Ritske S. Huismans
Professor, Forskergruppeleder for Geodynamikk og Basseng studier
- E-postRitske.Huismans@uib.no
- Telefon+47 55 58 81 17+47 922 70 930
- BesøksadresseAllégaten 41Realfagbygget5007 BergenRom2G14a - 2142
- PostadressePostboks 78035020 Bergen
Research interests:
- Geodynamics of rifted passive margins
- Orogen dynamics
- Coupling tectonics, surface processes, and climate
- Links between tectonics, magmatism, and fluid flow
- 2D / 3D forward modelling and computational fluid dynamics
- Finite element code development
Major Research Collaborations
- Prof. Jan Inge Faleide (University of Oslo)
- Prof. Sverre Planke (University of Oslo)
- Prof. Dave May (Oxford University)
- Prof. Magdalena Scheck Wenderoth (GFZ Potsdam)
- Prof. Christian Tegner (Aarhus University)
- Prof. Robert Gawthorpe (University of Bergen)
- Prof. J. Braun (Rennes University)
- Dr Delphine Rouby (Université Toulouse)
- Prof. Josep Anton Munoz (Universidad de Barcelona)
Selected publications
- Theunissen, T., Huismans, R.S., Lu. G., Riel, N., Relative continent/mid-ocean ridge elevation: A reference case for isostasy in geodynamics, Earth-Science Reviews, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104153
- Wolf, S.G., Huismans, R.S., Braun, J. et al. Topography of mountain belts controlled by rheology and surface processes. Nature 606, 516–521 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04700-6
- Theunissen, T., Huismans, R.S. Mantle exhumation at magma-poor rifted margins controlled by frictional shear zones. Nature Communications, 13, 1634 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29058-1
- Vivi K. Pedersen, Åsne Rosseland Knutsen, Gustav Pallisgaard-Olesen, Jane Lund Andersen, Robert Moucha, Ritske S. Huismans; Widespread glacial erosion on the Scandinavian passive margin. Geology 2021; 49 (8): 1004–1008. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G48836.1
- Lu, G., Huismans, R.S., Melt volume at Atlantic volcanic rifted margins controlled by depth-dependent extension and mantle temperature, Nature communications, 2021.
- Magdalena Ellis Curry, Peter van der Beek, Ritske S. Huismans, Sebastian G. Wolf, Charlotte Fillon, Josep-Anton Muñoz; Spatio-temporal patterns of Pyrenean exhumation revealed by inverse thermo-kinematic modeling of a large thermochronologic data set. Geology 2021; 49 (6): 738–742. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G48687.1
- G Duclaux, RS Huismans, DA May, Rotation, narrowing, and preferential reactivation of brittle structures during oblique rifting, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2020.
- Berndt, C., Planke, S., Teagle, D., Huismans, R., Torsvik, T., Frieling, J., Jones, M. T., Jerram, D. A., Tegner, C., Faleide, J. I., Coxall, H., and Hong, W.-L.: Northeast Atlantic breakup volcanism and consequences for Paleogene climate change – MagellanPlus Workshop report, Sci. Dril., 26, 69–85, https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-26-69-2019, 2019.
- Grool, AR, Huismans, RS, Ford, M. Salt décollement and rift inheritance controls on crustal deformation in orogens. Terra Nova. 2019; 31: 562– 568. https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12428
- ME Curry, P van der Beek, RS Huismans, SG Wolf, Munoz, JA, Evolving paleotopography and lithospheric flexure of the Pyrenean Orogen from 3D flexural modeling and basin analysis, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2019
- Pedersen, V.K., Braun, J., Huismans, R.S., Eocene to mid-Pliocene landscape evolution in Scandinavia inferred from offshore sediment volumes and pre-glacial topography using inverse modeling, Geomorphology 303, 467-485
- Cowie, P.A., Phillips, R.J., Roberts, G.P., McCaffrey, K, Zijerveld, L.J.J, Gregory, L.C., Faure Walker, J., Wedmore, L.N.J, Dunai, T.J., Binnie, S.A., Freeman, S.P.H.T., Wilcken, K., Shanks, R.P., Huismans, R.S., Papanikolaou, I., Michetti, A.M., Wilkinson, M., Orogen-scale uplift in the central Italian Apennines drives episodic behaviour of earthquake faults. Nature Sci. Rep. 7, 44858; doi: 10.1038/srep44858 (2017).
