Master Projects from Geodynamics and Basin Studies

Here you can find master projects from the Geodynamics and Basin Studies Group

Master projects

Suggested master projects

Supervisors: Berit O. Hjelstuen, Benjamin Bellwald

Quaternary stratigraphy, sedimentary processes and depositional environments on the Mid-Norwegian margin, based on interpretation of 2D/3D seismic data and Sr-datings

 

Supervisors: Christian Hermanrud (main supervisor), Casey Nixon, Equinor, Tore Odinsen, Equinor, Haakon Fosse, UiB-GEO

Fault network compartmentalisation and controls on fluid contacts at the Valemon Field

 

Supervisors: Berit O. Hjelstuen, Benjamin Bellwald

Last glaciation and post-glacial depositional environments and processes in the NE North Sea: An integrated study based on seismic data, bathymetry and shallow sediment cores

 

Supervisors: Christian Hermanrud, Tor Naustdal Helgheim, Øyvind Skjæveland, Isabelle Lecomte

Direct fluid indicator (DFI) analyses in the greater Fram area of the Northern North Sea

 

Supervisors: Tor Naustdal Helgheim, Øyvind Skjæveland, Isabelle Lecomte

Seismic identification of ductile clay strata in the Northern North Sea

 

Supervisors: Christian Hermanrud

Sedimentological analyses, reservoir characterization and 3D reservoir modelling in the Oseberg area

 

Supervisors: Casey Nixon (Equinor)

Fault network compartmentalisation and controls on fluid contacts at the Kvitebjørn Field

 

Supervisors: Christian H. Eide

Sediment routing & detrital zircon age dating in the Middle Jurassic Garn & Pelion Formations on the Mid-Norwegian shelf & East Greenland

 

Supervisors: Tor Sømme (Equinor)

Staithes, Yorkshire: Reservoir geometries and seal/cap rock understanding

 

Supervisors: Elco Luijendijk

Explaining the sensitivity of groundwater recharge to climate change using a numerical model

 

Supervisors: Elco Luijendijk

Models of the formation of quick clays

 

Supervisors: Elco Luijendijk

Hydrological Impacts of Woody Plant Uptake of Water from Bedrock

 

Supervisors: Tor Sømme (Equinor)

Sedimentological & Stratigraphic Evolution of the Tilje, Tofte and Ile Formations - Linnorm Area Development

 

Supervisors: Tor Sømme (Equinor), Tim Cullen (Equinor), Rob Gawthorpe

Controls on rift margin sediment routing systems in the transition from rift initiation to rift climax: Middle to Upper Jurassic of the Eastern Greater Oseberg Area, Northern North Sea

 

Supervisors: Tor Sømme (Equinor), Sylvia Nordfjord, Christian H. Eide

Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Early Paleocene Bore/Våle Formation on the eastern rift shoulder of Central Graben

 

Supervisors: Elco Luijendijk, Grant Ferguson, Josse van den Berg

The relation between thermal springs and tectonics in mountain belts

 

Supervisors: Leonardo Pichel, Rob Gawthorpe, Mar Moragas

Salt Tectonics in the Southern North Sea: the interplay between basement-involved rifting, intra-salt heterogeneity and salt flow

 

Supervisors: Elco Luijendijk, Isabelle Lecomte

Watertable dynamics and hydrological hazards at the STRANET test site at Bolstadøyri

 

Supervisors: Matteo Demurtas, Martin Kjenes, Christian Haug Eide, Joachim Jacobs

The influence on compositional variability on the style of deformation: a case study from the Hekkelstrand Marble (Ballangen, Nordland)

 

Supervisors: Matteo Demurtas, Martin Kjenes, Sara Callegaro, Christian Haug Eide

Emplacement mechanisms, timing and deformation of magmatic intrusions in the Hekkelstrand Marble

 

Supervisors: Matteo Demurtas, Martin Kjenes, Christian Haug Eide

Fault zone architecture and damage distribution in the Hekkelstrand Marble mine (Ballangen, Nordland)

 

Supervisors: Matteo Demurtas, Atle Rotevatn, Ian Sharp (Equinor)

Characterization of fluid flow along the Brae Field (North Sea)

 

Supervisors: Isabelle Lecomte, Peter Thomas (NORCE), Lkhagvadorj Dalaijargal, GEO Bent O. Ruud

