Published (peer reviewed):

1. Svensen, H., and Jamtveit, B. (1998) Contact metamorphism of shales and carbonates from the Grua area, the Oslo rift, Norway: a phase petrological study. Norwegian Journal of Geology, 78, p. 81-98.

2. Svensen, H., Jamtveit, B., Yardley, B.W.D., Engvik, A.K., Austrheim, H., and Broman, C. (1999) Lead and Bromine enrichment in eclogite facies fluids: Extreme fractionation during lower-crustal hydration. Geology, 27, p. 467-470. DOWNLOAD

3. Svensen, H., Jamtveit, B., Banks, D. A., and Karlsen, D. (2001) Fluids and halogens at the diagenetic-metamorphic boundary: Evidence from veins in continental basins, western Norway. Geofluids 1, p. 53-70. DOWNLOAD

4. Svensen, H., Jamtveit, B., Banks, D. A., and Austrheim, H. (2001) Halogen contents of eclogite-facies fluid inclusions and minerals: Caledonides, western Norway. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 19, p. 165-178. DOWNLOAD

5. Svensen, H., Dysthe, D. K., Bandlien, E. H., Sacko, S., Coulibaly, H., and Planke, S. (2003) Subsurface fires in Mali: refutation of the active volcanism hypothesis in West Africa. Geology, 31, p. 581-584. DOWNLOAD

6. Svensen, H., Planke, S., Jamtveit, B., and Pedersen, T. (2003) Seep carbonate formation controlled by hydrothermal vent complexes: a case study from the Vøring volcanic basin, the Norwegian Sea. Geo-Marine Letters 23, 351-358. DOWNLOAD

7. Planke, S., Svensen, H., Hovland, M., Banks, DA., and Jamtveit, B. (2003) Mud and fluid migration in active mud volcanoes in Azerbaijan. Geo-Marine Letters 23, 258-268. DOWNLOAD

8. Svensen, H.,  Planke, S., Malthe-Sørenssen, A., Jamtveit, B., Myklebust, R., Eidem, T., and Rey, S. S. (2004) Release of methane from a volcanic basin as a mechanism for initial Eocene global warming. Nature, 429, 542-545. DOWNLOAD

9. Jamveit, B., Svensen, H., Podladchikov, J.J., and Planke, S. (2004) Hydrothermal vent complexes associated with sill intrusions in sedimentary basins. Geol. Soc. London, Spec. Publ. 234, 233-241. DOWNLOAD

10. Malthe-Sørenssen, A., Planke, S., Svensen, H., and Jamtveit, B. (2004) Modelling sill emplacement. Geol. Soc. London, Spec. Publ. 234, 215-227. DOWNLOAD

11. Hovland, M., Svensen, H., Forsberg, C. F., Johansen, C. Fichler, H., Fosså, J. H., Jonsson, R., and Rueslåtten H. (2005) Complex pockmarks with carbonate-ridges off mid-Norway: products of sediment degassing. Marine Geology 218, 191-206. DOWNLOAD

12. Hovland, M., & Svensen, H. (2006) Submarine pingoes: Indicators of shallow gas hydrates in a pockmark at Nyegga, Norwegian Sea. Marine Geology 228, 15-23. DOWNLOAD

13. Svensen, H.,  Jamtveit, B., Planke, S., and Chevallier, L. (2006) Structure and evolution of hydrothermal vent complexes in the Karoo Basin, South Africa. J. Geol. Soc. London. DOWNLOAD (This material has been published in Journal of the Geological Society, vol 163, 2006, 671-682., the only definitive repository of the content that has been certified and accepted after peer review. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by The Geological Society of London.The Geological Society's on-line journals at:http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/geol/jgs)

14. Mazzini, A., Svensen, H., Hovland, M. & Planke, S. (2006) Comparison and implications from strikingly different autigenic carbonates in a Nyegga complex pockmark, G11, Norwegian Sea.  Marine Geology. DOWNLOAD

15. Svensen, H., Karlsen, D.A., Sturz, A, Backer-Owe, K., Banks, D.A., and Planke, S. (2007) Processes controlling water and hydrocarbon composition in seeps from the Salton Sea Geothermal System, California, USA. Geology, in press.

Submitted/in prep:

1. Svensen, H., et al. Nitrogen geochemistry as tracer for fluid flow in a sedimentary basin piercement structure, the Karoo Basin, South Africa. In prep.

2. Svensen, H., Planke, S., Chevallier, L., Malthe-Sørenssen, A., Corfu, B., and Jamtveit, B.: Hydrothermal venting of greenhouse gases causing Early Jurassic global warming. In review.

Books:

Svensen, H. (2006) Enden er nær. Om naturkatastrofer og samfunn. Aschehoug, 280 sider, ISBN: 8203232426. (Translated title: The end is near: On natural disasters and societies). MORE INFORMATION

Other Publications:

1. Svensen, H. (1996) A phase petrological analysis of contact metamorphism lower Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks from the Oslo graben, Norway. Cand. Scient. Thesis, University of Oslo, Norway. 

2. Svensen, H. (2000) Fluids trapped in the shallow and deep crust during the Caledonian orogeny in western Norway. Dr. Scient. Thesis, University of Oslo. ISSN 1501-7710.  

3. Hurum, J.H., and Svensen, H. (2001) Granatiserte fossiler fra Drammensområdet. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrifter 18, p. 13-17. ISBN 82-91337-20-9, ISSN 0800-1855. Translated title: Garnitized fossils from the Drammen area (The Oslo Rift, Norway).  

