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Master projects - Geodynamics and Basin 大象传媒

Here you can find the master projects for the Geodynamics and Basin 大象传媒 Group, Department of Earth Science, UiB.

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The Master's projects in the drop-down menu below are or have been lead by supervisors in the Geodynamics and basin studies group. Do you find some of the projects interesting? Contact the listed supervisors in the project, or ask the study administration for information. You will also find associated persons at the bottom of this website.听

Master projects 2025

Student	Project title	Main supervisor
Elias M. Johansen	Salt Tectonics Kinematics and Structural Styles in the Southern Norwegian Barents Sea

Master projects 2024

Student	Project title	Main supervisor
Wilma Holand	Geothermal potential of an offshore oilfield	Edoseghe Edwin Osagiede
Malene J. Lindset	Salt Tectonics Kinematics and Structural Styles in the Nordkapp Basin, Norwegian Barents Sea
Rizky Wardana	Hydrocarbon seepage along fractures above diapirs in and adjacent to the Central Graben, S Norwegian North Sea	Christian Haug Eide
Matej Pokorny	Structural geometry and evolution of the Lomre terrace region, Northern North Sea rift	Haakon Fossen
Johannes Kraggerud	Seepage and migration of hydrocarbons in the SW parts of Block 3 in Southern Norwegian North Sea	Christian Haug Eide
Thomas Jerving	Neogene delta deposits offshore W Norway: Geometry, timing, and source to sink considerations	Haakon Fossen
Erlend Bjelland	Low-T thermochronology as a tool to decipher differential exhumation of crustal blocks of western Norway	Joachim Jacobs
Sebastian E. Paulsen		Rob Gawthorpe
Hans Pauli I听H. 脴regaard	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	Christian Hermanrud
Mathias Torstensen	Accuracy of the least compressive stress from borehole data and implication for analyses of calculations of the limit for hydrofracturing thresholds	Christian Hermanrud
Rasmus S. Str酶mberg	Frequency-dependent AVO (FAVO) attribute extraction	Christian Hermanrud
Josephine W. Nauli	Fault sealing controls in Gullfaks and Gullfaks S酶r inferred from production data	Christian Hermanrud
Enruiqey Dieu Dela Towu	Fault sealing controls at the Snorre field	Christian Hermanrud
Amund Horn	Depositional geometries and sequence stratigraphic interpretation and subdivision in the eastern Book Cliffs, Colorado, USA; Mount Garfield to Palisade Rim	Christian Hermanrud
H氓vard O.听Rinde	Comparing fault seal predictions with dynamic data and emerging fault seal methodology
Kristoffer H. J酶rgensborg	Structure of the Asir and Jiddah terrane boundary of the Arabian- Nubian Shield using Sentinel2 satellite imagery and correlations with eastern Sudan	Joachim Jacobs
Aleksandra Victoria G. Danielsen	Landscape evolution modelling of late Mesozoic topography and sediment output from Southern Norway	Ritske Huismans
Ellen Milada Fagermo	Can intertidal areas along rocky coasts keep up with sealevel rise?	William Helland-Hansen
Jon Vaardal-Lunde	Triassic rivers of the Barents Sea Basin	Albina Gilmullina
Rayhan Ratul	Distribution of the deep marine Middle Triassic organic shales in the Barents Sea and surrounding Arctic	Albina Gilmullina