- Pedersen, V.,K., Huismans, R.S., Moucha, R.., 2016: Isostatic and dynamic support of high topography on a North Atlantic passive margin, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 446, 1-9.
- Huismans, R.S. Beaumont, 2014: Contrasting Characteristics of Rifted Continental Margins Explained by Depth-Dependent Lithospheric Extension: Effects of Detachment and Strong and Weak Lower Crust, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 407, 148-162.
- Jammes, S. Huismans, R.S., Munoz, J.A., Lateral variation in structural style of mountain building: controls of rheological and rift inheritance, Terra Nova, 2013.
- Fillon, C., Huismans, R.S., and van der Beek, P., Wedge-top sedimentation effects on the growth of fold-and-thrust belts, Geology 2013.
- Steer, P., Huismans, R.S., Valla, P.G., Gac, S., and Herman, F., 2012: Bimodal Plio–Quaternary glacial erosion of fjords and low-relief surfaces in Scandinavia, Nature Geoscience, DOI: 10.1038/NGEO1549.
- Huismans, R.S. Beaumont, 2011: Depth-dependent extension, two-stage breakup and cratonic underplating at rifted margins, Nature, 473, 2011. doi:10.1038/nature09988.
GEOV254: Geodynamics and basin modelling
GEOV251: Advanced structural geology
GEOV350: Geodynamics and plate tectonic processes
Post docs and researchers (former in italic)
- Thomas Theunissen
- Gang Lu
- Sebastian Wolf
- Leonardo Muniz Pichel
- Anneleen Geurts
- Nicolas Riel
- Lorenz Wolf
- Vivi Pedersen
- Zoltan Erdos
- Maggie Currie (co-supervision)
- Guillaume Duclaux
- Romain Beucher
- Hongliang Wang
- Philippe Steer
- Cecric Thieulot
- Suzon Jammes
- Sebastian Gac
PhD students (former in italic)
- Sebastian Wolf
- Claudio Salazar Mora
- Arjan Grool (co-supervision)
- Zoltan Erdos
- Charlotte Fillon
- Vaneeda Allken
- Mohammed Gouiza (co-supervision)
Publications 2021-2022:
Wolf, S., Huismans, R.S., Braun, J., Yuang, X., Topography of mountain belts controlled by rheology and surface processes, Nature 606, 516–521 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04700-6.
Theunissen, T., Huismans, R.S., Lu. G., Riel, N., Relative continent/mid-ocean ridge elevation: A reference case for isostasy in geodynamics, Earth-Science Reviews, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104153
Pichel, L. M., Huismans, R. S., Gawthorpe, R., Faleide, J. I., & Theunissen, T. (2022). Late-syn- to post-rift salt tectonics on wide rifted margins—Insights from geodynamic modeling. Tectonics, 41, e2021TC007158. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021TC00715
Erdős, Z., Huismans, R. S., & Faccenna, C. (2022). Wide versus narrow back-arc rifting: Control of subduction velocity and convective back-arc thinning. Tectonics, 41, e2021TC007086. https:// doi.org/10.1029/2021TC007086.
Theunissen, T., Huismans, R.S. Mantle exhumation at magma-poor rifted margins controlled by frictional shear zones. Nat Commun 13, 1634 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29058-1
Lu, G., & Huismans, R. S. (2022). Magmatism at passive margins: Effects of depth-dependent wide rifting and lithospheric counterflow. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2021JB023046. https://doi. org/10.1029/2021JB023046
Wolf, L., Huismans, R. S., Rouby, D., Gawthorpe, R. L., & Wolf, S. G. (2022). Links between faulting, topography, and sediment production during continental rifting: Insights from coupled surface process, thermomechanical modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2021JB023490. https://doi. org/10.1029/2021JB023490
Zoltan Erdos, Ritske S. Huismans, Claudio Faccenna, Sebastian G. Wolf, The Role of Subduction Interface and Upper Plate Strength on Back-Arc Extension: Application to Mediterranean Back-Arc Basins, Tectonics, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021TC006795.
