Department of Earth Science
Recent Submissions
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Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard and Risk Analysis: A Review of Research Gaps
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Tsunamis are unpredictable and infrequent but potentially large impact natural disasters. To prepare, mitigate and prevent losses from tsunamis, probabilistic hazard and risk analysis methods have been developed and have ... -
Improved seismic monitoring with OBS deployment in the Arctic: A pilot study from offshore western Svalbard
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The mid‐ocean ridge system is the main source of earthquakes within the Arctic region. The earthquakes are recorded on the permanent land‐based stations in the region, although, smaller earthquakes remain undetected. In ... -
Teaching with digital geology in the high Arctic: opportunities and challenges
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The Covid-19 pandemic occurred at a time of major revolution in the geosciences – the era of digital geology. Digital outcrop models (DOMs) acquired from consumer drones, processed using user-friendly photogrammetric ... -
En kvalitativ studie av flomsignal i Opo-vassdraget, Vestland fylke
(Master thesis, 2021-08-16)En viktig kilde til informasjon om flomhendelser utover de historiske nedskrivingene er innsjøsedimenter, som fungerer som et arkiv over flommer i nedbørsfeltet. I Opo-vassdraget drenerer mesteparten av vannet til ... -
The topographic evolution of post-Caledonian landscapes in the inner Nordfjord, SW-Norway | New insights from AFT dating and thermal history modelling
(Master thesis, 2021-08-24)The topographic evolution of the present-day mountains of western Norway is not completely resolved. Long after the breakup of the Caledonides, the mountains along the passive continental margin of Norway remain high, with ... -
Detrital zircon provenance of the Bremnes Migmatite Complex on Bømlo, SW Norway
(Master thesis, 2021-09-29)Detrital zircon provenance, geochemistry, and field descriptions from the Bremnes Migmatite Complex provide new insights in the origin and evolution of the Early Ordovician ophiolitic terrane of SW Norway. The Bremnes ... -
Anthropogenic and environmental drivers of vegetation change in southeastern Norway during the Holocene
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Uncovering anthropogenic and environmental drivers behind past biological change requires integrated analyses of long-term records from a diversity of disciplines. We applied an interdisciplinary approach exploring effects ... -
Orogenesis from bottom to top – Investigating the geodynamics of mountain building using coupled thermo-mechanical-surface-process models
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-03-10)The objective of this project is to The objective of this project is to advance our understanding of mountain building processes in different plate tectonic settings and with specific focus on the interaction between surface ... -
Geochemical characteristics of volcanogenic massive sulfide mineralizations on Bømlo and Stord islands, Sunnhordaland, SW Norway
(Master thesis, 2021-09-11)The results from the present study have brought forward new knowledge about geochemical, mineralogical, stable isotope and trace element data for volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits hosted within Early Ordovician Ophiolitic ... -
Geochemical characteristics of the gold-bearing quartz veins in the Lykling area, Bømlo, SW Norway
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Sedimentary ancient DNA shows terrestrial plant richness continuously increased over the Holocene in northern Fennoscandia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The effects of climate change on species richness are debated but can be informed by the past. Here, we generated a sedimentary ancient DNA dataset covering 10 lakes and applied novel methods for data harmonization. We ... -
Sedimentary response to tectonism and rifting in basins on the Norwegian shelf and onshore Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-09-10)The Norwegian sedimentary basins offshore and onshore have in variable degree been influenced by tectonism as rifting and faulting during deposition. This stems from post Caledonian extensional events that affected both ... -
Large-scale features of Last Interglacial climate: results from evaluating the lig127k simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6)–Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The modeling of paleoclimate, using physically based tools, is increasingly seen as a strong out-of-sample test of the models that are used for the projection of future climate changes. New to the Coupled Model Intercomparison ... -
Paleokarst reservoir modelling - A concept-driven approach
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-08-20)A significant proportion of the world's hydrocarbon production comes from paleokarst reservoirs. Although these reservoirs boast some of the most productive wells in oil history, the recovery factor is relatively low ... -
Seasonal sea ice persisted through the Holocene Thermal Maximum at 80°N
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The cryospheric response to climatic warming responsible for recent Arctic sea ice decline can be elucidated using marine geological archives which offer an important long-term perspective. The Holocene Thermal Maximum, ... -
Sea ice thickness from air-coupled flexural waves
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Air-coupled flexural waves (ACFWs) appear as wave trains of constant frequency that arrive in advance of the direct air wave from an impulsive source travelling over a floating ice sheet. The frequency of these waves varies ... -
Late Holocene canyon-carving floods in northern Iceland were smaller than previously reported
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Catastrophic floods have formed deep bedrock canyons on Earth, but the relationship between peak discharge and bedrock erosion is not clearly understood. This hinders efforts to use geological evidence of these cataclysmic ... -
Cold spells in the Nordic Seas during the early Eocene Greenhouse
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The early Eocene (c. 56 - 48 million years ago) experienced some of the highest global temperatures in Earth’s history since the Mesozoic, with no polar ice. Reports of contradictory ice-rafted erratics and cold water ... -
Frictional properties and microstructural evolution of dry and wet calcite-dolomite gouges
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Calcite and dolomite are the two most common minerals in carbonate-bearing faults and shear zones. Motivated by observations of exhumed seismogenic faults in the Italian Central Apennines, we used a rotary-shear apparatus ... -
Abiotic synthesis of methane and organic compounds in Earth’s lithosphere
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Accumulation of molecular hydrogen in geologic systems can create conditions energetically favorable to transform inorganic carbon into methane and other organic compounds. Although hydrocarbons with a potentially abiotic ...
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