Stefan Bünz
Job description
Stefan is an expert in the field of marine geophysics with a profound commitment to advancing our understanding of the complex dynamics beneath the ocean's surface. Through a combination of extensive fieldwork, innovative research, and a passion for environmental stewardship, Stefan plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of marine geophysics, particularly in the unique and challenging Arctic region.
Giuliana Panieri,
Claudio Argentino,
Alessandra Savini,
Benedicte Ferré,
Fereshteh Hemmateenejad,
Mari Heggernes Eilertsen
et al.:
Sanctuary for vulnerable Arctic species at the Borealis Mud Volcano
Benedicte Ferré,
Thibaut Barreyre,
Stefan Bünz,
Claudio Argentino,
Jorge Corrales Guerrero,
Knut Ola Dølven
et al.:
Contrasting Methane Seepage Dynamics in the Hola Trough Offshore Norway: Insights From Two Different Summers
Martin Jakobsson,
Rezwan Mohammad,
Marcus Karlsson,
Silvia Salas-Romero,
Florian Vacek,
Florian Heinze
et al.:
The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 5.0
Frances Ann Cooke,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Stefan Bünz,
Paul De Groot,
David C. P. Peacock
:
Semi-automated analysis of faults with meter-scale displacements and networks of planar features using high-resolution 3D seismic to investigate gas leakage at the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait
Tobias Himmler,
Doris Wagner,
Diana Sahy,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Shyam Chand,
Tõnu Martma
et al.:
Protracted post-glacial hydrocarbon seepage in the Barents Sea revealed by U–Th dating of seep carbonates
Przemyslaw Domel,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Vera Schlindwein,
Stefan Bünz
:
Local Seismicity and Sediment Deformation in the West Svalbard Margin: Implications of Neotectonics for Seafloor Seepage
Luca Fallati,
Giuliana Panieri,
Claudio Argentino,
Andrea Giulia Varzi,
Stefan Bünz,
Alessandra Savini
:
Characterizing Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano (Barents Sea) cold seep systems by combining ROV-based acoustic data and underwater photogrammetry
Giuliana Panieri,
Claudio Argentino,
Sofia P. Ramalho,
Francesca Vulcano,
Alessandra Savini,
Luca Fallati
et al.:
An Arctic natural oil seep investigated from space to the seafloor
Frances Ann Cooke,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Stefan Bünz,
Nabil Sultan,
Hariharan Ramachandran,
Heather Bedle
et al.:
Sedimentary deformation relating to episodic seepage in the last 1.2 million years: a multi-scale seismic study from the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait
Aleksei D Portnov,
Kehua You,
Peter B. Flemings,
Ann E. Cook,
Mahdi Heidari,
Derek E. Sawyer
et al.:
Dating submarine landslides using the transient response of gas hydrate stability
Sunny Singhroha,
Bettina Schramm,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Przemyslaw Domel,
Anke Dannowski,
Frances Ann Cooke
et al.:
Stress Constraints From Shear-Wave Analysis in Shallow Sediments at an Actively Seeping Pockmark on the W-Svalbard Margin
Christian Berndt,
Sverre Planke,
Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian,
Joost Frieling,
Morgan Thomas Jones,
John M. Millett
et al.:
Shallow-water hydrothermal venting linked to the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum
A.E. Cook,
Alexey Portnov,
R.C. Heber,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Stefan Bünz
:
Widespread subseafloor gas hydrate in the Barents Sea and Norwegian Margin
Christopher R. German,
Eoghan Reeves,
Andreas Türke,
Alexander Diehl,
Elmar Albers,
Wolfgang Bach
et al.:
Volcanically hosted venting with indications of ultramafic influence at Aurora hydrothermal field on Gakkel Ridge
Benjamin Bellwald,
Sverre Planke,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Stefan Buenz,
Christine L. Batchelor,
Ben Manton
et al.:
Quaternary and Neogene Reservoirs of the Norwegian Continental Shelf and the Faroe-Shetland Basin
P. Thomsen,
R. Mattingsdal,
Adriano Mazzini,
Stefan Bünz,
Stephane Polteau,
Viktoriya M. Yarushina
et al.:
Distribution and characterization of gas flares in the Tampen Area using water column data
2025
Madeleine Skov Nygaard,
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Dmitry Zastrozhnov,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Morgan Thomas Jones
et al.:
