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Atle Rotevatn

Position

Head of Department, Professor of Structural Geology and Basin Analysis

Affiliation

Department of Earth Science

E-mail: atle.rotevatn@uib.no
Phone number: +47 48109959; +47 55583390
Visitor address: Allégaten 41
Bergen; Room: 3A14f -3117
Postal address: P.O. Box 7803

NO-5020 Bergen

Norway

Atle Rotevatn

Position

Head of Department, Professor of Structural Geology and Basin Analysis

Affiliation

Department of Earth Science

Research groups

Geodynamics and Basin Studies

Research

I am the current Head of Department at the Department of Earth Science.

I am a structural geologist and tectonicist by background and research interests. My main ambition is to conduct research that yields new knowledge within, or which may help solve problems related to: (1) fundamental geological processes, (2) geohazards (mass movement and earthquakes) and (3) energy and energy transition.

I am also the Editor-in-Chief of Basin Research, which is an international journal in the field of sedimentary basin systems, published by the IAS, EAGE and Wiley.

Specific research activities and interests

Structural geology and tectonics
Sedimentary basins
Reservoir geology - clastic and carbonate reservoirs
Integrated analysis of sedimentological and structural reservoir heterogeneities
Tectonosedimentary basin evolution
Faults, fractures, deformation bands and their effect on fluid flow
Geometry and evolution of normal faults
Dynamic analogue reservoir studies (analogue reservoir modelling and fluid flow simulation)
Application of remote sensing technologies in analogue reservoir studies: LIDAR, UAV and satellite/aerial imagery
Salt tectonics
Tectonic controls on drainage and depositional systems

Application to geothermal energy, hydrocarbons and CO2 storage.

Collaborations

Alberta Geological Survey (Dr. Hillary Corlett)
Badley Geoscience (Dr. Graham Yielding)
Durham University (Dr. Thomas Phillips)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Dr. Eric Salomon)
Imperial College London (Prof. Chris Jackson, Dr. Rebecca Bell)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Dr. Klaus Wemmer)
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Prof. Axel Gerdes)
Peking University (Dr. Bo Zhang)
National Taiwan University (Prof. Chia-Yu Lu)
University of Aberdeen (Prof. John Howell, Dr. Gail Maxwell)
Université de Bordeaux (Dr. Thibault Cavailhes)
University of Bristol (Prof. Fiona Whitaker)
University of Liverpool (Prof. Peter Burgess)
University of Manchester (Prof. Cathy Hollis)
University of Otago (Dr. Steven Smith)
University of Oslo (Prof. Arild Andresen, Dr. Ivar Midtkandal)
University of Southampton (Prof. David Sanderson)
University of Texas at Austin (Dr. Richard Schultz)
University of Tromsø (Dr. Sten-Andreas Grundvåg)
Uni Research (Dr. Eivind Bastesen, Dr. Simon Buckley, Dr. Nicole Naumann)

Outreach

Science communication, opinion pieces and media coverage (most of this in Norwegian)

25.3.2021. Aftenposten Forklart Junior. Podcast. «Vulkanutbrudd på Island». https://www.aftenposten.no/podkast/ap/program/100195

24.3.2021. På Høyden. (co-authored with Bodil Holst and Martin Fernø) «Velgerfrieri om energiomstilling og bærekraft fra Team Samdal». https://pahoyden.no/velgerfrieri-om-energiomstilling-og-baerekraft-fra-team-samdal/108066

18.3.2021. Khrono. (co-authored with Dorothy Dankel and Ragnhild Gya) «Ubalansert om kjønnsbalanse og likestilling.» https://khrono.no/ubalansert-om-kjonnsbalanse-og-likestilling/563995

26.2.2021. Khrono. «Mener debattinnlegg minner om aprilspøk:— Livet fungerer ikke slik.» https://khrono.no/mener-debattinnlegg-minner-om-aprilspok-livet-fungerer-ikke-slik/558384

14.2.2021. Khrono. «Ho varsla om seksuell trakassering. Den mannlege professoren mista både jobben og ein isbre.»https://khrono.no/ho-varsla-om-seksuell-trakassering-den-mannlege-professoren-mista-bade-jobben-og-ein-isbre/554469

28.1.2021. Bergens Tidende/E24. Artikkel om vårt videreutdanningstilbud innen energiomstilling. «Monica har jobbet 30 år innen olje og gass. Nå vil hun rydde opp.» https://tinyurl.com/2u9krvuf

20.10.2020. Bergens Tidende/E24. «Slik vil Equinor overbevise skeptikere om at CO₂-lagring er trygt». https://tinyurl.com/y6pcl77q

6.4.2020. Bladet GEO og geoforskning.no. Popvit artikkel om vulkanen Taal. “Truet 30 millioner mennesker” https://www.geoforskning.no/nyheter/geofarer/2249-truet-30-millioner-mennesker

31.1.2020. Khrono. «OsloMet ba søkere vise til publisering i tidsskrifter med høy «impact factor». Erkjenner at de gjorde en feil». https://khrono.no/oslomet-ba-sokere-vise-til-publisering-i-tidsskrifter-med-hoy-impact-factor-erkjenner-at-de-gjorde-en-feil/455765

19.1.2020. Dagbladet, kronikk om vulkanen Taals utbrudd: «Hva som skjer inni en trykkoker» https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/hva-som-skjer-inni-en-trykkoker/72034754

24.09.2019. Dagbladet. "Har funnet tapt kontinent under Europa." https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/har-funnet-tapt-kontinent-under-europa/71634144

