Benedikt Bauer

Early Career Scientist (Topic 3)
Research Devision 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
Research Unit: Marine Geodynamics

 

Office:
Room: 8C-212
Phone: +49 431 600 1998
E-Mail: bbauer(at)geomar.de

Adress:
Wischhofstraße 1-3
24148 Kiel

Research Focus

  • Volcano-tectonic processes at mid-ocean ridges
  • Seismic tomography and full waveform inversion
  • Numerical modelling of landslide generated tsunamis

Projects

Vita

  • since 09/2024: Doctoral Researcher at GEOMAR
    RD4, Marine Geodynamics in project "T-SECTOR: Testing Solid Earth Climate Connections Through mid Ocean Ridge Time Series", ERC Synergy Grant in collaboration with Harvard University.

  • 2021 - 2024: M.Sc. in Geophysics
    Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany. Thesis: "Numerical modeling of potential landslide generated tsunamis offshore Santorini, Greece'", Center for Ocean and Society, Kiel, Germany.

  • 2018 - 2021: B.Sc. in Physics
    Augsburg University, Germany. Thesis: ''Investigating an air-coupled ultrasonic method to measure the elastic modulus of snow'', WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland.

Research expeditions

  • 09/2024, M204: RV Meteor, North Atlantic, Mid Atlantic Ridge (24 days)
    Recovery of OBS and seafloor geodetic stations deployed during expedition MSM122 to investigate seismicity and aseismic deformation of the Oceanographer transform fault. Participated as co-head of the OBS and seafloor geodesy team.

  • 07/2024, SO305/2: RV Sonne, Indian Ocean, Central Indian Ridge (21 days)
    High resolution seafloor mapping and magnetic field characterization of the Argo transform fault at the Central Indian Ridge. Participated as head of the magnetic team.

  • 11/2023, SO301: RV Sonne, Indian Ocean, Rodrigues triple junction (44 days)
    Seismic methods (OBS and MCS) and potential field methods (gravimetry and magnetics) in order to investigate a section of the Central Indian Ridge. Investigated structures include an oceanic core complex, the Kairei hydrothermal field, an overlapping spreading centre as well as segmental boundaries and non-transform discontinuities. Participated as part of the OBS team.

  • 10/2023, MSM122: RV Maria S. Merian, North Atlantic, Mid Atlantic Ridge (22 days)
    Quantifying the displacement of the strike-slip fault at the 'Oceanographer Transform' oceanic transform fault (OTF). Using seafloor geodesy as well as ocean bottom seismometers for studying the micro-seismicity and its relation to tectonic elements of the OTF. Magnetic gradiometry to obtain the magnetisation of the basement of both the OTF and fracture zones. Participated as co-head of the OBS, seafloor geodesy and magnetic team.

  • 08/2023, MSM120: RV Maria S. Merian, Hudson Bay (37 days)
    High resolution MBES mapping and ParaSound profiling to assess coring locations for sediment coring in order to investigate the Holocene evolution of the Hudson Bay System. Participated as part of the hydroacoustic team.

  • 02/2023, SO297: RV Sonne, Eastern Pacific, Chilean subduction zone (49 days)
    2D and 3D OBS refraction seismic experiment offshore Northern Chile in order to investigate the forearc of an erosional subduction zone. Participated as part of the OBS team.

  • 12/2022, JC228: RRS James Cook, Eastern Pacific, Guatemala Basin (48 days)
    Seismic characterization (OBS and MCS) of the fast-spreading ocean lithosphere of the northern Cocos Plate from its formation at the East Pacific Rise to subduction in the Mid-America Trench. Participated as part of the OBS team.

  • 08/2022, AL579: RV Alkor, Baltic Sea, Blinkerwall (9 days)
    Geophysical field course. Seafloor characterisation at the Blinkerwall with hydroacoustic and seismic methods (MBES, ParaSound and MCS). Participated as student.