Examples of Master's projects at GEO

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Examples of Master's projects at GEO

Here you will find examples master鈥檚 projects for those starting the master鈥檚 program in earth science at UiB. You can also visit the website of each of our research groups to see past and ongoing projects (links below). Many of the previous projects still have highly relevant research topics and supervisors might be able to create a similar project for you.

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The Master's programme in Earth Sciences has been divided into five research topics:听climate,听environment,听resources,听energy听辞驳听geohazards. All our master鈥檚 projects fall under one or more of these themes, and many of our research groups collaborate across these themes. Therefore, you will experience a large, interdisciplinary community as a student at GEO.Depending on which project and supervisor you end up working with you will become part of one of our research groups:听Geodynamics and basin studies, Geochemistry and geobiology, Geophysics and Qauternary geology and paleoclimate.听

The Master鈥檚 program consists of two components: a course part totaling 60 credits and the master鈥檚 project and thesis of 60 credits. The total workload for the master鈥檚 program is 120 credits, equivalent to two years of study. You start by finding your project and supervisor, have a look below on how to get started!

How do I find a project to work on?听

Use the menu below. Consult the projects description, and decide on which research theme you are interested in, and to some extent, which project you prefer. Also consult the listed courses for each project - do the courses match you background?

Contact the listed supervisor to learn more. In some cases, supervisors get contacted by several students. We will try our best to facilitate that all students get to write their听thesis on a preferred topic, but we need you to keep in mind that each supervisor听has a limited capasity of undertaking master's students. All students that are granted admission to our program will be allocated听a project and a supervisor within the first couple of weeks after semester start.听

In rare cases with more interested students on a project than the capasity allows, we will have to range the interested students by grades. This is only applicable in rare situations, and we strive to find solutions together with our students.听

If none of the listed projects seem to suit you, it is also possible to design your own Master's project together with one of our supervisors from our academic staff. In this case, we ask you to contact interesting superviros to pitch your idea. For more information about this process, or guidance to which supervisor to contact, please reach our to the programme coordinator (Vilde Dimmen).听

We also reccomend you to visit the webpage for each of our research groups (link in menu below), to consult which projects has been given earlier.听Many of our research themes are still highly relevant and can be reformed to new projects.听

Which courses should I choose?听

At The听Deptartment听of Earth Sciences, all courses has an early deadline for sign up (Wednesday week 33 / Wednesday week 2). 听

All students must by the first copuple of days, within the deadline, consult which courses to sign up for in StudentWeb. External students from outside of UiB may find trouble adding courses in StudentWeb. Consult the Programme Coordinator to open your preferred courses.

Courses relevant for your Master's project can be found in the project description, or by consulting your supervisor, or your preferred research group.

NB!! This process is our top priority during the semester start week, do not hesitate to reach out!

Master's Projects in Geodynamics and Basin studies

Check out previous projects from this group here!