Pedersen, Vivi K., Rosseland Knutsen, Åsne, Pallisgaard-Olesen, Gustav, Andersen, Jane Lund, Moucha, Robert, Huismans, Ritske S.; Widespread glacial erosion on the Scandinavian passive margin. Geology, 2021; 49 (8): 1004–1008. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G48836.1
Lu, G., Huismans, Ritske S., Melt volume at Atlantic volcanic rifted margins controlled by depth-dependent extension and mantle temperature, Nature communications, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23981-5
Magdalena Ellis Curry, Peter van der Beek, Ritske S. Huismans, Sebastian G. Wolf, Charlotte Fillon, Josep Anton Munoz, Spatio-temporal patterns of Pyrenean exhumation revealed by inverse thermo-kinematic modeling of a large thermochronologic data set, Geology, 2021 DOI:10.1130/G48687.1.
Sebastian G. Wolf, Ritske S. Huismans, Josep Anton Munoz, Magdalena Ellis Curry, Peter van der Beek, Growth of collisional orogens from small and cold to large and hot ‐ inferences from geodynamic models, J. Geophysical Research, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB021168
Selected publications 2011-2020
G Duclaux, RS Huismans, DA May, Rotation, narrowing, and preferential reactivation of brittle structures during oblique rifting, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2020.
Berndt, Christian, Planke, Sverre, Teagle, Damon, Huismans, Ritske, Torsvik, Trond, Frieling, Joost, Jones, Morgan T., Jerram, Dougal A., Tegner, Christian, Faleide, Jan Inge, Coxall, Helen and Hong, Wei-Li (2019) Northeast Atlantic breakup volcanism and consequences for Paleogene climate change - MagellanPlus Workshop report Scientific Drilling, 26 . pp. 69-85. DOI 10.5194/sd-26-69-2019.
Cowie, P.A., Phillips, R.J., Roberts, G.P., McCaffrey, K, Zijerveld, L.J.J, Gregory, L.C., Faure Walker, J., Wedmore, L.N.J, Dunai, T.J., Binnie, S.A., Freeman, S.P.H.T., Wilcken, K., Shanks, R.P., Huismans, R.S., Papanikolaou, I., Michetti, A.M., Wilkinson, M., Orogen-scale uplift in the central Italian Apennines drives episodic behaviour of earthquake faults. Nature Sci. Rep. 7, 44858; doi: 10.1038/srep44858 (2017).
Pedersen, V.K., Huismans, R.S., Moucha, R., Isostatic and dynamic support of high topography on a North Atlantic passive margin, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 446, 1-9, 2016.
Fillon, C., Huismans, R.S., and van der Beek, P., Wedge-top sedimentation effects on the growth of fold-and-thrust belts, Geology 2013.
Steer, P., Huismans, R.S., Valla, P.G., Gac, S., and Herman, F., Bimodal Plio–Quaternary glacial erosion of fjords and low-relief surfaces in Scandinavia, Nature Geoscience, DOI: 10.1038/NGEO1549 2014
Huismans, R.S. Beaumont, Depth-dependent extension, two-stage breakup and cratonic underplating at rifted margins, Nature, 473, 2011. doi:10.1038/nature09988.
Vitenskapelig artikkel
- (2023). Impact of Inherited Foreland Relief on Retro-Foreland Basin Architecture. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth.
- (2022). Widespread glacial erosion on the Scandinavian passive margin: REPLY. Geology. e547-e547.
- (2022). Wide Versus Narrow Back-Arc Rifting: Control of Subduction Velocity and Convective Back-Arc Thinning. Tectonics.
