Institutt for geovitenskap: Recent submissions
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Dannelse og utvikling av submarine kanjoner på kontinentalskråningen utenfor Lofoten
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-15)Tre kanjoner på kontinentalskråningen utenfor Lofoten er studert ut fra multistråle batymetridata, høyoppløselig seismiske data og foto av havbunnssedimenter. Formålet med denne studien er å diskutere dannelse, utviklingen av og den yngste aktiviteten i de tre kanjonene. To hovedhypoteser vedrørende kanjoners dannelse råder i dag; dannelse fra bunn av kontinentalskråningen og oppover eller fra ... -
A comparative seismic study of gas chimney structures from active and dormant seepage sites offshore mid-Norway and west-Svalbard
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-15)Understanding the fluid flow and the related fluid expulsion from gas chimneys and pipe structures is very important to our environment, since seeping methane has a great influence on our Earth’s climate. Chimneys are found in many places in the world, for instance at the Vestnesa ridge offshore western Svalbard and at the Nyegga region on the mid Norwegian margin. Plumbing systems and chimney ... -
Reconstruction of Holocene Paleoenvironment in Smeerenburgfjorden, northwest Svalbard based on benthic foraminifera and sedimentological investigations
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-16)Two gravity cores JM06-024-GC3 and JM07-049-GC1 from Smeerenburgfjorden at the northwestern corner of Svalbard have been investigated for the distribution pattern of the benthic foraminiferal faunas. The oxygen and carbon isotope values in benthic foraminifera were analysed and together with other proxy data such as ice rafted debris (IRD), were used in order to reconstruct the paleoceanography and ... -
Sedimentary processes and paleoenvironments in Moskusoksefjord and Nordfjord, North-East Greenland.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-15)Multi-proxy analyses of five sediment cores (including lithostratigraphy, physical properties and XRF-scanning) and analyses of swath bathymetry and high resolution seismic data were integrated in order to reconstruct the Holocene glacial history and paleoenvironment of Moskusoksefjord and inner parts of Nordfjord, North-East Greenland. In Moskusoksefjord, the large-scale bathymetry is divided ... -
A shallow gas flat spot anomaly in the Bjørnøyrenna Fault Complex in the Barents Sea: processing and interpretation of P-Cable 3D seismic data
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-18)This thesis analyzed P-Cable high-resolution 3D seismic data from the Bear Island Fault Complex in the southwestern Barents Sea acquired during a Helmer Hanssen cruise in 2012. Hence, the thesis is divided into two parts: the first part of the thesis focuses on the steps taken during the processing of the raw seismic data from the Lundin 2012 Area-A survey located at the Bear Island Trough Fault ... -
Undersøkelse av ustabilt fjellparti ved Adjet, Storfjord, Troms. Betydningen av ulike kategorier av glideplan i berggrunnen og mekanismer for utglidning
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-15)Strukturelle element i berggrunnen kan ha stor betydning for utvikling av ustabile fjellparti og fjellskred. I dette studiet vil det fokuseres på hvilken rolle strukturelle element i berggrunnen har hatt å si for skredhendelsene og deformasjonen i området og hvordan disse har preget det geologiske bildet. Det ustabile fjellpartiet er lokalisert på fjellet Adjet ved tettstedet Skibotn i Storfjord ... -
Sedimentary processes and paleoenvironments in St. Jonsfjorden, western Spitsbergen
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-19)Multibeam (swath) bathymetry, high-resolution two-dimensional seismic (chirp) profiles and four gravity cores have been analyzed to reconstruct the Late Weichselian and Holocene sedimentary environments and glacier dynamics in St Jonsfjorden, central western Spitsbergen (Svalbard). The sediment cores comprise stratified glacimarine sediments with varying amounts of ice rafted debris. Three cores ... -
Faulting and the relationship to fluid migration and shallow gas accumulation in the Hammerfest Basin, SW Barents Sea
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-01)This thesis has focused its efforts to identify and map faults and their relationships to shallow gas accumulations and fluid flow features. The area of this investigation lies in the hydrocarbon-prone Hammerfest Basin in the southwestern Barents Sea, above the Base Cretaceous. Nine 3D seismic datasets were used in this study, aiming to improve the knowledge of the timing of the tectonic activity ... -
Asynchronous response of marine-terminating outlet glaciers during deglaciation of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014-03-31)Recent studies have highlighted the dynamic behavior of marine-terminating outlet glaciers over decadal time scales, linked to both atmospheric and oceanic warming. This helps explain episodes of nearly synchronous fl ow acceleration, thinning, and retreat, but nonclimatic factors such as changes in fjord width and depth, can also induce rapid recession. There is support for these topographic ... -
Geomorfologisk og strukturgeologisk studium av fjellskredet ved Falsnesfjellet, Storfjord, Troms
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-04-08)Geomorfologisk og strukturgeologisk studium av fjellskredet ved Falsnesfjellet, Storfjord, Troms -
Optimising the use of marine tephrochronology in the North Atlantic: a detailed investigation of the Faroe Marine Ash Zones II, III and IV
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A North Atlantic tephrostratigraphical framework for 130–60 ka b2k: new tephra discoveries, marine-based correlations, and future challenges
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Temporal and spatial structure of multi-millennial temperature changes at high latitudes during the Last Interglacial
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Semibrittle deformation and partial melting of perthitic K-feldspar: An experimental study
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Linking onshore-offshore basement rock architecture and brittle faults on the submerged strandflat along the SW Barents Sea margin, using high-resolution (5 x 5 m) bathymetry data
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Carbon isotope (d13C) excursions suggest times of major methane release during the last 14 ka in Fram Strait, the deep-water gateway to the Arctic
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Subglacial roughness of the former Barents Sea ice sheet
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)The roughness of a glacier bed has high importance for the estimation of the sliding velocity and can also provide valuable insights into the dynamics and history of ice sheets, depending on scale. Measurement of basal properties in present-day ice sheets is restricted to ground-penetrating radar and seismics, with surveys retrieving relatively coarse data sets. Deglaciated areas, like the Barents ... -
Re-evaluation and extension of the Marine Isotope Stage 5 tephrostratigraphy of the Faroe Islands region: The cryptotephra record
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A Late Glacial–Early Holocene multiproxy record from the eastern Fram Strait, Polar North Atlantic
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On Palaeozoic-Mesozoic brittle normal faults along the SW Barents Sea margin: fault processes and implications for basement permeability and margin evolution
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)