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Svein Olaf Dahl

Svein Olaf Dahl

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
51
Citations
7279
World Ranking
3316
National Ranking
42

Svein Olaf Dahl publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Svein Olaf Dahl sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 109 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Svein Olaf Dahl D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Svein Olaf Dahl sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Svein Olaf Dahl is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research is centered in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Archaeology as subfields. The main topics covered in their work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Climate Change and Permafrost, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Archaeology and Ancient Environmental Studies, Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics, and Maritime and Coastal Archaeology.

The scientist has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers, including the following:

  • Evidence of glacier-permafrost interactions associated with hydro-geomorphological processes and landforms at Snøhetta, Dovrefjell, Norway (2021) published in Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography
  • Age, origin and palaeoclimatic implications of peri- and paraglacial boulder-dominated landforms in Rondane, South Norway (2022) published in Geomorphology
  • Refining Holocene sea-level variations for the Lofoten and Vesterålen archipelagos, northern Norway: implications for prehistoric human-environment interactions (2024) published in Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Palaeoclimatic and regional implications of Older Dryas and Younger Dryas local glacier activity in the low-Arctic valley Finnkongdalen, Andøya, northern Norway (2023) published in Boreas
  • Configuration of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet in southwestern Norway during the Younger Dryas (2023) published in Norwegian Journal of Geology

Their publications frequently appear in venues such as The Holocene, Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography, Journal of Quaternary Science, Geomorphology, and Boreas.

Svein Olaf Dahl collaborates regularly with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen
  • Kristian Vasskog
  • Henriette Linge
  • Floreana Miesen
  • Lothar Schrott

Best Publications

  • A new approach to calculating Holocene winter precipitation by combining glacier equilibrium-line altitudes and pine-tree limits: a case stud from Hardangerjokulen, central southern Norway:

    Svein Olaf Dahl;Atle Nesje

  • Holocene glacier fluctuations of Flatebreen and winter-precipitation changes in the Jostedalsbreen region, western Norvay, based on glaciolacustrine sediment records:

    Atle Nesje;John A. Matthews;Svein Olaf Dahl;Mark S. Berrisford

  • Norwegian mountain glaciers in the past, present and future

    Atle Nesje;Atle Nesje;Jostein Bakke;Jostein Bakke;Svein Olaf Dahl;Svein Olaf Dahl;Øyvind Lie

  • The 'Little Ice Age' – only temperature?

    Atle Nesje;Svein Olaf Dahl

  • Is the North Atlantic Oscillation reflected in Scandinavian glacier mass balance records

    Atle Nesje;Øyvind Lie;Svein Olaf Dahl

  • Paleoclimatic implications based on equilibrium-line altitude depressions of reconstructed Younger Dryas and Holocene cirque glaciers in inner Nordfjord, western Norway

    Svein Olaf Dahl;Atle Nesje

  • The Greenland 8200 cal. yr BP event detected in loss‐on‐ignition profiles in Norwegian lacustrine sediment sequences

    Atle Nesje;Svein Olaf Dahl

  • Holocene glacier fluctuations at Hardangerjøkulen, central-southern Norway: a high-resolution composite chronology from lacustrine and terrestrial deposits:

    Svein Olaf Dahl;Atle Nesje

  • Holocene glacier variations in central Jotunheimen, southern Norway based on distal glaciolacustrine sediment cores

    John A. Matthews;Svein Olaf Dahl;Atle Nesje;Mark S. Berrisford

  • THE LAST ICE SHEET IN NORTH-WEST SCOTLAND: RECONSTRUCTION AND IMPLICATIONS

    Colin K. Ballantyne;Danny McCARROLL;Atle Nesje;Svein Olaf Dahl

  • Glacier fluctuations, equilibrium-line altitudes and palaeoclimate in Lyngen, northern Norway, during the Lateglacial and Holocene

    Jostein Bakke;Svein Olaf Dahl;Øyvind Paasche;Reidar Løvlie

  • The lacustrine sedimentary sequence in Sygneskardvatnet, western Norway: a continuous, high-resolution record of the Jostedalsbreen ice cap during the Holocene

    Atle Nesje;Svein Olaf Dahl;Carin Andersson;John A Matthews

  • Utilizing physical sediment variability in glacier-fed lakes for continuous glacier reconstructions during the Holocene, northern Folgefonna, western Norway

    Jostein Bakke;øyvind Lie;Atle Nesje;Svein Olaf Dahl

  • Automated classification of debris-covered glaciers combining optical, SAR and topographic data in an object-based environment

    Benjamin Aubrey Robson;Christopher Nuth;Svein Olaf Dahl;Daniel Hölbling

  • Timing, equilibrium-line altitudes and climatic implications of two early-Holocene glacier readvances during the Erdalen Event at Jostedalsbreen, western Norway

    Svein Olaf Dahl;Atle Nesje;Øyvind Lie;Kristine Fjordheim

  • Strength and spatial patterns of the Holocene wintertime westerlies in the NE Atlantic region

    Jostein Bakke;Jostein Bakke;Øyvind Lie;Svein Olaf Dahl;Svein Olaf Dahl;Atle Nesje;Atle Nesje

  • Lateglacial and Holocene glacier fluctuations and climate variations in western Norway: A review

    Atle Nesje;Svein Olaf Dahl

  • Reconstruction of former glacier equilibrium-line altitudes based on proglacial sites: an evaluation of approaches and selection of sites

    Svein Olaf Dahl;Jostein Bakke;Øyvind Lie;Atle Nesje

  • The ‘Little Ice Age’ glacial expansion in western Scandinavia: summer temperature or winter precipitation?

    A. Nesje;A. Nesje;S. O. Dahl;S. O. Dahl;T. Thun;Ø. Nordli

  • A complete record of Holocene glacier variability at Austre Okstindbreen, northern Norway: an integrated approach

    Jostein Bakke;Jostein Bakke;Svein Olaf Dahl;Svein Olaf Dahl;Øyvind Paasche;Joachim Riis Simonsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Atle Nesje
Atle Nesje University of Bergen
Jostein Bakke
Jostein Bakke University of Bergen
John A. Matthews
John A. Matthews Swansea University
Eystein Jansen
Eystein Jansen University of Bergen
Reidar Løvlie
Reidar Løvlie University of Bergen
Anne E. Bjune
Anne E. Bjune Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Danny McCarroll
Danny McCarroll Swansea University
Colin K. Ballantyne
Colin K. Ballantyne University of St Andrews
Christopher Nuth
Christopher Nuth University of Oslo
Tazio Strozzi
Tazio Strozzi Gamma Remote Sensing (Switzerland)

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