- (2022). Topography of mountain belts controlled by rheology and surface processes. Nature. 516-521.
- (2022). Relative continent - mid-ocean ridge elevation: A reference case for isostasy in geodynamics. Earth-Science Reviews. 27 sider.
- (2022). Mantle exhumation at magma-poor rifted margins controlled by frictional shear zones. Nature Communications.
- (2022). Magmatism at Passive Margins: Effects of Depth-Dependent Wide Rifting and Lithospheric Counterflow. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth.
- (2022). Links Between Faulting, Topography, and Sediment Production During Continental Rifting: Insights From Coupled Surface Process, Thermomechanical Modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth.
- (2022). Late-syn- to post-rift salt tectonics on wide rifted margins—Insights from geodynamic modeling. Tectonics. 17 sider.
- (2022). Evolution of Rift Architecture and Fault Linkage During Continental Rifting: Investigating the Effects of Tectonics and Surface Processes Using Lithosphere-Scale 3D Coupled Numerical Models. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth.
- (2022). Coupling Crustal-Scale Rift Architecture With Passive Margin Salt Tectonics: A Geodynamic Modeling Approach. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth. 22 sider.
- (2021). Widespread glacial erosion on the Scandinavian passive margin. Geology. 1004-1008.
- (2021). The Role of Subduction Interface and Upper Plate Strength on Back-Arc Extension: Application to Mediterranean Back-Arc Basins. Tectonics.
- (2021). Spatio-temporal patterns of Pyrenean exhumation revealed by inverse thermo-kinematic modeling of a large thermochronologic data set. Geology. 738-742.
- (2021). Melt volume at Atlantic volcanic rifted margins controlled by depth-dependent extension and mantle temperature. Nature Communications.
- (2021). Growth of Collisional Orogens From Small and Cold to Large and Hot-Inferences From Geodynamic Models. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth.
- (2021). Crustal domains in the Western Barents Sea. Geophysical Journal International. 2155-2169.
- (2020). Rotation, narrowing, and preferential reactivation of brittle structures during oblique rifting. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 1-12.
- (2020). Morphotectonic Evolution of Passive Margins Undergoing Active Surface Processes: Large-Scale Experiments Using Numerical Models. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.
- (2020). Growth of collisional orogens from small and cold to large and hot ‐ inferences from geodynamic models. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth.
- (2019). Water migration in the subduction mantle wedge: A two-phase flow approach. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth. 9208-9225.
- (2019). Salt decollement and rift inheritance controls on crustal deformation in orogens. Terra Nova. 562-568.
- (2019). Northeast Atlantic breakup volcanism and consequences for Paleogene climate change – MagellanPlus Workshop report. Scientific Drilling. 69-85.
- (2019). Mountain Building or Backarc Extension in Ocean-Continent Subduction Systems: A Function of Backarc Lithospheric Strength and Absolute Plate Velocities. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth. 7461-7482.
- (2019). Long‐Term Coupling and Feedback Between Tectonics and Surface Processes During Non‐Volcanic Rifted Margin Formation. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth. 12323-12347.
- (2019). Evolving paleotopography and lithospheric flexure of the Pyrenean Orogen from 3D flexural modeling and basin analysis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 26-37.
- (2019). Control of increased sedimentation on orogenic fold-and-thrust belt structure-insights into the evolution of the Western Alps. Solid Earth (SE). 391-404.
- (2018). The Wilson cycle and effects of tectonic structural inheritance on continental margin formation. Tectonics. 3085-3101.
- (2018). Insights Into the Crustal-Scale Dynamics of a Doubly Vergent Orogen From a Quantitative Analysis of Its Forelands: A Case Study of the Eastern Pyrenees. Tectonics. 450-476.
- (2018). Eocene to mid-Pliocene landscape evolution in Scandinavia inferred from offshore sediment volumes and pre-glacial topography using inverse modelling. Geomorphology. 467-485.
- (2018). Drainage integration and sediment dispersal in active continental rifts: A numerical modelling study of the central Italian Apennines. Basin Research. 965-989.