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Master projects 2023

Student	Project title	Main supervisor
Arjuman Banu	Analysis of the relation between recharge, climate, and water-table depth in a global recharge dataset
Kaja N. Undelstvedt		William Helland-Hansen
Andrea听Oliva Kjemperud		Joachim Jacobs
Christine Elise Nicolaysen
Nicole Nilsen
Dimitrios Patsos
Natalie Juliussen
Tuva Frafjord
Anne Katrine D酶sen		Rob Gawthorpe
Brede S. S酶fteland		Christian Haug Eide
Vilhelm Nyby		Christian Haug Eide
Malene B. Nielsen		Christian Haug Eide
Helene Dreyer		Christian Haug Eide
Yngve G. Fossheim		Joachim Jacobs
Nooshin听Fathi
Julie Christoffersen		Christian Haug Eide
Natalie B. Synnes		Edoseghe Edwin Osagiede
Carl August Brechan		Edoseghe Edwin Osagiede
Martin Borgen
Thomas Wiers Bj酶rnsen		Edoseghe Edwin Osagiede
Synn酶ve H. Bakk		Christian Haug Eide
Eivind M Frorud		Christian Haug Eide
Kristel Kaselaan		Elco Luijendijk
Siri Tangedal	CO2 leakage risk through remobilized Cenozoic sediments in the Northern North Sea	Christian Hermanrud

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Master projects 2022

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Student	Prosjekttittel	Hovedveileder
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Simen Austgulen Grinde		Christian H. Eide
Erlend Aven		PII , GEO, UiB / Equinor
Seline Bruun Berg		Christian H. Eide
Tor-Sebastian R酶nneberg		Haakon Fossen
Synn酶ve S酶rvaag Sl氓tsveen
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Espen Tjessheim		Rob Gawthorpe
H氓vard Kolst酶 Jensen	Sediment忙re prosesser og sedimentegenskaper, Utsira Nord	Christian H. Eide
Julie Nes Pytteryd		Christian H. Eide

Master projects 2021

Student	Prosjekttittel	Hovedveileder
Anna von der Ahe		Joachim Jacobs
Camilla Lind酶	Comparison between strike-slip faults in the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic rocks around the Bristol Channel Basin	Haakon Fossen
Lucas Correa		Haakon Fossen
Chaiti Nahita	Fluid inclusion study of Antarctic blue ice gypsum	Joachim Jacobs
Karianne Danneberg		Christian Hermanrud
Jahn Brusdal Eriksen		Christian H Eide
Daniel de Fanti		Haakon Fossen
Muhammad Usman Khurshid
Synne Osland		Christian H. Eide
Kristin Aven		Christian H. Eide

Master projects 2020

Student	Prosjekttittel	Hovedveileder
Vebj酶rn Selstad	Sorting effect in provenance: a case study study from the Ebro Basin, Spain	Christian H. Eide
Anders Bj酶rnstad		Joachim Jacobs
Joakim Skreden Erga	Stratigraphic controls on deformation in the Shihtiping Tuffs, SE Taiwan	Atle Rotevatn
Casper Fl忙te	Seismic imaging of fault and fault zones: insight through modelling for improved interpretation	Isabelle Lecomte
Nora Fredheim		Christian H. Eide
Hanne Gramstad	Structural and depositional evolution of the Ivar Aasen area, Utsira High	Atle Rotevatn
Wouter Gravendeel	Structural and depositional evolution of the Ivar Aasen area, Utsira High	Atle Rotevatn
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	Rob Gawthorpe
Daniel H酶ie	Stratigraphy and depositional history of the Shihtiping Tuffs, SE Taiwan	Christian H. Eide
Sigrid N忙sheim	Sedimentology of the Battfjellet Formation, Longyearbyen area, Svalbard	William Helland-Hansen
Solveig N酶ttestad	Kva skjer med skredfaren om ein hogger skogen i utsette skr氓ninger p氓 vestlandet?	Christian H. Eide
Kingsley Ofoedu	Seismic mapping of onshore-offshore transition zones - a modelling study	Isabelle Lecomte
Henry Ravndal		William Helland-Hansen
H氓var S忙ther	Changes in depositional setting across a megasequence boundary on the Horda Platform, North Sea	Tor O. S酶mme
Ina T氓rup	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	Rob Gawthorpe

