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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The Draupne Formation is dominated by deep marine shales and forms an important sealing unit for future CCS operation in the North Sea. Meanwhile, seismic mapping has clearly shown the unit to be heterogeneous in lithology, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The sarcopterygian fishes are today represented by the two groups Actinistia (coelacanths) and Dipnoi (lungfish). Both groups survived the end-Permian mass extinction (EPME), after which the coelacanths rapidly achieved ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The Ågskardet lithium pegmatite, part of the Meløy-Gomfjord pegmatite field in Nordland, is emplaced in the Caledonian Rödingsfjället nappe complex between two tectonic windows exposing Svecofennian granite gneisses. It ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an important technology developed to mitigate human-induced increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Injecting fluid carbon dioxide in geological reservoirs is one of the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
The Tiddlybanken Basin in the southeastern Norwegian Barents Sea is an excellent example of a salt-influenced rift basin, salt structure evolution, and rim-syncline stratigraphic accumulation. Due to increased subsidence ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
This thesis explores parts of the Hoop area in the southwestern Barents Sea using the TGS16004 3D seismic volume provided by VBPR and TGS Nopec Geophysical Company ASA. The survey is captured using the P-cable surveying ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Azerbaijan hosts the largest concentration of mud volcanoes on Earth. This widespread phenomenon occurs due to the combination of unique geological peculiarities. Azerbaijan is characterized by high sedimentation rates ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
I alpine høyfjellsområder fører klimaendringene til at breene trekker seg tilbake, og permafrosten i fjellet varmes opp og tiner. Konsekvensene klimaet har for fjellsporten er imidlertid et lite studert tema. Dette er en ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Linear infrastructure networks, such as roads and railways, are of great social and economic importance in connecting the different regions of Norway. Landslides are cause of unexpected traffic flow disruptions of significant ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
The identification and characterization of faults is an important process that provides necessary knowledge from the subsurface in geological and geophysical research. 3D seismic surveys are commonly utilized for the task ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Abstract De-risking of CO2-storage sites is crucial for assessing its viability. The Alpha Prospect is reliant on faults in the carbonate-rich Cromer Knoll Formation acting as a seal to prevent CO2 from leaking. However, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Assessment of depositional environments and variations in reservoir properties play an important role within CO2 storage sites, as even small-scale heterogeneities have a significant impact on the subsurface behavior of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Characterization of faults and fractures in basement rocks, implications for fault initiation and growth Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Faults represent high-strain zones in which the fault core accommodates most of the intense deformation. The surrounding damage zone is linked to slip accumulation, and its architecture has important implications for the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
With the continued need to reduce CO2 emissions in the atmosphere, the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project is viewed as a critical part of the solution. The search for and identification of suitable CO2 storage sites ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Concerns about the impact of high levels of anthropogenic CO2 emissions in the atmosphere have led to the establishment of carbon emission limits of the 2015 Paris Agreement. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Much debate is still happening on the subject of earthquakes in the lower crust. Pseudotachylytes are considered to be the only known evidence for such earthquakes in exhumed rocks (Steltenpohl et al., 2006). This thesis ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
A persistent problem in rockfall hazard assessments is the use of different definitions and methodologies within rockfall models used for hazard zone mapping. The primary purpose of this thesis is to study the parameter ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Many subsurface geological storage sites for anthropogenic CO2 are situated in normal fault zones, where there is a risk of leakage as faults can act as fluid conduits. Optimal CO2 storage sites are generally located at ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
The proposed Aurora CO2 storage site is located in the Horda Platform, northern North Sea. Within the storage site, two storage aquifers and an overlying seal, which form part of the Lower Jurassic Dunlin Group, represent ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Abstract In the Kragerø area in South Norway, tourmaline is commonly found in Sveconorwegian Nb-Y-F pegmatites. In general, magmatic tourmaline is rare in Nb-Y-F pegmatites. The local tourmaline enrichment in the Kragerø ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Pseudotachylytes, also called “fossil earthquakes,” are the remains of solidified melt that formed along fault planes. If produced by brittle, seismic slip, they are important indicators of seismicity. If they originate ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
This thesis uses chemical and X-ray data to explore the composition and crystal-structure of nordite-group minerals from the two localities Igdlutalik Island and Taseq slope in Ilímaussaq Alkaline Complex in South Greenland. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Abstract The northern Horda Platform and Stord Basin is a part of the multi-phase North Sea rift system. Crustal extension of the area have taken place since the Devonian, in several pulses of rift activity. This study ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
The granitic pegmatites of Tørdal pegmatite field, which are situated in the Vestfold and Telemark county in South Norway, have gained lot of mineralogical and economic interest the last hundred years mainly because of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
The early Holocene marine faunas of the Oslo area were studied in classical works by Brøgger (1901) and others, but there has been relatively little research in recent decades. Classical fossil localities near the marine ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
The Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Agardhfjellet and Rurikfjellet formations comprise a 450 m thick shale-dominated succession. This succession is present across central parts of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, and is the targeted ...
Strength characterisation of crystalline rocks as a function of lithology, texture, retrogression, alteration and fracture densities Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Abrasion and wearing resistance of a rock aggregate are essential factors for utilisa- tion in road construction purposes. These two properties are measured by two tests, Los Angeles (LA)- and Micro-Deval (MD)-test methods. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
The Oslo Region provides the opportunity to study both the development of the late Silurian Caledonian fold-and-thrust belt and the formation of the Permo-Carboniferous continental Oslo Rift. The complex structural evolution ...
