• Straight from the source's mouth: controls on field-constrained sediment export across the entire active Corinth Rift, central Greece 

  Watkins, Stephen; Whittaker, Alexander C.; Bell, Rebecca E.; Brooke, Sam; Ganti, Vamsi; Gawthorpe, Robert; McNeill, Lisa C.; Nixon, Casey William (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  The volume and grain‐size of sediment supplied from catchments fundamentally control basin stratigraphy. Despite their importance, few studies have constrained sediment budgets and grain‐size exported into an active rift ...

• Turbidites, topography and tectonics: Evolution of submarine channel-lobe systems in the salt-influenced Kwanza Basin, offshore Angola 

  Howlett, Danielle; Gawthorpe, Rob; Ge, Zhiyuan; Rotevatn, Atle; Jackson, Christopher A.-L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Understanding the evolution of submarine channel‐lobe systems on salt‐influenced slopes is challenging as these systems react to subtle, syn‐depositional changes in sea‐floor topography. The impact of large blocking ...

• Spatial and temporal variations in minibasin geometry and evolution in salt tectonic provinces: Lower Congo Basin, offshore Angola 

  Ge, Zhiyuan; Gawthorpe, Robert; Zijerveld, Leo; Oluboyo, Ayodeji P. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  In passive margin salt basins, the distinct kinematic domains of thin‐skinned extension, translation and contraction exert important controls on minibasin evolution. However, the relationship between various salt minibasin ...

• Late Glacial mountain glacier culmination in Arctic Norway prior to the Younger Dryas 

  Wittmeier, Hella Elisa; Schaefer, Joerg M.; Bakke, Jostein; Rupper, Summer; Paasche, Øyvind; Schwartz, Roseanne; Finkel, Robert C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Climate changes during the Late Glacial period (LG; 15-11 ka) as recorded in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores show a bipolar pattern. Between 14.5 ka and 13 ka ago, the northern latitudes experienced the Bølling/Allerød ...

• Late Glacial and Holocene Glacier Activity in Arctic Norway. Reconstruction of glacier fluctuations using surface exposure dating of moraines and multi-proxy analysis of sediments deposited in distal glacier-fed lakes 

  Wittmeier, Hella Elisa (Doctoral thesis, 2014-12-11)

  Late Glacial and Holocene glacier activity in Arctic Norway was reconstructed based on high-sensitivity 10Be dating of a moraine sequence deposited by the mountain glacier Rødhetta on the island of Arnøya, and a study of ...

• GrSMBMIP: intercomparison of the modelled 1980-2012 surface mass balance over the Greenland Ice Sheet 

  Fettweis, Xavier; Hofer, Stefan; Krebs-Kanzow, Uta; Amory, Charles; Aoki, Teruo; Berends, Constantijn J.; Born, Andreas; Box, Jason E.; Delhasse, Alison; Fujita, Koji; Gierz, Paul; Goelzer, Heiko; Hanna, Edward; Hashimoto, Akihiro; Huybrechts, Philippe; Kapsch, Marie-Luise; King, Michaela D.; Kittel, Christoph; Lang, Charlotte; Langen, Peter L.; Lenaerts, Jan T.M.; Liston, Glen E.; Lohmann, Gerrit; Mernild, Jacob Sebastian Haugaard; Mikolajewicz, Uwe; Modali, Kameswarrao; Mottram, Ruth H.; Niwano, Masashi; Noël, Brice; Ryan, Jonathan C.; Smith, Amy; Streffing, Jan; Tedesco, Marco; Van de Berg, Willem Jan; Van den Broeke, Michiel; Van de Wal, Rodecrick S.; Von Kampenhout, Leo; Wilton, David; Wouters, Bert; Ziemen, Florian; Zolles, Tobias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Observations and models agree that the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) surface mass balance (SMB) has decreased since the end of the 1990s due to an increase in meltwater runoff and that this trend will accelerate in the future. ...

• Interpreting archaeological site-formation processes at a mountain ice patch: A case study from Langfonne, Norway 

  Solli, Brit; Pilø, Lars Holger; Barrett, James H; Eiken, Trond; Finstad, Espen; Grønning, Sunniva; Post-Melbye, Julian R.; Nesje, Atle; Rosvold, Jørgen; Ødegård, Rune Strand (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  In the context of global warming, ice patches are increasingly important foci of high-elevation archaeology. Langfonne in Jotunheimen, central southern Norway, is uniquely suited to provide a window onto site formation ...

• Volcaniclastic Dispersal During Submarine Lava Effusion: The 2012 Eruption of Havre Volcano, Kermadec Arc, New Zealand 

  Murch, AP; White, JDL; Barreyre, Thibaut Laurent Gilbert; Carey, Rebecca J.; Mundana, Rhiannon; Ikegami, Fumihiko (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Understanding clast dispersal from subaqueous volcanism is hampered by uncertainty in the source and extent of seafloor deposits. Extensive sampling in situ of seafloor deposits from the 2012 submarine eruption of Havre ...

