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
