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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Evaluering av dagens metodikk for bruk av erosjon i faresonekartlegging i kvikkleireutsatte områder Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Predicting near-future rainfall, defined as nowcasts, is essential to various industries and sectors, including aviation safety, agriculture, flood management, and the general public. Traditional nowcasts are calculated ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
A number of studies have shown that the boreal forest in North America has experienced a nearly two-fold increase in burned area over the past 60 years, with a corresponding rise in the number of large fires. Permafrost ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Denne masteroppgaven tar for seg bruk av modellverktøy for dimensjonering av steinspranggjerder mot steinsprang. Målet med oppgaven er å kartlegge utvalgte modellverktøys egnethet, samt hvilken betydning valg av av disse ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
There has been a steady increase of marine activity throughout the Arctic Ocean during the last decades, and maritime end users are requesting skillful high-resolution sea ice forecasts to ensure operational safety. Different ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The S1 (Sentinel 1) and S2 (Sentinel 2) missions use high-resolution satellite imagery to map the land surface over large swaths. With a minimum 5-day and 6-day repeat time, imagery over earths land can be quickly obtained ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This thesis addresses how minor faults affect CO2 migration. To achieve this goal, the study combines a detailed seismic interpretation of an isolated fault (F1) located in the Aurora CO2 storage site, complimented with ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Geological CO2 storage is an important initiative to mitigate climate change. Numerical models are valuable for estimating storage capacity and for risk assessment. Due to large scales involved, simplified models are ...
Kartlegging av kvikkleire ved bruk av elektromagnetisk metode. En studie fra Gjerdrum, Romerike. Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Kartlegging av kvikkleire er essensielt for å identifisere kvikkleireområder, og dermed ta nødvendige grep for å hindre skred. Denne oppgaven undersøker om «towed transient electromagnetic system» (tTEM) kan effektivisere ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Quick clay landslides may have major consequences on human civilization and are responsible for some of the most damaging natural disasters in Norway. Quick clay hazard zones in Norway are mapped as either low-, medium-, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The main objective of this thesis is to investigate the influence of future climate on slope stability, define slope stability thresholds, and identify triggering factors leading to slope failure at the Eidsvoll case study. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This study analyses automatically detected avalanche deposits in Sentinel-1 SAR images by the SatSkred algorithm from the three winter seasons 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21. SatSkred allows for near-real-time automatic ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Providing temporal data of potential rock slope instabilities is important for assessing their dynamics and improving projections. Acquiring slope movement data prior to the advent of satellite radar can often only be found ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Flere av de tettest bebodde områdene i Norge har kvikkleire i grunnen. Økende tilflytting til disse områdene vil medføre et økt behov for kvikkleirekartlegging. Konsekvensene av kvikkleireskred kan potensielt bli svært ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Strukturmark i form av sirkler, polygoner og striper har lenge vært et fascinerende forskningsområde, og denne masteroppgaven utforsker potensialet av nyere metoder som fjernanalyse for å analysere disse strukturene i tid ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
A warm phase has previously been observed in the early to middle Holocene geological record of the Northern hemisphere. Holocene invertebrate faunas in the Oslo fjord, Norway, are here studied in order to investigate their ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
The Earth’s mantle transition zone (MTZ), located between approximately 410-660 km depth, can store an amount of water equivalent to 2-10 oceans of water, which is transported into the deep mantle by subducting oceanic ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Denne oppgaven studerer konsekvensene som flom har på vei og jernbane i Ottaområdet. Oppgaven søker å gi økt kunnskap om slike konsekvenser, samt å forbedre hvordan man kan vurdere konsekvensene. Fokuset i denne oppgaven ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Structural de-risking of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) prospects are highly dependent on the effects of faults. Seismic scale faults will dictate how injected CO2 migrate within the subsurface. Depending on fault ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Ground temperatures in coarse, blocky deposits such as in mountain blockfields and rock glaciers have long been observed to be lower in comparison with other (sub)surface material. One of the reasons for this negative ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Flytende sensorplatformer "Driftere" kan brukes til å utføre målinger i de tøffe og utilgjengelige forholdene i smeltevannskanaler på bre. Drifterene kan levere et vell av data smeltevannskanaler, men metoder for å trekke ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
For undersøkelse av stabilitet i grunnen er dagens praksis å beregne sikkerhetsfaktor (F), som representerer forholdet mellom motvirkende og drivende krefter. Det er av flere årsaker forbundet usikkerheter til inngangsparameterne, ...