Monitoring shallow underground with geophysics and distributedacoustic sensing

Master projects 2025

Student: Kristina Jørgensen, Supervisor: Elco Luijendijk

Explaining the sensitivity of groundwater recharge to climate change using a numerical model

 

Student: Rasmus Jorde, Supervisor: Christian Eide

Palaeoclimate record from the Palaeogene Svea coal seam, Svalbard

 

Student: Synne Vignes, Supervisor: Leonardo Pichel

Salt Tectonics in the Southern North Sea: the interplay between basement-involved rifting, intra-salt heterogeneity and salt flow

 

Student: Bjørn Høyland Ulfeng, Supervisor: Leonardo Pichel

Salt Tectonics in the Southern North Sea: the interplay between basement-involved rifting, intra-salt heterogeneity and salt flow

 

Student: Rasmus Dobloug Markussen, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud 

Fault network compartmentalisation and controls on fluid contacts at the Kvitebjørn Field

 

Student: Rickard Loen, Supervisor: Elco Luijendijk

Watertable dynamics and hydrological hazards at the STRANET test site at Bolstadøyri

 

Student: Anton Lindman, Supervisor: Tor Sømme (Equinor)

Controls on rift margin sediment routing systems in the transition from rift initiation to rift climax: Middle to Upper Jurassic of the Eastern Greater Oseberg Area, Northern North Sea

 

Student: Henrik Lien, Supervisor: Elco Luijendijk

Hydrological Impacts of Woody Plant Uptake of Water from Bedrock 

 

Student: Lisa Eide Salhus, Supervisor: Joachim Jacobs

Source-Sink Dynamics of the northern North Sea region, as revealed by U-Pb zircon provenance study of selected offshore sediment samples

 

Student: Eline Sunnanå Kleppan, Supervisor: Elco Luijendijk

The relation between thermal springs and tectonics in mountain belts
 

Student: Julia Bylina, Supervisor: Elco Luijendijk

Models of the formation of quick clays

 

Student: Kevin Gashi, Supervisor: Berit Hjelstuen

Quaternary stratigraphy, sedimentary processes and depositional environments on the Mid-Norwegian margin, based on interpretation of 2D/3D seismic data and Sr-datings

 

Student: Silje Torjell, Supervisor: Joachim Jacobs

Antarctic blue ice gypsum: genesis revealed by fluid inclusion study

 

Student: Lisa Eide Salhus, Supervisor: Joachim Jacobs

Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Early Paleocene Bore/Våle Formation on the eastern rift shoulder of Central Graben

 

Student: Jon Obrestad Salte, Supervisor: Ritske Huismans

Effect of inheritance of the de Geer shear zone on 3D opening of the N Atlantic-Arctic ocean basins

 

Student: Lenya Kamal Karim, Supervisor: Haakon Fossen

Late Jurassic tectonostratigraphic evolution of the eroded Brage horst area

 

Student: Severina Aase Myrmel, Supervisor: Matteo Demurtas

Fault zone architecture and damage distribution in the Hekkelstrand Marble mine (Ballangen, Nordland)

 

Student: Tiril Vala Kippersund, Supervisor: Matteo Demurtas

Emplacement mechanisms, timing and deformation of magmatic intrusions in the Hekkelstrand Marble

 

Student: Ellen Lund Hetland, Supervisor: Tor Sømme (Equinor)

Staithes, Yorkshire: Reservoir geometries and seal/cap rock understanding

 

Student: Jesper Uhre Hammersvik, Supervisor: Christian Hermansrud

Seismic identification of ductile clay strata in the Northern North Sea

 

Student: Birk Killie Hajum, Supervisor: Matteo Demurtas

The influence on compositional variability on the style of deformation: a case study from the Hekkelstrand Marble (Ballangen, Nordland)

 

Student: Isha Bhelay Ghalla , Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

Direct fluid indicator (DFI) analyses in the greater Fram area of the Northern North Sea

 

Student: Amalie Rosvold Andersen, Supervisor: Tor Sømme (Equinor)

Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Early Paleocene Bore/Våle Formation on the eastern rift shoulder of Central Graben

 

Student: Jonathan Weberg, Supervisor: Benjamin Bellwald (NGI)

Geohazards and geo-engineering constraints related to upcoming offshore wind developments in the Norwegian North Sea

