How to see 170 million years in two kilometres
I am a petroleum geologist for my day time job. Petroleum geologists study sedimentary rocks, because they are the ones that contain oil (sand and limestones) or are the source […]
Category Archives: Norway
Fjordblock island: The Upper Permian of Svalbard
I promised you the Permian on Svalbard, after the Carboniferous. Well, the lower Permian on Svalbard was basically the same as the Upper Carboniferous, and 300 million years ago is […]
Cold seams: The Carboniferous of Svalbard
Svalbard. What comes to mind? Polar bears that eat kids alive if they don’t carry guns in the settlement. Which they do. At least the parents. Dark as a coal […]
Pretty crossbeds from Hovedøya
OK, folks, here is another post of Early Paleozoic sediments from Hovedøya, near Oslo. Because that’s the closest to my home I find pretty sedimentary rocks. This time, the I […]
A nice fault on the way to work
All my faults are normal, but I can reverse them…is an old joke among us structural geology nerds. But there is no reason to reverse this prettier-than-normal fault, which actually […]
Vær ærlige om Lofoten!
Siden Norsk Olje og Gass stadig maser om kjærlighet -LoVeS! – må jeg gjøre det også.
Sirkus Lofoten
Programkomiteen i Det Kongelige Norske Arbeiderparti går inn for å konsekvensutrede Loften, Vesterålen og Senja for oljevirksomhet. Dermed var Sirkus Lofoten i gang igjen i mediene, med stor ståhei – […]
Lofoten: Ikke selg olje før brønnen er boret
Du som jobber i oljå vet det: Lofoten og Vesterålen er det hotteste området på norsk sokkel, av de som ikke er åpne for oljevirksomhet. Skal man tro Norsk Olje […]
Article on Lofoten exploration in GeoExpro!
Lady and Gentleman, In the last issue of the explorationist and geology magazine GeoExpro, I have an article on the geology, exploration opportunities and risks in the Lofoten and Vesterålen […]