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Lars Henrik Nielsen is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with an emphasis on geology, geophysics, and mechanics of materials. The body of work covers a diverse array of topics such as hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, geological and geophysical studies, geological and geochemical analysis, geological studies and exploration, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological formations and processes, as well as paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils.

The scientist has contributed to a number of research papers across various publication venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • Factors controlling accumulation of organic carbon in a rift-lake, Oligocene Vietnam (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • Paleocene-Eocene volcanic segmentation of the Norwegian-Greenland seaway reorganized high-latitude ocean circulation (2021) published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • Cretaceous lithostratigraphy of North-East Greenland (2020) published in Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark
  • Permian to Cretaceous granites and felsic volcanics from SW Vietnam and S Cambodia: Implications for tectonic development of Indochina (2021) published in Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Optical dating of cobble surfaces determines the chronology of Holocene beach ridges in Greenland (2021) published in Boreas

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Michael B.W. Fyhn
  • Jussi Hovikoski
  • Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed
  • Ioannis Abatzis
  • Henrik Vosgerau

Lars Henrik Nielsen has published multiple works in several scientific journals with repeated contributions to the Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Scientific Reports, Communications Earth & Environment, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, and Boreas.

Within their fields of study, Nielsen has been involved extensively in the subfields of geology, mechanics of materials, geophysics, atmospheric science, and earth-surface processes. Their research topics often bridge geological and geochemical analysis, geological formations and processes, and stratigraphy, contributing to a broader understanding of earth system sciences and tectonic evolution.

Best Publications

  • Geological development of the Central and South Vietnamese margin: Implications for the establishment of the South China Sea, Indochinese escape tectonics and Cenozoic volcanism

    Michael B.W. Fyhn;Lars O. Boldreel;Lars H. Nielsen

  • Late Triassic – Jurassic development of the Danish Basin and the Fennoscandian Border Zone, southern Scandinavia

    Lars H. Nielsen

  • A new correlation of Triassic-Jurassic boundary successions in NW Europe, Nevada and Peru, and the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province : A time-line for the end-Triassic mass extinction

    Sofie Lindström;Bas van de Schootbrugge;Katrine H. Hansen;Gunver K. Pedersen

  • MONA LISA : Deep seismic investigations of the lithosphere in the southeastern North Sea

    T. Abramovitz;A. Berthelsen;F. Schjøth;H. Thybo

  • Mesozoic–Cenozoic exhumation events in the eastern North Sea Basin: a multi‐disciplinary study based on palaeothermal, palaeoburial, stratigraphic and seismic data

    Peter Japsen;Paul F. Green;Lars Henrik Nielsen;Erik S. Rasmussen

  • Jurassic lithostratigraphy and stratigraphic development onshore and offshore Denmark

    Olaf Michelsen;Lars H. Nielsen;Peter N. Johannessen;Jan Andsbjerg

  • Geological evolution, regional perspectives and hydrocarbon potential of the northwest Phu Khanh Basin, offshore Central Vietnam

    Michael B.W. Fyhn;Lars H. Nielsen;Lars O. Boldreel;Le D. Thang

  • Structural development of the Fennoscandian Border Zone, offshore Denmark

    Olaf Michelsen;Lars Henrik Nielsen

  • Modelling of hydrocarbon generation in the Cenozoic Song Hong Basin, Vietnam: a highly prospective basin

    L.H Nielsen;A Mathiesen;T Bidstrup;O.V Vejbæk

  • A Late Pleistocene coarse‐grained spit‐platform sequence in northern Jylland, Denmark

    Lars Henrik Nielsen;Peter N. Johannessen;Finn Surlyk

  • Deep wells in Denmark 1935-1990. Lithostratigraphic subdivision

    Lars Henrik Nielsen;Peter Japsen

  • Palynostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the lower to middle jurassic bagå formation of bornholm, denmark

    Eva Bundgaard Koppelhus;Lars Henrik Nielsen

  • No causal link between terrestrial ecosystem change and methane release during the end-Triassic mass extinction

    Sofie Lindström;Bas van de Schootbrugge;Karen Dybkjær;Gunver Krarup Pedersen

  • Carbonate platform growth and demise offshore Central Vietnam: Effects of Early Miocene transgression and subsequent onshore uplift

    Michael B.W. Fyhn;Lars O. Boldreel;Lars O. Boldreel;Lars H. Nielsen;Tran C. Giang

  • Characterisation of oil and potential source rocks in the northeastern Song Hong Basin, Vietnam: indications of a lacustrine-coal sourced petroleum system

    Henrik I. Petersen;Hans P. Nytoft;Lars H. Nielsen

  • Diagenetic effects on porosity–permeability relationships in red beds of the Lower Triassic Bunter Sandstone Formation in the North German Basin

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  • Detrital zircon ages and heavy mineral composition along the Gulf of Tonkin - Implication for sand provenance in the Yinggehai-Song Hong and Qiongdongnan basins

    Michael B.W. Fyhn;Tonny B. Thomsen;Nynke Keulen;Christian Knudsen

  • Petroleum potential of Oligocene lacustrine mudstones and coals at Dong Ho, Vietnam — an outcrop analogue to terrestrial source rocks in the greater Song Hong Basin

    H.I Petersen;C Andersen;P.H Anh;J.A Bojesen-Koefoed

  • Source Rock Properties of Lacustrine Mudstones and Coals (oligocene Dong HO Formation), Onshore Song Hong Basin, Northern Vietnam

    H. I. Petersen;Vu Tru;L. H. Nielsen;Nguyen A. Duc;Nguyen A. Duc

  • Palaeocene–early Eocene inversion of the Phuquoc–Kampot Som Basin: SE Asian deformation associated with the suturing of Luconia

    Michael B.W. Fyhn;Michael B.W. Fyhn;Stig A.S. Pedersen;Lars O. Boldreel;Lars H. Nielsen

  • Major coastal impact induced by a 1000-year storm event

    Mikkel Fruergaard;Mikkel Fruergaard;Thorbjørn J. Andersen;Peter N. Johannessen;Lars H. Nielsen

  • Volgian-Ryazanian 'hot shales' of the Bo Member (Farsund Formation) in the Danish Central Graben, North Sea: stratigraphy, facies and geochemistry

    Jon R. Ineson;Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed;Karen Dybkjær;Lars H. Nielsen

  • The Jurassic of Denmark and Greenland: Late Triassic – Jurassic development of the Danish Basin and the Fennoscandian Border Zone, southern Scandinavia

    Lars Henrik Nielsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik I. Petersen
Henrik I. Petersen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Morten Pejrup
Morten Pejrup University of Copenhagen
Thorbjørn Joest Andersen
Thorbjørn Joest Andersen University of Copenhagen
Stefan Piasecki
Stefan Piasecki University of Copenhagen
Bas van de Schootbrugge
Bas van de Schootbrugge Utrecht University
Paul F. Green
Paul F. Green University of Melbourne
Finn Surlyk
Finn Surlyk University of Copenhagen
Sylvain Richoz
Sylvain Richoz Lund University
Christoph Korte
Christoph Korte University of Copenhagen
Peter Japsen
Peter Japsen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

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