2026 Haakon Fossen: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	69	1073	949	9	9	256	14770

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Haakon Fossen is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research portfolio includes over a hundred publications predominantly focused on areas such as Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geology, with additional work in Artificial Intelligence and Mechanics of Materials.

Their work addresses several main topics including:

Earthquake and tectonic studies
Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Geological formations and processes
High-pressure geophysics and materials
Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
Geological and Geophysical Studies
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Fossen has contributed to various scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

Journal of Structural Geology
Basin Research
Earth-Science Reviews
Communications Earth & Environment
Tectonics

Their recent papers include:

"Fold geometry and folding - a review", 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
"Adamastor - an ocean that never existed?", 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
"A critical discussion of the subduction-collision model for the Neoproterozoic Araçuaí-West Congo orogen", 2020, Precambrian Research
"From widespread faulting to localised rifting: Evidence from K-Ar fault gouge dates from the Norwegian North Sea rift shoulder", 2021, Basin Research
"The Patos-Pernambuco shear system of NE Brazil: Partitioned intracontinental transcurrent deformation revealed by enhanced aeromagnetic data", 2022, Journal of Structural Geology

Fossen frequently collaborates with other researchers including Carolina Cavalcante, Marit Stokke Bauck, Robert L. Gawthorpe, Thilo Wrona, and Leonardo Lagoeiro.

Their academic contributions also extend to authorship in book publishing, including a recent title with Cambridge University Press named "Plate Tectonics," published in 2024.

Best Publications

Deformation bands in sandstone: a review

Haakon Fossen;Richard A. Schultz;Zoe K. Shipton;Karen Mair

810
Citations
The deformation matrix for simultaneous simple shearing, pure shearing and volume change, and its application to transpression-transtension tectonics

Haakon Fossen;Basil Tikoff

572
Citations
Structural Geology by Haakon Fossen

Haakon Fossen

521
Citations
Shear zones – A review

Haakon Fossen;Haakon Fossen;Geane Carolina G. Cavalcante

479
Citations
Fault linkage and relay structures in extensional settings—A review

Haakon Fossen;Haakon Fossen;Atle Rotevatn

432
Citations
Extended models of transpression and transtension, and application to tectonic settings

Haakon Fossen;Basil Tikoff

421
Citations
From the Early Paleozoic Platforms of Baltica and Laurentia to the Caledonide Orogen of Scandinavia and Greenland

David G. Gee;Haakon Fossen;Niels Henriksen;Anthony K. Higgins

393
Citations
Simultaneous pure and simple shear: the unifying deformation matrix

Basil Tikoff;Haakon Fossen

292
Citations
Strain modeling of transpressional and transtensional deformation

Haakon Fossen;Basil Tikoff;Christian Teyssier;H. Fossen

287
Citations
Deformation bands and their influence on fluid flow

Haakon Fossen;Arthur Bale

259
Citations
The limitations of three-dimensional kinematic vorticity analysis

Basil Tikoff;Haakon Fossen

257
Citations
The role of extensional tectonics in the Caledonides of south Norway

Haakon Fossen

243
Citations
Dependence of displacement-length scaling relations for fractures and deformation bands on the volumetric changes across them

Richard A. Schultz;Roger Soliva;Haakon Fossen;Chris H. Okubo

234
Citations
Extensional tectonics in the North Atlantic Caledonides: a regional view

Haakon Fossen

230
Citations
Seismic facies analysis using machine learning

Thilo Wrona;Indranil Pan;Robert L. Gawthorpe;Haakon Fossen

221
Citations
Timing and kinematics of Caledonian thrusting and extensional collapse, southern Norway: evidence from 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology

Haakon Fossen;W.James Dunlap

207
Citations
Extensional tectonics in the Caledonides: Synorogenic or postorogenic?

Haakon Fossen

205
Citations
Geometric analysis and scaling relations of deformation bands in porous sandstone

Haakon Fossen;Jonny Hesthammer

200
Citations
Displacement–length scaling in three dimensions: the importance of aspect ratio and application to deformation bands

Richard A. Schultz;Haakon Fossen

183
Citations
Reactivation of intrabasement structures during rifting - A case study from offshore southern Norway

Thomas Brian Phillips;Christopher Aiden-Lee Jackson;Rebecca E. Bell;Oliver Duffy

180
Citations
Fault facies and its application to sandstone reservoirs

Alvar Braathen;Jan Tveranger;Haakon Fossen;Tore Skar

177
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Atle Rotevatn University of Bergen

Robert L. Gawthorpe University of Bergen

Rebecca E. Bell Imperial College London

Jan Inge Faleide University of Oslo

Basil Tikoff University of Wisconsin–Madison

Christian Teyssier University of Minnesota

Christopher A.-L. Jackson Imperial College London

Richard A. Schultz The University of Texas at Austin

Alvar Braathen University of Oslo

Donna L. Whitney University of Minnesota

External Links

Personal website of Haakon Fossen Google Scholar page

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