Crustal Dynamics

The research group "Crustal Dynamics" is focussing its activities on the processes of bedrock evolution and deformation at all scales and structural levels. Most of our research areas are located in Northern Norway, Svalbard, and the nearby sea areas, but are not restricted to these regions. By integrating structural geological data with petrologic, geochemical and geochronological data, we search for new knowledge about the formation, deformation, reactions, stability and geological development of the crustal rock.

The department’s experimental laboratory is of fundamental importance for the activities of the research group. Here we can simulate natural processes under controlled conditions, which improve the understanding for the processes going on in the earth’s crust.

The research group has activities within the following areas:
	Formation and development of Vest-Troms basement complex
	The Caledonian mountain range in Northern Norway
	Ecoglites and high pressure metamorphism
	Fluid rock interaction during deformation and metamorphism
	Deformation processes and mineral reactions
	Formation of Fe-Ti oxide ores
	Tertiary tectonics on Svalbard and in the Barents Sea

Scientific personnel within Crustal Dynamics:

	Professor Steffen Bergh	Structural geology / tectonics
	Professor Holger Stunitz	Rock deformation
	Professor Jiri Konapacek	Petrology
	Adjunct professor Kåre Kullerud	Petrology / geochemistry
	Adjunct professor Renee Heilbronner	Structural geology / image analysis
	Adjunct professor Lars Harald Blikra	Rock slide morphology