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Eystein Jansen

Eystein Jansen

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Earth Science
Norway
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
72
Citations
16941
World Ranking
871
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Norway Leader Award
  • 2012 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Eystein Jansen is a researcher affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with significant contributions in Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their research focuses on several key topics including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Past perspectives on the present era of abrupt Arctic climate change" (2020), published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Climatic evolution in the Australian region over the last 94 ka - spanning human occupancy -, and unveiling the Last Glacial Maximum" (2020), published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Rapid reductions and millennial-scale variability in Nordic Seas sea ice cover during abrupt glacial climate changes" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Tephra horizons identified in the western North Atlantic and Nordic Seas during the Last Glacial Period: Extending the marine tephra framework" (2020), published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Atmospheric and oceanic circulation altered by global mean sea-level rise" (2023), published in Nature Geoscience

Jansen has published frequently in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, Quaternary Science Reviews, Quaternary Research, and Climate of the Past.

Their scientific collaborations include repeated partnerships with several co-authors, including:

  • Lawrence A. Krissek
  • Wolfgang Berger
  • Loren W. Kroenke
  • Thomas R. Janecek
  • Jan Backman

Jansen was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2012, reflecting peer acknowledgment within their scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Information from paleoclimate archives

    Valerie Masson-Delmotte;Michael Schulz;A Abe-Ouchi;J Beer

  • High-resolution palaeoclimatology of the last millennium: a review of current status and future prospects:

    P.D. Jones;K.R. Briffa;T.J. Osborn;J.M. Lough

  • Paleoceanographic reconstructions of surface ocean conditions in the Greenland, Iceland and Norwegian seas through the last 14 ka based on diatoms

    Nalân Koç;Eystein Jansen;Haflidi Haflidason

  • Constraints on the magnitude and patterns of ocean cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum

    C. Waelbroeck;A. Paul;M. Kucera;A. Rosell-Melé

  • Reconstruction of glaciation over the past 6 Myr from ice-borne deposits in the Norwegian Sea

    E. Jansen;J. Sjøholm

  • A high‐resolution diatom record of the last deglaciation from the SE Norwegian Sea: Documentation of rapid climatic changes

    Nalân Koç Karpuz;Eystein Jansen

  • Rapid changes in the mechanism of ocean convection during the last glacial period

    Trond M. Dokken;Eystein Jansen

  • A giant three-stage submarine slide off Norway

    Tom Bugge;Stein Befring;Robert H. Belderson;Tor Eidvin

  • The distribution of living benthic foraminifera on the continental slope and rise off southwest Norway

    Andreas Mackensen;H. P. Sejrup;E. Jansen

  • Intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations in the circum Atlantic region (3.5–2.4 Ma) – ice-rafted detritus evidence

    H Flesche Kleiven;E Jansen;E Jansen;T Fronval;T.M Smith

  • Mid‐Pleistocene Climate Shift ‐ The Nansen Connection

    Wolfgang H. Berger;Eystein Jansen

  • Variations in Atlantic surface ocean paleoceanography, 50°-80°N: A time-slice record of the last 30,000 years

    Michael Sarnthein;Eystein Jansen;Mara Weinelt;Maurice Arnold

  • A high‐resolution study of Holocene paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic changes in the Nordic Seas

    Bjørg Risebrobakken;Eystein Jansen;Eystein Jansen;Eystein Jansen;Carin Andersson;Eirik Mjelde

  • Pliocene-Pleistocene ice rafting history and cyclicity in the Nordic Seas during the last 3.5 Myr

    Eystein Jansen;Torben Fronval;Frank Rack;James E. T. Channell

  • Abrupt climate changes for Iceland during the last millennium: evidence from high resolution sea ice reconstructions

    Guillaume Massé;Steven J. Rowland;Marie Alexandrine Sicre;Jérémy Jacob

  • Holocene cooling culminates in sea ice oscillations in Fram Strait

    Juliane Müller;Kirstin Werner;Ruediger Stein;Kirsten Fahl

  • High resolution U37K sea surface temperature reconstruction in the Norwegian Sea during the Holocene

    Eva Calvo;Joan Grimalt;Eystein Jansen

  • Response of deep ocean circulation to initiation of northern hemisphere glaciation (3–2 MA)

    M. E. Raymo;D. Hodell;E. Jansen

  • Apparent long-term cooling of the sea surface in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean during the Holocene.

    Olivier Marchal;Isabel Cacho;Thomas F. Stocker;Joan O. Grimalt

  • Variations in temperature and extent of Atlantic Water in the northern North Atlantic during the Holocene

    Morten Hald;Carin Andersson;Hanne Ebbesen;Eystein Jansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Moros
Matthias Moros Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Trond Dokken
Trond Dokken NORCE Research
Richard J. Telford
Richard J. Telford University of Bergen
Kirsten Fahl
Kirsten Fahl Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Hans Petter Sejrup
Hans Petter Sejrup University of Bergen
Karen Luise Knudsen
Karen Luise Knudsen Aarhus University
Antoon Kuijpers
Antoon Kuijpers Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Laurie Menviel
Laurie Menviel University of New South Wales
David A Hodell
David A Hodell University of Cambridge
Axel Timmermann
Axel Timmermann Pusan National University

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