Monitoring and Modeling Groundwater Flow Near the Vemork and Såheim Hydraulic Power Plants, Norway Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Most of unlined pressure tunnels are successfully operated in Norway without significant instability problems. Even though all unlined pressure tunnels follow the same established design criteria and principles, there are ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
A paleomagnetic survey of rocks from the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Glacial lakes are an important component of terrestrial meltwater storage and respond to climate change and glacier retreat. Although there is evidence of rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes, changes in frequency and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Propagation of igneous intrusions, like dikes and sill, is the dominant transport mechanism of magma through the Earth’s lithosphere. Dikes and sills propagate by fracturing or pushing crustal rocks which deform according ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Previous landslides can be important indicators for where to expect future landslide activity and under which conditions. Unfortunately, information concerning previous landslides is often insufficient and landslide databases ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
28 skred fra fast fjell ble kartlagt basert på systematisk gjennomgang av ortofoto og digitale terrengmodeller i det som tidligere var Oppland fylke. Skredparametere som regnes å spille en rolle for mobiliteten ble vurdert ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Earthquake prediction is a highly important goal in geoscience. In this study we present usage of machine learning to predict distance to failure in rocks, a problem adjacent to earthquake prediction. We use two machine ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Føremålet med denne oppgåva er å undersøke verknad av ulike faktorar i prosesseringsprogram for GNSS, t.d. korleis ulike prosesseringsprogram framstiller resultata, og om bruk av fleire GNSS-konstellasjonar og ulike ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
One of the main challenges in the rockfall hazard assessment is to determine where and when rockfall occurs. The existing national susceptibility map with potential rockfall source areas in Norway based on slope angle ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
The snow crab, Chionoecete opilio, is an invasive species in the Barents Sea. The spread of the species has know environmental impacts on the benthic community, removing species important for biominxing. By analyzing short ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Debris flows can travel long distances and at high speeds. This makes them destructive. Large parts of Norway are exposed to debris flow hazards. Roads and railways are particularly exposed as well as affected infrastructure. ...
A review of mercury (Hg) in Norwegian petroleum systems Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Rockfalls occur frequently in Norway and pose a risk to people and infrastructure. To determine suitable mitigation measures that could prevent fatalities and damages, rockfall hazard needs to be assessed based on ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Kvikkleire kan påtreffes under marin grense i Norge, Sverige, Finland, Russland, Canada og Alaska. Den vanligste utløsende årsaken til kvikkleireskred de siste tiårene er menneskelig aktivitet, men kvikkleireskred utløses ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
The origin of ribbed moraines (Rogen moraine) is a long-discussed topic in the field of geomorphology. As per today, no consensus on their formation has been reached apart from a subglacial origin. This study will test the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Stratigraphic profiles of two sediment cores stationed at Loperen are analyzed to distinguish temporal changes of accumulation rates of total organic carbon (TOC) in at least the last four centuries. The aim is to investigate ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
In this thesis the rock glaciers and geomorphology of the three fjord arms of Hopsfjorden called, Ivarsfjorden, Store Skogfjorden and Lille Skogfjorden were surveyed. Hopsfjorden is located in Finnmark at 70.9° N and 28° ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Partitioning precipitation into rain and snow is of pivotal importance in hydrological models. Errors in correctly determining precipitation phase at the surface can propagate into other parts of the model, and there is a ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Understanding geologic risks that could hinder successful geologic CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in a prospective area is imperative before moving forward with a storage project. Containment of injected CO2 requires the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Løsmasseskred har potensiale til å forårsake stor skade på mennesker, bygninger og infrastruktur. Slike hendelser ansees derfor som et potensielt stort samfunnsproblem. Hyppigheten av skredhendelser er i tillegg forventet ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Denne oppgaven har tatt for seg om værradardata gir et bedre estimat av nedbørmengder da værradardata har en bedre romlig og temporal oppløsning enn interpoleringsmetoden. Det har også blitt sett på et datasett som er ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Dagens aktsomhetskart for snøskred båndlegger store arealer i Norge og ekspertene anser aktsomhetssonene å være for store i mange tilfeller, spesielt ved kystnære områder. I områder med innlandsklima er problematikken i ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The abandoned sulfide ore mines located at Folldal, in central Norway, have been closed since 1993. However, centuries of mining activities have resulted in waste rock and tailings exposed to the natural environment. All ...
Sammenheng mellom regionale hydrometeorologiske forhold og poretrykk mht. utløsning av løsmasseskred
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Fremtidens klima kommer til å føre til flere store nedbør- og snøsmeltingshendelser. I dag utgjør dette en stor del av utløsende årsak for løsmasseskred. Det vil si at for å minimere skadeomfanget som kan oppstå med ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Dynamical runout models are essential tools in landslide hazard and risk assessment, because they allow us to simulate the motion of past landslides and to predict the motion of future landslides. Runout distances obtained ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Debris flows and debris avalanches represent a large threat to society in Norway. The intensity and frequency of these events is expected to increase over the course of the next 50 years due to changing precipitation ...
