2026 Hans Petter Sejrup: 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	63	1607	1438	20	19	220	13360

Research.com Recognitions

Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Geoscience
Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Geoscience

Overview

Hans Petter Sejrup is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and works primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Anthropology, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology. The main topics of their work focus on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Cryospheric studies and observations, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Marine and environmental studies.

Many of their scientific contributions have been published in leading journals, most frequently in Boreas, followed by Quaternary Geochronology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geology, and Communications Earth & Environment. Some of their recent notable papers include:

Growth and retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet, 31,000 to 15,000 years ago: the BRITICE-CHRONO reconstruction, 2022, Boreas
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

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Berit Oline Hjelstuen, Monica Winsborrow, Anna L.C. Hughes, Philip L. Gibbard, and James Scourse. These collaborations reflect a strong network within the paleoclimate and geological research communities.

Hans Petter Sejrup is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in the Geoscience category, indicating recognition within the scientific community.

Best Publications

Pattern and timing of retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet

Chris D. Clark;Anna L.C. Hughes;Sarah L. Greenwood;Colm Jordan

585
Citations
The Storegga Slide: architecture, geometry and slide development

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

453
Citations
The dating and morphometry of the Storegga Slide

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

389
Citations
A giant three-stage submarine slide off Norway

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

383
Citations
Ocean warming and gas hydrate stability on the mid-Norwegian margin at the Storegga Slide

Jürgen Mienert;Maarten Vanneste;Stefan Bünz;Karin Andreassen

376
Citations
The distribution of living benthic foraminifera on the continental slope and rise off southwest Norway

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

364
Citations
Last interglacial Arctic warmth confirms polar amplification of climate change

P. Anderson;O. Bennike;N. Bigelow;J. Brigham-Grette

360
Citations
Pleistocene glacial history of the NW European continental margin

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

313
Citations
A regional 8200 cal. yr BP cooling event in northwest Europe, induced by final stages of the Laurentide ice-sheet deglaciation?

Dorthe Klitgaard-Kristensen;Hans Petter Sejrup;Haflidi Haflidason;Sigfus Johnsen

288
Citations
Quaternary glaciations in southern Fennoscandia: evidence from southwestern Norway and the northern North Sea region

H.P. Sejrup;E. Larsen;J. Landvik;E.L. King

280
Citations
Variations in temperature and extent of Atlantic Water in the northern North Atlantic during the Holocene

Morten Hald;Carin Andersson;Hanne Ebbesen;Eystein Jansen

256
Citations
Quaternary seismic stratigraphy of the North Sea Fan: glacially-fed gravity flow aprons, hemipelagic sediments, and large submarine slides

Edward L. King;Hans Petter Sejrup;Haflidi Haflidason;Anders Elverhøi

251
Citations
Late Weichselian glaciation history of the northern North Sea

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

246
Citations
Quaternary stratigraphy of the Fladen area, central North Sea: a multidisciplinary study

H. P. Sejrup;I. Aarseth;K. L. Ellingsen;E. Reither

224
Citations
A continuous Eemian‐Early Weichselian sequence containing pollen and marine fossils at Fjøsanger, western Norway

Jan Mangerud;Hans‐Petter Sejrup;Eivind Sønstegaard;Sylvi Haldorsen

200
Citations
Glacigenic debris flows on the North Sea Trough Mouth Fan during ice stream maxima

E.L King;H Haflidason;H.P Sejrup;R Løvlie

198
Citations
Large submarine slides on the Norwegian continental margin: Sediments, transport and timing

Eystein Jansen;Stein Befring;Tom Bugge;Tor Eidvin

198
Citations
Glacial geology of outer Bjørnøyrenna, southwestern Barents Sea

J. Sættem;D.A.R. Poole;L. Ellingsen;H.P. Sejrup

181
Citations
Extreme sediment and ice discharge from marine-based ice streams: New evidence from the North Sea

A. Nygård;H.P. Sejrup;H. Haflidason;W.A.H. Lekens

177
Citations
Arctic Holocene proxy climate database – new approaches to assessing geochronological accuracy and encoding climate variables

H. S. Sundqvist;D. S. Kaufman;N. P. McKay;N. L. Balascio

176
Citations
Coupled response of the late glacial climatic shifts of northwest Europe reflected in Greenland ice cores: Evidence from the northern North Sea

Haflidi Haflidason;Hans Petter Sejrup;Dorthe Klitgaard Kristensen;Sigfus Johnsen

174
Citations
Effect of gas hydrates melting on seafloor slope stability

N. Sultan;P. Cochonat;J. P. Foucher;J. Mienert

5
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Haflidi Haflidason Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

Berit Oline Hjelstuen University of Bergen

Eiliv Larsen Geological Survey of Norway

Eystein Jansen University of Bergen

Jan Mangerud University of Bergen

Karen Luise Knudsen Aarhus University

Jon Y. Landvik Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Jürgen Mienert University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

Morten Hald University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

Chris D. Clark University of Sheffield

External Links

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