Film: Geologic Excursion in the Oslo region

Join an excursion to geological locations around Oslo in this movie. The area known as the Oslo area, where the capital of Norway Oslo is located, is well known for rocks with a very interesting and varied geological history. Here we find Precambrian rocks, fossil-bearing sediments from the Cambrian, Ordovician and Silurian, igneous rocks of lava, and also some sediments from the late Carboniferous period and Permian period. The film emphasizes the sedimentary rocks of Cambro-Silurian and the geology of the area around the inner part of the Oslo Fjord.

The film takes you to 20 places in and around Oslo.

Oslo-feltet - an interesting geological region

The Oslo-felt is particularly known to have many types of rocks with an interesting geological history and the area has been studied by Norwegian and international researchers over the years. The landscape in and around Oslo is a direct result of the area consists of different types of rocks, but is also characterized by 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

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Manuscript and production:

Idea and realization: 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

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Acknowledgement:

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

Publisert 19. des. 2012 12:11 - Sist endret 8. jan. 2013 11:31