17.06.2019. Populærvitenskapelig foredrag, Fyllingsdalen sykehjem. "På geologisk eventyr på Øst-Grønland og Svalbard".

19.02.2019. Populærvitenskapelig foredrag, senioruniversitetet. "På geologisk eventyr på Øst-Grønland og Svalbard".

30.07.2018. Teknisk Ukeblad. Intervju om fremtiden og forskningsutfordringer innen geotermisk energi. https://www.tu.no/artikler/det-er-og-vil-forbli-en-nisje-i-energisystemet-men-geotermisk-energi-vil-finne-sin-plass/440859?key=MmSWICFc

14.06.2018. På Høyden. "Likestilling: Sauron vs. Anna." https://pahoyden.no/debatt/likestilling-sauron-vs-anna/392349

01.03.2018. Khrono. "Priser til fremragende undervisere, men vinnere kun fra Oslo og Bergen." https://khrono.no/undervisere-fremragende-unik3/priser-til-fremragende-undervisere-men-vinnere-kun-fra-oslo-og-bergen/213007

11.01.2018. Årstadposten. "En halv million til Atle Rotevatn for fremragende undervisning." http://www.arstadposten.no/2018/01/11/halv-million-atle-rotevatn-fremragende-undervisning/

31.01.2017. NRK Ytring, kronikk. “Akademisk frihet i Trumps Amerika”. https://www.nrk.no/ytring/akademiskfrihet-i-trumps-amerika-1.13350175 - delt over 3000 ganger på sosiale medier (kilde: Storyboard.mx)

28.07.2016. Bergens Tidende. Ras i Nærøydalen/E16. http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Her-har-det-vore-flest-ras-3636778.html?spid_rel=2

01.12.2015. Norsk Sokkel 2/15, kronikk. "Fjordfolket sover lett". http://www.npd.no/Publikasjoner/Norsk-sokkel/Nr2-2015/Fjordfolket-sover-lett/

11.09.2015. Bergens Tidende, kronikk. "Fjordfolket som sover lett". http://www.bt.no/meninger/kronikk/Fjordfolket-som-sover-lett-3436188.html

NRK.no 15.04.2015 Kald måling i Løvstakken møter skepsis. http://www.nrk.no/hordaland/kald-maling-i-lovstakken-moter-skepsis-1.12310845

NRK P1 Hordaland. Nyhetssending 15.04.2015. Radiointervju om NGUs borehull i Fyllingsdalen.

18.03.2015. Popular science lecture at senioruniversitetet, Bergen: Om varmen fra jordas indre og hvordan Løvstakken kan bli byens radiator

12.02.2015 Foredrag geopartnerdagen om nytt forskningsprosjekt innen geotermi

07.11.2014 Foredrag for geofaglærere i Bergensregionen om geotermisk energy

23.9.2014 Foredrag for Kunst- og Designhøgskolen i Bergen om olje og gass

18.03.2014 Foredrag Norsk Sommelierskole om geologi og vin

06.02.2014 Foredrag geopartnerdagen: Løvstakken – future geothermal heat source for Bergen?

22.01.2014. Popular science lecture at senioruniversitetet, Bergen: Kampen om Lofoten – et geologisk perspektiv

Våren 2014: 3 mediesaker i forbindelse med bystyrebehandling av geotermi i Bergen, BT og BA

Sydvesten 12.11.2012. Radiator Løvstakken. Atle Rotevatn og Eivind Bastesen.

Fanaposten 05.11.2013. Byfjell kan varme bergenserne. Atle Rotevatn og Eivind Bastesen.

Forskning.no 04.11.2013. Byfjell kan varme bergenserne. Atle Rotevatn og Eivind Bastesen. http://www.forskning.no/artikler/2013/november/371414

NRK.no 04.11.2013. Vil varme Bergen med Løvstakken. Atle Rotevatn og Eivind Bastesen. http://www.nrk.no/hordaland/vil-varme-bergen-med-lovstakken-1.11336944

BA.no 06.11.2013. FrP vil ha miljøvennlig energiforskning i Bergen (oppfølgingssak). Atle Rotevatn og Eivind Bastesen. http://www.ba.no/nyheter/article6966277.ece

BA 06.11.2013. Vil ha mer jordvarme (oppfølgingssak). Atle Rotevatn og Eivind Bastesen.

BA 05.11.2013. Byens nye radiator? Atle Rotevatn og Eivind Bastesen.

BA.no 04.11.2013. Dette kan bli Bergens radiator. Atle Rotevatn og Eivind Bastesen.http://www.ba.no/nyheter/article6960967.ece

Bergens Tidende 04.11.2013. Vil gjøre Løvstakken til en enorm radiator. Atle Rotevatn og Eivind Bastesen. http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Byfjell-kan-varme-Bergen-2999128.html

Dagsavisen 06.11.2013. Byfjell kan varme bergenserne. Atle Rotevatn og Eivind Bastesen.

NRK P1. Norgesglasset 05.11.2013. Løvstakken energifjell. Atle Rotevatn.

02.11.2013. NRK1, Kveldsnytt (television): “Fjell skjuler energi”. 2 minutes coverage about our geothermal energy research on the national evening news broadcast.http://tv.nrk.no/serie/kveldsnytt/nnfa23110213/02-11-2013

01.02.2013. GEO 01/13 (popular science magazine), p. 40. Popular science news coverage of the Reusch Medal award.

15-29.01.2013. Elementary school project with Fridalen skole. Follow up of 5th grade geology mini-research projects and visit to the school.

