Film: Geological Excursion in the Oslo region

Join an excursion to geological locations around Oslo in this film. The capital of Norway Oslo is renowned for its fascinating range of rock types, fossils and geological structures. The film focuses particularly on the sedimentary rocks of Cambro-Silurian sedimentary sequence and the geology of the area around the inner part of Oslo fjord.

The film by Knut Bjørlykke and the film team takes you to exciting geological geotopes in and around the city of Oslo. Photo: Taken from the film.

Oslo-feltet - an interesting geological region

The Oslo-felt has been studied by Norwegian and international researchers for almost two centuries. The landscape is a direct result of the area consists of great variety of rocks, and also glacial erosion and deposition.

Short introduction with explanation and illustrations/maps. An introduction to the Oslo area's geology - A brief overview of the film: The geology of the Oslo area (pdf), Knut Bjørlykke, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo.

The geology of the Oslo area - 20 different locations

Manuscript and production:

Idea and realisation: Professor Knut Bjørlykke, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
Production: NATURA/ Arve Helling, Norway
Editing: Lorica Film/ Fred Solli, Norway

Language: Norwegian/English | Time: 48 minutes | Production year: 2004

Sponsors:

Acknowledgement:

Thanks to Odd Nilsen, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo for commenting and contributing with maps and illutrations in the article following the film.

Publisert 22. nov. 2012 11:18 - Sist endret 19. mai 2025 15:29