Easter is around the corner and the holiday start for some, we would like to share some upcoming events, information and published articles so far this year.
Njord Annual report 2023
The Njord annual report for 2023 is ready!
This is a great collaborative NJORD project and it's encouraging to see the great result. Thank you very much for all the help and contributions!
You can have a look at the Njord annual report 2023 in pdf format here.
The report will be available in physical format from Friday, 22nd March.
FricFrac Conference 2024
The conference "Fracture, Friction, and the Onset of Geohazards" will take place in Oslo, 17-19 June 2024.
With over 30 speakers from Njord and abroad, the FricFrac conference promises to be three exciting days with sience. The conference will replace Earthflows and mark the end of the year Anders Malthe-Sørensen and Francois Renard have spent at the Centre for Advanced Study. Invitations will be sent out as soon as the program is finalized, save the dates if you wish to participate.
Njord Day and summerparty 24th of May!
We are planning the Njord day!
The aim is to have a scientifically interesting day where the purpose is to enable interactionan and share sience. The Toppsenter at Oslo Science Park has been booked for the whole day and evening.
After the scientific program there will be time to follow up the dicussions.
We will continue with the Njord Summerparty and enjoy good food activities maybe some entertainment.........
Please save the date and stay tooned for more information after the Easter break.
If you have ideas for the program during the day, or for the summerparty you are more than welcome to contact the organizing group: Kristina Dunkel, Federico Lanza, Harish P. Jain, Francois Renard or Janne Hoff.
Highlights from January - March 2024
Publications
- Andreas Aspaas, Pascal Lacroix, Clara Sena, et al. What causes creep bursts in the Åknes landslide, Norway?. ESS Open Archive . March 15, 2024.
- Chunqi Xue, Jessica A. McBeck, Hongjun Lu, Changhao Yan, Jianhua Zhong, Jianguang Wu, François Renard. Classification of shale lithofacies with minimal data: Application to the early Permian shales in the Ordos Basin, China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 259, 2024, 105901, ISSN 1367-9120, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2023.105901
- Combriat T, Olsen PA, Låstad SB, Malthe-Sørenssen A, Krauss S, Dysthe DK. Acoustic Wave-Induced Stroboscopic Optical Mechanotyping of Adherent Cells. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2024 Feb 28:e2307929. doi: 10.1002/advs.202307929. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38417124.
- Giovanni Toffol et al. On-fault earthquake energy density partitioning from shocked garnet in an exhumed seismic midcrustal fault. Sci. Adv.10,eadi8533(2024). DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adi8533
- Giuntoli, F., Menegon, L., Siron, G. et al. Methane-hydrogen-rich fluid migration may trigger seismic failure in subduction zones at forearc depths. Nat Commun 15, 480 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44641-w
- Jessica McBeck, Benoît Cordonnier, Yehuda Ben-Zion, François Renard. Identifying the fracture characteristics that control deformation localization and catastrophic failure in fluid-saturated crystalline rocks in upper crustal conditions, Tectonophysics, Volume 871, 2024, 230191, ISSN 0040-1951, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.230191.
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Joanna Dziadkowiec, Gaute Linga, Lukas Kalchgruber, Sunil Kavunga, Hsiu-Wei Cheng, Ola Nilsen, Coen Campsteijn, Boaz Pokroy, and Markus Valtiner. Electrochemically Assisted Growth of Hopper and Tabular Calcite under Confinement. Crystal Growth & Design (2024). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c01433
- Sascha Zertani, Luca Menegon, Martin J. Whitehouse, Heejin Jeon, Bjørn Jamtveit, Dating fossil lower-crustal earthquakes by in-situ apatite U-Pb geochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 630, 2024, 118621, ISSN 0012-821X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118621.
- Shafabakhsh, P., Cordonnier, B., Pluymakers, A., Le Borgne, T., Mathiesen, J., Linga, G., ... & Renard, F. (2024). 4D neutron imaging of solute transport and fluid flow in sandstone before and after mineral precipitation. Water Resources Research, 60(3), e2023WR036293.
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Wang, Lei, Grzegorz Kwiatek, François Renard, Simon Guérin-Marthe, Erik Rybacki, Marco Bohnhoff, Michael Naumann, and Georg Dresen. Fault Roughness Controls Injection-Induced Seismicity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121, no. 3 (16 January 2024): e2310039121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2310039121.
Send an e-mail to Nigar if you have recent publications that are not on this list.
Communication
Fabian Barras was recently interviewed in Titan “How do earthquakes stop?”
Hvordan stopper jordskjelv? - Titan.uio.no
How do earthquakes stop? - Njord (uio.no)
Olivier Galland has given several interviews and reports in connection with the recent volcanic eruptions in Iceland. In February an article at “Forskersonen.no”. Will there be a new volcanic eruption in Iceland now? Vil det komme et nytt vulkanutbrudd på Island nå? (forskersonen.no)
Joachim Mossige has been presenting his physics and baking skills at the “Nerdy Science Cake” event at the science library.
Do you have outreach or other activities? We would like to hear about it. Send an email to Janne.
From the Administration
Thank you for responding to the ARK work environment survey at UiO. NJORD had a response rate of over 80%, which is great. We have just received the response reports and will follow up with information to the NJORD employees.
There will be Njord birthday celebration after Easter. Remember to write your name on the list by the fridge on the 3rd floor if you haven't done so yet.
The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Call opens on 9 April with a deadline on 11th September 2024. For more information and registration: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Master Class 2024 - For employees - University of Oslo (uio.no)
Thieves at Blindern.
Be aware and take care of your belongings! There have been several thefts at Blindern lately and also stolen food from the Njord refrigerators.Remember to lock the office when you are not present.
It’s also important to leave before midnight to get out of the Physics building. Don’t use the green KAC-button by the door unless its an emergency. If you can’t open the door you should call the safety guards: 22 85 50 07
Wish you all a Happy Easter!