Quaternary geology and Paleoclimate
We work with different geological processes that have occurred during the last millions years. This includes the study of marine sediments, carbonate and sediment deposits in caves, lake sediments and other deposits on the Earth’s surface.
About the research group
Welcome to the research group in Quaternary Earth Systems!
We work with different geological processes that have occurred during the last millions years. This includes the study of marine sediments, carbonate and sediment deposits in caves, lake sediments and other deposits on the Earth’s surface. Some of this research include process studies, while others are directed towards reconstructing climate change backwards in time and to understand how past climate has varied. The research group has several major projects with focus in, and around, the North Atlantic and the group has also projects in both polar regions, in the Himalayas, and in Russia. We have access to several research vessels, advanced coring equipment for both marine and terrestrial sediments and we have several advanced laboratories, for example Uranium-series laboratory, laboratory for cosmogenic nuclides, and a national infrastructure for sediment analyses, EARTHLAB. The aim of our research and teaching activities is to develop methods and techniques to better understand the geological history mainly during the ice age period (last 2.6 million years) and transfer this to palaeoclimatic reconstructions and increased process understanding.
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People
Group manager
Anna Nele Meckler Professor, leader of Quaternary and Paleoclimate research group
Ulysses Silas Ninnemann Nestleder
Group members
Camille Marie Afonso PhD Candidate
Jostein Bakke Professor, Director Centre for Integrated Earth Science Education and principal investigator EARTHLAB
Benjamin Bellwald Professor II
Andreas Born Professor
Jo Brendryen Researcher
Lisa Bröder Førsteamanuensis
Julio Cauhy Rodrigues Postdoktor
Jan Magne Cederstrøm PhD Candidate
Yiyao Chen Phd kandidat
Jor Fergus Dal PhD kandidat
Stijn de Schepper Førsteamanuensis
Hao Ding PhD Candidate
Rebekka Frøystad PhD Candidate
Daniel F. J. Gunning Forsker
Frida Snilstveit Hoem Postdoctoral Fellow
Nil Irvali Researcher
Eystein Jansen Professor emeritus
Kikki Flesche Kleiven Head of Department, Director of the Bjerknes Centre
Elise Kjørholt Lie PhD kandidat
Henriette Linge Professor
Ardis Inga Luda PhD Kandidat
Marit Holten Løland PhD Candidate
Jenny Marianne Maccali Researcher
Jan Mangerud Professor emeritus
Anna Nele Meckler Professor
Pushpak Martin John Nadar PhD Candidate
Ina Nagler PhD Candidate
Atle Nesje Professor emeritus
Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen Førsteamanuensis
Ulysses Silas Ninnemann Professor
Kerim Hestnes Nisancioglu Professor
Denise Otto PhD kandidat
Karlijn Ploeg PhD Candidate, Quaternary Geology and Palaeoclimate
Benjamin Aubrey Robson Associate Professor, Geomatics and Remote Sensing
Ann Rowan Professor, Quaternary Geology and Palaeoclimate
Jarle Børve Sleire PhD Candidate
Victoria Emma Taylor Associate Professor
Daniel Thomas PhD Candidate
Willem G.M. van der Bilt Researcher
Jesse Vogelsang PhD kandidat
Philipp Immanuel Voigt PhD Candidate
Kurt Heinrich Wogau Chong Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow SEAS
George Edward Young PhD Candidate