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Roy H. Gabrielsen

Roy H. Gabrielsen

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Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
4766
World Ranking
6272
National Ranking
87

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Roy H. Gabrielsen is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily spans geology, geophysics, mechanics of materials, artificial intelligence, and geochemistry and petrology.

The scientist's work focuses on various topics, including:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological studies and exploration
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geochemistry and geologic mapping
  • Geological and geophysical studies
  • Geological modeling and analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Roy H. Gabrielsen has published research in several scientific venues with multiple contributions to each. These include:

  • Basin Research
  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Geomatics
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Geological Magazine

Some of the recent papers authored by Gabrielsen include:

  • "The Concept of Lineaments in Geological Structural Analysis; Principles and Methods: A Review Based on Examples from Norway" (2024, Geomatics)
  • "Double-folding and thrust-front geometries associated with the Timanian and Caledonian orogenies in the Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark, North Norway" (2022, Journal of the Geological Society)
  • "Effects of basement structures and Carboniferous basin configuration on evaporite distribution and the development of salt structures in Nordkapp Basin, Barents Sea-Part I" (2021, Basin Research)

Frequent coauthors in Gabrielsen's publications include:

  • Jan Inge Faleide
  • Muhammad Hassaan
  • Filippos Tsikalas
  • Odleiv Olesen
  • Trond Slagstad

Roy H. Gabrielsen was recognized in 2000 as a Member of Academia Europaea, an acknowledgment reflecting their standing within the academic community.

Best Publications

  • Tectonostratigraphy and sedimentary architecture of rift basins, with reference to the northern North Sea

    A. Nottvedt;R.H. Gabrielsen;R.J. Steel

  • Geology of the Norwegian Continental Shelf

    Jan Inge Faleide;Knut Bjørlykke;Roy H. Gabrielsen

  • Late Cretaceous–Cenozoic intraplate contractional deformation at the Norwegian continental shelf: timing, magnitude and regional implications

    E Vågnes;R.H Gabrielsen;P Haremo

  • Long-lived fault zones and their influence on the tectonic development of the southwestern Barents Sea

    R. H. Gabrielsen

  • Structuring of the Northern Viking Graben and the Møre Basin; the influence of basement structural grain, and the particular role of the Møre-Trøndelag Fault Complex

    R.H Gabrielsen;T Odinsen;I Grunnaleite

  • Influence of basement in structuring of the North Sea basin, offshore southwest Norway

    R. B. Farseth;R. H. Gabrielsen;C. A. Hurich

  • Tectonic impact on sedimentary processes during Cenozoic evolution of the northern North Sea and surrounding areas

    Jan Inge Faleide;Rune Kyrkjebø;Tomas Kjennerud;Roy H. Gabrielsen

  • Architectural styles of basin fill in the northern Viking Graben

    R. H. Gabrielsen;R. B. Foerseth;R. J. Steel;S. Idil

  • A transpressional origin for the West Spitsbergen fold‐and‐thrust belt: Insight from analog modeling

    Karen A. Leever;Roy H. Gabrielsen;Jan Inge Faleide;Alvar Braathen

  • The effect of convergence angle on the kinematic evolution of strain partitioning in transpressional brittle wedges: Insight from analog modeling and high-resolution digital image analysis

    Karen A. Leever;Roy H. Gabrielsen;Dimitrios Sokoutis;Ernst Willingshofer

  • Nomenclature of the main structural features on the Norwegian Continental Shelf north of the 62nd parallel

    Roy H. Gabrielsen;Roald Foerseth;Georg Hamar;Hans Rønnevik

  • Unconformities related to the Jurassic–Cretaceous synrift–post-rift transition of the northern North Sea

    Rune KyrkjebØ;R.H. Gabrielsen;R.H. Gabrielsen;J.I. Faleide

  • The Cretaceous post-rift basin configuration of the northern North Sea

    Roy H. Gabrielsen;Rune Kyrkjebø;Jan Inge Faleide;Willy Fjeldskaar

  • Permo-Triassic and Jurassic extension in the northern North Sea: results from tectonostratigraphic forward modelling

    Tore Odinsen;Tore Odinsen;Paul Reemst;Peter Van Der Beek;Peter Van Der Beek;Jan Inge Faleide

  • Latest Caledonian to Present tectonomorphological development of southern Norway

    Roy H. Gabrielsen;Roy H. Gabrielsen;Jan Inge Faleide;Christophe Pascal;Alvar Braathen;Alvar Braathen

  • Experiments on clay smear formation along faults

    Susanne Sperrevik;Susanne Sperrevik;Roald B. Færseth;Roy H. Gabrielsen

  • Dynamic development of fault rocks in a crustal-scale detachment: An example from western Norway

    Alvar Braathen;Per Terje Osmundsen;Roy H. Gabrielsen

  • Cretaceous and Tertiary inversion in the Bjørnøyrenna Fault Complex, south-western Barents Sea

    Roy H. Gabrielsen;Ivar Grunnaleite;Eigil Rasmussen

  • Experimental modeling of extensional fault systems by use of plaster

    Haakon Fossen;Roy H. Gabrielsen

  • Late Mesozoic to Early Cenozoic components of vertical separation across the More-Trondelag Fault Complex, Norway

    T.F. Redfield;A. Braathen;R.H. Gabrielsen;P.T. Osmundsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Inge Faleide
Jan Inge Faleide University of Oslo
Alvar Braathen
Alvar Braathen University of Oslo
Haakon Fossen
Haakon Fossen University of Bergen
Dimitrios Sokoutis
Dimitrios Sokoutis Utrecht University
Trond H. Torsvik
Trond H. Torsvik University of Oslo
Bernd Etzelmüller
Bernd Etzelmüller University of Oslo
Odleiv Olesen
Odleiv Olesen Norwegian Geological Survey
Ritske S. Huismans
Ritske S. Huismans University of Bergen
Ronald J. Steel
Ronald J. Steel The University of Texas at Austin
Fernando Corfu
Fernando Corfu University of Oslo

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