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Sverre Planke

Sverre Planke

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D-Index
68
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15449
World Ranking
1155
National Ranking
11

Overview

Sverre Planke is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has contributed extensively to the Earth and Planetary Sciences field. Their research spans various subfields, including Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work covers topics such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Geological formations and processes, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sverre Planke include:

  • Impacts of seismic resolution on fault interpretation: Insights from seismic modelling, 2021, Tectonophysics
  • A nutrient control on marine anoxia during the end-Permian mass extinction, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Regional structure and polyphased Cretaceous-Paleocene rift and basin development of the mid-Norwegian volcanic passive margin, 2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • The birth and demise of the vast epicontinental Permian Irati-Whitehill sea: Evidence from organic geochemistry, geochronology, and paleogeography, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Shallow-water hydrothermal venting linked to the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, 2023, Nature Geoscience

Frequent co-authors of Sverre Planke include:

  • Christian Berndt
  • Morgan T. Jones
  • Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian
  • Peter Betlem
  • John Millett

The scientist publishes regularly in several venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Basin Research

Sverre Planke has also contributed to book publications associated with oceanographic expeditions and preliminary scientific reports. Notable works include:

  • Mid-Norwegian Margin Magmatism and Paleoclimate Implications, 2023, Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports
  • Expedition 396 Preliminary Report: Mid-Norwegian Margin Magmatism and Paleoclimate Implications, 2022, Preliminary report
  • Expedition 396 Scientific Prospectus: Mid-Norwegian Continental Margin Magmatism, 2021, Scientific prospectus

Best Publications

  • Release of methane from a volcanic basin as a mechanism for initial Eocene global warming

    Henrik Svensen;Sverre Planke;Anders Malthe-Sørenssen;Bjørn Jamtveit

  • Siberian gas venting and the end-Permian environmental crisis

    Henrik Svensen;Sverre Planke;Alexander G. Polozov;Alexander G. Polozov;Norbert Schmidbauer

  • Hydrothermal venting of greenhouse gases triggering Early Jurassic global warming

    Henrik Svensen;Sverre Planke;Luc Chevallier;Anders Malthe-Sørenssen

  • Seismic volcanostratigraphy of large-volume basaltic extrusive complexes on rifted margins

    Sverre Planke;Philip A. Symonds;Eivind Alvestad;Jakob Skogseid

  • Seismic characteristics and distribution of volcanic intrusions and hydrothermal vent complexes in the Vøring and Møre basins

    Sverre Planke;Thorkild Maack Rasmussen;Sebastian Scheel Rey;Reidun Myklebust

  • Triggering and dynamic evolution of the LUSI mud volcano, Indonesia

    A. Mazzini;H. Svensen;G.G. Akhmanov;Giovanni Aloisi

  • NE Atlantic continental rifting and volcanic margin formation

    Jakob Skogseid;Jakob Skogseid;Sverre Planke;Jan Inge Faleide;Tom Pedersen

  • Rapid magma emplacement in the Karoo Large Igneous Province

    Henrik Svensen;Fernando Corfu;Stéphane Polteau;Øyvind Hammer

  • Mud and fluid migration in active mud volcanoes in Azerbaijan

    S. Planke;H. Svensen;M. Hovland;D. A. Banks

  • Hydrothermal vent complexes associated with sill intrusions in sedimentary basins

    Bjørn Jamtveit;Henrik Svensen;Yuri Y. Podladchikov;Sverre Planke

  • Saucer-shaped intrusions: Occurrences, emplacement and implications

    Stéphane Polteau;Adriano Mazzini;Olivier Galland;Sverre Planke

  • U–Pb geochronology of Cretaceous magmatism on Svalbard and Franz Josef Land, Barents Sea Large Igneous Province

    Fernando Corfu;Stéphane Polteau;Sverre Planke;Jan Inge Faleide

  • Contact metamorphic devolatilization of shales in the Karoo Basin, South Africa, and the effects of multiple sill intrusions

    Ingrid Aarnes;Henrik Svensen;Stephane Polteau;Sverre Planke

  • Experimental modelling of shallow magma emplacement: Application to saucer-shaped intrusions

    Olivier Galland;Sverre Planke;Else-Ragnhild Neumann;Anders Malthe-Sørenssen

  • Effects of igneous intrusions on the petroleum system: a review

    Kim Senger;John Millett;Sverre Planke;Kei Ogata

  • Seismic volcanostratigraphy of the Norwegian Margin: constraints on tectonomagmatic break-up processes

    Christian Berndt;S. Planke;E. Alvestad;F. Tsikalas

  • Strike-slip faulting as a trigger mechanism for overpressure release through piercement structures. Implications for the Lusi mud volcano, Indonesia

    A. Mazzini;A. Nermoen;M. Krotkiewski;Y. Podladchikov

  • Formation of saucer-shaped sills

    A. Malthe-Sørenssen;S. Planke;H. Svensen;B. Jamtveit

  • Structure and evolution of hydrothermal vent complexes in the Karoo Basin, South Africa

    Henrik Svensen;BjØrn Jamtveit;Sverre Planke;Luc Chevallier

  • Deep structures and breakup along volcanic rifted margins: insights from integrated studies along the outer Vøring Basin (Norway)

    Laurent Gernigon;Laurent Gernigon;Jean-Claude Ringenbach;Sverre Planke;Bernard Le Gall

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Svensen
Henrik Svensen University of Oslo
Dougal A. Jerram
Dougal A. Jerram University of Oslo
Jan Inge Faleide
Jan Inge Faleide University of Oslo
Adriano Mazzini
Adriano Mazzini University of Oslo
Christian Berndt
Christian Berndt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Fernando Corfu
Fernando Corfu University of Oslo
Christian Tegner
Christian Tegner Aarhus University
Bjørn Jamtveit
Bjørn Jamtveit University of Oslo
Laurent Gernigon
Laurent Gernigon Norwegian Geological Survey
Else-Ragnhild Neumann
Else-Ragnhild Neumann University of Oslo

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