- (2017). Orogen-scale uplift in the central Italian Apennines drives episodic behaviour of earthquake faults. Scientific Reports. 1-10.
- (2017). Crustal structure and evolution of the Arctic Caledonides: Results fromcontrolled-source seismology. Tectonophysics. 9-24.
- (2016). Isostatic and dynamic support of high topography on a North Atlantic passive margin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 1-9.
- (2016). Alpine exhumation of the central Cantabrian Mountains, Northwest Spain. Tectonics. 339-356.
- (2015). First-order control of syntectonic sedimentation on crustal-scale structure of mountain belts. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth. 5362-5377.
- (2014). Three-dimensional numerical simulations of crustal systems undergoing orogeny and subjected to surface processes. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 4936-4957.
- (2014). Rifted continental margins: The case for depth-dependent extension. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 148-162.
- (2014). Lateral variation in structural style of mountain building: Controls of rheological and rift inheritance. Terra Nova. 201-207.
- (2014). Extensional inheritance and surface processes as controlling factors of mountain belt structure. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth. 9042-9061.
- (2014). Evaluating balanced section restoration with thermochronology data: A case study from the Central Pyrenees. Tectonics. 617-634.
- (2014). Effects of lithosphere buckling on subsidence and hydrocarbon maturation: A case-study from the ultra-deep East Barents Sea basin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 123-133.
- (2014). Controls of initial topography on temporal and spatial patterns of glacial erosion. Geomorphology. 96-116.
- (2013). Syntectonic sedimentation effects on the growth of fold-and-thrust belts. Geology. 83-86.
- (2013). Syntectonic sedimentation controls on the evolution of the southern Pyrenean fold-and-thrust belt: Inferences from coupled tectonic-surface processes models. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth. 5665-5680.
- (2013). Rifting assisted by shear heating and formation of the Lomonosov Ridge. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 31-40.
- (2013). Formation of intracratonic basins by lithospheric shortening and phase changes: a case study from the ultra-deep East Barents Sea basin. Terra Nova. 459-464.
- (2013). Control of lithosphere rheology on subduction polarity at initiation: Insights from 3D analogue modelling. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 219-228.
- (2013). 3D numerical modelling of graben interaction and linkage: a case study of the Canyonlands grabens, Utah. Basin Research. 436-449.
- (2012). Structural styles of mountain building: Controls of lithospheric rheologic stratification and extensional inheritance. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth. 22 sider.
- (2012). On the origin of the ultradeep East Barents Sea basin. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth. 16 sider.
- (2012). Low seismic velocities below mid-ocean ridges: Attenuation versus melt retention. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth. 19 sider.
- (2012). Factors controlling the mode of rift interaction in brittle-ductile coupled systems: A 3D numerical study. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 18 sider.
- (2012). Bimodal Plio-Quaternary glacial erosion of fjords and low-relief surfaces in Scandinavia. Nature Geoscience. 635-639.
- (2011). Three-dimensional numerical modeling of upper crustal extensional systems. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth. 15 sider.
- (2011). Depth-dependent extension, two-stage breakup and cratonic underplating at rifted margins. Nature. 74-U85.
- (2009). Dynamical modelling of lithospheric extension and small-scale convection: implications for magmatism during the formation of volcanic rifted margins. Geophysical Journal International. 327-350.
- (2008). Three dimensional dynamic numerical modelling of rifts and passive margins. META. 6-10.
- (2008). Thinning of continental backarc lithosphere by flow-induced gravitational instability. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 435-446.
- (2008). Dissipation Analysis as a Guide to Mode Selection during Crustal Extension and Implications for the Styles of Sedimentary Basins. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR).
- (2008). DOUAR: A new three-dimensional creeping flow numerical model for the solution of geological problems. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 76-91.
- (2008). Complex rifted continental margins explained by dynamical models of depth-dependent lithospheric extension. Geology. 163-166.