 

Student: Lars Andreas Huseby, Supervisor: Benjamin Bellwald (NGI)

Seismic geomorphology of the shallow subsurface in the Southern North Sea – Implications for offshore engineering


Student: Elias M. Johansen, Supervisor: Leonardo Muniz Pichel

Salt Tectonics Kinematics and Structural Styles in the Southern Norwegian Barents Sea

Master projects 2024

Student: Wilma Holand, Supervisor: Edoseghe Edwin Osagiede

Geothermal potential of an offshore oilfield

 

Student: Malene J. Lindset, Supervisor: Leonardo Pichel

Salt Tectonics Kinematics and Structural Styles in the Nordkapp Basin, Norwegian Barents Sea

 

Student: Rizky Wardana, Supervisor: Christian Haug Eide

Hydrocarbon seepage along fractures above diapirs in and adjacent to the Central Graben, S Norwegian North Sea

 

Student: Matej Pokorny, Supervisor: Haakon Fossen

Structural geometry and evolution of the Lomre terrace region, Northern North Sea rift

 

Student: Johannes Kraggerud, Supervisor: Christian Haug Eide

Seepage and migration of hydrocarbons in the SW parts of Block 3 in Southern Norwegian North Sea

 

Student: Thomas Jerving, Supervisor: Haakon Fossen

Neogene delta deposits offshore W Norway: Geometry, timing, and source to sink considerations

 

Student: Erlend Bjelland, Supervisor: Joachim Jacobs

Low-T thermochronology as a tool to decipher differential exhumation of crustal blocks of western Norway

 

Student: Sebastian E. Paulsen, Supervisor: Rob Gawthorpe

The origin, kinematics, and geometry of salt diapirs and minibasins in the UK Central North Sea

 

Student: Hans Pauli I H. Øregaard, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

Detailed study of normal faults, the variability of fault core content and predictability of across-fault flow properties, in the Mesaverde Group in Jim Canyon, Book Cliffs, Utah/Colorado, USA

 

Student: Mathias Torstensen, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

Accuracy of the least compressive stress from borehole data and implication for analyses of calculations of the limit for hydrofracturing thresholds

 

Student: Rasmus S. Strømberg, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

Frequency-dependent AVO (FAVO) attribute extraction

 

Student: Josephine W. Nauli, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

Fault sealing controls in Gullfaks and Gullfaks Sør inferred from production data

 

Student: Amund Horn, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

Depositional geometries and sequence stratigraphic interpretation and subdivision in the eastern Book Cliffs, Colorado, USA; Mount Garfield to Palisade Rim

 

Student: Enruiqey Dieu Dela Towu, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

Fault sealing controls at the Snorre field

 

Student: Håvard O. Rinde, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

Comparing fault seal predictions with dynamic data and emerging fault seal methodology

 

Student: Kristoffer H. Jørgensborg, Supervisor: Joachim Jacobs

Structure of the Asir and Jiddah terrane boundary of the Arabian- Nubian Shield using Sentinel2 satellite imagery and correlations with eastern Sudan

 

Student: Aleksandra Victoria G. Danielsen, Supervisor: Ritske Huismans

Landscape evolution modelling of late Mesozoic topography and sediment output from Southern Norway

 

Student: Ellen Milada Fagermo, Supervisor: William Helland-Hansen

Can intertidal areas along rocky coasts keep up with sealevel rise?

 

Student: Jon Vaardal-Lunde, Supervisor: Albina Gilmullina

Triassic rivers of the Barents Sea Basin

 

Student: Rayhan Ratul, Supervisor: Albina Gilmullina

Distribution of the deep marine Middle Triassic organic shales in the Barents Sea and surrounding Arctic

Master projects 2023

Student: Arjuman Banu, Supervisor: Elco Luijendijk

Analysis of the relation between recharge, climate, and water-table depth in a global recharge dataset

 

Student: Kaja N. Undelstvedt, Supervisor: William Helland-Hansen

A geomorphological, mineralogical, and sedimentological investigation across a modern beach system at Jæren, SW Norway

 

Student: Andrea Oliva Kjemperud, Supervisor: Joachim Jacobs

Tectonic significance and origin of different serpentinite types in the Alpine-Apennine orogenic wedge of eastern Elba, Italy

 

