Geology and Geophysics

Doctoral candidate Mohammad Masoudi at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Near Wellbore Processes during Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS): An Integrated Modeling Approach for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Anouk Tosca Klootwijk at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Benthic foraminiferal biomonitoring in northern Norway: Establishing reference conditions, Ecological Quality Statuses and responses to organic matter for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Ulrich Wolfgang Weber at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Applicability of Noble Gases for CO2 Capture and Storage Monitoring for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Bjørgunn Heggem Dalslåen at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis The Early to Late Ordovician rock record of the Oppdal area, Scandinavian Caledonides: Explosive volcanism, element recycling and basin infill during closure of the Iapetus Ocean for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Thea Sveva Faleide at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Seismic imaging of faults and sedimentary systems of the Hoop region, Barents Sea – seismic facies, fault geometries and detection thresholds for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Muhammad Hassaan at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Evaporite-influenced rift basins and salt tectonics in the southeastern Norwegian Barents Sea for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Thomas Birchall at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Pore Pressure Regimes of the Northern Barents Shelf - Implications for Fluid Flow for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.