16.01.2013. Geoforskning.no: “Reuschmedaljen 2011 til Atle Rotevatn”. http://www.geoforskning.no/nyheter/grunnforskning/342

10.01.2013. NRK P2, Ekko (radio): “Urgammelt landskap”. Radio interview about Scandinavian geology and landscape evolution.http://nl.nrk.no/podkast/aps/20062/nrk_ekko_-_et_aktuelt_samfunnsprogram_2013-0110-1225_6349341785.mp3

20.11.2012. School visit, Langhaugen skole. Teaching high school students about geology in society.

27.09.2012. Sunnmørsposten (newspaper). “Spanande funn i vegskjeringar”. http://www.smp.no/naeringsliv/article512627.ece

Bergens Tidende (newspaper). “Steingal geologifest”. Interview about Geology Day (Geologiens dag), a national public outreach effort arranged by the Geological Society of Norway.

01.09.2012: GEO 04/12 (popular science magazine): “Mitt geofunn - Lihesten (776 moh) – en himmel full av konglomerater”. http://www.geoportalen.no/geofunn/funnene/geofunn-li/

18.04.2012. Geoforskning.no (geoscience news website). “Et eksotisk klasserom”. http://www.geoforskning.no/nyheter/grunnforskning/171-et-eksotisk-klasserom

29.02.2012. Geoforskning.no (geoscience news website): “40 dager under den egyptiske sol”. http://www.geoforskning.no/studenter/128-40-dager-under-den-egyptiske-sol

01.02.2012. Geoforskning.no (geoscience news website): “Et strukturgeologisk feltlaboratorium”. http://www.geoforskning.no/nyheter/grunnforskning/110-et-strukturgeologisk-feltlaboratorium

06.01.2012. På Høyden. “Ny i jobben: Atle Rotevatn”. http://nyheter.uib.no/?modus=vis_nyhet&id=50245

March 2011. School visit, Fridalen skole. Teaching geology to elementary school pupils.

03.11.2010. NRK2, Aktuelt (television). Televised debate about research spendings in Norway with Tora Aasland (Minister of Research and Higher Education) and Elisabeth Aspaker, (Member of Parliament). http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/236455/

10.10.2010. Bergens Tidende (newspaper). “Bytt olje mot kunnskap”. Kronikk (commentary). http://www.bt.no/meninger/kronikk/Bytt-olje-mot-kunnskap-1171961.html?xtor=AD-13

November 2008: School visit, Krokeide skole. Teaching geology to elementary school pupils.

2006-2012: Responsible for Geology Day in Bergen in 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2012. National public outreach effort arranged by the Norwegian Geological Society.

25-30.09.2003. Forskningsdagene 2003 (Science Week 2003). Public presentations and demonstrations of geological simulators SvalSim and Utah GeoSimulator.

Teaching

GEOV101 - Introduction to geology - 10 ECTS

GEOV102 - Excursions and practicals in geology - 10 ECTS

GEOV362 - Pyrenees tectonics and sedimentation field course - 5 ECTS

SDG207 - Energy transition - 10 ECTS

SDG607 - Energy transition (continued education version) - 5 ECTS

**PostDocs (former PostDocs in italics )**

Dr. Matteo Demurtas

Dr. Luisa Zuluaga (2015-2019)

Dr. Zhiyuan Ge (2016-2019)

Dr. Eric Salomon (2017-2019)

Dr. Zhiyuan Ge (2016-2019)

Dr. Irina Korneva (VISTA 2015-2019)

Dr. Casey Nixon (VISTA 2015-2018)

Dr. Thomas Berg Kristensen (2017-2018)

Dr. Gijs Henstra (2015-2018)

Dr. Alessio Fumigalli (2015-2018)

Dr. Hamed Khani (2013-2016)

Current PhD students

'c' indicates co-advisor

Hakan Heggernes - DBAND project

Vilde Dimmen - VISTA

Jhon Meyer Munoz - SYNRIFTS project

Edoseghe Osagiede - SYNRIFTS project

James Olomo (c) - DEEPRIFTS project

Enry Sihombing (c) - DEEPRIFTS project

Bailey Lathrop (c) - based at Imperial College, London

Andreas Hallberg Hagset (c) - based at UiT the Arctic University of Norway

Julian Janocha (c) - based at UiT the Arctic University of Norway

Current MSc students

'c' indicates co-advisor

Joakim Skreden Erga

Wouter Bell Gravendeel

Hanne Gramstad (c)

Daniel Høie (c)