- (2007). The fate of subducted sediments: A case for backarc intrusion and underplating. Geology. 1111-1114.
- (2007). Roles of lithospheric strain softening and heterogeneity in determining the geometry of rifts and continental margins. Geological Society Special Publication. 107-134.
- (2007). A numerical model for coupled fluid flow and matrix deformation with applications to disequilibrium compaction and delta stability. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR).
Faglig foredrag
- (2017). Water migration in the subduction mantle wedge: a two-phase flow approach.
- (2017). Water migration in the subduction mantle wedge: a two-phase flow approach.
- (2017). Seismic probing of hydration and dehydration reactions in subduction zones.
- (2016). The critical role of extension-orthogonal shears in oblique rift development.
- (2016). Preferential development of extension-orthogonal basins in oblique continental rifts.
- (2016). Preferential development of extension-orthogonal basins in oblique continental rifts.
- (2013). Petrological-Geochemical Constraints on Formation and Modification of Cratonic Lithospheric Mantle and Implications for its Thermophysical Properties.
Vitenskapelig foredrag
- (2023). The Nature of Outer Highs on Volcanic Rifted Margins: Results from IODP Drilling of Eldhø on the Vøring Margin.
- (2019). Effects of structural inheritance on orogen and rifted margin structure .
- (2018). Long term 2-D thermo-mechanical modelling of magma-poor passive margins formation: effects of deep mantle processes on vertical motions.
- (2017). Inversion of Eocene to mid-Pliocene landscape evolution in Scandinavia using offshore sediment volumes.
- (2017). Inverse modeling of Eocene to mid-Pliocene landscape evolution in Scandinavia using offshore sediment volumes.
- (2016). Magmatism at passive margins: Effects of depth-dependent rifting and depleted continental lithospheric counterflow.
- (2016). Isostatic and dynamic support of high passive margin topography in southern Scandinavia.
- (2016). Isostatic and dynamic support of high passive margin topography in southern Scandinavia.
- (2016). Barents Sea Paleozoic basement and basin configurations: Crustal structure from deep seismic and potential field data.
- (2016). Barents Sea Crustal and Upper Mantle Structure from Deep Seismic and Potential Field Data.
- (2016). Barents Sea Crustal and Upper Mantle Structure from Deep Seismic and Potential Field Data.
- (2015). The role of mechanical heterogeneities during continental breakup: a 3D lithospheric-scale modelling approach.
- (2015). Factors controlling structural style and magmatism in passive margins.
- (2013). Controls of initial topography on temporal and spatial patterns of glacial erosion.
- (2012). Quaternary landscape evolution in Norway – to what degree is Norway sculptured by glaciers?
- (2012). Quaternary landscape evolution in Norway – to what degree is Norway sculptured by glaciers?
- (2012). Coupled compaction driven fluid flow and mechanical deformation in sedimentary basins.
- (2010). Northern Barents Sea Evolution Linked to the Arctic Ocean.
- (2010). Compressing a sheared margin and extended plate boundary: Modeling subduction in the Pyrenees.
- (2009). What are the implications of lithosphere scale dynamical models of rifting and passive margin formation for vertical motions and thermal history at rifted margins?
- (2009). Three-dimensional numerical modelling of crust and lithosphere extension.
- (2009). Structural style of formation of passive margins, insights from dynamical modelling. implications for heatflow and subsidence history.
- (2009). Small scale convection and volcanic margin formation of conjugate North Atlantic volcanic rifted margins: Insights from dynamical models.
- (2009). Role of phase changes on the pattern of upper mantle flow beneath mid-oceanic ridges.
- (2009). Formation and breakdown of the Pyrenean mountain belt: relation between tectonics, surface processes, and climate.
- (2009). Factors controlling structure style of rift and passive margin formation.
- (2009). Dynamical modelling of lithospheric extension and small-scale convection: implications for magmatism during the formation of volcanic rifted margins.
- (2009). Dynamical Models of Depth-Dependent Lithospheric Extension at Rifted Continental Margins: Effects of Strong and Weak Lower Crust.
