Maria Jensen

Department leader - Arctic Geology

A 214

Associate professor Maria Jensen is the department leader of the Arctic Geology department.

Read more about Maria and her work at Google Scholar.

Research interests:

Modern coastal sedimentology in the Arctic, reconstruction of climate and sea level from the sedimentological record, sand body geometries in fluvial to nearshore environments.

Ongoing research projects:

  • Sedimentology of a high Arctic tidal flat (RIS-ID 6692)
  • Geological input to carbon storage: from outcrop to simulator (GeC)
  • Sedimentology of the Central Basin Paleogene succession (RIS-ID 3046)
  • Evolution of the Kongsfjorden south coast shoreline (RIS-ID 4839)
  • Stratigraphy of the Quaternary Kapp Ekholm section (RIS-ID 2562)

Recent projects:

  • HACOSE – Multitemporal analysis of High Arctic Coastal Systems Evolution – Braganzavågen and Bjonapynten, Svalbard (RIS-ID 6019)
  • Depositional environments and palaeoclimate developments in the Aspelintoppen Formation, Svalbard (RIS-ID 3574)
  • SciencePub – SciencePub website

PhD and MSc students (*= Co-supervisor):

Berit Husteli
PhD student at UNIS/UiB
Heterogeneities in tidally influenced reservoir rocks
Jacob Uguna
PhD student at University of Nottingham/UNIS*
Oil and coke potential of perhydrous coals in the Central Tertiary Basin, Svalbard
Anna Stella Gudmundsdottir
MSc student at UNIS/University of Gothenburg
Variations in depositional environments of the Firkanten Formation across Adventdalen, from Operafjellet to Breinosa
Olav Naurstad
MSc student at UiB/UNIS*
Sedimentology of the Aspelintoppen Formation, Brogniartfjellet, Svalbard

Previous PhD and MSc students

(*= Co-supervisor):

Thomas Eriksen
UNIS/UiO
Tidal Flat Sedimentation in an Arctic Environment – a Field Study from Braganzavågen, Spitsbergen. MSc 2013.
Abigail Clifton
University of Leeds/UNIS*
The Eocene flora of Svalbard and its climatic significance. PhD 2012.
Samuel Faucherre
>UNIS/University of Bordeaux
Fluvial and Tidal interaction in Braganzavågen, western Svalbard, an ITRAX study. MSc 2011.
Ingvild Aspøy
UiB/UNIS*
Sedimentological Development of the Askeladden Sequence of the Todalen Member (Paleocene) at Lunckefjellet, Svalbard. MSc 2011.
Eirik Serigstad
UiB/UNIS*
Paleoenvironment and its influence on the distribution of coal deposits in the Todalen Member, Firkanten Formation (lower Paleocene), Svalbard. MSc 2011.
Rita Sande Rød
UNIS/NTNU
Spatial occurrences of selected sandstone bodiesin the De Geerdalen Formation, Svalbard, and their relation to depositional facies. MSc 2011.
Ingrid B. Hynne
NTNU/UNIS*
Investigation of properties of the De Geerdalen Formation as a possible reservoir to store CO2 below Longyearbyen. MSc 2010.
Hilde Krogh
UiT
Sedimentær arkitektur og facies i lakustrine deltaavsetninger fra Weichsel i NV Russland. MSc 2010.

Phone: +47 77 01 66 80
E-mail: maria.jensen@unis.no
Room: A 214

Courses

AG-338 Sedimentology Field Course – from Depositional Systems to Sedimentary Architecture (10 ECTS)

AG-838 Sedimentology Field Course – from Depositional Systems to Sedimentary Architecture (10 ECTS)

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