Rebecca Ertesvåg

Serianna Kvarøy

Sara Kverme

Johanne Grinde

Former graduate students

Danielle Howlett, PhD 2020

Fabian Tillmans, PhD 2020

Isabel Edmundson, PhD 2020

Clara Rodriguez, PhD 2017

Thomas B Kristensen, PhD 2017

Anette BM Tvedt, PhD 2016

Dongfang Qu, PhD 2015

Zhiyuan Ge, PhD 2015

Gijs Henstra, PhD 2015

Björn B Nyberg, PhD 2015

Luisa F Zuluaga, PhD 2015

Kim Senger, PhD 2013

Ingvild Næss, MSc, 2020

Mari Prestegård, MSc, 2020

Ingvild Gabrielsen, MSc, 2020

Bjørn Martin Vika Gjesteland, MSc, 2020

Eivind Block Vagle, MSc, 2020

Rebecca Dorga Olsen, MSc, 2019

Magnus Thorvik, MSc, 2019

Erlend Risnes, MSc, 2019

Erlend Gjøsund, MSc, 2019

redrik August Wyller, MSc, 2019

Renate Tveit, MSc, 2019

Olea Hofshagen, MSc, 2019

Sander Berg, MSc, 2018

Martin Kjenes, MSc, 2018

Hanna Serina Jervidalo, MSc, 2018

Knut Viten, MSc, 2018

Ingeborg Aarsland, MSc, 2017

Tor Helge Storstein, MSc, 2017

Malin Flesland, MSc, 2017

Tor Saltnes Skram Ellingsen, MSc, 2017

Magnus Ueland Johannesen, MSc, 2017

Vilde Dimmen, MSc, 2016

Kari Nærland, MSc 2016

Christoffer Taule, MSc 2016

Maria Ordemann, MSc 2016

Maria Marvik, MSc 2016

Ingvild Blækkan, MSc 2016

Sondre Storemark, MSc 2016

Heidi Knutsen, MSc 2016

Elin Thorsheim, MSc 2015

Heidi Synnøve Fossmark, MSc 2015

Maria Helena Seim, MSc 2015

Fredrik Sebastian Kjelkenes, MSc 2015

Bjarte Lønøy, MSc 2015

Margrethe Sæterdal Bøyum, MSc 2015

Marie Djupevåg Eri, MSc 2015

Magnus Skibeli Herrem, MSc 2015

Øyvind Flataker Lien, MSc 2014

Svein-Martin Hatleseth, MSc 2013

Eivind Susort, MSc 2013

Michael Laukeman, MSc 2013

Anja Eker, MSc 2013

Thomas Kristensen, MSc 2013

Trygve Mathisen, MSc 2013

Andreas Hovland, MSc 2013

Lillian Elvik, MSc 2012

Mari MS Berg, MSc 2012

Anette BM Tvedt, MSc 2011

Publications

2023

Henstra, G., Cullen, T., Gawthorpe, R.L., Muñoz-Barrera, J.M., Muravchik, M., & Rotevatn, A. 2023: The evolution of catchment-depositional system relationships on the dip slopes of intra-rift basement highs: an example from the Frøya High, Mid-Norwegian Rifted Margin. Basin Research 35, doi: 10.1111/bre.12753.

Hagset, A., Grundvåg, S.-A., Badics, B., Davies, R.C. & Rotevatn, A. 2023: Deposition of cenomanian–Turonian organic-rich units on the mid-Norwegian margin: Controlling factors and regional implications. Marine and Petroleum Geology 149, 106102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106102

Dimmen, V., Rotevatn, A. & Lecomte, I. 2023: Imaging of small-scale faults in seismic reflection data: Insights from seismic modelling of faults in outcrop. Marine and Petroleum Geology 147, 105980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105980

2022

Kristensen, T.B., Rotevatn, A., Marvik, M., Henstra, G.A., Gawthorpe, R.L. & Ravnås 2020: Quantitative analysis of fault and fold growth in transtensional basins: the Sørvestsnaget Basin, Western Barents Sea. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 495, doi: 10.1144/SP495-2020-123.

Hagset, A., Grundvåg, S.A., Badics, B., Davies, R.C. & Rotevatn, A. 2022: Tracing Lower Cretaceous organic-rich units across the SW Barents Shelf. Marine and Petroleum Geology 140, 105664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105664

Lathrop, B., Jackson, C.A.L., Bell, R.E & Rotevatn, A. 2022: Displacement/length scaling relationships for normal faults; a review, critique, and revised compilation. EarthArXiv, https://doi.org/10.31223/X58S7G.

Muñoz-Barrera, J., Rotevatn, A., Gawthorpe, R., Henstra, G.A. & Kristensen, T.B. 2022: Supradetachment basins in necking domains of rifted margins: insights from the Norwegian Sea. Basin Research, doi: 10.1111/bre.12648.

2021

Salomon, E., Rotevatn, A., Kristensen, T.B., Grundvåg, S.A. & Henstra, G.A. 2021: Microstructure and fluid flow in the vicinity of basin bounding faults in rifts – the Dombjerg Fault, NE Greenland rift system. Journal of Structural Geology, 153, 104463, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104463

Osagiede, E.E., Rosenau, M., Rotevatn, A., Gawthorpe, R.L., Jackson, C.A.L. & Rudolf, M. 2021: Influence of zones of pre-existing crustal weakness on strain localization and partitioning during rifting: Insights from analogue modeling using high resolution 3D digital image correlation. Tectonics 40, e2021TC006970, doi: 10.1029/2021TC006970.

Lathrop, B.A., Jackson, C.A.L., Bell, R. & Rotevatn, A. 2021: Normal fault kinematics and the role of lateral tip retreat: an example from offshore NW Australia. Tectonics 40, e2020TC006631, doi: 10.1029/2020TC006631.

Tillmans, F., Gawthorpe, R.L., Jackson, C.A.L. & Rotevatn, A. 2021: Syn-rift sediment gravity flow deposition on a Late Jurassic fault-terraced slope, northern North Sea. Basin Research, doi: 10.1111/bre.12538.

Fossen, H., Ksienzyk, A.K., Rotevatn, A., Bauck, M.S. & Wemmer, K. 2021: From widespread faulting to localized rifting: Evidence from K-Ar fault gouge dates from the Norwegian North Sea rift shoulder. Basin Research 33, 1934-1953. doi: 10.1111/bre.12541

Edmundson, I., Rotevatn, A., Davies, R.C., Frette, L., Mackie, S., Kavli, E., Yielding, G. & Dunbar, A. 2021: An empirical approach to estimating hydrocarbon column heights for improved pre-drill volume prediction in hydrocarbon exploration. AAPG Bulletin, doi: 10.1306/03122119223.

