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Isabelle Christine Lecomte

Professor, Reservoir and Near-Surface Geophysics
Department of Earth Science
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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Seismic modelling and imaging with application to petroleum/reservoir and near-surface geophysics, including finite-difference wavefield simulation, Eikonal solver (first-arrival traveltimes), tomography, generalized diffraction tomography, imaging/inversion in seismology and seismics, hybrid modelling ray-tracing/finite-difference, refraction seismic modelling, seismic resolution, SAR techniques applied to seismic imaging, simulated prestack imaging using Point-Spread Functions (PSF); seismic modelling from outcrops via PSF convolution, imaging in other domains (GPR, etc), CO2 and geothermal site assessments, near-surface geophysics, ground-penetrating radar (GPR), geohazards, and E-learning.

Research work involving theoretical studies, method developments and applications, originally within seismic modelling and imaging in relation to O&G applications and equivalent (geothermal, CCS), but also in near-surface geophysics (e.g., geophysics for geohazards in ICG-related projects, 2003-2012), especially using GPR for education and very-shallow ground applications (e.g., archaeology).
 

SELECTED PROJECTS

  • 2023-present: NFR kompetanse- og samarbeidsprosjekt (344437) “Sound TRAnsport NETworks (S-TRANET): Establishing the cause of hazard events on railway infrastructure using a distributed sensor network”, NORCE leader; PhD main supervisor (TBA).

  • 2023-present: NFR ENERGIX-Stort (336559) “4SWIND: Advancing seismic seabed survey techniques”, Prof. H. Haflidason (leader, UiB/GEO), participant.
     
  • 2021-present: Sand Injection Research Group (SIRG), University of Aberdeen, Phase 4 and 5 (under preparation), A. Hurst/M. Brettke project leader (industry consortium); participating for geophysics and seismic modelling, principal researcher.
     
  • 2021-2023: partner in 2-year industry project with NORCE (leader) and Lundin; modelling of paleokarst reservoirs; advisor of postdoctoral fellow at NORCE.
     
  • 2020-present: NFR Petromaks2 (308805, KMP), “Rift and rifted margin deep-water depositional systems: Application to Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous rifting on the NCS - DeepRift”, Prof. R. Gawthorpe (leader, UiB/GEO); participant.
     
  • 2020-present: "Environmental factors in minimal-invasive Cultural Heritage Management. The Vestfold Monitoring Project - VEMOP", Dr. P. Schneidhofer project leader, Vestfold og Telemark fylkeskommune; member of the reference group.
     
  • 2019-present: European COST Action SAGA (CA17131), “The Soil Science & Archaeo-Geophysics Alliance”, C. Cuenca Garcia project leader, Dept. of Archaeology and Cultural History, NTNU; acting as MC substitute 2 for Norway 2019-2021; participating to Working Group 3 “Data integration, visualization and Parameterization”.
     
  • 2017-2020: project leader for UiB/GEO participation in “Forecasting of architecture, seismic characteristics and flow behaviour in paleokarst reservoirs - FOPAK”, NFR Petromaks2 project 267634, led by NORCE/CIPR, Jan Tveranger project leader.
     
  • 2014-2018: project leader for NORSAR participation in the UiO “TriasNorth: Reconstructing the Triassic northern Barents Shelf; basin infill patterns controlled by gentle sags and faults”, NFR Petromaks project 234152.
     
  • 2008-2010: Project leader of the NORSAR Innovation AS “Fast Elastic Inversion of Multi-offset Prestack Depth Migrated Seismic Data”, NFR Petromaks project 187318, in cooperation with the Norwegian Computing Center, O. Kolbjørnsen and colleagues, and ConocoPhillips and Statoil.
     
  • 2007-2009: Project leader and grant owner of the NORSAR Strategic Institute Program “Flexible local seismic imaging in an integrated dynamic modelling framework”, NFR project 181688.
     
  • 2003-2012: Guest researcher in the International Center for Geohazards (ICG), NFR-funded Norwegian Research Centre of Excellence (SFF), in cooperation with NGI, NGU, UiO and NTNU. Theme coordinator for “Geophysics for Geohazards”.
     

EDUCATION

1990 PhD Geophysics: Disputation date: 18.12.1990, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg 1, France.

1988 Civ. Eng. Geophysics, Ecole de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, France.

1987 M.Sc. Geophysics, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg 1, France.
 

CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2021-present Professor, Reservoir and Near-Surface Geophysics, Geodynamics and Basin Studies, Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen (UiB), Norway

2021-present Visiting Professor, Seismic Modelling, NORSAR, Kjeller, Norway

2016-2021 Associate Professor, Reservoir Geophysics, Basin and Reservoir Studies, Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen (UiB), Norway

2016-2021 Visiting Associate Professor, Seismic Modelling, NORSAR, Kjeller, Norway

2016/(01-06) Associate Professor (adjunct), Reservoir Geophysics, Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen (UiB), Norway

2012-2016 Associate Professor (adjunct), Near-Surface Geophysics, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo (UiO), Norway

2003-2012 Guest researcher, International Centre for Geohazards (ICG), NFR-funded Norwegian Research Centre of Excellence (SFF), partners NGI (lead), NORSAR, NGU, UiO and NTNU.

1993-2016 Principal Research Geophysicist, Seismic Modelling, NORSAR, Kjeller, Norway
 

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2014 Norwegian Geophysical Award, Norwegian Petroleum Society.

2001 Best Paper award, Geophysical Prospecting, EAGE.

1992 NTNF Postdoctoral fellowship, NORSAR, Kjeller, Norway.

1991 EU Postdoctoral fellowship, NORSAR, Kjeller, Norway.

1988-1990 PhD grant, IFREMER, Brest/Strasbourg, France.

