Master's projects GEO

Examples of Master's projects at GEO

Here you will find examples master’s projects for those starting the master’s 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: CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCES, ENERGY og GEOHAZARDS. These themes all derive from our research groups: Geodynamics and basin studies, Geochemistry and geobiology, Geophysics and Qauternary geology and paleoclimate. When you start your masters you will become part of one of these groups.

How do I find a project to work on?

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 thesis on a preferred topic, but we need you to keep in mind that each supervisor has a limited capasity of undertaking master's students. All students that are granted admission to our program will be allocated a project and a supervisor within the first couple of weeks after semester start.

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.

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).

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. Many of our research themes are still highly relevant and can be reformed to new projects.

Which courses should I choose?

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

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)
Monitoring shallow underground with geophysics and distributedacoustic sensing	Isabelle Lecomte	Peter Thomas (NORCE), Lkhagvadorj Dalaijargal, Bent O. Ruud
Landscape evolution modelling of late Mesozoic topography and sediment output from Southern Norway	Ritske Huismans	Førsteamenuensis II Tor O. Sømme Sebastian Wolf
Landscape evolution modelling of late Mesozoic topography and sediment output from Southern Norway	Ritske Huismans	Tor Sømme, UiB//Equinor, Sebastian Wolf

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 - check out their pages as well (internal link) for previous/ongoing projects!

Prosjekttittel

Hovedveileder

Medveileder(e)

Master's Projects in Geophysics

Check out previous projects from this group here!

Prosjekttittel	Hovedveileder	Medveileder(e)
Finite difference based wave simulation in porous media	Morten Jakobsen	Adrian Florin Radu
Possible seismic monitoring of thawing of terrestrial sediments in the Arctic: Rock physics modelling of sediments in Adventdalen, Svalbard.	Tor Arne Johansen	Dr. Bent Ole Ruud
Possible seismic monitoring of thawing of terrestrial sediments in the Arctic: Seismic modelling of surface waves in Adventdalen, Svalbard.	Tor Arne Johansen	Professor Einar Iversen
Synergies between seismic and medical ultrasound	Morten Jakobsen	Professor Einar Iversen
Inversion of seismic velocities using drill-bit seismic waves	Einar Iversen	Dr. Alexander Goertz (OCTIO AS), Endre Vange Bergfjord (OCTIO AS)
Recent and future changes in the current system and water exchange between sea and brackish water as a result of human interventions in an active tidal system, outer Vestvågøy, Lofoten	Tor Arne Johansen	Vigdis Tverberg (Universitetet i Nordland)
Seismic signatures of geothermal reservoirs	Tor Arne Johansen	Dr. Erling Jensen (RPT), Dr. Åsmund Drottning (RPT)
Modeling and Inversion of Multiply Scattered Waves	Henk Keers	Professor Einar Iversen
Development of a ground motion prediction equation for Norway	Mathilde B. Sørensen	Professor Lars Ottemöller
Modelling of controlled-source electromagnetic data using fast integral equation methods	Morten Jakobsen	Dr. Malte Sommer
Local earthquake tomography between Bergen Arcs and Hardangerfjord shear zone	Lars Ottemöller	Dr. Felix Halpaap, Professor Stéphane Rondenay (GE
Fast Ray Tracing and Imaging Using GPUs	Henk Keers	Professor Einar Iversen, Martin Sarajærvi (Schlumberger, Stavanger)
Earthquakes in Southern Norway	Lars Ottemöller	Dr. Felix Halpaap
Seismic Monitoring of CO2 Storage	Henk Keers	Dr. Martin Sarajærvi, Schlumberger Stavanger (medveileder)
Electromagnetic methods in borehole geophysics	Morten Jakobsen	Dr. Sergey Alayev, NORCE
Automatic detection and classification of seismic events from glacier calving	Tor Arne Johansen	Helene Stemland
Geothermal: Correlations of geothermal, electric and acoustic properties of subsurface rocks	Tor Arne Johansen	Helene Stemland, Erling Jensen (Dig Science)
CO2 sequestration: Seismic characterization of potential CO2 leakage through compacting shales	Tor Arne Johansen	Åsmund Drottnig (Dig Science)
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 – 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	TBD

Master's Projects in Quaternary geology and Paleoclimate

Check out previous projects from this group here!

