ARCEx workshop 26 Oct 2016: Uplift and erosion
Date: Wednesday 26 October, 10:30-19:00 Venue: Room tba, Department of Geology, UiT the Arctic University of Norway Organized by: Jan Sverre Laberg, UiT/ARCEx, WP 1 Basin analysis and WP 2 Petroleum systems and play concepts Register here The Cenozoic paleoenvironment and the total (net) erosion of the Barents Sea shelf/Svalbard Preliminary agenda: 1030 – 1045: Introduction and aim of the workshop…
New publication in Journal of the Geological Society
The paper “Geomorphology and topography of relict surfaces: the influence of inherited crustal structure in the northern Scandinavian Mountains” by Elizabeth R. Schermer, Thomas F. Redfield, Kjetil Indrevær, and Steffen G. Bergh, has been published by the Journal of the Geological Society. Abstract: Low-relief surfaces in northern Norway are mapped and analysed to explore (1) whether surfaces…
Accepted publication in Journal of Geological Society of London
The paper “Early Cretaceous syn-rift uplift and tectonic inversion in the Loppa High area, southwestern Barents Sea, Norwegian shelf”, by Kjetil Indrevær, Roy Gabrielsen and Jan Inge Faleide, has been accepted for publishing by the Journal of Geological Society of London. Abstract: Tectonic inversion of rift basins is most commonly reported in the literature to…
New publication in Marine and Petroleum Geology
The paper “Deep-seated faults and hydrocarbon leakage in the Snøhvit Gas Field, Hammerfest Basin, Southwestern Barents Sea”, by Mohammed S. Mohammedyasin, Stephen Lippard, Kamaldeen Omosanya, Ståle Johansen and Dicky Harishidayat at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, has been accepted in Marine and Petroleum Geology. Highlights Faults in the study area are dip-slip normal faults. Deep-seated faults…
New publication: deep-marine rift basin deposits in east Greenland (and video)
In a recent publication by Henstra et al. (2016) in Marine and Petroleum Geology, Sten-Andreas Grundvåg, UiT, is one of several co-authors. The publication focus on Lower Cretaceous deposits in Wollaston Forland, east Greenland, and features some breath-taking illustrations of submarine gravity flow processes and their products deposited in a deep-marine rift basin during rift…
New publication: sedimentology and geochemistry of Permian to Lower Triassic deposits in central Spitsbergen
Sten-Andreas Grundvåg, UiT, is co-authoring a paper entitled “depositional environment, ichnological features and oxygenation of Periman to earliest Triassic sediments in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard”, that was recently published in Polar Research. The paper focus mainly on the trace fossil fauna and oxygenation in the Tempelfjorden Group, but also touch upon the dramatic changes in depositional…
The benthic view
By Roxane Richard I am a master student from Paris and I came to Tromsø for my 2 months internship at Akvaplan-Niva. This cruise was for me many new experiences at the same time and I would like to describe my feelings about it. My very first time in the Arctic! My very first cruise!…
In Polar Bear country
By Jeffrey Krause, University Alabama, USA I had seen a polar bear twice in United States zoos; however, seeing one in the wild was exhilarating. I am amazed by the sheer size of the animal, these bears are enormous. It is a rare opportunity to see a great predator and not be in danger (i.e.…
Colliding whales – new paper from Aniceto et al.
Ana Sofia Aniceto et al. (2016) describe in recently accepted article swimming patterns and fin whale distribution around a large ferry. This work was done a while back but is still very relevant to understand the interactions between whales and ships, particularly for the fin whale (the most recorded species to get hit). There is still debate…
New smartphone app from ARCEx researcher
An iPhone and iPad app developed by ARCEx postdoc Kjetil Indrevær shows the local geology wherever you are in Norway. Read the original article by Ronny Setså in geoforskning.no. Kjetil says that the idea came to him when he wanted an app showing the bedrock where he was at. And when he couldn’t find a program that was easily…