Master projects

Master projects - Geodynamics and Basin Studies

Here you can find the master projects for the Geodynamics and Basin Studies 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.

MASTER PROJECTS

Master projects 2024

Student	Project title	Main supervisor
Sebastian E. Paulsen	The origin, kinematics, and geometry of salt diapirs and minibasins in the UK Central North Sea	Rob Gawthorpe
Hans Pauli I H. Øregaard	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. Strømberg	Frequency-dependent AVO (FAVO) attribute extraction	Christian Hermanrud
Josephine W. Nauli	Fault sealing controls in Gullfaks and Gullfaks Sør 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
Håvard O. Rinde	Comparing fault seal predictions with dynamic data and emerging fault seal methodology	Christian Hermanrud
Kristoffer H. Jørgensborg	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

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	Elco Luijendijk
Kaja N. Undelstvedt	A geomorphological, mineralogical, and sedimentological investigation across a modern beach system at Jæren, SW Norway	William Helland-Hansen
Andrea Oliva Kjemperud	Tectonic significance and origin of different serpentinite types in the Alpine-Apennine orogenic wedge of eastern Elba, Italy	Joachim Jacobs
Christine Elise Nicolaysen	Integrated well, seismic stratigraphic and S2S analysis of Late Jurassic rift margin sourced depositional systems, Western Horda Platform and Southern Lomre Terrace, Northern North Sea	Christian Hermanrud
Nicole Nilsen	Fault permeabilities and column height controls in block 30/11 in the Norwegian North Sea	Christian Hermanrud
Dimitrios Patsos	Sand Injection Formations Mechanisms in the northern North Sea	Christian Hermanrud
Natalie Juliussen	Hydrocarbon column height controls in Jurassic reservoirs on the Nordland Ridge	Christian Hermanrud
Tuva Frafjord	Fault sealing and column height controls in the Gullfaks and Gullfaks Sør fields	Christian Hermanrud
Anne Katrine Døsen	Diapirs and minibasins in the Norwegian Central North Sea	Rob Gawthorpe
Brede S. Søfteland	Seismic mapping and paleogeographic reconstruction of the Paleocene deposits in the western Norwegian Sea	Christian Haug Eide
Vilhelm Nyby	Leakage of methane from abandoned wells in the Norwegian Central North Sea	Christian Haug Eide
Malene B. Nielsen	Reservoir modeling of tidal regressive units in outcrop and the subsurface	Christian Haug Eide
Helene Dreyer	Sedimentary characterization and interpretation of tidal regressive units in outcrop and the subsurface	Christian Haug Eide
Yngve G. Fossheim	Subice geology of Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, revealed by UPb zircon study of metasedimentary rocks of the Shackleton Range	Joachim Jacobs
Nooshin Fathi	Seismic modelling of brecciated sand injectite systems: sensitivity analyses and uncertainty	Isabelle Lecomte
Julie Christoffersen	Natural seepage of hydrocarbons in the Southern Norwegian North Sea	Christian Haug Eide
Natalie B. Synnes	Fault and Depocenter Evolution in a Transtensional and Inverted Basin: Inner Moray Firth Basin	Edoseghe Edwin Osagiede
Carl August Brechan	Geochemical and petrophysical investigation of basaltic lava flows, Husavik-Tjornes Peninsula, Iceland: Implication for subsurface CO2 storage	Edoseghe Edwin Osagiede
Martin Borgen	The influence of fault complexities in fault permeabilities: Learning from history matching at Njord	Christian Hermanrud
Thomas Wiers Bjørnsen	Structural and petrographic analysis of deformed volcanic rocks around the Husavik-Flatey Fault Zone, Iceland	Edoseghe Edwin Osagiede
Synnøve H. Bakk	Detrital Monazite and Zircon Provenance of Lower Jurassic Reservoir Rocks, North Sea and Norwegian Sea	Christian Haug Eide
Eivind M Frorud	Forbedret prediksjon av reservoaregenskaper i dype strukturer på norsk sokkel der kloritt spiller en nøkkelrolle	Christian Haug Eide
Kristel Kaselaan	Detecting desalinisation in quick clays: Geochemical and interpretation of porewater data	Elco Luijendijk
Siri Tangedal	CO2 leakage risk through remobilized Cenozoic sediments in the Northern North Sea	Christian Hermanrud

Master projects 2022

Student	Prosjekttittel	Hovedveileder
Vår 2022:
Simen Austgulen Grinde	Marine geological surveys for offshore wind	Christian H. Eide
Erlend Aven	Fault sealing and fluid contact control in Gullfaks and Gullfaks Sør	PII Christian Hermanrud, GEO, UiB / Equinor
Seline Bruun Berg	Emplacement of "tangled" mafic sills in the Entrada Sandstone, Utah, USA	Christian H. Eide
Tor-Sebastian Rønneberg	Fault crest stability during rifting	Haakon Fossen
Synnøve Sørvaag Slåtsveen	Improving interpretation of 3D Ground-Penetrating Radar data in archaeology via attributes developed in seismic – application to selected Norwegian sites	Isabelle Lecomte
Høst 2022:
Espen Tjessheim	Insight into CO2 storage using the FluidFlower	Rob Gawthorpe
Håvard Kolstø Jensen	Sedimentære prosesser og sedimentegenskaper, Utsira Nord	Christian H. Eide
Julie Nes Pytteryd	Sedimentologiske og petrologiske kontroller på klorittbellegg i sandsteinsreservoarer	Christian H. Eide

