CV
My main research interest is isostasy and the structure of the lithosphere. Hereby, the focus is on the use of potential field data in forward and inverse modelling. In all the research projects interdisciplinary approaches with special emphasis to deep seismic results and geological studies are applied.
I am currently active in research projects, dealing with the lithospheric structure below the Norwegian continental margin and Northern Africa, as well as in research dealing with joint inversion of multiple geophysical data sets. A new project is dedicated towards the evaluation of GOCE satellite gradient data for geophysical application.
I am also Associate Professor at the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics at the NTNU in Trondheim.
Fields of research: Tectonophysics; gravity; gravity tensor; magnetics; 3D modelling; inversion, uplift and isostasy
Publications, 2006-2011
1. Barrère, C., Ebbing, J., and Gernigon, L., 2011. 3D density and magnetic crustal characterisation of the southwestern Barents Shelf: implications for the offshore prolongation of the Norwegian Caledonides. Geophysical Journal International, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04888.x
2. Ebbing, J. & Olesen, O. 2010: Compilation of top basement and basement thickness for the Norwegian continental shelf reveals segmentation of the passive margin system. Petroleum Geology Conference series; v. 7; p. 885-897.
3. Olesen, O., Brönner, M., Ebbing, J., Gellein, J., Gernigon, L., Koziel, J., Lauritsen, T., Myklebust, R., Sand, M., Solheim, D. and Usov, S., 2010. New aeromagnetic and gravity compilations from Norway and adjacent areas – methods and applications. Petroleum Geology Conference series; v. 7; p. 559-586.
4. Reynisson, R.F., Ebbing, J. Lundin, E., Osmundsen, P.T., 2010. Properties and distribution of lower crustal bodies on the mid-Norwegian margin. Petroleum Geology Conference series; v. 7; p. 843-854.
5. Eyike, A., Werner, S.C., Ebbing, J., Manguelle Dicoum, E., 2010. On the use of global potential field models for regional interpretation of the West and Central African Rift System. Tectonophysics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2010.04.026.
6. Marello, L., Ebbing, J., Gernigon, L., 2010. Magnetic basement study in the Barents Sea from inversion and forward modelling. Tectonophysics, 493, 153-171.
7. Barrère; C. Ebbing, J., Gernigon, L., 2009. Offshore Prolongation of Caledonian structures and basement characterization in the Western Barents Sea from geophysical modelling. Tectonophysics, 470, 71-88.
8. Braitenberg, C. and Ebbing, J., 2009. New insights into the basement structure of the West Siberian Basin from forward and inverse modeling of GRACE satellite gravity data, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B06402, doi:10.1029/2008JB005799.
9. Braitenberg, C. and Ebbing, J., 2009. The GRACE-satellite gravity field in analysing large scale, cratonic or intracratonic basins. Geophysical Prospecting, 57, 559-571. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2009.00793.x
10. Ebbing, J., Gernigon, L., Pascal, C., Olesen, O. and Osmundsen, P.T., 2009. A discussion of structural and thermal control of magnetic anomalies on the mid-Norwegian margin. Geophysical Prospecting, 57, 665-681doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2009.00800.x.
11. Reynisson, R.F., Ebbing, J. and Skilbrei, J.R. 2009. The use of potential field data in revealing the basement structure in sub-basaltic settings: an example from the Møre margin, offshore Norway. Geophysical Prospecting 57, 753–771.
12. Weber, M. (and 45 co-authors Ebbing, J.) 2009. Anatomy of the Dead Sea Transform from lithospheric to microscopic scale. Review of Geophysics, 47(2), RG2002.
13. Gernigon, L., Olesen, O., Ebbing, J., Wienecke, S., Gaina, C., Mogaard, J.O., Sand, M. and Myklebust, R. 2009: Geophysical insights and early spreading history in the vicinity of the Jan Mayen Fracture Zone, Norwegian-Greenland Sea. Tectonophysics, 468, 185-205.