1988 NATO Scientific Division, Young Researcher, Summer School, Les Houches, France.

University of Bergen - UiB                                                                                                                            

  • GEOV111, “Geofysiske Metodar”, mandatory intro-course for geologists and geophysicists, responsible teacher from 2018 - 2017-present
  • field course "Reservoir Geophysics: from outcrop to seismic", Spain, for geologists and geophysicists (2017, 2019, 2023), co-teacher
  • Lectures in GEOV272 (2016-present), PTEK100 (2016-2019)
  • education board member since 2017.               

University of Oslo - UiO                                                                                                                                 

  • GEO4120, “Near-Surface Geophysics”, responsible teacher - 2012-2016
  • GEO4260, “Reservoir Geophysics”, responsible teacher - 2015
  • GF281, “Inverse metoder”, responsible teacher - 1995
  • Lectures in GEO4170 (2012), GEO4171 (2013), GEO4360 (2012-2014), GEO4620 (2013), GEO4181 (2015-2016), GEO4240 (2016-2017)                                                                                                  

University Centre of Svalbard - UNIS                                                             

  • AG222, “Integrated Geological Methods: from Outcrop to Geomodel” - 2018-2022
  • AG335/835, “Arctic Seismic Exploration”, lectures in micro-seismicity, seismic modelling and GPR - 2015, 2017
  • partner in the UNIS UArctic education projects “Circum-Arctic Geology for Everyone: An integrated approach to learning and teaching in the Arctic” (2016-2018) and “Svalbox2020: digital teaching and outreach of Arctic Geology” (2019-2020).

SVALEX - multidisciplinary integration of students, Norwegian Universities (UiO, UiB, NTNU, UiT, UiS and UNIS)                                                                                                                                                         

  • Lectures/demos in near-surface geophysics and participation to petroleum-related student exercises - 2005-2009

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Selected/recent publications:

•    Dimmen, V., Rotevatn, A., and Lecomte, I., 2023. Imaging of small-scale faults in seismic reflection data: Insights from seismic modelling of faults in outcrop. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 147, 105980.

•    Volatili, T., Agosta, F., Cardozo, N., Zambrano, M., Lecomte, I., and E. Tondi, 2022. Outcrop-based characterization and seismic modelling of an extensional fault zone in Mesozoic platform carbonates of the Fucino Basin, central Italy. Journal of Structural Geology, 155, 104515.

•    Faleide, T. S., Braathen, A., Lecomte, I., and I. Anell, 2021. Exploring detection and resolution thresholds of fault architecture and gas seeps in the shallow subsurface with seismic modelling. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 143, 105776.

•    Jensen, K., Lecomte, I., Gelius, L.-J., and Kaschwich, T., 2021. Point-Spread Function convolution to simulate prestack depth migrated images: a validation study. Geophysical Prospecting, 69, 1571-1590.

•    Faleide, T.S., Braathen, A., Lecomte, I., Mulrooney, M.J., Midtkandal, I., Bugge, A.J., and S. Planke, 2021. Impacts of seismic resolution on fault interpretation: Insights from seismic modelling. Tectonophysics, 816, 229008.

•    Bradaric, A. D., Andersen, T., Lecomte, I., Løseth, H., and C. H. Eide, 2021. Recognition and characterization of small-scale sand injectites in seismic data: Implications for reservoir development. Journal of the Geological Society.

•    Jensen, K., Johansen, M. K., Lecomte, I., Janson, X., Tveranger, J., and T. Kaschwich, 2021, Paleokarst reservoirs: Efficient and flexible characterization using point-spread function-based convolution modeling, Interpretation, 9, 2, 1-65.

•    Mascolo, V., and I. Lecomte, 2020, Seismic modelling of outcrop carbonate systems: an application to the Cretaceous platform-to-basin system of the Maiella Mountain (Central Apennines, Italy), in Seismic characterization of carbonate platforms and reservoirs, Special Publications, Geological Society, 509.

•    Wrona, T., Fossen, H., Lecomte, I., Eide, C.H., and Gawthorpe, R.L., 2020, Seismic expression of shear zones: Insights from 2-D point-spread-function based convolution modelling, Journal of Structural Geology, 140.

•    Rabbel, O., Galland, O., Mair, K.; Lecomte, I., Spacapan, J. B., Senger, K., and R. Manceda, 2018, From field analogues to realistic seismic modelling: a case study of an oil-producing andesitic sill complex in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina, Journal of the Geological Society, 175(4), 580.

•    Eide, C. H., Schofield, N., Lecomte, I., Buckley, S. J., and J. A. Howell, 2018, Seismic interpretation of sill complexes in sedimentary basins: Implications for the sub-sill imaging problem, Journal of the Geological Society, 175(2), 193-209.

•    Lecomte, I., Lubrano Lavadera, P., Anell, I., Buckley, S. J., Eide, C. H., Grippa, A., Mascolo, V., and S. Kjoberg, 2016, 2(3)D convolution modelling of complex geological targets – beyond 1D convolution, First Break, 34, 99-107.

•    Botter, C., Cardozo, N., Hardy, S., Lecomte, I., Paton, G., and A. Escalona, 2016, Seismic characterisation of fault zones in 3D using mechanical and seismic modelling techniques, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 77, 973-990.

•    Lecomte, I., Lubrano Lavadera, P., Anell, I., Buckley, S. J., Schmid, D. W., and M. Heeremans, 2015, Ray-based seismic modelling of geological models: understanding and analyzing seismic images efficiently, Interpretation, 3, no. 4, SAC71-SAC89.