Student: Christine Elise Nicolaysen, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

Integrated well, seismic stratigraphic and S2S analysis of Late Jurassic rift margin sourced depositional systems, Western Horda Platform and Southern Lomre Terrace, Northern North Sea

 

Student: Nicole Nilsen, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

Fault permeabilities and column height controls in block 30/11 in the Norwegian North Sea

 

Student: Dimitrios Patsos, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

Sand Injection Formations Mechanisms in the northern North Sea

 

Student: Natalie Juliussen, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

Hydrocarbon column height controls in Jurassic reservoirs on the Nordland Ridge

 

Student: Tuva Frafjord, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

Fault sealing and column height controls in the Gullfaks and Gullfaks Sør fields

 

Student: Anne Katrine Døsen, Supervisor: Rob Gawthorpe

Diapirer og minibassenger i den sentrale Nordsjø

 

Student: Brede S. Søfteland, Supervisor: Christian Haug Eide

Seismic mapping and paleogeographic reconstruction of the Paleocene deposits in the western Norwegian Sea

 

Student: Vilhelm Nyby, Supervisor: Christian Haug Eide

Leakage of methane from abandoned wells in the Norwegian Central North Sea

 

Student: Malene B. Nielsen, Supervisor: Christian Haug Eide

Reservoir modeling of tidal regressive units in outcrop and the subsurface

 

Student: Helene Dreyer, Supervisor: Christian Haug Eide

Sedimentary characterization and interpretation of tidal regressive units in outcrop and the subsurface

 

Student: Ynge G. Fossheim, Supervisor: Joachim Jacobs

Subice geology of Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, revealed by UPb zircon study of metasedimentary rocks of the Shackleton Range

 

Student: Nooshin Fathi, Supervisor: Isabelle Lecomte

Seismic modelling of brecciated sand injectite systems: sensitivity analyses and uncertainty

 

Student: Julie Christoffersen, Supervisor: Christian Haug Eide

Natural seepage of hydrocarbons in the Southern Norwegian North Sea

 

Student: Natalie B. Synnes, Supervisor: Edoseghe Edwin Osagiede

Fault and Depocenter Evolution in a Transtensional and Inverted Basin: Inner Moray Firth Basin

 

Student: Carl August Brechan, Supervisor: Edoseghe Edwin Osagiede

Geochemical and petrophysical investigation of basaltic lava flows, Husavik-Tjornes Peninsula, Iceland: Implication for subsurface CO2 storage

 

Student: Martin Borgen, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

The influence of fault complexities in fault permeabilities: Learning from history matching at Njord

 

Student: Thomas Wiers Bjørnsen, Supervisor: Edoseghe Edwin Osagiede

Structural and petrographic analysis of deformed volcanic rocks around the Husavik-Flatey Fault Zone, Iceland

 

Student: Synnøve H. Bakk, Supervisor: Christian Haug Eide

Detrital Monazite and Zircon Provenance of Lower Jurassic Reservoir Rocks, North Sea and Norwegian Sea

 

Student: Eivind M Frorud, Supervisor: Christian Haug Eide

Sedimentological controls on chlorite-coats on reservoir sandstones: Cook Formation

 

Student: Kristel Kaselaan, Supervisor: Elco Luijendijk

Detecting desalinisation in quick clays: Geochemical and interpretation of porewater data

 

Student: Siri Tangedal, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

CO2 leakage risk through remobilized Cenozoic sediments in the Northern North Sea

Master projects 2022

Spring 2022: 

Student: Simen Austgulen Grinde, Supervisor: Christian H. Eide

Marine geological surveys for offshore wind

 

Student: Erlend Aven, Supervisor: PII Christian Hermanrud, GEO, UiB / Equinor

Fault sealing and fluid contact control in Gullfaks and Gullfaks Sør

 

Student: Seline Bruun Berg, Supervisor: Christian H. Eide

Emplacement of "tangled" mafic sills in the Entrada Sandstone, Utah, USA

 

Student: Tor-Sebastian Rønneberg, Supervisor: Haakon Fossen

Fault crest stability during rifting

 

Student: Synnøve Sørvaag Slåtsveen, Supervisor:  Isabelle Lecomte

Improving interpretation of 3D Ground-Penetrating Radar data in archaeology via attributes developed in seismic – application to selected Norwegian sites

 