14. Osmundsen P.T. and Ebbing, J. 2008. Styles of extension offshore Mid Norway and implications for mechanisms of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous rifting. Basement configuration of the mid-Norwegian margin. Tectonics, doi:10.1029/2007TC002242, 27, TC6016.
15. Riedel, C. & Ebbing. J., 2008. Hot spot ridge interaction and its influence on the Icelandic crust formation and dynamics - Editorial. Tectonophysics, 447, 1–4.
16. Ebbing, J., 2007: Isostatic density modelling explains the missing root of the Scandes. Norwegian Journal of Geology, 87, 13-20.
17. Ebbing, J., Braitenberg, C. and Wienecke, S., 2007. Insights into the lithospheric structure and the tectonic setting of the Barents Sea region from isostatic considerations. Geophysical Journal International, 171 (3), 1390–1403.
18. Ebbing, J., Skilbrei, J.R. and Olesen, O. 2007. Insights into the magmatic architecture of the Oslo Graben by petrophysically constrained analysis of the gravity and magnetic field, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B04404, doi:10.1029/2006JB004694.
19. Olesen, O., Dehls, J.F., Ebbing, J., Kihle, O. & Lundin, E., 2007. Aeromagnetic mapping of deep-weathered fracture zones in the Oslo Region – a new tool for improved planning of tunnels. Norwegian Journal of Geology, 87, 253-267.
20. Olesen, O., Ebbing, J., Lundin, E., Mauring, E., Skilbrei, J.R., Torsvik, T.H., Hansen, E.K., Henningsen, T., Midbøe, P. and Sand, M. 2007. An improved tectonic model for the Eocene opening of the Norwegian–Greenland Sea: Use of modern magnetic data. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 24, 53-66, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.10.008.
21. Pascal, C., Ebbing, J. and Skilbrei, J.R., 2007. Interplay between the Scandes and the Transscandinavian Igneous Belt: integrated thermal and potential field modelling of the Central Scandes profile. Norwegian Journal of Geology, 87, 3-12.
22. Smelror, M., Dehls, J., Ebbing, J., Larsen, E., Lundin, E.R., Nordgulen, Ø., Osmundsen, P.T., Olesen, O., Ottesen, D., Pascal, C., Redfield, T.F. & Rise, L., 2007. Towards a 4D topographic view of the Norwegian Sea margin. Global and Planetary Change, 58 (1-4), 382-410.
23. Ebbing, J., Braitenberg, C. and Götze, H.-J., 2006. The lithospheric density structure of the Eastern Alps. Tectonophysics, 414, 145-155.
24. Ebbing, J., Lundin, E., Olesen, O. and Hansen, E.K, 2006. The mid-Norwegian margin: A discussion of crustal lineaments, mafic intrusions, and remnants of the Caledonian root by 3D density modelling and structural interpretation. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 163, 47-60.
25. Götze, H.-J., El-Kelani, R., Schmidt, S., Rybakov, M., Hassouneh, M., Förster, H.-J., Ebbing, J. & DESERT Group, 2006. Integrated 3-D density modelling and segmentation of the Dead Sea Transform (DST). International Journal of Earth Sciences, DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0095-5.
26. Tašárová, Z., Götze, H.J., El-Kelani, R., Ebbing, J., Hassouneh, M. & DESERT Group, 2006. Small-scale gravity modeling of upper crustal structures in the Araba Valley along the Dead Sea Transform.G3, 7 (9), doi:10.1029/2005GC001229.
27. Zanolla C., Braitenberg, C., Ebbing, J., Bernabini, M., Bram, G., Gabriel, G., Götze, H.-J., Giammetti, S., Longoni, R., Meurers, B., Nicolich, R. and Palmieri F., 2006. New gravity maps of the Eastern Alps and significance for the crustal structures. Tectonophysics, 414, 127-143.