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CASE ITN Duration: 2010 – 2014 The CASE Initial Training Programme is providing the next generation of European paleoclimate scientists with state-of-the-art training in marine biotic proxies and modelling of past climate changes. It is implemented through a joint research project aiming to describe and identify the mechanisms and impacts of recent environmental changes in the Nordic Seas. Funding: EU Contact:Jochen KNIES |
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Bedload Transport in Steep Mountain Streams: Integrating Field Measurements with Flume Experiments Duration: 2010 – 2011 Bedload transport has high importance within sediment budgets of steep mountain streams. The integration of extended field investigations on fluvial bedload transport and sediment budgets in Erdalen and Bødalen (Nordfjord, western Norway) with advanced field studies at East Creek (Coastal Mountains of British Columbia, Canada) and extended flume experiments on bedload dynamics at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Department of Geography, Canada, is an innovative approach to study mechanisms, controlling factors and rates of bedload transport in steep mountain streams. Funding: NFR
Contact: Achim A. Beylich |
  
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(2008 – 2012) The approach of this NFR funded project as part of ESF EUROCORES TOPO-EUROPE is the integrated quantitative study of longer-term (Holocene), sub-recent and contemporary sedimentary fluxes, process rates and budgets using a novel combination of advanced methods and techniques. The following key aims of the Erdalen and Bødalen Site Project can be stressed:
Contact: Achim A. Beylich |
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The Arctic Chronology Project - (2008-2011) The Arctic is one of the few remaining petroleum frontiers of the world. Present estimates suggest that the potential recoverable hydrocarbon resources of the Russian offshore area alone are in excess of 100 billion toe, and the major part is within the Arctic shelf. During a recent assessment of the world’s oil and gas resources the U.S. Geological Survey suggested that about 25 percent of the undiscovered oil and gas resources might be found in basins of the high northern latitudes. Hence, exploration is a keyword for future success in this remote area. Contact: Jochen Knies |
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SciencePub - (2007-2010) Arctic Natural Climate and Environmental Changes and Human Adaptation: From Science to Public awareness This is a NFR funded project under the International Polar Year, IPY. The main aims are to:
Contact: Eiliv Larsen |
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GLACIPET - (2005-2009) Ice ages: subsidence, uplift and tilting of traps - the influence on petroleum systems The main aims of the project are to model isostatic response of Cenozoic glaciations, sedimentation and erosion on parts of the Norwegian continental shelf, and to constrain consequences for petroleum systems. Data input for modeling is collected through three scientific sub-goals that are to:
The project is carried out in the Barents Sea and the northern North Sea regions. This is partly due to economic interests in the areas, but also because the first area is characterized by uplift through the late Cenozoic, while the second has experienced subsidence over the same period of time. Contact: Eiliv Larsen |
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Detects biofilm variability stable and mobile channel pavement patterns in steep bedload streams in cold environments? Duration 2008-2009 Bedload transport has high importance within sediment budgets of steep mountain streams. Main goals of new research are (i) the better quantitative detection of the mobilised depth of the active channel pavement, (ii) the improved detection of stable and mobile channel units. Biofilm analysis shall provide answers about frequencies of sediment mobilisation and vertical extent of the active/mobilised channel pavement in bedload streams by analysing benthic algae and bacteria as well as biofilm on sampled substratum. Contact: Achim A. Beylich, Funding: NFR / DAAD |
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Database of Quaternary maps of Norway Contact: Lars Olsen |
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GEOS – pre-Quaternary landscape development in the Oslo region. In this project we examine the long-term landscape development in southern Norway and in particular in the Oslo region. South Norway has been characterized as a stripped etch-surface, heavily influenced by Caenozoic weathering and subsequent erosion. We map and characterize pockets of chemical weathering remnants, reconstruct palaeo-river networks and link these findings to Caenozoic (glacial- and non-glacial) erosion. Contact: Ola Fredin |
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SEDIFLUX - Sedimentary Source-to-Sink-Fluxes in Cold Environments and SEDIBUD - Sediment Budgets in Cold Environments From: 2004 Contact: Achim A. Beylich |
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Geo-tourism: Geological information for the tourism industry Magnificent and unique landscapes are among the most important tourist destinations in Norway and the story about how Norwegian landscapes came about geologically is an important part of the tourist experience. The Geotourism-projects aim to produce geological information (publications, web pages etc.) in selected areas for visitor centres, museums and for the education of tourist guides. This information enforces Norwegian landscapes as tourist destinations. The projects are carried out in co-operation with external participants. Projects:
Contact: Rolv Dahl |
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SEDITRANS - (2004-2007) Past and current valley-to-fjord sediment transport - processes and products: A transect from Jostedalsbreen to Nordfjorden, western Norway. Valleys and fjords may be considered as conduits for sediment transport from the mountain areas to the ocean. The research project targeting the Nordfjorden valley - fjord system in western Norway aims at:
Contact: Astrid Lyså |
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NGU Source-to-Sink fluxes in cold environments
NGU Holocene Landscape Formation in Cold Environments Duration 2004-2008 Contact: Achim A. Beylich |
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NORPAST-2 - (2003-2006) Past Climate of the Norwegian Region The project aims to advance the knowledge of patterns and variability of past climate in the Norwegian Region (Norway and adjoining continental margin and fjords) and to contribute to the understanding of climate forcing factors. The studies focus on quantitative climate reconstructions during the last deglaciation, the Holocene and the Recent Past, by investigating a limited number of high-resolution sites from terrestrial and marine archives; by improving paleoclimatic proxies; and by synthesising existing and new data. The project is divided into five related modules:
The NGU group contributes to all modules and has the leadership of module 3. Contact: Astrid Lyså |