Rodriguez, C., Jackson, C.A.L., Bell, R., Rotevatn, A. & Francis, M. 2021: Deep-water reservoir distribution on a salt-influenced slope, Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. AAPG Bulletin, doi: 10.1306/11182017340.

Corlett, H., Hollis, C., Hirani, J., Hodgetts, D., Taylor, R. & Rotevatn, A. 2021: A geocelluar modelling workflow for partially dolomitized remobilized carbonates: an example from the Hammam Faraun Fault Block, Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Marine and Petroleum Geology 126, 104831, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104831.

Fazlikhani, H., Aagotnes, S., Refvem, M., Hamilton-Wright, J., Bell, R., Fossen, H., Gawthorpe, R.L., Jackson, C.A.L. & Rotevatn, A. 2021: Strain migration during multiphase extension, Stord Basin, northern North Sea rift. Basin Research 33, 1474-1496, doi: 10.1111/bre.12522.

Howlett, D.M., Gawthorpe, R.L., Ge, Z., Rotevatn, A. & Jackson, C.A.L. 2021: Turbidites, topography and tectonics: Evolution of submarine channel‐lobe systems in the salt‐influenced Kwanza Basin, offshore Angola. Basin Research 33, 1076-1110, doi: 10.1111/bre.12506.

2020

Masiero, I., Burgess, P., Hollis, C., Manifold, L., Gawthorpe, R.L., Lecomte, I., Marshall, J. & Rotevatn, A. 2020: Syn-rift carbonate platforms in space and time: testing and refining conceptual models using stratigraphic and seismic numerical forward modelling. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 509, doi: 10.1144/SP509-2019-217.

Salomon, E., Rotevatn, A., Kristensen, T.B., Grundvåg, S.-A., Henstra, G.A., Meckler, A.N., Gerdes, A., & Albert, R. 2020: Fault-controlled fluid circulation and diagenesis along basin bounding fault systems in rifts – insights from the East Greenland rift system. Solid Earth 11, 1987–2013, doi: 10.5194/se-2020-72

Nixon, C.W., Nærland, K., Rotevatn, A., Dimmen, V., Sanderson, D.J., Peacock, D.C.P., Kristensen, T.B.K 2020: Connectivity and network development of carbonate-hosted fault damage zones from western Malta. Journal of Structural Geology 141, 104212, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104212.

Muñoz-Barrera, J., Rotevatn, A., Gawthorpe, R., Henstra, G.A. & Kristensen, T.B. 2020: 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. Journal of Structural Geology 140, 104163, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104163.

Dimmen, V., Rotevatn, A. & Nixon, C.W. 2020: The relationship between fluid flow, structures, and depositional architecture in sedimentary rocks: An example-based overview. Geofluids, doi: 10.1155/2020/3506743.

Ge, Z., Gawthorpe, R.L., Rotevatn, A., Zijerveld, L., Jackson, C.A.L. & Oluboyo, A. 2020: Minibasin depocentre migration during diachronous salt welding, offshore Angola. Basin Research 32, 875-893, doi: 10.1111/bre.12404.

Edmundson, I., Rotevatn, A., Davies, R., Yielding, G. & Broberg, K. 2020: Key controls on hydrocarbon retention and leakage from structural traps in the Hammerfest Basin, SW Barents Sea: implications for prospect analysis and risk assessment. Petroleum Geoscience 26, 589-606, doi: 10.1144/petgeo2019-094.

Osagiede, E.E., Rotevatn, A., Gawthorpe, R.L., Kristensen, T.B., Jackson, C.A.L. & Marsh, N. 2020: Pre-existing intra-basement shear zones influence growth and geometry of non-colinear normal faults, western Utsira High–Heimdal Terrace, North Sea. Journal of Structural Geology 124, 182-196, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2019.103908.

Torabi, A., Ellingsen, T.S.S., Johannessen, M.U., Alaei, B., Rotevatn, A. & Chiarella, D. 2020: Fault zone architecture and its scaling laws: where does the damage zone start and stop? Geological Society, London, Special Publications 496, 99-124, doi: 10.1144/SP496-2018-151.

2019

Phillips, T.B., Fazlikhani, H., Gawthorpe, R.L., Fossen, H., Jackson, C.A-L., Bell, R., Faleide, J.I. & Rotevatn, A. 2019. The influence of structural inheritance and multiphase extension on rift development, the northern North Sea. Tectonics 38, 4099-4126, doi: 10.1029/2019TC005756.

Peacock, D.C.P., Sanderson, D.J., Bastesen, E., Rotevatn., A. & Storstein, T.H. 2019: Causes of bias and uncertainty in fracture network analysis. Norwegian Journal of Geology 99, 1-16, doi: 10.17850/njg99-1-06

Howlett, D.M., Ge, Z., Nemec, W., Gawthorpe, R.L., Rotevatn, A. & Jackson, C.A.L. 2019: Response of unconfined turbidity current to deep‐water fold and thrust belt topography: Orthogonal incidence on solitary and segmented folds. Sedimentology 66, 2425-2454, doi: 10.1111/sed.12602.

Henstra, G.A., Kristensen, T.B., Rotevatn, A. & Gawthorpe, R.L. 2019: How do pre‐existing normal faults influence rift geometry? A comparison of adjacent basins with contrasting underlying structure on the Lofoten Margin, Norway. Basin Research 31, 1083-1097, doi: 10.1111/bre.12358.