Master projects 2021

Student	Prosjekttittel	Hovedveileder
Anna von der Ahe	Post-Caledonian topographic and structural evolution of the Nordfjord region in Western Norway: Insights from Apatite Fission Track thermochronology and structural mapping	Joachim Jacobs
Camilla Lindø	Comparison between strike-slip faults in the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic rocks around the Bristol Channel Basin	Haakon Fossen
Lucas Correa	A study of normal fault structure and along-strike variations, based on the northern Moab fault system, Utah and seismic data	Haakon Fossen
Chaiti Nahita	Fluid inclusion study of Antarctic blue ice gypsum	Joachim Jacobs
Karianne Danneberg	Fault sealing in the Greater Oseberg Area	Christian Hermanrud
Jahn Brusdal Eriksen	Stratigrafisk og tektonisk utvikling av Nykhøyden	Christian H Eide
Daniel de Fanti	Influence of mineralogy on polygonal fault formation in the North Viking Graben	Haakon Fossen
Muhammad Usman Khurshid	Seismic attributes for paleokarst reservoirs: a modelling study	Isabelle Lecomte
Synne Osland	A comparative study of dryland alluvial successions - Triassic of the North Sea and the Morrison Formation of Utah, USA	Christian H. Eide
Kristin Aven	Interaction of igneous sills and host rocks of Curtis Formation, Eastern Utah	Christian H. Eide

Master projects 2020

Student	Prosjekttittel	Hovedveileder
Vebjørn Selstad	Sorting effect in provenance: a case study study from the Ebro Basin, Spain	Christian H. Eide
Anders Bjørnstad	Fault gouge characterization in the Øygarden complex in SW Norway – relevance for offshore CO2 storage	Joachim Jacobs
Joakim Skreden Erga	Stratigraphic controls on deformation in the Shihtiping Tuffs, SE Taiwan	Atle Rotevatn
Casper Flæte	Seismic imaging of fault and fault zones: insight through modelling for improved interpretation	Isabelle Lecomte
Nora Fredheim	Paleogeography and distribution of Middle to Late Triassic reservoir rocks in the Greater Tampen Spur Region	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 Høie	Stratigraphy and depositional history of the Shihtiping Tuffs, SE Taiwan	Christian H. Eide
Sigrid Næsheim	Sedimentology of the Battfjellet Formation, Longyearbyen area, Svalbard	William Helland-Hansen
Solveig Nøttestad	Kva skjer med skredfaren om ein hogger skogen i utsette skråninger på vestlandet?	Christian H. Eide
Kingsley Ofoedu	Seismic mapping of onshore-offshore transition zones - a modelling study	Isabelle Lecomte
Henry Ravndal	Arkitektur og sedimentologi av sen-weichsel delta avsetninger, Vie, Førde	William Helland-Hansen
Håvar Sæther	Changes in depositional setting across a megasequence boundary on the Horda Platform, North Sea	Tor O. Sømme
Ina Tårup	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 Bøgh	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 Ertesvåg	Microstructural analysis of coal-bearing deformation bands at Wangaloa, New Zealand	Atle Rotevatn
Nil Eryilmaz	Resente og fremtidige endringer i morfologi og sedimentasjon som følge av menneskelige inngrep i et aktivt tidevannssystem, ytre Vestvågøy, Lofoten	William Helland-Hansen
Thomas Skålevik Foldnes	Forkastningsforsegling i Krafla-Askja-området sør for Oseberg	Christian Hermanrun UIB/EQUINOR
Emil Lie Hansen	Theory and applications of high-frequency georadar for various urban investigations in Quaternary grounds in Norway	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 Rødde	Polygonal faults in the North Viking Grabne	Christian Hermanrun UIB/EQUINOR
Anders Nordstrand Østigård	Fjordsedimenter som arkiv for skredhendelser i Vestlandske fjordstrøk: 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 Kvarøy	Structure and evolution of non-collinear fault arrays in the Ivar Aasen field	Atle Rotevatn