Trekantformede skred i Norge - En kvantitativ analyse av terrengparametre i kildeområder for trekantskred Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Sedimentary rocks from the Grønsennknippa area, located in Vestre Slidre in Valdres, have been studied by field investigations, remote sensing and laboratory techniques. The tectonostratigraphic setting has been briefly ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER DUE TO THE MINERAL PROCESSING LAYER IN FOLLDAL MINE WITH FIELD MEASUREMENTS AND LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Fastmerker etableres for å oppnå et stabilt punkt med så lav punktdeformasjon som mulig. Så langt det er mulig velges også områder med faste, stabile masser for plassering av fastmerker. Av flere årsaker kan det likevel ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
This master project focuses on the mineralogical changes and re-distribution of S between apatite, monazite and scapolite in the Lindås Nappe, Bergen Arcs, W-Norway. The assemblage developed during the Sveconorwegian ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
Denne studien undersøker geofaglæreres forståelse av oppdrag, samt hvilke funksjoner oppdrag kan ha i geofagundervisningen. Lærerne som har deltatt i studien var alle deltagere på et etter- og videreutdanningskurs i geofag ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
The frequency content of seismic data is changing with propagation depth due to intrinsic absorption. This implies that the higher frequencies are highly attenuated, thus leading to a loss in resolution of the seismic ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
The uppermost Ordovician (Hirnantian) of the Oslo Region has been studied at three selected outcrops in the Husbergøya, Langøyene and Solvik formations on the islands Hovedøya, Rambergøya and Langøyene in the inner Oslofjord. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Abstract
This study describes the contribution of anthropogenic factors for groundwater pollution in the urban environment of developing countries. Dire Dawa is one of the oldest urbanized and densely populated city in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
A succession of crater infill sediments is preserved within the Ritland impact structure. Ritland is good example of a small depositional basin where a range of processes from debris flows to turbiditic currents and finally ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Most maps and publications dealing with the geology of the Bodø-Sulitjelma area have postulated the presence of a major basement culmination; the “Heggmovatn basement dome” between Bodø and Fauske. Granitic gneisses and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
During the last decades, the Norwegian method of tunneling has been reviewed and continuously updated with the latest information and research results available. Despite the effort of making the practice of tunnel construction ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The chemical transport model Oslo CTM2 has been used to test two different parameterizations of the black carbon (BC) aerosol. Key uncertainties associated with the representation aerosols in modeling are size distribution, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Many areas at the foot of steep rocks are subject to periodic falls as shown by the presence of abundant stone accumulations, called talus. Taluses are relatively common formations that may occur at rather different scales: ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
ABSTRACT
The current study reveals the transgressive-regressive sequences and depositional environments of Paleogene Frysjaodden and Hollendardalen formations recorded in the Central Tertiary Basin of Spitsbergen. In ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Orografiske effekter kan påvirke vinden. Saltfjorden er omgitt av fjell og komplekst terreng. For å undersøke hvordan vinden her blir påvirket av topografien ble vinden i fjorden sammenliknet med vinden på Tennholmen fem ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Abstract
The effect of tropospheric ozone as an air pollutant is normally simulated using regional or urban scale computer models, while global models often are used to study the role of ozone as a greenhouse gas. The ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Abstract
A two-layer system with a deep lower layer in a semi-infinite ocean is investigated theoretically. Tidal forcing is applied, and expressions for an internal Kelvin wave are derived. Terms of second order in wave ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Feltarbeid regnes som en essensiell del av geografiutdanningen. Feltarbeid, førstehåndserfaringer tilegnet i et feltområde, blir beskrevet og diskutert for å gi et innblikk i en av geografiundervisningens viktigste metoder. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
ABSTRACT
Mixed siliciclastic carbonate rocks of Lower Eocene age are studied in the eastern part of the Ainsa Basin, Southern Pyrenees. These deposits generally show an upward coarsening and shoaling trend followed by ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
ABSTRACT
This master thesis involves the geological mapping, correlation and interpretation of the major fold-fault scheme and detail fracture analysis with emphasis on determining the structural evolution of the area ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
As global warming causes both glaciers and sea ice to decay, increased freshwater flux into the North Atlantic is expected. In addition precipitation at high latitudes is predicted to increase under global warming as well, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Snøskred er en av de største naturfarene i Norge, og varsling av snøskredfare er viktig for å unngå skader på mennesker, bygninger og infrastruktur. Denne studiens formål var å vise hvordan romlige analyser ved hjelp av ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Abstract
The Nesodden study area is part of the complex Southwest Scandinavian Domain in the Baltic Shield. To investigate its magmatic/metamorphic evolution, and to constrain magma sources, 482 in situ LA-MC-ICPMS U-Pb ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Fordampningsberegninger for Aursunden (690m.o.h.), Sør-Trøndelag, er utført for fordampningssesongen 2000. Instrumenteringen inkluderte en flåte med en metrologisk stasjon, en metrologisk stasjon nær sjøen, kontinuerlige ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The Eocene Ainsa Basin is situated in the central south Pyrenees formed by collision of the Iberian plate with the Eurasien plate during Late Cretaceous to early Miocene times. The basin was formed due to movements of the ...