Peacock, D.C.P., Rotevatn., A. & Sanderson, D.J. 2019: Brecciation driven by changes in fluid column heights. Terra Nova 31, 76-81, doi: 10.1111/ter.12371.

Rotevatn A., Jackson, C.A.L., Tvedt, A., Bell, R., Blækkan, I. 2019: How do normal faults grow? Journal of Structural Geology 125, 174-184, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2018.08.005.

2018

Rotevatn, A. & Peacock, D.C.P. 2018: Strike-slip reactivation of segmented normal faults: implications for basin structure and fluid flow. Basin Research 30, 1264-1279.

Cavailhes, T. & Rotevatn, A. 2018: Deformation bands in volcaniclastic rocks – Insights from the Shihtiping tuffs, Coastal Range of Taiwan. Journal of Structural Geology 113, 155-175.

Rotevatn A., Kristensen, T.B.K., Ksienzyk, A., Wemmer, K., Henstra, G., Midtkandal, I., Grundvåg, S.-A. & Andresen, A. 2018: Structural inheritance and rapid rift-length establishment in a multiphase rift: the East Greenland rift system and its Caledonian orogenic ancestry. Tectonics 37, 1858-1875.

Corlett, H., Bastesen, E., Gawthorpe, R.L., Hirani, J., Hodgetts, D., Hollis, C., Rotevatn, A. 2018. Origin, dimensions, and distribution of remobilized carbonate deposits in a tectonically active zone, Eocene Thebes Formation, Sinai, Egypt. Sedimentary Geology 372, 44-63.

Hirani, J., Bastesen, E., Boyce, A., Corlett, H., Eker, A., Gawthorpe, R., Hollis, C. & Rotevatn, A. 2018: Structural controls on non-fabric-selective dolomitization within rift-related basin-bounding normal fault systems: insights from the Hammam Faraun Fault, Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Basin Research 30, 990-1014.

Sanderson, D., Peacock, D.C.P., Nixon, C.W. & Rotevatn, A. 2018: Graph theory and the analysis of fracture networks. Journal of Structural Geology, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2018.04.011.

Cavailhes, T., Rotevatn, A., Monstad, S., Khala, A.B., Funk, E., Canner, K., Looser, M., Chalabi, A., Gay, A., Travé, A., Ferhi, F., Skanji, A., Chebbi, M.R. & Bang, N. 2018: Basin tectonic history and paleo‐physiography of the Pelagian platform, northern Tunisia, using vitrinite reflectance data. Basin Research 30, 926-941.

Hirani, J., Bastesen, E., Boyce, A., Corlett, H., Gawthorpe, R.L., Hollis, C., John, C., Robertson, H., Rotevatn, A., Taylor, R., Whitaker, F. 2018: Controls on the formation of stratabound dolostone bodies, Hammam Faraun Fault block, Gulf of Suez. Sedimentology 65, 1973-2002.

Kristensen T.B., Rotevatn A., Marvik M., Henstra G.A., Gawthorpe R.L. & Ravnås R. 2018: Structural evolution of sheared margin basins: the role of strain partitioning. Sørvestsnaget Basin, Norwegian Barents Sea. Basin Research 30, 279-301.

Ge, Z., Nemec, W., Gawthorpe, R.L., Rotevatn, A. & Hansen, E.W.M. 2018: Response of unconfined turbidity current to relay-ramp topography: insights from process-based numerical modelling. Basin Research 30, 321-343.

Peacock, D.C.P., Sanderson, D.J. & Rotevatn, A. 2018: Relationships between fractures. Journal of Structural Geology, 106, 41-53.

Rodriguez, C.R., Jackson, C.A.L., Bell, R.E., Rotevatn, A. & Francis, M. 2018: Dual tectonic-climatic controls on salt giant deposition in the Santos Basin, Offshore Brazil. Geosphere 14, 215-242.

Zuluaga, L.F., Fossen, H., Ballas, G. & Rotevatn, A. 2018: Structural and petrophysical effects of overthrusting on highly porous sandstones: the Aztec Sandstone in the Buffington window, southeast Nevada, U.S.A. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 459, 59-77.

Korneva, I., Bastesen, E., Corlett, H., Eker, A., Hirani, J., Hollis, C., Gawthorpe, R.L., Rotevatn, A. & Taylor R. 2018: The effects of dolomitization on petrophysical properties and fracture distribution within rift-related carbonates (Hammam Faraun Fault Block, Suez Rift, Egypt). Journal of Structural Geology 108, 108-120.

2017

Peacock, D.C.P., Dimmen, V., Rotevatn, A. & Sanderson, D.J. 2017: A broader classification of damage zones. Journal of Structural Geology, 102, 179-192.

Deng, C., Fossen, H., Gawthorpe, R.L., Rotevatn, A., Jackson, C.A.L. & FazliKhani, H. 2017: Influence of fault reactivation during multiphase rifting: The Oseberg area, northern North Sea rift. Marine and Petroleum Geology 86, 1252-1272.

Dimmen, V., Rotevatn, A., Peacock, D.C.P., Nixon, C.W. & Nærland, K. 2017: Quantifying structural controls on fluid flow: insights from carbonate-hosted fault damage zones on the Maltese Islands. Journal of Structural Geology 101, 43-57.