Prosjekttittel	Hovedveileder	Medveileder(e)
Sediment routing & detrital zircon age dating in the Middle Jurassic Garn & Pelion Formations on the Mid-Norwegian shelf & East Greenland		听(贰辩耻颈苍辞谤),
Staithes, Yorkshire: Reservoir geometries and seal/cap rock understanding		Ian Sharp (Equinor), Kevin Keogh (Equinor),听
Explaining the sensitivity of groundwater recharge to climate change using a numerical model		Christian Moeck (Eawag)
Models of the formation of quick clays		Jean-S茅bastien L'Heureux (NGI), Hans Ola Fredin (NTNU)
Hydrological Impacts of Woody Plant Uptake of Water from Bedrock
Sedimentological & Stratigraphic Evolution of the Tilje, Tofte and Ile Formations - Linnorm Area Development		Simon Barker (Equinor),听
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		Tim Cullen (Equinor),听
Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Early Paleocene Bore/V氓le Formation on the eastern rift shoulder of Central Graben		Sylvia Nordfjord (Equinor),听
The relation between thermal springs and tectonics in mountain belts		Grant Ferguson (University of Saskatchewan),
Salt Tectonics in the Southern North Sea: the interplay between basement-involved rifting, intra-salt heterogeneity and salt flow	l	, Mar Morgas (GEO3BCN-CSIC)
Watertable dynamics and hydrological hazards at the STRANET test site at Bolstad酶yri
The influence on compositional variability on the style of deformation: a case study from the Hekkelstrand Marble (Ballangen, Nordland)		Martin Kjenes (Franzefoss Minerals), ,听
Emplacement mechanisms, timing and deformation of magmatic intrusions in the Hekkelstrand Marble		Martin Kjenes (Franzefoss Minerals), Sara Callegaro (University of Bologna),听
Characterization of fluid flow along the Brae Field (North Sea)		, Ian Sharp (Equinor)
Fault zone architecture and damage distribution in the Hekkelstrand Marble mine (Ballangen, Nordland)		Martin Kjenes (Franzefoss Minerals),
Monitoring shallow underground with geophysics and distributedacoustic sensing		Peter Thomas (NORCE),听,

Master's Projects in Geochemistry and geobiology

Check out previous projects from this group here!

This research group also runs the Centre for Deep Sea Research - for previous/ongoing projects!

Prosjekttittel	Hovedveileder	Medveileder(e)
Geological factors that control preservation of extinct seafloor massive sulfide (SMS) deposits: A case study of the newly discovered Gr酶ntua eSMS deposit, the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridges		,

Master's Projects in Geophysics

Check out previous projects from this group here!听

Prosjekttittel	Hovedveileder	Medveileder(e)
Rock physics analysis of geophysical data from Mars	Morten Jakobsen	Per Avseth (Dig听Science)
Finite difference based wave simulation in porous media	Morten Jakobsen
	Morten Jakobsen	笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听Einar Iversen听
Inversion of seismic velocities using drill-bit seismic waves	Einar Iversen	Dr. Alexander Goertz (OCTIO AS), Endre Vange Bergfjord (OCTIO AS)
Modeling and Inversion of Multiply Scattered Waves	Henk Keers	笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听听Einar Iversen听
Development of a ground motion prediction equation for Norway	Mathilde B. S酶rensen	Professor Lars Ottem枚ller
Modelling of controlled-source electromagnetic data using fast integral equation methods	Morten Jakobsen	Dr. Malte Sommer听
Local earthquake tomography between Bergen Arcs and Hardangerfjord shear zone	Lars Ottem枚ller	Dr. Felix Halpaap,听Professor St茅phane Rondenay听(GE
Fast Ray Tracing and Imaging Using GPUs	Henk Keers	笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听听Einar Iversen, Martin Saraj忙rvi (Schlumberger, Stavanger)
Earthquakes in Southern Norway	Lars Ottem枚ller	Dr. Felix Halpaap听
Seismic Monitoring of CO2 Storage	Henk Keers	Dr. Martin Saraj忙rvi, Schlumberger Stavanger (medveileder)
Electromagnetic methods in borehole geophysics	Morten Jakobsen	Dr. Sergey Alayev, NORCE
Structure and Dynamics of the Inner and Outer Core	Henk Keers	Thomas Meier (Uni. Kiel, Germany), Johannes Stampa (Uni. Kiel, Germany), Sergei Lebedev (Uni. Cambridge)
Machine Learning and Modeling Techniques for Regional Seismology 鈥� An Application to Southern Europe	Henk Keers	Thomas Meier (Uni. Kiel, Germany), Johannes Stampa (Uni. Kiel, Germany), Sergei Lebedev (Uni. Cambridge)
Marine Geophysics - Modeling and Full Waveform Inversion of Marine Seismic Data	Henk Keers	Tora Myklebust, AkerBP
Modeling and Inversion of Ocean Acoustic Data for Climate Change	Henk Keers	听听听TBD