Master projects 2018

Student	Prosjekttittel	Hovedveileder
Geir Clement Wågen	Hastighetsoppdatering fra seismiske data med borekronen som kilde (samarbeid med OCTIO)	Einar Iversen, UiB
Torgeir Fenne Vestly	Possible seismic monitoring of thawing of terrestrial sediments in the Arctic: Effects of sediment composition and variability with focus on Adventdalen, Svalbard.	Tor Arne Johansen, UiB
Aleksejs Fjodorovs	Forsegling av syn- og postrift feller	Christian Hermanrud, UiB/Equinor
Ingvild Næss	What are the differences between joint patterns in different beds?	David Peacock, UiB
Sara Kverme	Relationships between bed thickness and joint frequencies	David Peacock, UiB
Øystein Ødegård	Convolution modelling of georadar images - application to outcrop models of paleokarsts	Isabelle Lecomte, UiB
Milos Uksanivic	Efficient Elastic Modeling and Full Waveform Inversion	Henk Keers, UiB
TORBJØRN AAMELFOT	Sedimentology of the Battfjellet Formation, Liljevalchsfjellet, Svalbard	William Helland-Hansen, UiB
SONDRE HAGEVOLD	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

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

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

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

Høst

BJØRN EMIL WIK HALLARÅKER - Linking shelf edge and basin axis locations in predicting lithology and depositional geometries (Main supervisor: William Helland-Hansen)

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

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

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

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

JØRGEN HÅSTØ BORGENVIK - Dune Distribution, Morphology and Preservation Potential in Modern Sand Seas. (Main supervisor: Bjørn Nyberg (UiB)

MAY BRITT KJÆREVIK ZACHARIAH - The spatial, geometric and temporal geomorphological variability of modern alluvial depositional elements (Main supervisor: Bjørn 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 på Sotra og Øygarden (Main supervisor: Eivind Bastesen, Seniorforsker Uni Research)

REBECCA DORGA OLSEN - Reaktiveringstektonikk og karakterisering av destruksjonssoner langs forkastninger i Sotra-Øygarden området (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 - AVO Inversion Using Data Assimiliation (Main supervisor: Henk Keers)

OLEA SYNNØVE HOFSHAGEN - Innvirkning av forkastningsgeometri på seismiske registreringer. Influence of fault geometry on seismic registrations (Main supervisor: Einar Iversen)

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

MARIANNE DAGSLAND JÅSUND - 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 - Frøya High, offshore Mid-Norway (2 studenter) (Main supervisor: Dr. Gijs Henstra)

VEGARD MURIBØ BERG - Kalibrering av seismisk respons til brønndata 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)

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

JARLE HAUGLAND - Frøya 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 HÅGENVIK - 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 Rotevatn)

ØYVIND KONGSHAUG - Kalibrering av seismisk AVO respons til brønndata (Main supervisor: Tor Arne Johansen)

MADS ANDRÉ MELAND - Begrensende faktorer for hydrokarbonkolonner i Sleipnerområdet (Main supervisor: Christian Hermanrud)

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

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

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

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

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

Master projects 2015

Master projects 2014

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

Other

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

ANN-ELIN BENDIKSEN - Etablering av sen-glasial og holosen askestratigrafi i innsjøarkiver fra Vest Norge Prof. (Main supervisor: Haflidi Haflidason) Kvartære Geosystemer

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

HEDDA SOFIE Gjerdingen - Rekonstruksjon av flaumhistorie frå Flåmselvi frå marine kjernedata (Main supervisor: Prof. Haflidi Haflidason) Kvartære geosystemer

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

INGRID EMILSEN KRISTIANSEN - Holosene skred- og flomprosesser i Fjærlandsfjorden basert på marine data. (Main supervisor: Prof. Haflidi Haflidason) ??

ISELIN TORLAND TJENSVOLD - Dannelsesmekanismer for sandinjeksjoner i Nordsjøen (Main supervisor: Christian Hermanrud) ??

KARINA LØVIKNES - Measuring seismic station timing errors from ambient noise. (Main supervisor: Prof. Lars Ottemöller (UiB) Geodynamikk

KARINA STRØMSNES - Isavsmeltingshistorie og havnivåendringer i Boknafjordsområdet i Rogaland. (Main supervisor: John Inge Svendsen) Kvartære geosystemer

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

MARI SÆBØ - Kvartærgeologisk kartlegging Kallskarskredet i Tafjord: når fant det sted og hvilke implikasjoner hadde skredet for geomorfologi og vannføring? (Main supervisor: Henriette Linge (GEO, UiB) Kvartære 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 Kråkenesvatnet (Main supervisor: Jostein Bakke) Kvartære geosystmer

SILJE KRISTIN EIDE SORTLAND - Kvartærgeologisk kartlegging av Eidsheia (Eidsdal, Norddal kommune) og rekonstruksjon av isavsmeltingsforløpet (Main supervisor: Henriette Linge (GEO, UiB) Kvartære geosystemer

SIV Tone BÅRDSNES - Investigating the abrupt climate change at the Medieval Climate Anomaly to Little Ice Age transition. (Main supervisor: Eystein Jansen, GEO) Kvartære geosystemer

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

SYNNØVE GRØNNEVIK - Reservoarforhold og AVO klasser i Barentshavet (Main supervisor: Tor Arne Johansen) ??

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

TROND HORTEN - Kvartærgeologisk kartlegging i Geiranger (Stranda kommune) og rekonstruksjon av isavsmeltingsforløpet. (Main supervisor: Henriette Linge (GEO, UiB) Kvartære geosystemer

08.11.2024