Autumn 2022: 

Student: Espen Tjessheim, Supervisor: Rob Gawthorpe

Insight into CO2 storage using the FluidFlower 

 

Student: Håvard Kolstø Jensen, Supervisor: Christian H. Eide

Sedimentære prosesser og sedimentegenskaper, Utsira Nord

 

Student: Julie Nes Pytteryd, Supervisor: Christian H. Eide

Sedimentologiske og petrologiske kontroller på klorittbellegg i sandsteinsreservoarer

Master projects 2021

Student: Anna von der Ahe, Supervisor: Joachim Jacobs

Post-Caledonian topographic and structural evolution of the Nordfjord region in Western Norway: Insights from Apatite Fission Track thermochronology and structural mapping

 

Student: Camilla Lindø, Supervisor: Haakon Fossen

Comparison between strike-slip faults in the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic rocks around the Bristol Channel Basin

 

Student: Lucas Correa, Supervisor: Haakon Fossen

A study of normal fault structure and along-strike variations, based on the northern Moab fault system, Utah and seismic data

 

Student: Chaiti Nahita, Supervisor: Joachim Jacobs

Fluid inclusion study of Antarctic blue ice gypsum

 

Student: Karianne Danneberg, Supervisor: Christian Hermanrud

Fault sealing in the Greater Oseberg Area

 

Student: Jahn Brusdal Eriksen, Supervisor: Christian H Eide

Stratigrafisk og tektonisk utvikling av Nykhøyden

 

Student: Daniel de Fanti, Supervisor: Haakon Fossen

Influence of mineralogy on polygonal fault formation in the North Viking Graben

 

Student: Muhammad Usman Khurshid, Supervisor: Isabelle Lecomte

Seismic attributes for paleokarst reservoirs: a modelling study

 

Student: Synne Osland, Supervisor: Christian H. Eide

A comparative study of dryland alluvial successions - Triassic of the North Sea and the Morrison Formation of Utah, USA

 

Student: Kristin Aven, Supervisor: Christian H. Eide

Interaction of igneous sills and host rocks of Curtis Formation, Eastern Utah

Master projects 2020

Student: Vebjørn Selstad

Sorting effect in provenance: a case study study from the Ebro Basin, Spain

 

Student: Anders Bjørnstad

Fault gouge characterization in the Øygarden complex in SW Norway – relevance for offshore CO2 storage

 

Student: Joakim Skreden Erga

Stratigraphic controls on deformation in the Shihtiping Tuffs, SE Taiwan

 

Student: Casper Flæte

Seismic imaging of fault and fault zones: insight through modelling for improved interpretation

 

Student: Nora Fredheim

Paleogeography and distribution of Middle to Late Triassic reservoir rocks in the Greater Tampen Spur Region

 

Student: Hanne Gramstad

Structural and depositional evolution of the Ivar Aasen area, Utsira High

 

Student: Wouter Gravendeel

Structural and depositional evolution of the Ivar Aasen area, Utsira High

 

Student: Victoria Hamre

Syn-rift deep-water channels and lobes of the Corinth Rift: Seismic modelling of outcrops and comparison with recent deposits in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece

 

Student: Daniel Høie

Stratigraphy and depositional history of the Shihtiping Tuffs, SE Taiwan

 

Student: Sigrid Næsheim

Sedimentology of the Battfjellet Formation, Longyearbyen area, Svalbard

 

Student: Solveig Nøttestad

Kva skjer med skredfaren om ein hogger skogen i utsette skråninger på vestlandet?

 

Student: Kingsley Ofoedu

Seismic mapping of onshore-offshore transition zones - a modelling study

 

Student: Henry Ravndal

Arkitektur og sedimentologi av sen-weichsel delta avsetninger, Vie, Førde

 

Student: Håvar Sæther

Changes in depositional setting across a megasequence boundary on the Horda Platform, North Sea

 

Student: Ina Tårup

Syn-rift deep-water channels and lobes of the Corinth Rift: Seismic modelling of outcrops and comparison with recent deposits in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece

Master projects 2019

Student: Anna Rebecca Dyrlev Bøgh

3D modelling and interpretation of channels in the Aspelintoppen Formation, Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

 

Student: Julie Asdal

Sedimentary processes for the filling of interdistributary bayfills, Neslen Formation, Book Cliffs