Mineralogy and feldspar microstructures across ductile shear zones in granulitic host rocks at Skagen, Lofoten Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Reservoir quality and diagenesis of sandstones in the Realgrunnen Subgroup in 7324/8-2 (Bjaaland), Barents Sea Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The purpose of the thesis is to establish a baseline discrete fracture network model for the area leading up from the back scarp to Flosteinbba above the unstable rock slope at Åknes. The model is intended to identify the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The influence of structural discontinuities on the stability of the Åknes rockslide Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
In southern Norway and Sweden, the Sveconorwegian orogenic belt hosts over 5000 pegmatite bodies (1100-900 Ma) usually clustered in local pegmatite fields. The Spro pegmatite, the object of this study, occurs, however, as ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Smeaheia is a proposed site for long-term storage of CO2. The site is located on the Horda Platform off the western coast of Norway, situated between the Vette and Øygarden Faults. The burial and uplift history of a basin ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The Hardangervidda – Ryfylke Nappe Complex is a dominant element in the southwestern segment of the Norwegian Caledonides. The section in Røldal includes a Proterozoic basement, with the following over-thrusted allochthonous ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Degrading permafrost is an increasingly important problem in high altitude alpine mountains and Arctic regions around the world because it exerts a primary control on rock falls and landslides in these areas. The present ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The Hardangervidda-Ryfylke Nappe Complex is the southernmost slice of the Scandinavian Caledonides, traditionally assigned as Middle Allochthon. Overlying these rocks are the Holmasjø Allochthon, the Dyrskard, Kvitenut and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Intrusive rocks of the Green Foyaite Suite make up a substantial fraction of the southern part of the Pilanesberg Complex. The rocks range from fine-grained foliated foyaites (nepheline syenites) with clinopyroxenes ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
A re-evaluation of the age and significance of lamprophyre dikes of Orkney, Scotland Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Mobility of sand by fluidization, so-called sand tectonics, can drive surface movements and thereby have a significant impact on depositional environments. Deformation related to sand mobilization is a typical understudied ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The Mandawa Basin situated in south coastal Tanzania, has been a site for scientific research since the 1900s and a prospect for hydrocarbon exploration from the 1950s. The basin is located approximately 80 km west of the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Den tektomagmatiske aktiviteten i Oslofeltet startet i slutten av karbon og endte muligens så sent som i trias. Tidspunktet for da den tektomagmatiske aktiviteten startet, er godt begrenset, både ved biostratigrafi og ved ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Fault style and deformation mechanisms caused by sand mobility in the Entrada Sandstone and Curtis Formation, Utah, USA Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The Tørdal pegmatite field, located in the county of Telemark in southern Norway, is known for its enrichment in Sc as well as other rare metals. During the last decade, the interest for Sc has increased, due to its important ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The Forlandsundet Graben is an understudied Paleogene sedimentary basin, located between the islands Spitsbergen and Prins Karls Forland that belong to the Svalbard Archipelago. It represents a unique opportunity to study ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
This study presents source and reservoir characterization of Jurassic rocks by conducting compaction study, petrophysical analysis and rock physics diagnostics on data from 18 exploration wells in the Central North Sea, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The goal of this thesis is to estimate the amount of extension and displacement across faults using geometrical constraints. The mapped area is dominated by middle Ordovician to lower Silurian sediments folded during the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The Early to Middle Jurassic Stø Formation is the most commercially important sandstones reservoir in the Barents Sea. Stø Formation was deposited in a relatively shallow epicontinental sea in northern Pangea. One of the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
This study presents the tectonic analysis of deformation structures in Slemmestad area. The study area lies in the southwest of Oslo. The analysis is conducted to better understand the fracture development and deformation ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Målet med dette studiet var å finne den naturlige miljøtilstanden i dypassenget i Lurefjorden på Vestlandet, endringer i miljøstatus gjennom tid og akkumulasjonsraten til organisk karbon i Lurefjorden ble også kalkulert. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The Cambrian-Ordovician boundary interval within Alum Shale at Krekling, Norway, is for the first time investigated for biostratigraphy. Samples were taken from the Alum Shale levels, within the almost continuous succession ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The present study investigated the impact of organic loading from fish farm waste on the benthic environment surrounding a fish farm, and the organic carbon accumulation in fjord sediments in a Western Norwegian fjord. One ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The study comprises the Morrison Formation with the three members, Tidwell, Salt Wash, and Brushy Basin members, Upper Jurassic, Utah, USA. The Tidwell Member represents floodplain, lacustrine and fluvial environments. The ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The geology of the Orkney Islands is dominated by well-studied Devonian sedimentary rocks deposited in the Orcadian basin. However, on the islands of Mainland Orkney and Graemsay there are small, relatively poorly studied ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The Larvik plutonic complex is an intrusive suite within the Palaeozoic Oslo Rift, Norway, consisting of ten individual ring sections of monzonite (larvikite) and lardalite. The Bjønnes nepheline syenite is a relatively ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
Chemical analyzes and observations give new information on the formation of the Sc-silicate thortveitite in the Evje-Iveland pegmatite field. A correlation between a muscovite- or biotite dominated pegmatite and the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
In the last few years the tectonostratigraphic model of the Caledonides has been revised, to account for among others the melange unit discussed in this thesis. This unit, which in the past have been overlooked, consist ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
A study of columbite-tantalite paragenesis and garnet chemistry in the mixed NYF+LCT pegmatite field of Evje-Iveland, South Norway. A detailed study of the muscovite rare-element REE pegmatite at Solås were done to better ...