Master projects 2019

Student	Prosjekttittel	Hovedveileder
Anna Rebecca Dyrlev B酶gh	3D modelling and interpretation of channels in the Aspelintoppen Formation, Spitsbergen, Svalbard.	Maria Jensen (UNIS)
Julie Asdal	Sedimentary processes for the filling of interdistributary bayfills, Neslen Formation, Book Cliffs	William Helland-Hansen
Rebecca Ertesv氓g	Microstructural analysis of coal-bearing deformation bands at Wangaloa, New Zealand	Atle Rotevatn
Nil Eryilmaz听	Resente og fremtidige endringer i morfologi og sedimentasjon som f酶lge av menneskelige inngrep i et aktivt tidevannssystem, ytre Vestv氓g酶y, Lofoten	William Helland-Hansen
Thomas Sk氓levik Foldnes	Forkastningsforsegling i Krafla-Askja-omr氓det s酶r for Oseberg	Christian Hermanrun UIB/EQUINOR
Emil Lie Hansen		Isabelle Lecomte
Tobias Hermansen	Early differential compaction and its impact on lithofacies distribution and bayfill thickness, Neslen Formation, Book Cliffs	William Helland-Hansen
Amalie Sande R酶dde	Polygonal faults in the North Viking Grabne	Christian Hermanrun UIB/EQUINOR
Anders Nordstrand 脴stig氓rd	Fjordsedimenter som arkiv for skredhendelser i Vestlandske fjordstr酶k: Aurlandsfjorden	Christian H. Eide
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	Joachim Jacobs
Serianna Jeanette Kvar酶y	Structure and evolution of non-collinear fault arrays in the Ivar Aasen field	Atle Rotevatn

Master projects 2018

Student	Prosjekttittel	Hovedveileder
Geir Clement W氓gen	Hastighetsoppdatering fra seismiske data med borekronen som kilde (samarbeid med OCTIO)	Einar Iversen, UiB
Torgeir Fenne Vestly		Tor Arne Johansen, UiB
Aleksejs Fjodorovs	听Forsegling av syn- og postrift feller	Christian Hermanrud, UiB/Equinor
Ingvild N忙ss	听	David Peacock, UiB
Sara Kverme	听	David Peacock, UiB
脴ystein 脴deg氓rd	听	Isabelle Lecomte, UiB
Milos Uksanivic		Henk Keers, UiB
TORBJ脴RN AAMELFOT	Sedimentology of the Battfjellet Formation, Liljevalchsfjellet, Svalbard	William Helland-Hansen, UiB
SONDRE HAGEVOLD听	From outcrop to synthetic seismic: an integrated study of Botnheia, central Spitsbergen	Isabelle Lecomte, UiB
Anine Eikrem Helland	Using drones to investigate cliffs for rickfall hazard assessment	Christian Haug Eide, UiB

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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听 (Main supervisor: Dr. Christian Haug Eide (UiB)

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

JOHANNE NERGAARD GRINDE听- 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 KYRKJEB脴 JOHANSEN - Seismisk karakterisering av paleokarstreservoarer (Main supervisor: Isabelle Lecomte, UiB.)

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BJ脴RN EMIL WIK HALLAR脜KER - Linking shelf edge and basin axis locations in predicting lithology and depositional geometries (Main supervisor: William Helland-Hansen)

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

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

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

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

J脴RGEN H脜ST脴 BORGENVIK - Dune Distribution, Morphology and Preservation Potential in Modern Sand Seas. (Main supervisor: Bj酶rn Nyberg (UiB)

MAY BRITT KJ脝REVIK听ZACHARIAH - The spatial, geometric and temporal geomorphological variability of modern alluvial depositional elements (Main supervisor: Bj酶rn 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 p氓 Sotra og 脴ygarden (Main supervisor: Eivind Bastesen, Seniorforsker Uni Research)

REBECCA DORGA OLSEN - Reaktiveringstektonikk og karakterisering av destruksjonssoner langs forkastninger i Sotra-脴ygarden omr氓det (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听- AVO Inversion Using Data Assimiliation (Main supervisor: Henk Keers)

