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Trond H. Torsvik

Trond H. Torsvik

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Earth Science
Norway
2026

Trond H. Torsvik 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 Trond H. Torsvik sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Trond H. Torsvik 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 Trond H. Torsvik sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Norway Leader Award
  • 2005 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1999 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Trond H. Torsvik is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly output spans a significant body of work with 64 publications in this field, focused notably on subfields such as Geophysics, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research covers an array of topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Frequent coauthors in their publications are:

  • Chloé M. Marcilly
  • Mathew Domeier
  • L. Robin M. Cocks
  • Dana L. Royer
  • Evgeniy Kulakov

They have published repeatedly in several scientific venues, including:

  • Gondwana Research (7 publications)
  • Precambrian Research (3 publications)
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (2 publications)

Among recent papers, examples include:

  • "Ordovician palaeogeography and climate change" (2020, Gondwana Research)
  • "New paleogeographic and degassing parameters for long-term carbon cycle models" (2021, Gondwana Research)
  • "Genesis and evolution of kimberlites" (2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • "Global Phanerozoic sea levels from paleogeographic flooding maps" (2022, Gondwana Research)
  • "Circum-Tethyan magmatic provinces, shifting continents and Permian climate change" (2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)

Trond H. Torsvik has been recognized with awards including membership in Academia Europaea since 2005 and fellowship in the American Geophysical Union since 1999.

Best Publications

  • Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma

    M. Seton;R.D. Müller;S. Zahirovic;C. Gaina

  • Phanerozoic polar wander, palaeogeography and dynamics

    Trond H. Torsvik;Rob Van der Voo;Rob Van der Voo;Ulla Preeden;Conall Mac Niocaill

  • Continental break-up and collision in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic — A tale of Baltica and Laurentia

    T.H. Torsvik;M.A. Smethurst;J.G. Meert;R. Van der Voo

  • Earth geography from 500 to 400 million years ago: a faunal and palaeomagnetic review

    L.R.M. Cocks;T.H. Torsvik;T.H. Torsvik

  • Global plate motion frames: Toward a unified model

    Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;R. Dietmar Müller;Rob Van der Voo;Bernhard Steinberger

  • Greater India Basin hypothesis and a two-stage Cenozoic collision between India and Asia

    Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Peter C. Lippert;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Nadine McQuarrie

  • Earth History and Palaeogeography

    Trond H. Torsvik;L. Robin M. Cocks

  • Gondwana from top to base in space and time

    Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;L. Robin M. Cocks

  • Plate tectonics in the late Paleozoic

    Mathew Domeier;Trond H. Torsvik

  • Baltica from the late Precambrian to mid-Palaeozoic times: The gain and loss of a terrane's identity

    L. Robin M. Cocks;Trond H. Torsvik

  • The making and unmaking of a supercontinent: Rodinia revisited

    Joseph G. Meert;Trond H. Torsvik

  • Plume Generation Zones at the margins of Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces on the core–mantle boundary

    Kevin Burke;Kevin Burke;Bernhard Steinberger;Trond H. Torsvik;Mark A. Smethurst

  • Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic

    Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen;Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;Stefan M. Schmid;Liviu C. Maţenco

  • A new scheme for the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean and the dissection of an Aptian salt basin

    Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;Sonia Rousse;Cinthia Labails;Mark A. Smethurst

  • Diamonds sampled by plumes from the core–mantle boundary

    Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;Kevin Burke;Kevin Burke;Bernhard Steinberger;Bernhard Steinberger;Susan J. Webb

  • Earth geography from 400 to 250 Ma: a palaeomagnetic, faunal and facies review

    Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;L. Robin M. Cocks

  • The dynamic evolution of the Palaeozoic geography of eastern Asia

    L. Robin M. Cocks;Trond H. Torsvik

  • Siberia, the wandering northern terrane, and its changing geography through the Palaeozoic

    L. Robin M. Cocks;Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik

  • Towards absolute plate motions constrained by lower-mantle slab remnants

    Douwe G. van der Meer;Douwe G. van der Meer;Wim Spakman;Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Maisha L. Amaru;Maisha L. Amaru

  • Restoration of Cenozoic deformation in Asia and the size of Greater India

    Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Paul Kapp;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Peter C. Lippert;Peter C. Lippert

  • Reply to comment by D. Aslanian and M. Moulin on ‘A new scheme for the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean and the dissection of an Aptian salt basin’

    Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;Sonia Rousse;Mark A. Smethurst

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard Steinberger
Bernhard Steinberger Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Wim Spakman
Wim Spakman Utrecht University
Carmen Gaina
Carmen Gaina University of Oslo
Lewis D. Ashwal
Lewis D. Ashwal University of the Witwatersrand
L. Robin M. Cocks
L. Robin M. Cocks Natural History Museum
Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen
Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen Utrecht University
Kevin Burke
Kevin Burke University of Houston
Rob Van der Voo
Rob Van der Voo University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stephanie C. Werner
Stephanie C. Werner University of Oslo
Joseph G. Meert
Joseph G. Meert University of Florida

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