Current Research Projects

	Coupling Lithosphere Deformation and Stratigraphy, COLORS project
	The COLORS projects aim is to understand the links (couplings and feedbacks) between tectonics, erosion (and climate) by inverting the stratigraphic record through modelling. This project will be organised around three...

	Barents Sea Paleozoic basement and basin configurations (BarPz), Petromaks2 project
	The proposed project focuses on understanding Paleozoic basin structure in the Western Barents Sea region. The main goal of the project is to increase understanding of large-scale processes responsible for multi-stage ...

	SWAMMIS, Subduction zone Water and Metamorphism: a Modelling and Imaging Study, RCN Frinatek project
	SWAMMIS proposes to establish a fully integrated link between high-resolution seismic images and thermal-petrological models of subduction zones to better understand the role of water and metamorphism in the ...

	Multirift, Pre-existing structural controls on normal fault growth, tectonic geomorphology and sedimentation in multiphase rifts, RCN Petromaks2 project
	The main aim of this project is to develop a fundamental understanding of how pre-existing structures in both basement and cover influence the evolution of normal faults and normal fault populations on rifted margins ...

	SIU-Capes, Integrated orogen-sedimentary basin studies for Brazil-Norway cooperation
	We aim to establish a joint advanced training program in ‘Integrated orogen-sedimentary basin’ studies. The project will use staff and student mobility; offer advanced intensive short courses and field trips; and advanced ...

	Sedimentary basin and North Pyrenean foreland fold and thrust belt formation, PYR_FFTB project
	In this project we propose to study foreland fold and thrust belts and associated sedimentary basins by integrating observational constraints from the Northern Pyrenees and its foreland basins with forward numerical ...

	Paleotopography, Late Neogene and Quarternary glaciations and landscape evolution in the Norwegian region, RCN FRINATEK project
	This project uses a multidisciplinary approach in order to increase the understanding of the origin of large-scale topography in the Norwegian region and the origin of the characteristic Norwegian landscape morphology ...

Past Research Projects

Coordination of ESF Eurocores TopoEurope project: Coupling between tectonics and surface processes during lithosphere inversion of the Pyrenean-Cantabrian mountain belt (NFR supported 2009-2012, 1 PhD and 1 Post doc, total 6 PhD’s and post docs; (see also http://pyrtec.uib.no).Main focus is to understand the relation between inheritance, surface processes, and tectonic deformation during crust and lithosphere scale rift and passive margin inversion.

Co-coordination of Earth System Modeling project (Statoil supported, 2010-2015, 2 post docs, total 7 PhD’s and post docs). Main focus is to understand the relation between topographic development, source to sink processes, and (paleo) climate in the context of rift and passive margin development.

3D modeling of lithosphere extension and passive margin formation (NFR supported 2008-2010, one PhD and one Post doc). Main focus is to understand 3 dimensional aspects of rifting, passive margin formation, rift inversion, and collision.

Integrated study of the Barents Sea, Petrobar(UiO coordinator; NFR supported, 2008-2010, one post doc, total seven post docs). Main aim of the subproject is to understand mechanisms underlying subsidence of the Eastern Barents Sea using petrological consistent density models.

Thermal-mechanical structure of ridges (UiB supported, 2007-2010, one post doc). Main focus is on controls on thermal and mechanical structure below ridges and rifts linking lithosphere deformation to upper mantle scale deformation.

Geothermal energy research (NFR-Renergi supported, 2009-2012, one PhD, total four PhD’s and post docs). Main focus is on reactive fluid and heat transport, deformation (compaction and hydro-fracturing), and chemistry in geothermal applications.

Rift and passive margin research (one master student). Main focus is on understanding variation in structural style of rift and passive margin development in the context of South Atlantic, North Atlantic, Iberia-Newfoundland conjugate rifted margins (see also discussion of Thematic content below).

Coordination of IODP / ODC North Atlantic conjugate margin drilling proposal (pending). Main aim is to sample and constrain mechanisms for volcanic margin formation.

Advanced Solution Methods for Geophysical Simulation of Plate Tectonics (NOTUR funding, 2008-2009, Advanced user support). Main aim is to develop highly efficient parallel iterative solvers for 3D computational fluid dynamic modelling.