OLEA SYNN脴VE HOFSHAGEN - Innvirkning av forkastningsgeometri p氓 seismiske registreringer. Influence of fault geometry on seismic registrations (Main supervisor: Einar Iversen)

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

MARIANNE DAGSLAND J脜SUND听- 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 - Fr酶ya High, offshore Mid-Norway (2 studenter) (Main supervisor: Dr. Gijs Henstra)

VEGARD MURIB脴 BERG - Kalibrering av seismisk respons til br酶nndata 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)

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

JARLE HAUGLAND - Fr酶ya High, offshore Mid-Norway (2 studenter) (Main supervisor: Dr. Gijs Henstra)

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

ANDERS H脜GENVIK听 - 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听 Rotevatn)

脴YVIND KONGSHAUG - Kalibrering av seismisk AVO respons til br酶nndata (Main supervisor: Tor Arne Johansen)

MADS ANDR脡 MELAND - Begrensende faktorer for hydrokarbonkolonner i Sleipneromr氓det (Main supervisor: Christian Hermanrud)

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

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

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

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

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

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Master projects 2015

Master projects 2014

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

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Other

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

ANN-ELIN BENDIKSEN - Etablering av sen-glasial og holosen askestratigrafi i innsj酶arkiver fra Vest Norge听 Prof. (Main supervisor: Haflidi Haflidason) Kvart忙re Geosystemer

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

HEDDA SOFIE听 Gjerdingen - Rekonstruksjon av flaumhistorie fr氓 Fl氓mselvi fr氓 marine kjernedata (Main supervisor: Prof. Haflidi Haflidason) Kvart忙re geosystemer

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

INGRID EMILSEN KRISTIANSEN - Holosene skred- og flomprosesser i Fj忙rlandsfjorden basert p氓 marine data. (Main supervisor: Prof. Haflidi Haflidason) ??

ISELIN TORLAND TJENSVOLD听- Dannelsesmekanismer for sandinjeksjoner i Nordsj酶en (Main supervisor: Christian Hermanrud) ??

KARINA L脴VIKNES - Measuring seismic station timing errors from ambient noise. (Main supervisor: Prof. Lars Ottem枚ller (UiB) Geodynamikk

KARINA 厂罢搁脴惭厂狈贰厂 - Isavsmeltingshistorie og havniv氓endringer i Boknafjordsomr氓det i Rogaland. (Main supervisor: John Inge Svendsen) Kvart忙re geosystemer

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

MARI S脝B脴 - Kvart忙rgeologisk kartlegging Kallskarskredet i Tafjord: n氓r fant det sted og hvilke implikasjoner hadde skredet for geomorfologi og vannf酶ring? (Main supervisor: Henriette Linge (GEO, UiB) Kvart忙re 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 Kr氓kenesvatnet (Main supervisor: Jostein Bakke) Kvart忙re geosystmer

SILJE KRISTIN EIDE SORTLAND - Kvart忙rgeologisk kartlegging av Eidsheia (Eidsdal, Norddal kommune) og rekonstruksjon av isavsmeltingsforl酶pet (Main supervisor: Henriette Linge (GEO, UiB) Kvart忙re geosystemer

SIV Tone B脜RDSNES - Investigating the abrupt climate change at the Medieval Climate Anomaly to听Little Ice Age transition. (Main supervisor: Eystein Jansen, GEO) Kvart忙re geosystemer

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

SYNN脴VE GR脴NNEVIK - Reservoarforhold og AVO klasser i Barentshavet (Main supervisor: Tor Arne Johansen) ??

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

TROND HORTEN - Kvart忙rgeologisk kartlegging i Geiranger (Stranda kommune) og rekonstruksjon av isavsmeltingsforl酶pet. (Main supervisor: Henriette Linge (GEO, UiB) Kvart忙re geosystemer

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03.04.2025