Master's Projects in Quaternary geology and Paleoclimate

Check out previous projects from this group here!听

Project title	Main supervisor	Co-supervisor(s)
Refining stalagmite microthermometry: Testing for spatial heterogeneity across growth layers	Nele Meckler	,
The evolution of sea ice and warm water inflow in the Arctic during warm climates of the Quaternary		Sina Longman (UiT),听
Reconstructing South African climate history from stalagmites: insights into past rainfall		Nele Meckler,
Monitoring Snowline Dynamics on Norwegian Glaciers Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Data	Ben Robson	Liss Andreassen (NVE)
Changes in Surface Characteristics of Glaciers in Jotunheimen	Ben Robson	Liss Andreassen (NVE)
Reconstructing Glacier Change at Gr氓subreen and Gr氓susnippen, Jotunheimen	Ben Robson	Liss Andreassen (NVE)
Reconstructing deep ocean temperatures from past greenhouse climate states	Victoria听Taylor	Nele Meckler
Sensitivity of carbonate clumped isotope thermometry to dissolution	Victoria听Taylor	Nele Meckler
Traces of common era Atlantic storms, eruptions, and floods captured by Azorean lake sediments		Pedro Raposeiro (Universidade dos A莽ores)
Mapping winter melt events at Folgefonna glacier with radar remote sensing	Ben Robson	Andreas Born
Novel approaches to assessing calcite microstructure and preservation of foraminifera and the implications for paleoclimate reconstructions	Nele Meckler	Leonardo Pasqualetto, Victoria听Taylor
Climate reconstructions from glacier length records	Andreas Born	Jostein Bakke, Jarle B. Sleire
Assessment and understanding of the simulated Last Glacial Maximum climate	Kerim H. Nisancioglu	Chuncheng Guo (NORCE Climate)
The future of the Greenland ice sheet	Andreas Born	Tobias Zolles
	Jostein Bakke	Johannes Hardeng, P氓l Ringkj酶b Nielsen, Jan Magne Cederstr酶m
	Jostein Bakke	Carl Regnell (Uni Stockholm), Johannes Hardeng
	Jo Brendryen	Christian H. Eide, Haflidi Haflidason
	P氓l Ringkj酶b Nielsen	Jostein Bakke
	Ben Robson	Jostein Bakke,听Jan Magne Cederstr酶m,听P氓l Ringkj酶b Nielsen
Aeolian activity through the late Holocene at Skardasanden, Rogaland	P氓l Ringkj酶b Nielsen	Ben Robson,听Jan Magne Cederstr酶m
	Jostein Bakke	Jarle Sleire, Jan Magne Cederstr酶m
	Nele Meckler	Jenny Maccali
	Nele Meckler	Vicky Taylor
听	Jostein Bakke听	Nicolas Balascio (Queen Mary Collegage, USA), Jan Magne Cederstr酶m听
听	Jostein Bakke听	Nicolas Balascio (Queen Mary Collegage, USA),听Ben Robson 听
听	Jostein Bakke听	Nicolas Balascio (Queen Mary Collegage, USA)听

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Do you wish to conduct a Master's thesis in Earth Sciences?

The projects listed on this webpage are project proposals made by supervisors at the Department of Earth Sciences, UiB. Contact the listed supervisors if you are interested in one of these projects, or if you have ideas for what you want to write a master's thesis about.

By the registration deadline for courses, Wednesday in week 33 for the autumn semester and Wednesday in week 2 for the spring semester, all students should have found a supervisor, and which courses they should take in the first semester.

Master's student at GEO: an overview

This webpage is a resource page for Master's students at the Department of Earth Sciences, UiB. Here you will find important information regarding your master's agreement, guide lines for how to write your theses, how you master thesis is assessed, and so on.

Master's student at the NT faculty

Information about the start of studies for students in 2-year master's programs. Best of luck with your studies!

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