Project title	Main supervisor	Co-supervisor(s)
Mapping winter melt events at Folgefonna glacier with radar remote sensing	Ben Robson	Andreas Born
Exploring regional variability in the timing of Quaternary glaciation in the monsoon-influenced Himalaya	Ann Rowan	Karlijn Ploeg, Henriette Linge, Bjarte Hannisdal
Novel approaches to assessing calcite microstructure and preservation of foraminifera and the implications for paleoclimate reconstructions	Nele Meckler	Leonardo Pasqualetto, Victoria Taylor
Climate reconstructions from glacier length records	Andreas Born	Jostein Bakke, Jarle B. Sleire
Atlantic Ocean nutrient, carbon and oxygen supply in the Pliocene greenhouse world	Frida S. Hoem	Ulysses Ninnemann
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
Decadal scale volume changes of Folgefonna ice cap	Ben Robson	Andreas Born
Investigation of lake sediments in Høgvardtjenn and dating of the ice melt on Norefjell in the lower part of Hallingdal, Krødsherad municipality, Viken county	Atle Nesje	Knut Sørgaard, Bane NOR (external)
Climate changes and flood frequencies in Western Norway - reconstruction of Holocene flooding frequence on Jæren based on studies of lake sediments from Ogna	Jostein Bakke	Johannes Hardeng, Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen, Jan Magne Cederstrøm
Deglaciation in the mid-Scandinavian mountains - Ice dammed lakes and a catastrophic event	Jostein Bakke	Carl Regnell (Uni Stockholm), Johannes Hardeng
Geological and glacial processes along the inner Mid-North Norwegian continental shelf	Jo Brendryen	Christian H. Eide, Haflidi Haflidason
Reconstruction of Storskavlen, Aurland, based on mapping and examination of lake sediments	Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen	Jostein Bakke
Using machine learning to characterise modern hydrological extreme events	Ben Robson	Jostein Bakke
Studying the human influence on glacier mass balance of Folgefonna ski centre	Ben Robson	Jostein Bakke, Jan Magne Cederstrøm, Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen
Decadal changes in mass at Folgefonna glacier	Ben Robson	Jostein Bakke, Jan Magne Cederstrøm, Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen
Aeolian activity through the late Holocene at Skardasanden, Rogaland	Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen	Ben Robson, Jan Magne Cederstrøm
Reconstruction of landslide frequency and palaeoclimate at Kerguelen, southern Indian Ocean	Jostein Bakke	Jarle Sleire, Jan Magne Cederstrøm
Land temperature changes in South Africa during the last glacial cycle as backdrop for human cognitive evolution	Nele Meckler	Jenny Maccali
Climate and mass extinction: Deep-sea temperature change at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary	Nele Meckler	Vicky Taylor
The evolution of debris-covered glaciers formed by gold mining in Kyrgyzstan	Ann Rowan	Andreas Born, Stewart Jamieson (Durham University, UK)
Analyzing basin-scale sedimentary processes in Lake Midsommer to reconstruct Holocene glacial dynamics in northern Greenland	Jostein Bakke	Nicolas Balascio (Queen Mary Collegage, USA), Jan Magne Cederstrøm
Evaluating the deglacial history of the Wandel Dal valley, northern Greenland	Jostein Bakke	Nicolas Balascio (Queen Mary Collegage, USA), Ben Robson
Improving constraints on the hydroclimate variability of northern Greenland	Jostein Bakke	Nicolas Balascio (Queen Mary Collegage, USA)

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.

08.11.2024