Medal

Mentoring:

• Yildiz, Selda (Graduate; 2012-)
• Clarke, Daniel (Undergrad; 2008-2009)
• Pautet, Lucy (Graduate; 1995-2000)
• Bradley, Christopher (Post Doc; 1994-1996)
• Kanjorski, Nancy (Graduate; 1994-2003)
• Wiggins, Sean (Graduate; 1991-1995)
• Hammer, Philip (Graduate; 1984-1991)
• Schreiner, Anthony (Graduate; 1983-1989)
• Sauter, Allan (Graduate; 1979-1987)
• Becker, Keir (Graduate; 1976-1981)
• Jacobson, Randall (Graduate; 1975-1980)
• Garmany, Jan (Graduate; 1973-1978)
• Orcutt, John (Graduate; 1973-1976)
• Spudich, Paul (Graduate; 1972-1979)

2008 Greater white-fronted goose premieres at holiday count, Maris Brancheau, Borrego Sun, 57, 1. p 13 (Photo credit, "sooted" Rock Wren)

2007 Hawk count 2007 records 2,419 Swainson's, Maris Brancheau, Borrego Sun, 56, 10, p 8 (Photo credit, Light-morph Swainson's Hawk)

2007 Giant kettle of Swainson's Hawks a major treat for volunteer counters, Maris Brancheau, Borrego Sun, 56, 7, pp 1 and 7 (Photo credits)

2006 Seismogenic Zone Structure along the Middle America Trench, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, from 3D Local Earthquake Tomography using P- and S-Wave Data, Heather R. DeShon, Susan Y. Schwartz, Andrew V. Newman, Victor Gonzalez, Marino Protti, LeRoy M.Dorman, Tim Dixon, Edmundo Norabuena, Ernst Flüh, Geophys. J. Intl., Volume 164 Page 109 - January 2006 doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02809.

2006 A reusable implosive seismic source for midwater or seafloor use, LeRoy M. Dorman and Allan W. Sauter, Geophysics, 71, Q19-Q24.

2005 Correlated Transient Fluid Pulsing and Seismic Tremor in the Costa Rica Subduction Zone, Earth Planet. Sci. Letts., Kevin M. Brown, Michael Tryon, Heather R. Deshon, LeRoy M. Dorman, and Susan Y. Schwartz, 238,1-2, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.0055.

2004 Geodetic and Seismic Constraints on Some Seismogenic Zone Processes in Costa Rica, Norabuena, E., T. H. Dixon, S. Y. Schwartz, H. R. DeShon, M. Protti, L. Dorman, E. R. Flüh, P. Lundgren, A. Newman, F. Pollitz, and D. Sampson, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B11403, doi:10.1029/2003JB002931.

2003 Tonga Ridge and Lau Basin crustal structure from seismic refraction data, Wayne C. Crawford, John A. Hildebrand, LeRoy M. Dorman, Douglas A. Wiens, Spahr C. Webb, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B10), 2491, doi:10.1029/2002JB002294.

2003 Seismogenic Zone Structure of the Southern Middle America Trench, Costa Rica, H. R. DeShon, S. Y. Schwartz, S. Bilek, L. M. Dorman, V. Gonzalez,. M. Protti, E. Flüh, T. Dixon, J. Geophys. Res., J. Geophys. Res., 108, B10, ESE 4-1 to ESE 4-12, doi:10.1029/2003JB002416, 2003-10-09

2003 Seismicity and Tectonics of the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait from a Regional Broadband Seismograph Deployment, Stacey D. Robertson-Maurice, Douglas A. Wiens, Patrick J. Shore, Emilio Vera, LeRoy M. Dorman, J. Geophys. Res.,J. Geophys. Res., 108, B10, ESE 4-1 to ESE 4-12, doi:10.1029/2003JB002416.

2003 Observations of land vehicle activity and other land-based sounds with offshore underwater acoustic arrays, G. L. D'Spain, L. P. Berger, W. A. Kuperman, W. S. Hodgkiss, L. M. Dorman and W. A. Gaines, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., In Press.

2002 Visualization of 3-dimensional Models in a Web Browser, LeRoy M. Dorman, Douglas D. Gehringer, EOS, Transactions of the AGU, Vol 83, No 18, 199. Link to publication

2002 Along-Strike Variability in the Seismogenic Zone Below Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, A. V. Newman, S. Y. Schwartz, V. Gonzales, H. R. DeShon, J. M. Protti, L. Dorman, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10.1029/2002GL015409, 1-4, 25 October, 2002.

2001. Using refracted shear waves for velocity estimation., Pautet, L; Kuperman, WA; Dorman, L., Geophysical Prospecting: 49(2):281-286.

2001. Upper mantle discontinuity structure in the region of the Tonga subduction zone.,,Gilbert, HJ; Sheehan, AF; Wiens, DA; Dueker, KG, Dorman, LM, Hildebrand, J, Webb, S, Geophysical Research Letters: 28(9):1855-1858.

2001. A new benthic aqueous flux meter for very low to moderate discharge rates., Michael Tryon, Kevin Brown, LeRoy Dorman, Allan Sauter, Deep Sea Research: 49(9):2121-2146.

2001. A complex pattern of mantle flow in the Lau backarc., Gideon P. Smith, Douglas A. Wiens, Karen M. Fischer, LeRoy M. Dorman, Spahr C. Webb, and John A. Hildebrand, Science: 292:713-716.

2001 Seismology Sensors, LeRoy Dorman, Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, John Steele, Steve Thorpe, Karl Turekian, eds., 2737-2744.

1998 Climate-Ocean Variability and Ecosystem Response in the Northeast Pacific, John A. McGowan, Daniel R. Cayan, LeRoy M. Dorman, Science, 281, 210-217.