•    Botter, C., Cardozo, N., Hardy, S., Lecomte, I., and Escalona, A., 2014, From mechanical modeling to seismic imaging of faults: A synthetic workflow to study the impact of faults on seismic, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 57, 187-207.

•    Sauvin, G., Lecomte, I., Bazin, S., L'Heureux, J. S., Vanneste, M., Solberg, I. L., and Dalsegg, E., 2013, Towards geophysical and geotechnical integration for quick-clay mapping in Norway, in Special Issue on Geotechnical Assessment and Geo-environmental Engineering, Near Surface Geophysics, 11, no 6, 613-623, ICG contribution 395.

•    Lecomte, I., 2008. Resolution and illumination analyses in PSDM: A ray-based approach, The Leading Edge, 27, 650-663.

•    Lecomte, I., Thollet, I., Juliussen, H., and Hamran, S.-E., 2008, Using geophysics on a terminal moraine damming a glacial lake: the Flatbre debris flow case, Western Norway, Advances in Geosciences, 14, 301-307, ICG contribution 191, doi: 10.5194/adgeo-14-301-2008.

•    Lecomte, I., Hamran, S.-E., and Gelius, L.-J., 2005. Improving Kirchhoff migration with repeated Local Plane-Wave imaging? a SAR-inspired signal-processing approach in prestack depth imaging, Geophysical Prospecting, 53, 767–785

•    Gelius, L.-J., Lecomte, I., and Tabti, H., 2002. Analysis of the resolution function in seismic prestack depth imaging, Geophysical Prospecting, 50, 505-515.

•    Lecomte, I., Gjøystdal, H., Dahle, A., and Pedersen, O. C., 2000. Improving modelling and inversion in refraction seismic with a first order Eikonal solver, Geophysical Prospecting, 48, 437-454, Cit. 57. 

•    Podvin, P., and Lecomte, I., 1991. Finite difference computation of traveltimes in very contrasted velocity models: a massively parallel approach and its associated tools, Geophys. J. Int., 105, 271-284

Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2024). Lithological influence on sill geometry in sedimentary basins: Controls and recognition in reflection seismic data. Basin Research.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Outcrop-scale fracture analysis and seismic modelling of a basin-bounding normal fault in platform carbonates, central Italy. Journal of Structural Geology. 18 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Imaging of small-scale faults in seismic reflection data: Insights from seismic modelling of faults in outcrop. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 1-16.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Exploring seismic detection and resolution thresholds of fault zones and gas seeps in the shallow subsurface using seismic modelling. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 18 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Teaching with digital geology in the high Arctic: Opportunities and challenges. Geoscience Communication. 399-420.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Seismic Monitoring of Permafrost in Svalbard, Arctic Norway. Seismological Research Letters. 2891-2904.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Recognition and characterization of small-scale sand injectites in seismic data: implications for reservoir development. Journal of the Geological Society.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Point-spread function convolution to simulate prestack depth migrated images: A validation study. Geophysical Prospecting. 1571-1590.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Paleokarst reservoirs: Efficient and flexible characterization using point-spread-function-based convolution modeling. Interpretation. T331-T347.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Impacts of seismic resolution on fault interpretation: Insights from seismic modelling. Tectonophysics. 19 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Using digital outcrops to make the high Arctic more accessible through the Svalbox database. Journal of Geoscience Education (JGE). 16 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Syn-rift carbonate platforms in space and time: testing and refining conceptual models using stratigraphic and seismic numerical forward modelling. Geological Society Special Publication.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Seismic modelling of outcrop carbonate systems: an application to the Cretaceous platform-to-basin system of the Maiella Mountain (Central Apennines, Italy). Geological Society Special Publication.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Seismic expression of shear zones: Insights from 2-D point-spread-function-based convolution modelling. Journal of Structural Geology.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Foreword, Special Issue "Quantitative Geophysical Characterisation of Marine Near-Surface”. Near Surface Geophysics. 3-4.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Efficient and flexible characterization of paleokarst seismic signatures using point-spread function-based convolution modeling. SEG technical program expanded abstracts. 2744-2748.
  • Show author(s) (2020). 3D seismic modeling of heterogeneous poorly-consolidated sandstones in shale host rocks. SEG technical program expanded abstracts. 2469-2473.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Seismic modelling of metre-scale normal faults at a reservoir-cap rock interface in Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard: implications for CO2 storage. Norwegian Journal of Geology. 329-347.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Seismic imaging of complex geometry: Forward modeling of sandstone intrusions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 51-63.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Novel seismic forward modelling of the seal bypass structure: An example from the Loyal Field of the North Sea (Scotland, UK). SEG technical program expanded abstracts. 2054-2058.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Seismic interpretation of sill complexes in sedimentary basins: Implications for the sub-sill imaging problem. Journal of the Geological Society. 193-209.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Integrating facies-based Bayesian inversion and supervised machine learning for petro-facies characterization in the Snadd Formation of the Goliat Field, south-western Barents Sea. Geophysical Prospecting. 1020-1039.
  • Show author(s) (2018). From field analogues to realistic seismic modelling: a case study of an oil-producing andesitic sill complex in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Journal of the Geological Society. 580-593.
  • Show author(s) (2018). CO2 storage in the high Arctic: efficient modelling of pre-stack depth-migrated seismic sections for survey planning. Geophysical Prospecting. 1180-1200.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Analyzing PSDM images in complex geology via ray-based PSF-convolution modeling. SEG technical program expanded abstracts. 3843-3847.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Seismic modelling: 4D capabilities for CO2 injection. Energy Procedia. 3432-3444.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Prestack simultaneous inversion to predict lithology and pore fluid in the Realgrunnen Subgroup of the Goliat Field, southwestern Barents Sea. Interpretation. SE75-SE96.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Prestack inversion and multiattribute analysis for porosity, shale volume, and sand probability in the Havert Formation of the Goliat field, southwest Barents Sea. Interpretation. SL69-SL87.
  • Show author(s) (2017). 3D structure and formation of hydrothermal vent complexes at the paleocene-eocene transition, the Møre basin, MID-Norwegian margin. Interpretation. SK65-SK81.
  • Show author(s) (2016). The impact of faults and fluid flow on seismic images of a relay ramp over production time. Petroleum Geoscience. 17-28.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Synthetic seismic illumination of small-scale growth faults, paralic deposits and low-angle clinoforms: A case study of the Triassic successions on Edgeøya, NW Barents Shelf. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 625-639.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Seismic characterisation of fault damage in 3D using mechanical and seismic modelling. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 973-990.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Prestack inversion for porosity, shale volume and sand probability in the Havert Formation of the Goliat field, SW Barents Sea. SEG technical program expanded abstracts. 3543-3547.
  • Show author(s) (2016). 2(3)D convolution modelling of complex geological targets – beyond 1D convolution. First Break. 99-107.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Ray-based seismic modeling of geologic models: Understanding and analyzing seismic images efficiently. Interpretation. SAC71-SAC89.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Joint inversion of seismic and electric data applied to 2D media. Geophysics. EN93-EN104.
  • Show author(s) (2014). On the integrated use of geophysics for quick-clay mapping: The Hvittingfoss case study, Norway. Journal of Applied Geophysics. 1-13.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Monitoring of induced seismicity during the first geothermal reservoir stimulation at Paralana, Australia. Geothermics. 120-131.
  • Show author(s) (2014). From mechanical modeling to seismic imaging of faults: A synthetic workflow to study the impact of faults on seismic. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 187-207.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Towards geophysical and geotechnical integration for quick-clay mapping in Norway. Near Surface Geophysics. 613-623.
  • Show author(s) (2013). On the prediction of settlement from high-resolution shear-wave reflection seismic data: The Trondheim harbour case study, mid Norway. Engineering Geology. 72-83.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Effects of mass-wasting on the stratigraphic architecture of a fjord-valley fill: Correlation of onshore, shear-wave seismic and marine seismic data at Trondheim, Norway. Sedimentary Geology. 1-18.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Shallow Landslides and Their Dynamics in Coastal and Deepwater Environments, Norway. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. 29-41.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Relationship between electrical resistivity and basic geotechnical parameters for marine clays. Canadian geotechnical journal (Print). 1158-1168.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Microseismic Monitoring of the hydraulic stimulation at the Paralana enhanced geothermal system, South Australia. First Break. 91-95.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Estimation of free gas saturation from seismic reflection surveys by the genetic algorithm inversion of a P-wave attenuation model. Geophysics. R175-R187.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Using geophysics on a terminal moraine damming a glacial lake: the Flatbre debris flow case,Western Norway. Advances in Geosciences. 301-307.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Seismic reservoir characterization: In-cluding sensitivity to the overburden, survey, and reservoir properties when simulating the 3D seismic response to the reservoir. Earth Science Frontiers. 123-132.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Improved applicability of ray tracing in seismic acquisition, imaging, and interpretation. Geophysics. SM261-SM271.
