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Blomeier, Dierk
Stilling: Forsker, geolog
Fasttelefon: +47 79 02 26 13
E-post: dierk.blomeier@npolar.no
Arbeidssted: Norsk Polarinstitutt Svalbard
Besøksadresse: Forskningsparken, Longyearbyen
 

BIOGRAPHY HIGHLIGHTS

Nov. 05 - Nov. 07:

        Temporary working stay at the Svalbard Science Centre in Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen)

Since April 2002:

        Permanent position as research associate (sedimentologist) at the Norwegian Polar Institute (Tromsø, Norway)

01.04.99 - 01.04.2002:

        3-years employment as post-doc at the Norwegian Polar Institute (Tromsø, Norway)

01.01.98 - 01.04.1999:

        Self-employed geologist at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany)

01.01.94 - 12.11.1997:

        Ph.D. student at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany)


RESEARCH INTERESTS/PROJECT INVOLVEMENT

Geological mapping programme GEOKART: Mapping of the late Palaeozoic superstructure of E-Svalbard

Middle Triassic marine reptiles: Systematic palaeontology of Ichthyosaurs from Svalbard (Botneheia Formation)

Late Carboniferous and Permian cool- and warm-water carbonate platforms: Biostratigraphy, facies analysis, platform morphology and sequence stratigraphy (Wordiekammen Formation, Kapp Starostin Formation)

Late Carboniferous transgression: From terrestrial to marine settings; lithostratigraphy and reconstruction of depositional environments (Malte Brunfjellet Formation)

Early Carboniferous tectonic history of the Lomfjorden Fault Zone: Biostratigraphy and the onset of terrestrial sedimentation in E-Spitsbergen (Billefjorden Group)

Devonian Old Red Sandstone: Reconstruction of depositional processes and sedimentary environments of fluvial & marginal marine systems (Dicksonfjorden Formation)

 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Organisation:
        Research-project development and management, field-work organisation and conduction under arctic conditions

Cooperation:
        Participation and management of various international and multidisciplinary cooperation projects

Research:
        Facies & microfacies analysis, carbonate & clastic sedimentology, palaeontology, micropalaeontology, geochemistry, sequence stratigraphy


       

STUDENTS SUPERVISION

Project-related supervision of various undergraduate and graduate students


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Blomeier, D. & Scheibner, C. (in prep): Facies architecture and sequence stratigraphy of a Late Carboniferous carbonate platform, E-Spitsbergen.- Sedimentary Research

Maisch, M. & Blomeier, D. (submitted): Filling the gap - an ichthyosaur (Reptilia: ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic Botneheia Formation of Svalbard.

Elvevold, S., Dallmann, W. & Blomeier, D. (2007): Geology of Svalbard.- Norwegian Polar Institute, tourist booklet, pp. 36.

Wisshak, M., Volohonsky, E. & Blomeier, D. (2004): Acanthodian fish trace fossils from the Early Devonian of Spitsbergen.- Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 49, 4, 629-634.

Blomeier, D., Wisshak, M., Joachimski, M., Freiwald, A. & Volohonsky, E. (2003): Carbonate accumulation in the siliciclastic Old Red Sandstone of central N Spitsbergen (Wood Bay Formation, Early Devonian).- Norwegian Journal of Geology, 83, 281-298.

Blomeier, D., Wisshak, M., Dallmann, W., Volohonsky, E. & Freiwald, A. (2003): Facies analysis of the Old Red Sandstone of Spitsbergen (Wood Bay Formation): Reconstruction of the depositional environments and implications of basin development.- Facies 49, 151-174.

Blomeier, D. & Reijmer, J. (2002): Facies architecture of an Early Jurassic carbonate platform slope (Jbel Bou Dahar, High Atlas, Morocco).- Sedimentary Research, 72 (4), 463-476.

 

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