- (2009). Can phase changes be at the origin of the large subsidence of Barents Sea basins? Insights from density modelling.
- (2009). 2D and 3D forward numerical modeling of rift and passive margin formation: implications for South, North and Central Atlantic rifted margins.
- (2008). What are the implications of depth-dependent and uniform lithospheric extension for thermal history at rifted margins: Insights from dynamical models.
- (2008). Three-dimensional numerical modelling of rifting.
- (2008). Sub-basalt exploration in the Norwegian Sea and IODP.
- (2008). Structural style of passive margins, insights from dynamical modelling.
- (2008). Structural style of inversion of rifts and passive margins: feedback between mountain building and surface processes.
- (2008). Structural style of formation of passive margins, insights from dynamical modelling. Implications for heat flow and subsidence history.
- (2008). STT-02: Structure and Formation of Rift Basins and Passive Margins from Surface to Depth: Observations and Modelling.
- (2008). IODP Drilling of Conjugate North Atlantic Volcanic Rifted Margins, Causes and Implications of Excess Magmatism.
- (2008). Dynamical modelling of lithospheric extension and small-scale convection: implications for magmatism during the formation of volcanic rifted margins.
- (2008). Depth Dependent Thinning at Wide (Non)-Volcanic Passive Margins: Effects of Strong and Weak Lower Crust.
- (2008). Depth Dependent Thinning at Wide (Non)-Volcanic Passive Margins: Effects of Strong and Weak Lower Crust.
- (2008). Depth Dependent Thinning at Wide (Non)-Volcanic Passive Margins, Lithospheric Rheological Stratification and Small Scale Convection.
- (2008). 2-D numerical modeling of upper mantle flow beneath mid-oceanic ridges. Workshop in advanced numerical modeling in mantle convection and listhosphere dynamic.
- (2007). The origin of thin lithosphere in continental backarcs: Effect of hydration on mantle lithosphere stability.
- (2007). Symmetry, width, and differential thinning of passive margins, insights from dynamical modelling: Implications for heatflow and subsidence History.
- (2007). Symmetry, Width, and Depth Dependent Extension at Passive Margins, Control of Lithospheric Rheological Stratification and Strain Weakening.
- (2007). Structural style of passive margin formation, role of lithosphere rheological stratification.
- (2007). Structural style of inversion of rifts and passive margins: feedback between mountain building and surface processes. Application to the Pyreneean Cantabrian Mts.
- (2007). Structural style of inversion of rifts and passive margins: Feedback between mountain building and surface processes. Application to the Pyreneean Cantabrian Mts.
- (2007). Sensitivity of rift mode to thermal-tectonic regime: what is the force required for lithospheric rupture?
- (2007). Role of lower crustal flow during post-rift sedimentary basin evolution.
- (2007). PYRTEC:Spatial and temporal coupling between tectonics and surface processes during lithosphere inversion of the Pyrenean-Cantabrian mountain belt.
- (2007). Narrow Asymmetric versus Extreme Wide Non-Volcanic Passive Margin Formation, Control of Lithospheric Rheological Stratification and Strain Weakening Invited presentation.
- (2007). Influence of lower crustal flow on the post-rift subsidence of a basin.
- (2007). Complex rifted margins explained by dynamical models of depth-dependent lithospheric extension.
- (2007). Complex rifted margins explained by dynamical models of depth-dependent lithospheric extension.
- (2006). The origin of thin lithosphere in continental backarcs: Effect of hydration on mantle lithosphere stability.
- (2006). Narrow Asymmetric versus Extreme Wide Non-Volcanic Passive Margin Formation, Control of Lithospheric Rheological Stratification and Strain Weakening.
- (2006). Lithospheric Rheological Stratification, Strain Weakening, and the Geometry of Rifts and Continental Margins.
- (2006). Dynamic models of lithosphere extension using extension.
- (2006). Dynamic modeling of crustal extension.
- (2006). Differences between kinematic and dynamic models of extensional lithosphere.
