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Department of Geoscience
Faculty of Science
Department of Earth Science
University of Bergen
Prof. Ritske S. Huismans
Deputy Head of Department
www.uib.no/geo
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Institutt for geovitenskap/Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet
Organisational structure
5 Research Groups
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Geodynamics
Petroleum geology and geophysics
Marine geoscience
Quaternary geology and palaeoclimate
Geobiology
Associate Research Clusters
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Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Centre for Geobiology
Centre for Integrated Petroleum research
Subsurface CO2 storage
450 Earth Science Students
•  3 Year Bachelor programmes in geoscience (~280 students)
–  Geoscience
•  2 Year Master programmes (110 students)
–  Marine Geology and geophysics
–  Petroleum geoscience
–  Geodynamics
–  Quaternary geology and paleoclimate
–  Geobiology
•  3 Year Phd programme: (55 candidates)
–  Individual projects; closely related to affiliated research centres
and research groups
•  Multiple Brazilian master and PhD students at University of Bergen
Institutt for geovitenskap/Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet
MarineGeologyandGeophysicsGroup
•  10profs./assoc.profs.
•  13phd/postdocs
•  19MSc
•  Structuralandmagma9c
processesonpassivecon9nental
margins
•  Studiesofmarinesedimentary
archivesinordertounderstand
palaeoclimate,sedimentary
processes,margindevelopment
anddeposi9onalenvironments
Institutt for geovitenskap
ResearchInfrastructure
•  Seismic
•  Geological coring
G.O Sars
•  Three vessels
•  New ice-breaker
•  Cooperation IMR
Institutt for geovitenskap/Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet
PetroleumGroup–Geology-Geophysics
8Profs/Assoc.Profs
6adjunctProfs
15postdoc’s/PhD’s
~40MScstudents
Researchtopics
•  Sedimentaryprocessesandpalaeoenvironments
•  SequencestraFgraphyandbiostraFgraphy
•  Tectonics&sedimentaFoninriKsandforeland
basins
•  Outcropanaloguestudiesofpetroleumreservoirs
•  Geological/geophysicalreservoircharacterizaFon
•  4Dseismic,electromagneFc,andproducFondata
•  TheoreFcalseismology,seismicprocessingand
imaging
Institutt for geovitenskap
Sequence stratigraphy
Sequence stratigraphy deals with the spatial
development of sedimentary successions as a
record of changes in sea level and sediment
supply.
Trajectory analysis
Trajectory analysis investigates the time-space
migration paths of ancient sedimentary
environments.
Sedimentology and facies analysis
Sedimentology is concerned with the identification of
depositional processes and recognition of ancient
sedimentary environments in the stratigraphic rock
record.
Carbonate reservoir characterization
Integrated geological, petrophysical and geophysical
studies of carbonate rock outcrops improve
geological and fluid-flow models of analogous
subsurface reservoirs.
Palaeoenvironmental studies of organic-rich
shales
An integration of stratigraphic and geochemical
data sheds light on the depositional
palaeoenvironment and hydrocarbon-yield
potential of organic carbon-rich shales.
Seismic analysis
Seismic analysis improves the imaging of Earth's
upper crust.
Seismic inversion
Analytical studies in signal theory, wave
propagation, anisotropy, seismic migration,
tomography and inversion
Modeling and inversion of seismic,
electromagnetic and production data
Modification of techniques from theoretical physics for
adaptation in geophysical modelling and inversion.
Institutt for geovitenskap/Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet
Geodynamics Group
11Profs/Assoc.Profs
Imaging and modelling fluids in subduction zones (Rondenay;
Huismans)
23postdoc’s/PhD’s
12MScstudents
Researchtopics
Passivemarginresearch
OrogenicbeltsandexhumaFonhistories
Modellinglithospheretectonics
Tectonicmorphology
Seismology
Seismotectonics
NorwegiannaFonalseismicnetwork
Modelling rifted margin formation (Huismans)
Mountain belt formation and syn-tectonic deposition (Huismans)
Collaboration with Brazil
•  Funded Capes-SIU project Bergen-Sao Paolo on collaboration and
exchange in higher education from 2013
•  New collaborative project Bergen-Oslo-Sao Paolo-Rio on
exploration relevant geoscience research
–  Onshore – Offshore links
–  Refraction seismic data acquisition Brazilian margin
–  Sedimentary basin evolution
–  Comparative studies North and South Atlantic passive margins
–  PhD & post doc exchange Norway - Brazil
–  Industry involvement (Statoil/Petrobras/BG)
•  MOU Bergen Univ. – UERJ
•  MOU Bergen Univ. – USP
Explora=onrelevantgeoscienceresearchat
DepartmentofEarthScience(UIB)
•  Tectonics&sedimentaFoninriKsandforelandbasins
•  Processbasedgeodynamicmodelling
•  Outcropanaloguestudiesofpetroleumreservoirs
•  Geological/geophysicalreservoircharacterizaFon
•  4Dseismic,electromagneFc,andproducFondata
•  Seismology,seismicprocessing,andimaging
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