Haakon Fossen

Position

Professor

Affiliation

Research groups

Research

My research focus lies within structural geology and tectonics, focusing on:

-Orogeny and orogenic collapse, with a primary focus on the Scandinavian Caledonides and later also the Brasiliano orogen in Brazil.

-Rifting, mostly related to the North Sea rift.

-Understanding shear zones and shear zone formation from the microscale to crustal scale.

-Transpression/transtension in theory and application.

-Fault anatomy, geometry and evolution.

-Reactivation of shear zones during brittle faulting.

-Deformation bands and other subseismic structures, and their implications for fault nucleation and fluid flow in porous rocks and sediments.

Publications
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See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.