 

Student: Rebecca Ertesvåg

Microstructural analysis of coal-bearing deformation bands at Wangaloa, New Zealand

 

Student: Nil Eryilmaz 

Resente og fremtidige endringer i morfologi og sedimentasjon som følge av menneskelige inngrep i et aktivt tidevannssystem, ytre Vestvågøy, Lofoten

 

Student: Thomas Skålevik Foldnes

Forkastningsforsegling i Krafla-Askja-området sør for Oseberg

 

Student: Emil Lie Hansen

Theory and applications of high-frequency georadar for various urban investigations in Quaternary grounds in Norway

 

Student: Tobias Hermansen

Early differential compaction and its impact on lithofacies distribution and bayfill thickness, Neslen Formation, Book Cliffs

 

Student: Amalie Sande Rødde

Polygonal faults in the North Viking Graben

 

Student: Anders Nordstrand Østigård

Fjordsedimenter som arkiv for skredhendelser i Vestlandske fjordstrøk: Aurlandsfjorden

 

Student: Ferdinand Mayer-Ullman

The topographic evolution of post-Caledonian landscapes in the inner Nordfjord, SW-Norway | New insights from AFT dating and thermal history modelling

 

Student: Serianna Jeanette Kvarøy

Structure and evolution of non-collinear fault arrays in the Ivar Aasen field

Master projects 2018

Student: Geir Clement Wågen

Hastighetsoppdatering fra seismiske data med borekronen som kilde (samarbeid med OCTIO)

 

Student: Torgeir Fenne Vestly

Possible seismic monitoring of thawing of terrestrial sediments in the Arctic: Effects of sediment composition and variability with focus on Adventdalen, Svalbard.

 

Student: Aleksejs Fjodorovs

Forsegling av syn- og postrift feller

 

Student: Ingvild Næss

What are the differences between joint patterns in different beds?

 

Student: Sara Kverme

Relationships between bed thickness and joint frequencies

 

Student: Øystein Ødegård

Convolution modelling of georadar images - application to outcrop models of paleokarsts

 

Student: Milos Uksanivic

Efficient Elastic Modeling and Full Waveform Inversion

 

Student: Torbjørn Aamelfot

Sedimentology of the Battfjellet Formation, Liljevalchsfjellet, Svalbard

 

Student: Sondre Hagevold

From outcrop to synthetic seismic: an integrated study of Botnheia, central Spitsbergen

 

Anine Eikrem Helland

Using drones to investigate cliffs for rickfall hazard assessment

Christian Haug Eide, UiB

Master projects 2017

AASMUND OLAV AAMELFOT - Mudstone-rich fluvial systems: Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation, Eastern Utah (Main supervisor: Dr. Christian Haug Eide (UiB)

ESPEN FRIESTAD - Synthetic seismic modelling of shallow-marine to paralic deposits: The Blackhawk Formation in Central Utah, USA  (Main supervisor: Dr. Christian Haug Eide (UiB)

THOMAS JARLE GRIMSTAD - Modellering av belysnings- og oppløsningseffekter i prestack dybde migrasjon (Main supervisor: Isabelle Lecomte, UiB.)

JOHANNE NERGAARD GRINDE - Evolution of fault populations on the Exmouth Plateau, North Carnarvon Basin, NW shelf of Australia: implications for understanding syn-tectonic carbonate platform growth (Main supervisor: Prof. Atle Rotevatn)

MARTIN KYRKJEBØ JOHANSEN - Seismisk karakterisering av paleokarstreservoarer (Main supervisor: Isabelle Lecomte, UiB.)

Høst

BJØRN EMIL WIK HALLARÅKER - Linking shelf edge and basin axis locations in predicting lithology and depositional geometries (Main supervisor: William Helland-Hansen)

ERLEND VALLE RISNES   - Structure and fluid flow history, Mesozoic sedimentary rocks, Somerset, UK (2 STUDENTS) (Main supervisor: 1.aman. II, Dr. David Peacock)

ERLEND GJØSUND - Structure and fluid flow history, Mesozoic sedimentary rocks, Somerset, UK (2 STUDENTS) (Main supervisor: 1.aman. II, Dr. David Peacock)

HAKAN HEGGERNES - Drainage evolution in arid extensional settings: Sinai, Egypt (Main supervisor: Martin Muravchik)