  • Show author(s) (2005). International Centre for Geohazards (ICG): Assessment, prevention and mitigation og geohazards. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. 45-62.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Improving Kirchhoff migration with repeated local plane-wave imaging? A SAR-inspired signal-processing approach. Geophysical Prospecting. 767-785.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Efficient and flexible seismic modeling of reservoirs: A hybrid approach. The Leading Edge. 432-437.
  • Show author(s) (2004). A review of 3D illumination studies. Journal of Seismic Exploration. 17-37.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Local Plane-Wave Imaging of GPR Data. Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics. 115-121.
  • Show author(s) (2002). An approach to combined rock physics and seismic modelling of fluid substitution effects. Geophysical Prospecting. 119-137.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Discussion of J. Chen and G.T. Schuster's paper: Resolution Limits of migrated images. Geophysics.
  • Show author(s) (1993). Finite-Difference Calculation of 1st Travel-Times in Anisotropic Media. Geophysical Journal International. 318-342.
  • Show author(s) (1991). Finite-Difference Computation of Traveltimes in Very Contrasted Velocity Models - a Massively Parallel Approach and Its Associated Tools. Geophysical Journal International. 271-284.
Report
  • Show author(s) (2023). Loppa High Paleokarst Study . .
  • Show author(s) (2023). La grotte de Jovelle, La Tour-Blanche-Cercles, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Rapport de fouille programmée, Année 2023. .
  • Show author(s) (2017). Final project report to KMB project 224880: SafeCO2 II 2013-2016 Investigation of induced seismicity and aseismic deformation in response to CO2 injection and related pressure changes . .
  • Show author(s) (2010). The effect of illumination on source pulse estimation for PSDM seismic data. SAND/10/10. SAND/10/10. .
Lecture
  • Show author(s) (2019). Seismic Signature of Shear Zones: Insights from 2-D PSF-based Convolution Modelling.
  • Show author(s) (2018). 4D seismic simulation using 3D convolution and point-spread functions.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Quantitative Seismic interpretation strategies for petrofacies discrimination within the Triassic: A Goliat Case Study.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Digital outcrop modelling results and workflows for derived synthetic seismic imaging.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Seismic Imaging of Fault Zones: a synthetic workflow to study the impact of faults on seismic images.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Quantitative seismic reservoir characterization within the Realgrunnen Subgroup and the Havert Formation in the Goliat Field, SW Barents Sea.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Understanding and analyzing seismic images: insight through appropriate modelling.
  • Show author(s) (2015). The effect of fluid flow in relay ramps on seismic images.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Seismic modelling: Edgeøya and other illustration cases.
  • Show author(s) (2015). From Geomechanical Modelling to Seismic Imaging of 3D Faults.
  • Show author(s) (2015). 3D photogrammetric modelling of Kvalpynten: background and overview of LIME functionality.
  • Show author(s) (2014). From Geomechanical Modelling to Seismic Imaging of 3D Faults.
  • Show author(s) (2014). From Geomechanical Modelling to Seismic Imaging of 3D Faults.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Mechanical modelling and seismic imaging of fault zones.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Mechanical modelling and seismic imaging of fault zones.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2021). What do small-scale sand injectites look like in 2D seismic data?
  • Show author(s) (2021). Exploring extensional fault interpretations from seismic reflection data of various resolution substantiated by seismic modelling.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Virtual field trip to seismic scale outcrops of the Triassic, Edgeøya, Svalbard.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Seismic modelling of faults; viable geometries vs seismic resolution in the subsurface.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Flow Pattern Controls and Sensitivity Analysis in Paleokarst Reservoirs.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Synthetic seismic modelling of fluvial channels in the Blackhawk Formation as an analogue to the Triassic Barents Sea.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Seismic signature of shear zones: insights from 2-D convolution forward modelling .
  • Show author(s) (2019). A modelling workflow for seismic characterization of Paleokarst reservoirs.
  • Show author(s) (2019). A genetic approach for characterizing paleokarst reservoirs.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Seismic Interpretation of Mafic Sill-Complexes in Sedimentary Basins .
  • Show author(s) (2018). Kvartærgeologisk kartlegging av Kallskarskredet, Tafjord, Møre og Romsdal.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Insight through efficient seismic modelling: an extended convolution approach applied to various geological models of carbonate platforms.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Improving seismic interpretation of igneous sill complexes via seismic modelling.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Evaluating the structural control over carbonate platforms developed in syn-rift settings.
  • Show author(s) (2018). A virtual field trip to seismic-scale outcrops of the Triassic, Edgeøya, Svalbard.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Understanding seismic imaging and controls on sill intrusions using lidar data from East Greenland.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Petrofacies characterization using prestack inversion and neural networks within the Snadd Formation of the Goliat Field, SW Barents Sea.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Integrating prestack inversion, machine learning, and forward seismic modelling for petrofacies characterization: A Barents Sea case study.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Virtual outcrops to synthetic seismic modelling.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Three-dimensional Geological Modelling of a Slope-to-basin Carbonate Reservoir Analogue - The Case of the Maiella Mt.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Synthetic seismic modelling of a base-of-slope carbonate system of the Maiella Mt. (Central Italy): new insights for constraining reservoir geometries from outcrop analogues.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Synthetic seismic expression of the onshore Kvalpynten case study: Growth-faults. Low-angle prograding deltaic system.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Prestack Simultaneous Inversion to Predict Lithology in the Realgrunnen Subgroup of the Goliat Field, SW Bareants Sea.
  • Show author(s) (2016). 2D and 3D Synthetic Seismic Modelling of Outcropping Carbonate System of the Maiella Mountain (Central Apennines-Italy).
  • Show author(s) (2015). Understanding and Analysing Seismic Images - Insight through Appropriate Modelling.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Trias North: Late Triassic shallow faulting in Edgeøya, Svalbard; structural style, deformation mechanisms and seismic expression.
  • Show author(s) (2015). State of-the-art of digital outcrop mapping methods: application to the Triassic of Edgeøya, Svalbard.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Focusing in migration-based location of weak microseismicity: modelling point-spread function for resolution analyses.
  • Show author(s) (2014). From mechanical modelling to seismic imaging of faults.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Microseismic monitoring and velocity model building at the Longyearbyen CO2-Lab, Svalbard.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Mechanical modelling and seismic imaging of fault zones.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Shear wave reflection seismic surveying in the Trondheim harbour area - imaging of land slide processes.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Modeling the Seismic Response to Production. A Closer Look at the Sensitivity to Overburden, Survey, Rock Physics Model and Seismic Modeling Approach.
  • Show author(s) (1998). The resolution function in linearized Born and Kirchhoff Inversion.
  • Show author(s) (1998). Have a look at the resolution function of prestack depth migration for any model, survey and wavefields. doi: 10.1190/1.1820082.
  • Show author(s) (1992). Finite-difference traveltimes and reflection seismics: modeling and inversion.
Editorial
  • Show author(s) (2009). Imaging and inversion - Introduction. Geophysics. WCA1-WCA4.
Thesis at a second degree level
  • Show author(s) (2002). Deconvolution of seismic images based on image processing techniques.
Masters thesis
  • Show author(s) (2023). Interpretation of 3D Ground Penetrating Radar data in archaeology by applying seismic attributes.
  • Show author(s) (2023). 3D reservoir characterization of paleokarst reservoirs on Loppa High through seismic modelling.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Seismic modelling of the stratigraphic architecture of syn-rift deep-water channel complexes in the Corinth Rift, Greece.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Seismic imaging of faults and fault zones: insight through modelling for improved interpretation.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Seismic imaging of fault-controlled dolomites in carbonate successions: insights from seismic modeling and RMS amplitude analysis.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Seismic data analysis of an onshore-offshore transition zone at Ramså Basin, Norway – a modelling study.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Seismic Modelling of the Stratigraphic Architecture of Syn-rift Gilbert Delta Bottomset and Deepwater-fans of the West Xylokastro Fault Block, Corinth Rift.