- (2005). Effect of Lithospheric Rheological Stratification on Extensional Styles and Rift Basin Geometry.
Leserinnlegg
- (2018). Reply to: Discussion of "Eocene to mid-Pliocene landscape evolution in Scandinavia inferred from offshore sediment volumes and pre-glacial topography using inverse modeling" (Pedersen et al. 2018, Geomorphology, 303: 467-485). Geomorphology. 225-230.
Mastergradsoppgave
- (2010). Finite Element Modeling of Buoyancy-Driven Flow in Natural Geothermal Systems.
Sammendrag/abstract
- (2011). Modellling compression along a previously extended plate boundary; subduction vs. Obduction along the Iberian – Eurasian margin. Abstracts and Proceedings of the Geological Society of Norway. 62-62.
Poster
- (2018). Synrift subsidence and magmatism of the Central South Atlantic passive margins based on long term 2-D thermo-mechanical modelling.
- (2018). Modelling dehydration and water migration in subduction zones – a two-phase flow approach.
- (2018). Mantle exhumation at magma-poor rifted margin: a competition between frictional shear zones and thermally weakened necking domains. Consequences on time of breakup at Galicia/Newfoundland margins.
- (2017). The Western Barents Sea: where is the Caledonian Deformation Front?
- (2017). Inverse modeling of Eocene to mid-Pliocene landscape evolution in Scandinavia using offshore sediment volumes.
- (2016). Locating Caledonian Deformation Front in the Western Barents Sea.
- (2016). Fluid migration in the subduction zone: a coupled fluid flow approach.
- (2016). Barents Sea Paleozoic basement and basin configurations: Crustal structure from deep seismic and potential field data .
- (2016). Artefacts or reality? Sometimes interesting modelling results should be discarded.
- (2015). The critical role of extension-orthogonal shears in oblique rift development.
- (2015). Isostatic and dynamic support of high passive margin topography in southern Scandinavia.
- (2013). Patterns of glacial erosion affected by initial topography.
- (2011). Is enhanced heat and tracer transfer an important process in deep geothermal systems?
- (2009). Three-dimensional numerical modelling of crustal extension.
- (2009). Three-dimensional numerical modelling of crustal extension.
- (2009). Thermal buoyancy related to the 410 km depth exothermic phase change, a possible origin for upper mantle plumes.
- (2009). Differential thinning and small scale convection during formation of non-volcanic conjugate, Morocco - Nova Scotia passive margins: Insights from thermo-mechanical modeling.
- (2008). DOUAR, a new 3D creeping flow model for the solution of geological problems: some applications.
- (2008). 2D numerical mo-delling of upper mantle flow beneath mid-oceanic ridges.
Main recent funded and initiated projects:
- 22 million NOK, NFR KPN, Co investigator, PALMAR- Paleogene Basin Development on the Vøring and Møre Margins, employs 1 PhD, 1 Post doc, 1 Researcher, 2023-2026.
- 150 million NOK, International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), Main project leader, IODP drilling Mid-Norwegian Continental Margin Magmatism. Large international expedition involving researchers from Norway, France, Germany, Denmark, USA, Japan, India, China, scheduled August – September 2021.
- 4.25 million NOK, Akademia, Main project leader, Rift-passive margin formation along the Brazilian margin: linking Santos and Campos margin segments, , employs 1 post doctoral fellow, 2020-2023.
- 4.25 million NOK, Akademia, Co-PI, High displacement normal fault evolution, employs 1 post doctoral fellow, 2020-2023.
- 80 million NOK, Total-France, Main project leader, COLORS, coupling lithosphere deformation, surface processes and stratigraphy, employs 8 post docs and PhD’s. Collaborators from GFZ Potsdam, Grenoble University, Toulouse University, Rennes University, Barcelona University. 2016 – 2021.
- 600 KNOK, SIU Collaboration in higher education, UiB – Rio de Janeiro State University. Participants, Profs Fossen, Gawthorpe (UiB), Heilbron, Trindade Brazil. 2018-2020.
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