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    Dr Henrik Svensen

    senior researcher at Physics of Geological Processes (PGP),

    mail: PGP, Dept. of Physics, PO box 1048 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway     

    email: hensven at fys.uio.no

    phone: +47 22856946

    Fax: +47 22854215


NEWS

1 January 2007: New paper about hydrothermal seeps in Southern California, published in the journal Geology.

28 December 2006: Radio lecture about natural disaster (P2-Akademiet). Listen to the lecture.


8 November 2006
: Participation in "Litteraturfestivalen i Vestfold", at an event devoted to non-fictional writing.

2 November 2006: Talk at the Geological Socity of Norway (Oslo) about "Burning rocks and burning bushes: On fires as a geological process".

1 October 2006: Talk at the Natural History Museum in Oslo on the topic of natural disasters and societies.

1 October 2006: Participation in a radio program about extreme weather and disasters, NRK P1 "Mellom himmel og jord", at 10:05.

27 September 2006: Talk at the 2006 "Research evening" arranged by the Norwegian Research Council, together with the Norwegian Prime Minister.

August 2006: Field work in Siberia, Russia.

August 2006: New paper on the geochemistry of pockmark carbonates from the
Norwegian Sea. See "Publications" for download.

17 July 2006: Talk at the "European Science Open Forum" in Munich, about  volcanism, global warming and mass extinctions. 

June 2006: "Naturkatastrofenes tid". Kronikk i Dagbladet, 16. juni.

June 2006: New paper on vent complexes in South Africa. (see "Publications" for download)

May 2006: "Naturkatastrofene fester grepet". Kronikk i Ny Tid, 5. mai, side 34-35.

May 2006: Book release! Popular science book about natural disasters and societies.
See www.naturkatastrofer.no for more information.


April 2006: New paper on pockmarks and gas hydrates

February 2006: Video seminar in the WUN Horizons in Earth Systems series

June 2005: Available PhD position in new project at PGP

June 2005: New publication on pockmarks from  the Norwegian Sea.

October 2004: Fieldwork in the Karoo Basin, South Africa

August 2004: Fieldwork in the Siberian Traps, Russia

June 2004: Letter in Nature on a new model for Eocene climate change

 

 Fieldwork at a hydrothermal seep site close to Salton Sea, California


updated 26.10.06