Peacock, D.C.P., Anderson, M., Rotevatn, A., Sanderson, D.J. & Tavarnelli, E. 2017: The interdisciplinary use of “overpressure”. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 341, 1-5.

Jackson, C.A.L., Rotevatn, A., Tvedt, A.B.M. & Bell, R.E. 2017: The role of gravitational collapse in controlling the evolution of crestal fault systems (Espirito Santo Basin, SE Brazil) - Discussion. Journal of Structural Geology 98, 95-97.

Peacock, D.C.P., Nixon, C.W., Rotevatn, A., Sanderson, D.J. & Zuluaga, L.F. 2017: Interacting faults. Journal of Structural Geology 97, 1-22.

Peacock, D.C.P, Korneva, I., Nixon, C.W. & Rotevatn, A. 2017: Changes of scaling relationships in an evolving population: the example of 'sedimentary' stylolites. Journal of Structural Geology 96, 118-133.

Hollis, C., Bastesen, E., Boyce, A., Corlett, H., Gawthorpe, R.L., Hirani, J., Rotevatn, A. & Whitaker, F. 2017: Fault-controlled dolomitization in a rift basin. Geology 45, 219-222.

Jackson, C.A.L., Bell, R., Rotevatn, A. & Tvedt, A.B.M. 2017: Techniques to determine the kinematics of synsedimentary normal faults and implications for fault growth models. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 439, 187-217.

Botter, C., Cardozo, N., Lecomte, I., Rotevatn, A. & Paton, G. 2017: The impact of faults and fluid flow on seismic images of a relay ramp over production time. Petroleum Geoscience 23, 17-28.

Ge, Z., Gawthorpe, R.L., Rotevatn, A. & Thomas, M.B. 2017: Impact of normal faulting and pre-rift salt tectonics on the structural style of salt-influenced rifts: The Late Jurassic Norwegian Central Graben, North Sea. Basin Research 29, 674-698

Rotevatn, A., Fossmark, H.S.S., Bastesen, E., Thorsheim, E. & Torabi, A. 2017: Do deformation bands matter for flow? Insights from permeability measurements and flow simulations in porous carbonate rocks. Petroleum Geoscience 23, 104-119.

Henstra, G.A., Gawthorpe, R.L., Helland-Hansen, W., Ravnås, R. & Rotevatn, A. 2017: Depositional systems in multiphase rifts: seismic case study from the Lofoten margin, Norway. Basin Research 29, 447-469.

2016

Kristensen, T.B., Rotevatn, A., Peacock, D.C.P., Henstra, G.A., Midtkandal, I. & Grundvåg, S.A. 2016: Structure and flow properties of syn-rift border faults: The interplay between fault damage and fault-related chemical alteration (Dombjerg Fault, Wollaston Forland, NE Greenland). Journal of Structural Geology 92, 99-115.

Peacock, D.C.P., Nixon, C.W., Rotevatn, A., Sanderson, D.J. & Zuluaga, L.F. 2016: Glossary of fault and fracture networks. Journal of Structural Geology 92, 12-29.

Rotevatn, A., Thorsheim, E., Bastesen, E., Fossmark, H.S.S., Torabi, A. & Sælen, G. 2016: Sequential growth of deformation bands in carbonate grainstones in the hangingwall of an active growth fault: implications for deformation mechanisms in different tectonic regimes. Journal of Structural Geology 90, 27-47.

Tvedt, A.B.M., Rotevatn, A. & Jackson, C.A.L. 2016: Supra-salt normal fault growth during the rise and fall of a diapir: perspectives from 3D seismic reflection data, Norwegian North Sea. Journal of Structural Geology 91, 1-26.

Henstra, G.A., Grundvåg, S.A., Johannessen, E.P., Kristensen, T.B., Midtkandal, I., Nystuen, J.P., Rotevatn, A., Surlyk, F., Sæther, T., Windelstad, J. 2016: Depositional processes and stratigraphic architecture within a coarse-grained rift-margin turbidite system: The Wollaston Forland Group, east Greenland. Marine and Petroleum Geology 76, 187-209.

Zuluaga, L.F., Rotevatn, A., Keilegavlen, E. & Fossen, H. 2016: The impact of deformation bands on simulated fluid flow within fault-propagation fold trap types: lessons from the San Rafael Monocline, Utah (USA). AAPG Bulletin 100, 1523-1540.

Fossen, H. & Rotevatn, A. 2016: Fault linkage and relay structures - a review. Earth Science Reviews 154, 14-28.

2015

Fossen, H., Zuluaga, L.F, Ballas, G., Soliva, R. & Rotevatn A. 2015: Contractional deformation of porous sandstone: insights from the Aztec Sandstone in the footwall to the Sevier-age Muddy Mountains thrust, SE Nevada, USA. Journal of Structural Geology 74, 172-184.

Henstra, G.A., Rotevatn, A., Gawthorpe, R.L. & Ravnås, R. 2015: Evolution of a major segmented normal fault during multiphase rifting: the origin of plan-view zigzag geometry. Journal of Structural Geology 74, 45-63.

2014

Zuluaga, L.F., Fossen, H. & Rotevatn, A. 2014. Progressive evolution of deformation band populations during Laramide fault-propagation folding: Navajo Sandstone, San Rafael Monocline, Utah, U.S.A. Journal of Structural Geology 68, 66-81.

Rotevatn, A. & Jackson, C.A.L. 2014. 3D structure and evolution of folds during normal fault dip linkage. Journal of the Geological Society of London 171, 821-829.