MARTINE JOHANNE BIRKEMO KRABBENDAM - Integrated 4D tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the northern Peloponnese margin and the Gulf of Corinth, Greece (Main supervisor: Martin Muravchik)

JØRGEN HÅSTØ BORGENVIK - Dune Distribution, Morphology and Preservation Potential in Modern Sand Seas. (Main supervisor: Bjørn Nyberg (UiB)

MAY BRITT KJÆREVIK ZACHARIAH - The spatial, geometric and temporal geomorphological variability of modern alluvial depositional elements (Main supervisor: Bjørn Nyberg (UiB)

FREDRIK AUGUST WYLLER - Spatial and temporal development of joint networks and associated network properties (Main supervisor: Dr. Casey Nixon)

EIRIN HERMANSEN - Kartlegging av sprekkekorridorer på Sotra og Øygarden (Main supervisor: Eivind Bastesen, Seniorforsker Uni Research)

REBECCA DORGA OLSEN - Reaktiveringstektonikk og karakterisering av destruksjonssoner langs forkastninger i Sotra-Øygarden området (Main supervisor: Eivind Bastesen, Seniorforsker Uni Research)

ELISABETH OSALAND - Bruk av autigene mineraler som paleotermometer og sammenligning med vitrinitt data (Main supervisor: Helge Hellevang (Universitetet i Oslo og UNIS)

THOMAS DE JONGE - AVO Inversion Using Data Assimiliation (Main supervisor: Henk Keers)

OLEA SYNNØVE HOFSHAGEN - Innvirkning av forkastningsgeometri på seismiske registreringer. Influence of fault geometry on seismic registrations (Main supervisor: Einar Iversen)

ALEKSANDR TULAPIN  - Full waveform inversion in time-lapse mode using scattering theory (Main supervisor: Morten Jakobsen)

MARIANNE DAGSLAND JÅSUND - Beregning av seismiske attributter for jordmodeller med forskjellige typer kontinuitetsegenskaper. Simulation of seismic attributes for earth models with different continuity properties (Main supervisor: Einar Iversen)

Master projects 2016

SANDER HOFKER BERG - Frøya High, offshore Mid-Norway (2 studenter) (Main supervisor: Dr. Gijs Henstra)

VEGARD MURIBØ BERG - Kalibrering av seismisk respons til brønndata ved bruk av bergartsfysikk (Main supervisor: Tor Arne Johansen)

SANDRA ERIKSSON - Sedimentology of quaternary terraces at the southern margin of the Corinth Rift, Greece (Main supervisor: Martin Muravchik)

ØYSTEIN GRASDAL - Sedimentary architecture of sand bodies in the Paleocene Firkanten Fm, Svalbard (Main supervisor: Maria Jensen, UNIS)

JARLE HAUGLAND - TECTONIC CONTROLS ON BASIN PHYSIOGRAPHY AND SEDIMENT DISPERSAL: THE GUDRUN TERRACE, NORTHERN NORTH SEA

TOR HELGHEIM - Geological and rock-physics-based stacking for direct hydrocarbon prediction (Main supervisor: Christian Hermanrud)

ANDERS HÅGENVIK  - Forced regressions in rift shoulder derived deltas (Main supervisor: Martin Muravchik)

HANNA JERVIDALO - "Structure and evolution of deformation bands affecting volcaniclastic deposits in SE Taiwan (Main supervisor: Prof. Atle  Rotevatn)

ØYVIND KONGSHAUG - Kalibrering av seismisk AVO respons til brønndata (Main supervisor: Tor Arne Johansen)

MADS ANDRÉ MELAND - Begrensende faktorer for hydrokarbonkolonner i Sleipnerområdet (Main supervisor: Christian Hermanrud)

MAX OSEN OSNES - Begrensende faktorer for hydrokarbonkolonner på Nordlandsryggen (Main supervisor: Christian Hermanrud)

LARS ANDRÉ FARDAL REFSLAND - Full waveform inversion in a Bayesian framework. (Main supervisor: Morten Jakobsen)

ANJA TVEIT - Non-Linear AVO Inversion (Main supervisor: Henk Keers)

KNUT RINGEN VITEN - Fault evolution, architecture and permeability structure in carbonate rocks (Main supervisor: Atle Rotevatn)