• Implications of 3D Seismic Raytracing on Focal Mechanism Determination 

  Newrkla, Katharina; Shiddiqi, Hasbi Ash; Jerkins, Annie; Keers, Henk; Ottemöller, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  The purpose of this study is to investigate apparent first‐motion polarities mismatch at teleseismic distances in the determination of focal mechanism. We implement and compare four seismic raytracing algorithms to compute ...

• The 30 June 2017 North Sea Earthquake: Location, Characteristics, and Context 

  Jerkins, Annie; Shiddiqi, Hasbi Ash; Kværna, Tormod; Gibbons, Steven John; Schweitzer, Johannes; Ottemöller, Lars; Bungum, Hilmar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  The Mw 4.5 southern Viking graben earthquake on 30 June 2017 was one of the largest seismic events in the Norwegian part of the North Sea during the last century. It was well recorded on surrounding broadband seismic ...

• Source Study of the 24 August 2016 Mw 6.8 Chauk, Myanmar, Earthquake 

  Shiddiqi, Hasbi Ash; Pa Pa, Tun; Tun Lin, Kyaw; Ottemöller, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

  The source process of an intraslab intermediate‐depth earthquake (⁠h=90  km⁠) that occurred near Chauk, central Myanmar, on 24 August 2016 was investigated using teleseismic body‐wave inversion. The focal mechanism solution ...

• Fault-controlled fluid circulation and diagenesis along basin-bounding fault systems in rifts - Insights from the East Greenland rift system 

  Salomon, Eric; Rotevatn, Atle; Kristensen, Thomas Berg; Grundvåg, Sten-Andreas; Henstra, Gijs Allard; Meckler, Anna Nele; Albert, Richard; Gerdes, Axel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-05)

  In marine rift basins, deep-water clastics (>200 m) in the hanging wall of rift- or basin-bounding fault systems are commonly juxtaposed against crystalline “basement” rocks in the footwall. A distinct feature of such fault ...

• The Svalbard Eocene-Oligocene (?) Central Basin succession: Sedimentation patterns and controls 

  Helland-Hansen, William; Grundvåg, Sten-Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  A synthesis has been undertaken based on regionally compiled data from the post early Eocene foreland basin succession of Svalbard. The aim has been to generate an updated depositional model and link this to controlling ...

• Evidence for rapid paraglacial formation of rock glaciers in southern Norway from 10Be surface-exposure dating 

  Linge, Henriette; Nesje, Atle; Matthews, John A.; Fabel, Derek; Xu, Sheng (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-16)

  We evaluate the timing and environmental controls on past rock-glacier activity at Øyberget, upper Ottadalen, southern Norway, using in situ 10Be surface-exposure dating on (1) boulders belonging to relict rock-glacier ...

• From Caledonian collapse to North Sea Rift: The extended history of a metamorphic core complex 

  Wiest, Johannes; Wrona, Thilo; Bauck, Marit Stokke; Fossen, Haakon; Gawthorpe, Rob; Osmundsen, Per Terje; Faleide, Jan Inge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Extensional systems evolve through different stages due to changes in the rheological state of the lithosphere. It is crucial to distinguish ductile structures formed before and during rifting, as both cases have important ...

• Meltwater sediment transport as the dominating process in mid-latitude trough mouth fan formation 

  Bellwald, Benjamin; Planke, Sverre; Becker, Lukas; Myklebust, Reidun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Trough mouth fans comprise the largest sediment deposits along glaciated margins, and record Pleistocene climate changes on a multi-decadal time scale. Here we present a model for the formation of the North Sea Fan derived ...

• Editorial: Sedimentary System Response to External Forcings: A Process-Based Perspective 

  Romans, Brian W; Fosdick, Julie C; Poyatos More, Miquel; Helland-Hansen, William (Journal article, 2020)

• Global Cenozoic Paleobathymetry with a focus on the Northern Hemisphere Oceanic Gateways 

  Straume, Eivind Olavson; Gaina, Carmen; Medvedev, Sergei; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  The evolution of the Northern Hemisphere oceanic gateways has facilitated ocean circulation changes and may have influenced climatic variations in the Cenozoic time (66 Ma–0 Ma). However, the timing of these oceanic gateway ...

• A new high-resolution stratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental record spanning the End-Permian Mass Extinction and its aftermath in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard 

  Zuchuat, Valentin; Sleveland, Arve; Twitchett, Richard; Svensen, Henrik; Turner, Holly E; Augland, Lars Eivind; Jones, Morgan Thomas; Hammer, Øyvind; Hauksson, Bjarki; Haflidason, Haflidi; Midtkandal, Ivar; Planke, Sverre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-15)

  Research on the Permian-Triassic boundary (PTB) along the northern margins of Pangaea (exposed today in the Arctic region) has been heavily reliant on field observations, where data resolution was consequently determined ...

• The role of structural inheritance in the development of high-displacement crustal faults in the necking domain of rifted margins: The Klakk Fault Complex, Frøya High, offshore mid-Norway 

  Munoz Barrera, Jhon Meyer; Rotevatn, Atle; Gawthorpe, Rob; Henstra, Gijs Allard; Kristensen, Thomas Berg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-20)

  The role of inherited structures during the development of normal faults in continental rifts and proximal domains of passive margins have been extensively studied. Few studies, however, have a focus on deciphering the ...

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