  • Show author(s) (2022). A study of normal fault structure and along-strike variations, based on the northern Moab fault system, Utah.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Ground penetrating radar for archaeology in Western Norway: Examples from Lyse Abbey and Fana burial mound.
  • Show author(s) (2021). From outcrop to Ground Penetrating Radar images with Point-Spread Function based convolution modelling.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Seismic signature and detectability of small-scale sand injectites: insights from 2D Point-Spread Function based convolution modelling.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Flow Simulation and Sensitivity Analysis of Paleokarst Carbonate Reservoirs.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Effects of geophysical parameters on the seismic expression of the Maghlaq Fault, Malta: insights from outcrop-based 2D seismic modeling.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Controls of fault zone structure on synthetic seismic images of the Maghlaq Fault, Malta.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Kallskarskredet og påfølgjande tapping av Onilsavatnet – Tafjord, Møre og Romsdal.
  • Show author(s) (2019). From outcrop to synthetic seismic: 2D and 3D modelling of igneous intrusions at Botneheia, central Spitsbergen.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Modelling illumination and resolution effects in seismic with a 2(3)D convolution method.
  • Show author(s) (2018). A Modelling Workflow for Seismic Characterization of Paleokarst Reservoirs.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Controls on architecture and seismic imaging of igneous intrusions: Examples from LIDAR outcrop data on Traill Ø (East Greenland) and seismic data from the conjugate Møre Margin.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Integrated seismic and rock physics modelling of oil-producing volcanic sills in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Modeling by demigration: A feasibility study.
Popular scientific article
  • Show author(s) (2009). Value of illumination-consistent modeling in time-lapse seismic analysis. First Break. 75-83.
Doctoral dissertation
  • Show author(s) (2023). Geologic controls on fluid flow and seismic imaging of faults in carbonate rocks : Insights from quantitative outcrop analysis and reflection seismic modeling.
  • Show author(s) (2023). De-risking top seal integrity: Imaging heterogeneity across shale-dominated cap rock sequences. 2667.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Integrated geophysics for mapping of quick-clay landslide-prone areas in Norway. 1473.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Show author(s) (2023). Outcrop Characterization and Modelling of Sand Injection Complexes. 5 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2017). The Impact of Faults and Fluid Flow on Seismic Images of a Relay Ramp over Production Time.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Prestack simultaneous inversion to predict lithology in the Realgrunnen subgroup of the Goliat Field, SW Barents Sea. 5 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2016). From photorealistic outcrop models to synthetic seismic images. 1 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Understanding and analysing seismic images - Insight through appropriate modelling. 5 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2014). The use of geophysics for sensitive clay investigations. 20 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Surface-wave Dispersion Inversion versus SH-wave Refraction Tomography in Saturated and Poorly Dispersive Quick Clays. 5 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Shear-wave Reflection-seismic Pilot Study at the UNIS CO2 Lab site, Longyearbyen, Svalbard. 4 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Geophysical data integration for quick-clay mapping: The Hvittingfoss case study, Norway. 11 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2014). From Geomechanical Modelling to Seismic Imaging of 3D Faults.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Finneidfjord, a Field Laboratory for Integrated Submarine Slope Stability Assessments and Characterization of Landslide-Prone Sediments: A Review.
  • Show author(s) (2013). 2D Spiking Deconvolution Approach to Resolution Enhancement of Prestack Depth Migrated Seismic Images.
  • Show author(s) (2012). The Importance of Coupling Passive and Active Seismic Methods in Geothermal Fields - A Case Study at Paralana, Australia.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Quik-clay landslide-prone grounds in Norway and Sweden: a complex problem requiring a combined geophysical and teotechnical approach.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Quick-clay landslide-prone grounds in Norway and Sweden: a complex problem requiring a combined geophysical and geotechnical approach.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Joint Inversion of Surface-wave Dispersion, P-Wave Refraction and Apparent Resistivity Data.
  • Show author(s) (2012). High-resolution sub-surface geo-characterization from shear-wave seismic reflection profiling: An example from the Trondheim harbour, mid Norway. 10 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Geophysical Investigations of Unstable Mountain Slopes in Jotunheimen, Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Geophysical Investigations of Quick-clay Slide Prone Areas.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Towards Joint Inversion/Interpretation for Landslide-prone Areas in Norway - Integrating Geophysics and Geotechnique.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Shallow Landslides and Their Dynamics in Coastal and Deepwater Environments, Norway. 13 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Impact of Diffraction on Resolution of PSDM. 5 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Improved Ray-based Seismograms by Combining Modeling by Demiration with a Prestack Depth Migration Simulator.
  • Show author(s) (2010). High-resolution SH-wave Seismic Reflection for Characterization on Onshore Ground Conditions in the Trondheim Harbor, Central Norway. 16 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2010). A 3D Ray-based Pulse Estimation for Seismic Inversion of PSDM Data.
  • Show author(s) (2000). The resolution function in linearized Born and Kirchhoff inversion.
  • Show author(s) (1999). The Resolution Function in Prestack Depth Migration.
Abstract
  • Show author(s) (2020). Testing seismic interpretation of faults by modelling; viable geometries versus seismic resolution in the subsurface. EAGE extended abstracts. 6 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Geometric and Infill Effects on Flow Patterns and Production Rates in Paleokarst Reservoir Models. EAGE Expanded Abstracts.
Poster
  • Show author(s) (2020). Seismic Modelling of Virtual Outcrops: Application of Rock Physics Beyond the Borehole.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Integration of geological field observations and geophysical data: The El Manzano Sill Complex (Argentina) as a showcase of igneous intrusions emplaced in active petroleum systems.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Seismic forward modelling of carbonate hosted normal faults.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Optimized CO2 storage in sloping aquifers: Estimation of physical and chemical immobilization potential and retardation along migration path in open storage solutions .
  • Show author(s) (2019). From field observations to seismic modeling: The El Manzano Sill Complex (Argentina) as a showcase of the influence of igneous intrusions on petroleum systems .
  • Show author(s) (2019). Early Cretaceous igneous intrusions in Svalbard: seismic modelling as a link between boreholes, outcrops and seismic data.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Climate control over carbonate platform growth in tectonically active basins.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Synthetic seismic modelling of the platform-to-basin transition in the Maiella Mt. (Central Apennines): an analogue for subsurface Mesozoic carbonate targets.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Seismic Forward Modelling For Seal Bypass Structures Based On Novel PSDM Method.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Evaluating the structural control over carbonate platforms developed in syn-rift settings using stratigraphic and seismic forward models.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Seismic Forward Modeling of Fluid Escape Pipes Based on Novel PSDM Method.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Seismic imaging of deeply emplaced sill complexes.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Shear wave reflection seismic surveying in the Trondheim harbour area - imaging of land slide processes Paper Number: S11C-1755.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Towards an efficient workflow for modelling the seismic response from reservoir fluid simulator data.
Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Show author(s) (2019). From Outcrop Geology to Seismic… and Back! GeoExpro. 72-76.
Chapter
  • Show author(s) (2012). Shallow landslides and their dynamics in coastal and deepwater environments, Norway. . In:
    • Show author(s) (2012). Submarine Mass Movement and Their Consequences - 5th International Symposium. Springer Science+Business Media B.V..

