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Stefan Bünz is affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Their research spans fields primarily focused on Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Engineering, with notable contributions to subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Geology, Global and Planetary Change, and Geophysics.

Their published work frequently addresses topics including Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Geological Studies and Exploration, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics. These topics highlight their multidisciplinary approach to earth and environmental sciences.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Stefan Bünz include:

  • Shallow-water hydrothermal venting linked to the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, 2023, Nature Geoscience
  • Dynamic and history of methane seepage in the SW Barents Sea: new insights from Leirdjupet Fault Complex, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 5.0, 2024, Scientific Data
  • Volcanically hosted venting with indications of ultramafic influence at Aurora hydrothermal field on Gakkel Ridge, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Geological controls of giant crater development on the Arctic seafloor, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators in their body of work include:

  • Andreia Plaza-Faverola
  • Giuliana Panieri
  • Claudio Argentino
  • Kate Alyse Waghorn
  • Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta

Stefan Bünz has published extensively in certain scientific venues, including:

  • CAGE - Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate Environment and Climate Report Series (16 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (5 publications)
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology (4 publications)
  • Frontiers in Earth Science (4 publications)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (2 publications)

Best Publications

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

    Jürgen Mienert;Maarten Vanneste;Stefan Bünz;Karin Andreassen

  • Geological controls on the Storegga gas-hydrate system of the mid-Norwegian continental margin

    Stefan Bünz;Jürgen Mienert;Christian Berndt

  • Massive blow-out craters formed by hydrate-controlled methane expulsion from the Arctic seafloor

    K. Andreassen;Alun Hubbard;M. Winsborrow;H. Patton

  • High-resolution 3D-seismic data indicate focussed fluid migration pathways above polygonal fault systems of the mid-Norwegian margin

    Steinar Hustoft;Jürgen Mienert;Stefan Bünz;Hervé Nouzé

  • Seismic character of bottom simulating reflectors: examples from the mid-Norwegian margin

    Christian Berndt;Stefan Bünz;Trevor Clayton;Jürgen Mienert

  • High-resolution P-Cable 3D seismic imaging of gas chimney structures in gas hydrated sediments of an Arctic sediment drift

    Carl Jörg Petersen;Stefan Bünz;Steinar Hustoft;Jürgen Mienert

  • The Hinlopen Slide: A giant, submarine slope failure on the northern Svalbard margin, Arctic Ocean

    Maarten Vanneste;Jürgen Mienert;Stefan Bünz

  • Polygonal fault systems on the mid-Norwegian margin: A long term source for fluid flow

    Christian Berndt;Stefan Bünz;Jürgen Mienert

  • Active gas venting through hydrate-bearing sediments on the Vestnesa Ridge, offshore W-Svalbard

    Stefan Bünz;Sergey Polyanov;Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta;Chiara Consolaro

  • Gas hydrate reservoir and active methane-venting province in sediments on < 20 Ma young oceanic crust in the Fram Strait, offshore NW-Svalbard

    Steinar Hustoft;Stefan Bünz;Jürgen Mienert;Shyam Chand

  • Estimation of gas hydrate concentration from multi-component seismic data at sites on the continental margins of NW Svalbard and the Storegga region of Norway

    G. K. Westbrook;S. Chand;G. Rossi;C. Long

  • Three-dimensional seismic analysis of the morphology and spatial distribution of chimneys beneath the Nyegga pockmark field, offshore mid-Norway

    Steinar Hustoft;Stefan Bünz;Jürgen Mienert

  • Repeated fluid expulsion through sub-seabed chimneys offshore Norway in response to glacial cycles

    Andreia Plaza-Faverola;Stefan Bünz;Jürgen Mienert

  • Acoustic imaging of gas hydrate and free gas at the Storegga Slide

    Stefan Bünz;Jürgen Mienert

  • Role of tectonic stress in seepage evolution along the gas hydrate‐charged Vestnesa Ridge, Fram Strait

    Andreia Plaza-Faverola;Stefan Bünz;Joel E. Johnson;Shyam Chand

  • Fluid flow impact on slope failure from 3D seismic data: a case study in the Storegga Slide

    Stefan Bünz;Jürgen Mienert;Petter Bryn;Kjell Berg

  • Thermogenic methane injection via bubble transport into the upper Arctic Ocean from the hydrate‐charged Vestnesa Ridge, Svalbard

    Andrew James Smith;Jurgen Mienert;Stefan Bünz;Jens Greinert

  • Gas hydrates at the Storegga Slide: Constraints from an analysis of multicomponent, wide-angle seismic data

    Stefan Bünz;Jürgen Mienert;Maarten Vanneste;Karin Andreassen

  • An integrated view of the methane system in the pockmarks at Vestnesa Ridge, 79°N

    Giuliana Panieri;Stefan Bünz;Daniel J. Fornari;Javier Escartin

  • A 160,000-year-old history of tectonically controlled methane seepage in the Arctic.

    Tobias Himmler;Diana Sahy;Tõnu Martma;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • Distribution of subsurface fluid-flow systems in the SW Barents Sea

    Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta;Stefan Bünz;Jürgen Mienert;Shyam Chand

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürgen Mienert
Jürgen Mienert University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Christian Berndt
Christian Berndt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Karin Andreassen
Karin Andreassen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Jochen Knies
Jochen Knies University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Joel E. Johnson
Joel E. Johnson University of New Hampshire
Sverre Planke
Sverre Planke University of Oslo
Jens Greinert
Jens Greinert GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Gerhard Bohrmann
Gerhard Bohrmann University of Bremen
Timothy A. Minshull
Timothy A. Minshull University of Southampton
Thomas Pape
Thomas Pape University of Copenhagen

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