Selected Recent Abstracts:

1. Planke, S., Jamtveit, B., Sørenssen, A. M., Myklebust, R., Svensen, H., Rasmussen, T., Rey, S. S. and Berndt, C.: " Volcanic Processes and Deposits on Rifted Margins and in Sedimentary Basins". International Conference of the Geophysical Society of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, September 15-17, 2003.

2. Planke, S., Svensen, H., and Jamtveit, B. (2003). Sediment volcanoes and hydrothermal vent complexes in pierced sedimentary basins. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 5, 12021, 2003. European Geophysical Society 2003.

3. Planke, Malthe-Sørenssen, Svensen, Jamtveit (2002) Emplacement of sill intrusions in sedimentary basins.  First international workshop: Physical geology of subvolcanic systems, Freiberg, 12-14 Oct, 2002. Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen v. 20, p. 48-49, Institut für Geologie, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg.

4. Svensen, Jamtveit, Planke, Podladchikov (2002) Metamorphism, fluid migration and hydrothermal vent complex formation associated with sill intrusions in sedimentary basins. First international workshop: Physical geology of subvolcanic systems, Freiberg, 12-14 Oct, 2002. Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen v. 20, p. 54-55, Institut für Geologie, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg.

5. Svensen, Jamtveit, Planke (2002) Structure and formation of Jurassic sediment volcanoes in the Karoo Basin, South Africa.  EOS Trans. AGU, 83 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V71B-1278, 2002.

6. Bandlien, Svensen, Dysthe, Planke (2002) Subsurface fires in Mali, Refutation of the Active volcanism hypothesis in West-Central Africa. . EOS Trans. AGU, 83 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H22B-0900, 2002.

7. Svensen, Jamtveit, Planke (2003) The Karoo Basin as a field laboratory for understanding hydrothermal vent complexes in the Møre and Vøring basins.  The Norwegian Geological Society Winter Conference, Oslo, January 2003. NGF 1, 2003, p. 90.

8. Svensen, H., D.K. Dysthe, E.H. Bandlien, and S. Planke (2003) Subsurface fires in Mali and active volcanism in West Africa.  The Norwegian Geological Society Winter Conference, Oslo, January 2003. NGF 1, 2003, p. 89-90.  

9. Planke, Svensen, Malthe-Sørenssen, Jamtveit, and Myklebust (2004) The initial Eocene thermal maximum: Global warming resulting from contact metamorphism and CH4 venting in volcanic basins. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68, volume 11, Supplement 1, page 256. 

10. Svensen, Karlsen, and Banks (2004) Seep geochemistry and origin of petroleum from the Salton Sea Geothermal System, California, USA. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68, volume 11, Supplement 1, page 266.

  11. Svensen, H., Planke, S., Chevallier, L., Malthe-Sorenssen, A., Jamtveit, B., and Corfu, F.     (2005) A new model for the Toarcian global climate change: Explosive venting of  greenhouse gases from metamorphic aureoles around sill complexes in the Karoo basin. EOS Trans. AGU, 86 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP51B-0601.

Commercial Reports:

1. Svensen, H.: The Karoo Filed Guide. Commercial report. VBPR. 2001.

 2. Svensen, H., and Planke, S.: Well 6607/12-1. Commercial Report. VBPR. February 2002.

3. Svensen, H., Dysthe, D. K., and Bandlien, E. H.: Heat anomalies in the Lac Faguibine area, Mali. March 2002. Abstract on www.vbpr.no/projects.

4. Svensen, H., and Planke, S.: Well 6607/12-1, Final Report. VBPR/TGS-NOPEC. December 2002.

5. Svensen, H., and Planke, S.: Active Volcanic Basins. VBPR/TGS-NOPEC. December 2002.

6. Svensen, H., and Planke, S.: The Karoo Field Report. VBPR/TGS-NOPEC. January 2003.

Popular Science and Chronicles:

1. Müller, R., og  Svensen, H.: Forskere og pseudovitenskap. Aftenposten, 22.12.99. (http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/d115750.htm)

2. Treimo, H., og Svensen, H.: Poet med blikket – et intervju med billedkunstneren Hagbart Solløs. www.viten.com, June 2000.

3. Svensen, H. og Müller, R.: Stein – et vindu til fortiden. www.viten.com, June 2000.

4. Svensen, H.: I ruinene etter Naturkatastrofen. www.viten.com, November 2000.

5. Svensen, H.: Historien er blitt større. Morgenbladet 25.08.00.

6. Svensen, H.: Nytt om Arkimedes. www.viten.com, August 2000.

7. Svensen, H.: Global utforskning av havområdene i gang. www.viten.com, September 2000.

8. Svensen, H., og Müller, R.: Erindringer fra jordens barndom. www.viten.com, January 2001.

9. Svensen, H.: Salt, liv og bakterier – et nettintervju. www.viten.com, February 2001.

10. Svensen, H.: Naturhistorie, samfunn og katastrofer. Naturen 2, 2001, s. 68-72.

11. Müller, R., og Svensen, H.: På sporet av den tapte tid. Klassekampen 07.04.2001, s. 28-29.

12. Svensen, H.: Helt – ikke stykkvis og delt. Naturen x, 2001, s. x-x.

13. Svensen, H., og Müller, R.: Leve vitenskapsjournalistikken? www.forskning.no, July 2002.

14. Müller, R., og Svensen, H.: Norge – en miljøversting. www.forskning.no, November/desember 2002.  

15. Svensen, H., og Müller, R.: Darwin er død, Gud lever - i Amerika. Aftenposten 9. mai 2004, page 20-21.

16. Svensen, H.: Naturkatastrofene fester grepet. Ny Tid, 5. mai 2006.

17. Svensen, H.: Naturkatastrofenes tid. Dagbladet, 16. juni 2006.