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  • 2023-present: NFR kompetanse- og samarbeidsprosjekt (344437) “Sound TRAnsport NETworks (S-TRANET): Establishing the cause of hazard events on railway infrastructure using a distributed sensor network”, NORCE leader; PhD main supervisor (TBA).

  • 2023-present: Sand Injection Research Group (SIRG), Phase 5, M. Brettle project leader (industry consortium); participating for geophysics and seismic modelling, principal researcher.

  • 2020-present: participant to “Centre for Integrated Earth Science Education”, iEarth (Centres for Excellence in Education – SFU); e.g., design of a new 10-ECTS course “Geopraksis” and attending seminars, workshops, etc.

  • 2020-present: participant to UiB research group “Teaching and Learning in Higher Education- TeLEd”.

  • 2018-2019: participant to UiB research project “Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age: Rethink learning through teaching and assessment - TALIDA", with re-designing of course GEOV111 in 2018-2019.
     

University of Bergen (approved full pedagogy completed in 2017 with UiO part + 5 UiB ECTS; 5 extra UiB ECTS)

  • Pedagogy, “UPED621: Vurdering og vurderingsformer”, 5 ECTS - 2017
  • Pedagogy, “UPED637: How to Create Effective Instructional Videos”, 5 ECTS - 2017

University of Oslo (87.5% of full pedagogy, taken during 5-year adjunct position 2012-2016)                                       

  • Pedagogy, “The courage to teach”, 12.5% module (12 hours; voluntary) - 2015
  • Pedagogy, “Forskningsveiledning”, 25% module (25 hours; voluntary) - 2014
  • Pedagogy, “Basiskompetanse”, 50% module (50 hours; mandatory for adjunct professors) - 2013

- for potential projects within my research group (Geodynamic and Basin Studies), check here.
- if interested in developing your own project, contact me via e-mail or come to my office (2A16b - 2114).
(check first ongoing and past projects below to get an idea of the possibilities).

UiB/Earth Science - MSc.:

  • Nooshin Fathi, 2023-2025, ongoing, working title "Seismic modelling of brecciated sand injectite systems: sensitivity analyses and uncertainty", main supervisor.
     
  • Espen Tjessheim, 2022-2024, ongoing, working title "Insights into CO2 storage using the FluidFlower", co-supervisor.
     
  • Synnøve Sørvåg Slåtsveen, 2023, working title "Interpretation of 3D Ground Penetrating Radar data in archaeology by applying seismic attributes", main supervisor.
     
  • Muhammad Usman Khurshid, 2023, "3D reservoir characterization of paleokarst reservoirs on Loppa High through seismic modelling", main supervisor.
     
  • Wouter Bell Gravendeel, 2022, "Seismic imaging of fault-controlled dolomites in carbonate successions: insights from seismic modeling and RMS amplitude analysis", co-supervisor.
     
  • Lucas Corrêa Tonon D'Almeida, 2022, “A study of normal fault structure and along-strike variations, based on the northern Moab fault system, Utah”, co-supervisor.
     
  • Kingsley Chibuzo Ofoedu, 2022, “Seismic data analysis of an onshore-offshore transition zone at Ramså Basin, Norway – a modelling study”, main supervisor.
     
  • Casper Paulsen Flæte, 2022, “Seismic imaging of faults and fault zones: insight through modelling for improved interpretation”, main supervisor.
     
  • Victoria Gajos Hamre, 2022, “Seismic Modelling of the Stratigraphic Architecture of Syn-rift Gilbert Delta Bottomset and Deepwater-fans of the West Xylokastro Fault Block, Corinth Rift”, co-supervisor.
     
  • Ina Tårup, 2022, “Seismic modelling of the stratigraphic architecture of syn-rift deep-water channel complexes in the Corinth Rift, Greece”, co-supervisor.
     
