Rift and rifted margin deep-water depositional systems: Application to Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous rifting on the NCS (DeepRift)
Generate new understanding of the deposits within deep-water continental rift basins and rifted continental margins
About the research project
Perspective view to the SW across the Gulf of Corinth, Greece of onshore topography and multibeam bathymetry (red shallow, blue deep) showing complex submarine slope morphology with submarine canyons. Photo: Rob Gawthorpe
Objectives:
The DeepRift project aims to generate new understanding of the deposits within deep-water continental rift basins and rifted continental margins with a focus on the Gulf of Corinth, Greece, and the Norwegian continental shelf. We will investigate how the structural evolution of rift sedimentary basins interacts with environmental change (e.g. climate and sea-level) to control the source(s), timing and routing of sediment into deep-water rift basins, and the location, geometry and heterogeneity of the resulting deep-water rift deposits.
Funding:
NFR Project no 308805
Project Leader:
Rob Gawthorpe (UiB-GEO)
Involved people at UiB:
Rob Gawthorpe, Atle Rotevatn, Ritske Huismans, Isabelle Lecomte, Nele Meckler, Rolf Pedersen
Project Partners:
UiB, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (Greece), Imperial College (UK), National And Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece), Northern Arizona University (USA), University of Leeds (UK), Université de Lorraine (France), University of Southampton (UK), Aker BP, ConocoPhillips, Equinor, Neptune Energy, Wintershall
People
Project members
Rob Gawthorpe Professor (UiB-GEO)
Atle Rotevatn Professor (UiB-GEO)
Ritske Huismans Professor (UiB-GEO)
Isabelle Lecomte Professor (UiB-GEO)
Nele Meckler Professor (UiB-GEO)
Rolf Pedersen Professor (UiB-GEO)
