Sedimentary Systems
Sedimentary systems offer us an archive that documents changes in climate history, chemical and life evolution, environmental factors and dynamic processes at the surface of the Earth.
To read the sedimentary rock record, the group applies a broad set of stratigraphic, sedimentological, geomicrobiological, palaeobiological, biogeochemical, structural and geophysical methods. These investigations involve field sampling of sedimentary successions, lakes and oceans. Laboratory-based experiments, as well as the interpretation of boreholes, seismic data, and theoretical modeling of basinal parameters, palaeoclimate and oceanography aid us to reconstruct past Earth systems and build projections for future environmental change.
Student projects
- Inspiration catalogue
- Or come by our offices and talk to us about your ideas
Ongoing research projects
- Cycling in the Plastisphere: the biogeochemical fate of marine (micro)plastics (VILLUM Young Investigator Group)
- LOCRETA – consortium for Lower Cretaceous reservoir analysis (funded by DHRTC, in collaboration with DTU, Århus University and GEUS)
- Paleoceanographic modelling - a source rock play mapping tool in frontier basins. DONG Energy, 5 MDKK
- JET - Integrated Understanding of the Early Jurassic Earth System and Timescale. International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP), 10.5 MDKK. In collaboration with Exeter, UK, and many international institutions.
Recent research projects
- C3 – Centre for Cross-disciplinary Chalk Research – Maersk Oil & IGN, 15 MDKK (with SNM)
- Deep Geothermal energy in Denmark (L.O. Boldreel)
- Source rocks in time and space with emphasis on ocean modeling of event intervals in the Cretaceous at high northern latitudes. DONG Energy, 2 MDKK.
- Nordic Center for Earth System Science. Danish National Research Foundation, 50 MDKK. (with SDU, Co-PI C. J. Bjerrum)
Non-academic
- DHRTC
- GEUS
- SNM
- INEOS (formerly DONG)
- Ørsted, Jardfengi (Geological Survey of Faroe Islands)
- Vietnames Petroleum Institute
Academic
- NordCEE
- JET - Integrated Understanding of the Early Jurassic Earth System and Timescale.
- International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)
- Many universities around the world: AU, SDU, DTU, Lund, Frankfurt, Lausanne, Bourgogne, Paris 6, Lisboa, Oxford, Exeter, Kingston, Portsmouth, Princeton, Texas, Nebraska-Lincoln, Rutgers, AMNH, Ben Gurion, Haifa, Sfax
Staff
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search in Name | Search in Title | Search in Phone | |
| Arne Thorshøj Nielsen | Associate Professor | +4535322376 | |
| Christian J. Bjerrum | Associate Professor | +4535322405 | |
| Christoph Korte | Associate Professor | +4535322480 | |
| Debby Schmidt | PhD Fellow | +4535325837 | |
| Emma Rysgaard Haxen | Enrolled PhD Student | +4535324696 | |
| Finn Surlyk | Professor Emeritus | +4535322453 | |
| Karla Berenice Parga Martínez | PhD Fellow | +4535325185 | |
| Kresten Anderskouv | Associate Professor | +4535322477 | |
| Lars B Clemmensen | Professor Emeritus | +4535322449 | |
| Lars Ole Boldreel | Associate Professor | +4535322459 | |
| Mads Engholm Jelby | Guest Researcher | +4535331379 | |
| Malin Sofie Lindström | Affiliate Professor | ||
| Maya Dodhia | PhD Fellow | +4593958096 | |
| Mia Nørholm | Guest Researcher | ||
| Nicolas Rudolph Thibault | Associate Professor | +4535323350 | |
| Nicole Rita Elisabeth Posth | Associate Professor | +4535334277 | |
| Ole Graversen | Associate Professor Emeritus | +4535322537 | |
| Tala Maria Aabø | Assistant Professor | +4527609703 | |
| Umid Kakemem | PhD Fellow |
Head of Research Group
Christian Bjerrum
Professor MSO
Phone: +45 35 32 24 05
E-mail:cjb@ign.ku.dk
Nicole Posth
Associate Professor
Phone: +45 35 33 42 77
E-mail: nrep@ign.ku.dk