  • Emil Lie Hansen, 2021, UiB MSc., “Ground penetrating radar for archaeology in Western Norway: Examples from Lyse Abbey and Fana burial mound”, main supervisor.
     
  • Øystein Haugen Ødegård, 2021, UiB MSc., “From outcrop to Ground Penetrating Radar images with Point-Spread Function based convolution modelling”, main supervisor.
     
  • Alma Dzozlic Bradaric, 2020, UiB MSc., “Seismic signature and detectability of small-scale sand injectites: insights from 2D Point-Spread Function based convolution modelling”, main supervisor. Earth Model Award 2020 winner; 2021 paper.
     
  • Mari Prestegård, 2020, UiB MSc., “Controls of fault zone structure on synthetic seismic images of the Maghlaq Fault, Malta”, co-supervisor.
     
  • Ingvild Gabrielsen Andersen, 2020, UiB MSc., “Effects of geophysical parameters on the seismic expression of the Maghlaq Fault, Malta: insights from outcrop-based 2D seismic modeling”, co-supervisor.
     
  • Mustaqim Balyesiima, 2020, UiB MSc., “Flow Simulation and Sensitivity Analysis of Paleokarst Carbonate Reservoirs”, main supervisor.
     
  • Sondre Hagevold, 2019, UiB MSc., “From outcrop to synthetic seismic: 2D and 3D modelling of igneous intrusions at Botneheia, central Spitsbergen”, main supervisor.
     
  • Mari Sæbø, M., 2019, UiB MSc, “Kallskarskredet og påfølgjande tapping av Onilsavatnet – Tafjord, Møre og Romsdal”, co-supervisor.
     
  • Espen Friestad, 2018, UiB MSc., “Synthetic seismic modelling of fluvial channels in the Blackhawk Formation as an analogue to the Triassic Barents Sea”, co-supervisor.
     
  • Thomas Jarle Grimstad, 2018, UiB MSc., “Modelling illumination and resolution effects in seismic with a 2(3)D convolution method”, main supervisor.
     
  • Martin Kyrkjebø Johansen, 2018, UiB MSc., “A Modelling Workflow for Seismic Characterization of Paleokarst Reservoirs”, main supervisor.
     
  • Malin Flesland, 2017, UiB MSc., “Volcanic rifted margins: comparing lidar data from outcrops of Traill Ø (East Greenland) with seismic data from the conjugate Vøring Margin”, co-supervisor.


UiB/Earth Science - PhD.:

  • Vilde Dimmen, 2017-present, working title “Geological and geophysical properties of fault zones in carbonate rocks: from outcrop analogues to seismic imaging (SW Barents Sea and analogues)”, University of Bergen, co-supervisor (A. Rotevatn main supervisor).
     
  • Kristian Jensen, 2017-2021, “Seismic modelling and deconvolution of prestack depth migrated images through ray-based Point-Spread Functions”, University of Bergen, main-supervisor, thesis delivery planned August 2021, defended December 15th, 2021.
     
  • Bjarte Lønøy, 2017-2021, “Paleokarst reservoir modelling – a concept-driven approach”, University of Bergen, co-supervisor (J. Tveranger main supervisor), defense August 20th, 2021.
     

Other universities - PhD.:

  • Daniel Holden, 2023-present, working title "Resolving geological complexity using seismic modelling: visualising sand injection complexes and sub-seismic geological features", Univ. Aberdeen, co-supervisor (A. Hurst main supervisor).
     
  • Peter Betlem, 2019-present, "Multi-physical detection of along-fault CO2 migration through cap rock shales", Univ. Oslo / UNIS, co-supervisor (K. Singer main supervisor).
     
  • Cui Zhihua, 2017-present, “Fluid pipe subsurface characterisation using seismic modelling methods”, Univ. Aberdeen, co-supervisor (D. Iacopini main supervisor).
     
  • Raisya Noor Pertiwi, 2022, "From Reservoir Elastic Parameters to Seismic Models: A Study of 3D Heterogeneous and Anisotropic Sand Injection Complex An Interdisciplinary Study of Rock Physics and Seismic Modelling", Univ. Aberdeen, co-supervisor (D. Iacopini/A. Hurst main supervisor).
     
  • Tiziano Volatili, 2021, "Multiscale geological modelling for fluid flow evaluation in deformed carbonates", Univ. Camerino, cooperation seismic modelling (E. Tondi main supervisor).
     
  • Thea Svea Faleide, 2021, "Seismic imaging of faults and sedimentary systems of the Hoop region, Barents Sea: Seismic facies, fault geometries and detection thresholds", Univ. Oslo, co-supervisor (A. Braathen main supervisor).
     
  • Isabelle Masiero, 2020, "3D Stratigraphic and seismic forward modeling of syn-rift carbonate platforms evolution", Univ. Liverpool, cooperation seismic modelling (P. Burgess main supervisor).
     
  • Honoré Yenwongfai, 2018, "Quantitative seismic reservoir characterization - A Seismic Petrophysical Study in the Goliat Field, SW Barents Sea", Univ. Oslo, co-supervisor (J. I. Faleide main supervisor).
     
  • Simon Oldfield, 2018, "Addressing structural uncertainty through seismic forward modelling", Univ. Leeds, cooperation seismic modelling (D. Paton main supervisor).
     

Prior UiB (past-2016) - MSc./Civ. Eng./PhD./Misc. : See CV, long-list part (top UiB Home Page).

Fields of competence 
Digital Outcrop Modelling
Geohazards
Geophysics
Numerical modelling
Seismic data
Seismic Imaging
Seismic reflection
Seismisk Modellering