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Carl Fredrik Forsberg is affiliated with the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute in Norway. Their research encompasses several interconnected fields including environmental chemistry, geophysics, atmospheric science, earth-surface processes, and geochemistry and petrology. The scientist's work covers a range of main topics such as methane hydrates and related phenomena, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological formations and processes, geological modeling and analysis, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and geophysical methods and applications.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on sedimentation processes, geoscience data integration, and well logging. Notable papers include:

  • Rapid glacial sedimentation and overpressure in oozes causing large craters on the mid-Norwegian margin: integrated interpretation of the Naust, Kai and Brygge formations, 2023, published in the Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Integration of Geoscience Data - The TNW Offshore Wind Farm Case Study, 2024, published in the Offshore Technology Conference
  • ODP Leg 188, Hole 1166B - Well Logging Data, 2020, published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • ODP Leg 188, Hole 1167B - Well Logging Data, 2021, published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 188, Hole 1167A - Well Logging Data, 2021, published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Regular co-authors include P.E. O'Brien, Alan K. Cooper, Carl Richter, Samantha R. Barr, and Steven M. Bohaty.

Forsberg's work has appeared predominantly in publication venues such as OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University) and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), each with five publications. Additional venues include the Geological Society London Special Publications and the Offshore Technology Conference, each featuring one publication.

Best Publications

  • Explaining the Storegga Slide

    Petter Bryn;Kjell Berg;Carl F. Forsberg;Anders Solheim

  • The Storegga Slide: architecture, geometry and slide development

    Haflidi Haflidason;Hans Petter Sejrup;Atle Nygård;Jurgen Mienert

  • The Storegga slide: evaluation of triggering sources and slide mechanics

    Tore J. Kvalstad;Lars Andresen;Carl F. Forsberg;Kjell Berg

  • The dating and morphometry of the Storegga Slide

    Haflidi Haflidason;Reidar Lien;Hans Petter Sejrup;Carl Fredrik Forsberg;Carl Fredrik Forsberg

  • Complex pockmarks with carbonate-ridges off mid-Norway: Products of sediment degassing

    Martin Hovland;Henrik Svensen;Carl Fredrik Forsberg;Harald Johansen

  • The Storegga Slide complex: repetitive large scale sliding with similar cause and development

    A. Solheim;A. Solheim;K. Berg;C.F Forsberg;P. Bryn

  • Late Weichselian glaciation history of the northern North Sea

    Hans Petter Sejrup;Haflidi Haflidason;Inge Aarseth;Edward King

  • The Growth and Decay of the Late Weichselian Ice Sheet in Western Svalbard and Adjacent Areas Based on Provenance Studies of Marine Sediments

    Anders Elverhøi;Espen S. Andersen;Trond Dokken;Dierk Hebbeln

  • Seafloor instabilities and sediment deformation processes: The need for integrated, multi-disciplinary investigations

    Maarten Vanneste;Nabil Sultan;Sebastian Garziglia;Carl Fredrik Forsberg

  • LATE CENOZOIC SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY AND GLACIAL GEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST GREENLAND AND SVALBARD–BARENTS SEA CONTINENTAL MARGINS

    Anders Solheim;Jan Inge Faleide;Espen S. Andersen;Anders Elverhøi

  • The last phase of the Storegga Slide: simulation of retrogressive slide dynamics and comparison with slide-scar morphology

    Peter Gauer;Tore J. Kvalstad;Carl F. Forsberg;Petter Bryn

  • The Storegga Slide Complex; Repeated Large Scale Sliding in Response to Climatic Cyclicity

    P. Bryn;A. Solheim;K. Berg;R. Lien

  • Deciphering Late Cenozoic development of the western Svalbard Margin from ODP Site 986 results

    F.A Butt;A Elverhøi;A Solheim;C.F Forsberg

  • Identification of Weak Layers and Their Role for the Stability of Slopes at Finneidfjord, Northern Norway

    Jean-Sebastien L’Heureux;Oddvar Longva;Alois Steiner;Louise Hansen

  • Late glacial palaeoceanography of Hinlopen Strait, northern Svalbard

    Nalân Koç;Dorthe Klitgaard-Kristensen;Kristine Hasle;Carl Fredrik Forsberg

  • The size and frequency of icebergs and bergy bits derived from tidewater glaciers in Kongsfjorden, northwest Spitsbergen

    Julian A. Dowdeswell;Carl Fredrik Forsberg

  • Origin of shallow submarine mass movements and their glide planes—Sedimentological and geotechnical analyses from the continental slope off northern Norway

    Nicole J. Baeten;Jan Sverre Laberg;Maarten Vanneste;Carl Fredrik Forsberg

  • Late Neogene ice drainage changes in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica and the interaction of Antarctic ice sheet evolution and climate

    P. E. O'Brien;I. D. Goodwin;C. F. Forsberg;A. K. Cooper

  • Landslide Material Control on Tsunami Genesis—The Storegga Slide and Tsunami (8,100 Years BP)

    Jihwan Kim;Jihwan Kim;Finn Løvholt;Dieter Issler;Carl Fredrik Forsberg

  • Quaternary of the Norwegian Channel: glaciation history and palaeoceanograph y

    Hans Petter Sejrup;Inge Aarseth;Haflidi Haflidason;Reidar Løvlie

Frequent Co-Authors

Haflidi Haflidason
Haflidi Haflidason Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Anders Solheim
Anders Solheim Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Henrik Svensen
Henrik Svensen University of Oslo
Sverre Planke
Sverre Planke University of Oslo
Adriano Mazzini
Adriano Mazzini University of Oslo
Hans Petter Sejrup
Hans Petter Sejrup University of Bergen
Leif Rise
Leif Rise Geological Survey of Norway
Tore O. Vorren
Tore O. Vorren University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Jan Sverre Laberg
Jan Sverre Laberg University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Achim J Kopf
Achim J Kopf University of Bremen

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