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Berit Oline Hjelstuen

Berit Oline Hjelstuen

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Earth Science

D-Index
32
Citations
3971
World Ranking
8671
National Ranking
131

Overview

Berit Oline Hjelstuen is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and contributes notably to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, and Environmental Chemistry. Their research intersects multiple subfields including Anthropology and Oceanography, supporting a diverse scientific portfolio.

Their work concentrates on several main topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Cryospheric studies and observations, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Marine and environmental studies, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Hjelstuen include:

  • Latitudinal variability in the Quaternary development of the Eurasian ice sheets-Evidence from the marine domain, 2020, Geology
  • The role of ocean and atmospheric dynamics in the marine-based collapse of the last Eurasian Ice Sheet, 2022, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Late Plio-Pleistocene evolution of the Eurasian Ice Sheets inferred from sediment input along the northeastern Atlantic continental margin, 2022, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Palaeo-productivity record from Norwegian Sea enables North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) reconstruction for the last 8000 years, 2020, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Norwegian Sea Oceanic Basin and Prograded Margins Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element, 2024, Geological Society London Memoirs

Frequent co-authors working closely with Hjelstuen are:

  • Hans Petter Sejrup
  • Monica Winsborrow
  • Henry Patton
  • Mariana Esteves
  • Tine L. Rasmussen

Hjelstuen has published regularly in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geology
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Best Publications

  • Late Cenozoic evolution of the western Barents Sea-Svalbard continental margin

    Jan Inge Faleide;Anders Solheim;Anne Fiedler;Berit O. Hjelstuen

  • Pleistocene glacial history of the NW European continental margin

    Hans Petter Sejrup;Berit Oline Hjelstuen;K.I. Torbjørn Dahlgren;Haflidi Haflidason

  • The Plio-Pleistocene glaciation of the Barents Sea-Svalbard region: a new model based on revised chronostratigraphy

    Jochen Knies;Jens Matthiessen;Christoph Vogt;Jan Sverre Laberg

  • Configuration, history and impact of the Norwegian Channel Ice Stream

    Hans Petter Sejrup;Eiliv Larsen;Haflidi Haflidason;Ida M. Berstad

  • Neogene stratigraphy and the sedimentary and oceanographic development of the NW European Atlantic margin

    Martyn S. Stoker;Daniel Praeg;Berit Oline Hjelstuen;Jan Sverre Laberg

  • Cenozoic alongslope processes and sedimentation on the NW European Atlantic margin

    Jan Sverre Laberg;Martyn S. Stoker;K.I. Torbjørn Dahlgren;Henk de Haas

  • Episodic Cenozoic tectonism and the development of the NW European ‘passive’ continental margin

    D. Praeg;M.S. Stoker;P.M. Shannon;S. Ceramicola

  • Recurrent Pleistocene mega-failures on the SW Barents Sea margin

    Berit Oline Hjelstuen;Olav Eldholm;Jan Inge Faleide

  • Cenozoic erosion and sediment yield in the drainage area of the Storfjorden Fan

    Berit Oline Hjelstuen;Anders Elverhøi;Jan Inge Faleide

  • Rapid ice sheet retreat triggered by ice stream debuttressing: Evidence from the North Sea

    Hans Petter Sejrup;Chris D. Clark;Berit O. Hjelstuen

  • Cenozoic evolution of the northern Vøring margin

    Berit Oline Hjelstuen;Olav Eldholm;Jakob Skogseid

  • Laminated sediments preceding Heinrich event 1 in the Northern North Sea and Southern Norwegian Sea: Origin, processes and regional linkage

    W. A. H. Lekens;Hans Petter Sejrup;Haflidi Haflidason;G. O. Petersen

  • Vøring Plateau diapir fields and their structural and depositional settings

    Berit Oline Hjelstuen;Olav Eldholm;Jakob Skogseid

  • Neogene evolution of the Atlantic continental margin of NW Europe (Lofoten Islands to SW Ireland): anything but passive

    M. S. Stoker;D. Praeg;P. M. Shannon;B. O. Hjelstuen

  • Sedimentary and oceanographic responses to early Neogene compression on the NW European margin

    M.S. Stoker;R.J. Hoult;T. Nielsen;B.O. Hjelstuen

  • Late Quaternary seismic stratigraphy and geological development of the south Vøring margin, Norwegian Sea

    Berit Oline Hjelstuen;Hans Petter Sejrup;Haflidi Haflidason;Atle Nygård

  • Late Cenozoic glacial history and evolution of the Storegga Slide area and adjacent slide flank regions, Norwegian continental margin

    Berit Oline Hjelstuen;Hans Petter Sejrup;Haflidi Haflidason;Atle Nygård

  • An overview of the Upper Palaeozoic–Mesozoic stratigraphy of the NE Atlantic region

    Martyn S. Stoker;Margaret A. Stewart;Patrick M. Shannon;Morten Bjerager

  • Regional setting of Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano, SW Barents Sea margin

    B. O. Hjelstuen;O. Eldholm;J. I. Faleide;P. R. Vogt

  • Sources of methane inferred from pore-water δ13C of dissolved inorganic carbon in Pockmark G11, offshore Mid-Norway

    Yifeng Chen;William Ussler;Haflidi Haflidason;Aivo Lepland

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Petter Sejrup
Hans Petter Sejrup University of Bergen
Haflidi Haflidason
Haflidi Haflidason Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Jan Sverre Laberg
Jan Sverre Laberg University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Jochen Knies
Jochen Knies University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Martyn S. Stoker
Martyn S. Stoker University of Adelaide
Patrick M. Shannon
Patrick M. Shannon University College Dublin
Leif Rise
Leif Rise Geological Survey of Norway
Tore O. Vorren
Tore O. Vorren University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Jan Inge Faleide
Jan Inge Faleide University of Oslo
Christoph Vogt
Christoph Vogt University of Bremen

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