Jackson, C.A.L., Rodriguez, C., Rotevatn, A. & Bell, R. 2014. Geological and geophysical expression of a primary salt weld: an example from the Santos Basin, Brazil. Interpretation 2 (4), SM77-SM89.

Rotevatn, A. & Bastesen E. 2014. Fault linkage and damage zone architecture in tight carbonate rocks in the Suez Rift (Egypt): implications for permeability structure along segmented normal faults. In: Spence, G. H., Redfern, J., Aguilera, R., Bevan, T. G., Cosgrove, J. W., Couples, G. D., and Daniel, J.-M.(eds.): Advances in the Study of Fractured Reservoirs, Geological Society, London, Special Publications 374, 79-95.

Henstra, G.A. & Rotevatn, A. 2014. Nature of Paleozoic extension in Lofoten, north Norwegian Continental Shelf: insights from 3D seismic analysis of a Cordilleran-style metamorphic core complex. Terra Nova 26, 247-252.

2013

Bastesen, E., Rotevatn, A., Braathen, A., Gabrielsen, R., Dypvik, H. & Kalleson, E. 2013. Polyphasal brecciation history revealing the nature and depth of Caledonian contractional deformation in the outboard terranes of West Central Norway. Norwegian Journal of Geology 93, 215-228.

Tvedt., A.B.M., Rotevatn, A., Jackson, C.A.L., Gawthorpe, R.L. & Fossen, H. 2013. Growth of normal faults in multilayer sequences; a 3D seismic case study from the Egersund Basin, Norwegian North Sea. Journal of Structural Geology 55, 1-20.

Jackson, C.A.L. & Rotevatn, A. 2013. 3D seismic analysis of the structure and evolution of a salt-influenced normal fault zone: a test of competing fault growth models. Journal of Structural Geology 54, 215-234.

Fachri, M., Rotevatn, A. & Tveranger, J. 2013. Fluid flow in relay zones revisited: towards an improved representation of small-scale structural heterogeneities in flow models. Marine and Petroleum Geology 46, 144-164.

Rotevatn, A., Sandve, T.H., Keilegavlen, E., Kolyukhin, D. & Fossen, H. 2013. Deformation bands and their impact on fluid flow in sandstone reservoirs: the role of natural thickness variations. Geofluids 13, 359-371.

2012

Vold, I.E., Rotevatn, A. & Hesthammer, J. 2012. The effect of hydrocarbon saturation on resistivity distribution and CSEM Response. Marine and Petroleum Geology 38, 117-127.

Bastesen, E. & Rotevatn, A., 2012. Evolution and structural style of relay zones in layered limestone-shale sequences: Insights from the Hammam Faraun Fault Block, Suez Rift, Egypt. Journal of the Geological Society of London 169, 477-488.

Fossen, H. & Rotevatn, A., 2012. Characterization of deformation bands associated with normal and reverse stress states in the Navajo Sandstone, Utah: Discussion. AAPG Bulletin 96, 869-876.

Rotevatn, A. & Fossen, H. 2012. Soft faults with hard tips: Magnitude-order displacement gradient variations controlled by strain softening versus hardening; implications for fault scaling. Journal of the Geological Society of London 169, 123-126.

2011

Rotevatn A. & Fossen, H. 2011. Simulating the effect of subseismic fault tails and process zones in a siliciclastic reservoir analogue: Implications for aquifer support and trap definition. Marine and Petroleum Geology 28, 1648-1662.

2010

Fossen, H., Schultz, R.A., Rundhovde, E., Rotevatn, A. & Buckley, S.J. 2010. Fault linkage and graben stepovers in the Canyonlands (Utah) and the North Sea Viking Graben, with implications for hydrocarbon migration and accumulation. AAPG Bulletin 94 (5), 597–613.

2009

Rotevatn, A., Buckley, S.J., Howell, J.A. & Fossen H. 2009. Overlapping faults and their effect on fluid flow in different reservoir types: A LIDAR-based outcrop modelling and flow simulation study. AAPG Bulletin 93 (3), 407-427.

Rotevatn, A., Tveranger, J., Howell, J.A. & Fossen, H. 2009. Dynamic investigation of the effect of a relay ramp on simulated fluid flow: Geocellular modelling of the Delicate Arch Ramp, Utah. Petroleum Geoscience 15 (1), 45-58.

2008

Rotevatn, A., Fossen, H., Torabi, A. & Braathen, A. 2008. Slipped deformation bands – a new type of cataclastic deformation bands in Sinai, Suez Rift, Egypt. Journal of Structural Geology 30, 1317-1331.

...2007

Enge, H.D., Buckley, S.J., Rotevatn, A. & Howell, J.A.2007. From outcrop to reservoir simulation model: Workflow and procedures. Geosphere 4, 469-490.

Rotevatn, A., Hesthammer, J., Fossen, H., Aas T.E. & Howell, J.A. 2007. Are relay ramps conduits for fluid flow? Structural analysis of a relay ramp in Arches National Park, Utah. In: Lonergan, L., Rawnsley, R.J.H. & Sanderson, D.J. (Eds) Fractured Reservoirs. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 270, 55-71.

Fossen, H., Johansen, T.E.S., Hesthammer, J. & Rotevatn, A. 2005. Fault interaction in porous sandstone and implications for reservoir management; examples from southern Utah. AAPG Bulletin 89, 1593-1606.

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Lathrop, B.A.; Jackson, C.A.L.; Bell, R.E. et al. (2023). Corrigendum: Displacement/length scaling relationships for normal faults; a review, critique, and revised compilation. (external link)

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