JOHANNES ØYRI - Modeling and inversion of global earthquake data (kan ta 2 stk) (Main supervisor: Henk Keers)

Master projects 2015

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Master projects 2014

RENATE E TVEIT - Plaster modeling of fault development (2 projects) (Main supervisor: Atle Rotevatn)

Other

ANDREI OUGLOV - Prosessering og tolkning av SVALEX seismikk  Prof. (Main supervisor: Rolf Mjelde) Geodynamikk

ANN-ELIN BENDIKSEN - Etablering av sen-glasial og holosen askestratigrafi i innsjøarkiver fra Vest Norge  Prof. (Main supervisor: Haflidi Haflidason) Kvartære Geosystemer

DIANA CALDARESCU - Climate reconstruction using clumped isotope thermometry in mollusk shells. (Main supervisor: Nele Meckler) Kvartære geosystemer

HEDDA SOFIE  Gjerdingen - Rekonstruksjon av flaumhistorie frå Flåmselvi frå marine kjernedata (Main supervisor: Prof. Haflidi Haflidason) Kvartære geosystemer

IDA JAHREN HERUD - Full waveform inversion in time-lapse mode using scattering theory     Prof. (Main supervisor: Morten Jakobsen) ??

INGRID EMILSEN KRISTIANSEN - Holosene skred- og flomprosesser i Fjærlandsfjorden basert på marine data. (Main supervisor: Prof. Haflidi Haflidason) ??

ISELIN TORLAND TJENSVOLD - Dannelsesmekanismer for sandinjeksjoner i Nordsjøen (Main supervisor: Christian Hermanrud) ??

KARINA LØVIKNES - Measuring seismic station timing errors from ambient noise. (Main supervisor: Prof. Lars Ottemöller (UiB) Geodynamikk

KARINA STRØMSNES - Isavsmeltingshistorie og havnivåendringer i Boknafjordsområdet i Rogaland. (Main supervisor: John Inge Svendsen) Kvartære geosystemer

LOUISE KRISTIANSEN POOLE - Sedimentology of the Paleogene succession at Renardodden, Svalbard (Main supervisor: William Helland-Hansen) ??

MARI SÆBØ - Kvartærgeologisk kartlegging Kallskarskredet i Tafjord: når fant det sted og hvilke implikasjoner hadde skredet for geomorfologi og vannføring? (Main supervisor: Henriette Linge (GEO, UiB) Kvartære geosystemer

MARTIN KJENES - 2.Structure and evolution of deformation bands affecting volcaniclastic deposits in SE Taiwan (Main supervisor: Atle Rotevatn) ??

Nassir Omardeen Osman (Main supervisor: Prof.Morten Jakobsen) ??

SHAJAHAT AHMED - Synthetic seismic modelling of shallow-marine to paralic deposits: The Blackhawk Formation in Central Utah, USA. (Main supervisor: Dr.Christian Haug Eide (UiB) ??

SIGURD BACHE - Kilden til sedimentene i Kråkenesvatnet (Main supervisor: Jostein Bakke) Kvartære geosystmer

SILJE KRISTIN EIDE SORTLAND - Kvartærgeologisk kartlegging av Eidsheia (Eidsdal, Norddal kommune) og rekonstruksjon av isavsmeltingsforløpet (Main supervisor: Henriette Linge (GEO, UiB) Kvartære geosystemer

SIV Tone BÅRDSNES - Investigating the abrupt climate change at the Medieval Climate Anomaly to Little Ice Age transition. (Main supervisor: Eystein Jansen, GEO) Kvartære geosystemer

SNORRE BIRKELUND WILLE - Near surface temperature changes in the Denmark Strait during abrupt climate change events. (Main supervisor: Eystein Jansen, GEO) Kvartære geosystemer

SYNNØVE GRØNNEVIK - Reservoarforhold og AVO klasser i Barentshavet (Main supervisor: Tor Arne Johansen) ??

TOR KRISTIAN BERG - Sedimentology of the Grønfjorden Bed, Grønfjorden, Svalbard (Main supervisor: Maria Jensen (UNIS) ??

TROND HORTEN - Kvartærgeologisk kartlegging i Geiranger (Stranda kommune) og rekonstruksjon av isavsmeltingsforløpet. (Main supervisor: Henriette Linge (GEO, UiB) Kvartære geosystemer

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