Field of work
I am a Quaternary Geologist with particular interest in sea-level changes, tsunamis, and landslides. Part of my research has taken place at the border between geology and other sciences, for instance geophysics, botany, archaeology, and meteorology – see examples below in the publication list.
I enjoy teaching and are eager to learn our students to write well and become good field geologists.
Links to radio/newspapers (in Scandinavian):
Radio program about earthquakes and tsunamis (Sveriges radio)
NRK-Vestland: Installing a pore pressure sensor in a slope susceptible to landslides
Courses taught
- Geohazards and landslide mapping (GE484)
- Engineering Geology and Early Warning (GE481)
- Early Warning of Unstable Rock Slopes (GE4-305)
- Bachelorthesis in geology (GE491)
Research areas
- Triggers for debris flows
- Geological traces for tsunamis
- Sea-level changes
Research groups
Landslides
- GE4-304, Master's Thesis in Climate Change Management, Spring 2025
- GE4-305, Early Warning of Unstable Rock Slopes , Spring 2025
- GE481, Engineering Geology and Early Warning, Spring 2025
- GE484, Geohazards and landslide mapping, Spring 2025
Publications
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Groundwater fluctuations during a debris flow event in western Norway - Triggered by rain and snowmelt
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The Early-Mid Holocene transgression (Tapes) at the Norwegian coast – comparing observations with numerical modelling
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Tsunami from the Storegga Landslide
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Between winter storm surges - Human occupation on a growing Mid-Holocene transgression maximum (Tapes) beach ridge at Longva, Western Norway
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Moss growth patterns and timing of human exposure to a Mesolithic tsunami in the North Atlantic