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Alvar Braathen

Alvar Braathen

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42
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5647
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National Ranking
65

Overview

Alvar Braathen is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and focuses on research within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Geophysics, Geology, Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main research topics Braathen has contributed to encompass:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Braathen's publication record includes numerous papers in recognized venues. Frequent publication venues with multiple contributions include Basin Research, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Journal of Structural Geology, Tectonophysics, and Marine and Petroleum Geology.

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Braathen are:

  • "Impacts of seismic resolution on fault interpretation: Insights from seismic modelling," 2021, Tectonophysics
  • "Structural analysis of the Smeaheia fault block, a potential CO2 storage site, northern Horda Platform, North Sea," 2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "You learn as long as you drill; research synthesis from the Longyearbyen CO2 Laboratory, Svalbard, Norway," 2020, Norwegian Journal of Geology
  • "Underpressure in the northern Barents shelf: Causes and implications for hydrocarbon exploration," 2020, AAPG Bulletin
  • "Svalbard Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element, Barents Sea," 2022, Geological Society London Memoirs

Collaborations have been frequent with several coauthors, including Ivar Midtkandal, Elin Skurtveit, Kim Senger, Snorre Olaussen, and Per Terje Osmundsen, with cooperation counts ranging from 10 to 17 joint works.

This research activity encompasses a focus on understanding geological structures and processes relevant to resource exploration, carbon sequestration, and geophysical analysis methodologies. Braathen's work draws from and contributes to both theoretical and applied aspects within Earth sciences and environmental contexts, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach within their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Interaction of the Zagros Fold–Thrust Belt and the Arabian-type, deep-seated folds in the Abadan Plain and the Dezful Embayment,SW Iran

    Iraj Abdollahie Fard;Alvar Braathen;Mohamad Mokhtari;Seyed Ahmad Alavi

  • ROCK SLOPE FAILURES IN NORWEGIAN FJORD AREAS: EXAMPLES, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND TEMPORAL PATTERN

    L.H. Blikra;O. Longva;A. Braathen;E. Anda

  • Interaction of Basement-Involved and Thin-Skinned Tectonism in the Tertiary Fold-Thrust Belt of Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard

    Steffen G. Bergh;Alvar Braathen;Arild Andresen

  • Fault facies and its application to sandstone reservoirs

    Alvar Braathen;Jan Tveranger;Haakon Fossen;Tore Skar

  • Spatial distribution of deformation bands in damage zones of extensional faults in porous sandstones: Statistical analysis of field data

    Sylvie Schueller;Alvar Braathen;Alvar Braathen;Haakon Fossen;Haakon Fossen;Jan Tveranger

  • Application of a critical wedge taper model to the Tertiary transpressional fold-thrust belt on Spitsbergen, Svalbard

    Alvar Braathen;Steffen G. Bergh;Harmon D. Maher

  • Late Mesozoic magmatism in Svalbard: A review

    Kim Senger;Kim Senger;Kim Senger;Jan Tveranger;Kei Ogata;Alvar Braathen

  • Insight into petrophysical properties of deformed sandstone reservoirs

    Anita Torabi;Haakon Fossen;Alvar Braathen

  • Devonian, orogen-parallel, opposed extension in the Central Norwegian Caledonides

    Alvar Braathen;Øystein Nordgulen;Per-Terje Osmundsen;Torgeir B. Andersen

  • Geological model of the Åknes rockslide, western Norway

    Guri Venvik Ganerød;Guro Grøneng;Guro Grøneng;Jan Steinar Rønning;Einar Dalsegg

  • A transpressional origin for the West Spitsbergen fold‐and‐thrust belt: Insight from analog modeling

    Karen A. Leever;Roy H. Gabrielsen;Jan Inge Faleide;Alvar Braathen

  • Fracture corridors as seal-bypass systems in siliciclastic reservoir-cap rock successions: Field-based insights from the Jurassic Entrada Formation (SE Utah, USA)

    Kei Ogata;Kim Senger;Kim Senger;Kim Senger;Alvar Braathen;Jan Tveranger

  • Latest Caledonian to Present tectonomorphological development of southern Norway

    Roy H. Gabrielsen;Roy H. Gabrielsen;Jan Inge Faleide;Christophe Pascal;Alvar Braathen;Alvar Braathen

  • Dynamic development of fault rocks in a crustal-scale detachment: An example from western Norway

    Alvar Braathen;Per Terje Osmundsen;Roy H. Gabrielsen

  • Impacts of seismic resolution on fault interpretation: Insights from seismic modelling

    Thea Sveva Faleide;Alvar Braathen;Isabelle Lecomte;Mark Joseph Mulrooney

  • Extensional faults in fine grained carbonates – analysis of fault core lithology and thickness–displacement relationships

    Eivind Bastesen;Alvar Braathen;Alvar Braathen

  • Late Mesozoic to Early Cenozoic components of vertical separation across the More-Trondelag Fault Complex, Norway

    T.F. Redfield;A. Braathen;R.H. Gabrielsen;P.T. Osmundsen

  • Shear zones in porous sand: Insights from ring-shear experiments and naturally deformed sandstones

    Anita Torabi;Alvar Braathen;Fabrice Cuisiat;Haakon Fossen

  • The characteristics of fracture networks in the Shiranish Formation of the Bina Bawi Anticline; comparison with the Taq Taq Field, Zagros, Kurdistan, NE Iraq

    A.H. Awdal;A. Braathen;O.P. Wennberg;G.H. Sherwani

  • Comparison of geophysical methods for sub-surface mapping of faults and fracture zones in a section of the Viggja road tunnel, Norway

    Guri Venvik Ganerød;Jan Steinar Rønning;Einar Dalsegg;Harald Elvebakk

  • Kinematics of post-Caledonian polyphase brittle faulting in the Sunnfjord region, western Norway

    Alvar Braathen

Frequent Co-Authors

Snorre Olaussen
Snorre Olaussen University Centre in Svalbard
Roy H. Gabrielsen
Roy H. Gabrielsen University of Oslo
Per Terje Osmundsen
Per Terje Osmundsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Haakon Fossen
Haakon Fossen University of Bergen
Jan Inge Faleide
Jan Inge Faleide University of Oslo
Sverre Planke
Sverre Planke University of Oslo
Riko Noormets
Riko Noormets University Centre in Svalbard
Torgeir B. Andersen
Torgeir B. Andersen University of Oslo
Philip Ringrose
Philip Ringrose Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Arild Andresen
Arild Andresen University of Oslo

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