Mimir High Core-log-seismic Integration
2025
Giuliana Panieri,
Stefan Bünz,
Alessandra Savini,
Alex David Rogers,
Beckett Colson,
Claudio Argentino
et al.:
AKMA3 Cruise Report
2024
Claudio Argentino,
Kate Alyse Waghorn,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Stephane Polteau,
Stefan Bünz,
Giuliana Panieri
:
Correction to: Dynamic and history of methane seepage in the SW Barents Sea: new insights from Leirdjupet Fault Complex (Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 1, (4373), 10.1038/s41598-021-83542-0)
Scientific Reports 2024 DOI
Madeleine Skov Nygaard,
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Dmitry Zastrozhnov,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Morgan Thomas Jones
et al.:
Characterization of the Vøring Transform Margin by IODP Exp. 396 Drilling and High-Resolution 3D Seismic on the Mimir High
2024 PROSJEKT
Madeleine Skov Nygaard,
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Dmitry Zastrozhnov,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Morgan Thomas Jones
et al.:
PALMAR – Paleogene Basin Development on the Vøring and Møre Margins
2024 PROSJEKT
Madeleine Skov Nygaard,
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Dmitry Zastrozhnov,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Morgan Thomas Jones
et al.:
IODP Exp. 396 Drilling and High-Resolution 3D Seismic on the Mimir High
2024 PROSJEKT
Sverre Planke,
John M. Millett,
Nina Lebedeva-Ivanova,
Stefan Bünz,
Morgan Thomas Jones,
Reidun Myklebust
:
Cretaceous and Paleogene Source Rock Potential on the Norwegian Atlantic Margin.
2024
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Stefan Bünz,
Ritske Sipke Huismans,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Henrik Hovland Svensen
et al.:
Understanding Volcanic Rifted Margins and Paleoenvironment by Scientific Drilling in the NE Atlantic
2024
Luca Fallati,
Giuliana Panieri,
Claudio Argentino,
Andrea Giulia Varzi,
Stefan Bünz,
Alessandra Savini
:
Integrating ROV MBES and photogrammetry data for comprehensive mapping of cold seep systems at Hakon Mosby Mud Volcano (HMMV) in the Barents Sea
2024 ARKIV
Frances Ann Cooke,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Stefan Bünz,
Khalid Amrouch,
Rosalind King,
Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
:
High resolution fault analysis of the Vestnesa Ridge: a highly complex deep water fluid flow system in the east Fram Strait
2023 FULLTEKST
Przemyslaw Domel,
Vera Schlindwein,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Stefan Bünz
:
Local seismicity in the obliquely spreading setting of Fram Strait constrained from ocean bottom seismometers: Implications for fluid flow and methane seepage
2023 FULLTEKST
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian,
Stefan Bünz,
Dmitrii Zastrozhnov,
Nina Lebedeva-Ivanova
et al.:
The Nature of Outer Highs on Volcanic Rifted Margins: Results from High-Resolution Seismic Data and IODP Drilling on the Vøring Margin, Norwegian Sea
2023
Sverre Planke,
Nina Lebedeva-Ivanova,
Stefan Bünz,
Cornelia Mentzoni Binde,
Christian Berndt,
Jan Inge Faleide
et al.:
High-resolution core-log-seismic integration and igneous seismic geomorphology of IODP Expedition 396 sites on the mid-Norwegian margin
2023
Rune Mattingsdal,
T. Brekke,
Giuliana Panieri,
Stefan Bünz,
Monica Winsborrow,
Jochen Manfred Knies
et al.:
Sampling oil seeps in the Barents Sea and offshore western Svalbard - geochemical analysis and implications
2023
Przemyslaw Domel,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Stefan Bünz,
Vera Schlindwein
:
Seismicity of the western-Svalbard margin and its relationship with near surface fluid flow and seepage systems - A study using ocean bottom seismometers
2023 FULLTEKST
Claudio Argentino,
Amicia Lee,
Luca Fallati,
Diana Sahy,
Daniel Birgel,
Jörn Peckmann
et al.:
Biogeochemistry and timing of methane-derived carbonate formation at Leirdjupet fault complex, SW Barents Sea
2023 SAMMENDRAG
Luca Fallati,
Alessandra Savini,
Andrea Giulia Varzi,
Claudio Argentino,
Stefan Bünz,
Giuliana Panieri
:
Integration of ROV-based acoustic and optical high-resolution remote sensing survey for a multiscale geomorphological seafloor mapping approach: an Arctic Cold seep case study
2023 SAMMENDRAG
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
C. A. Alvarez Zarikian,
Stefan Bünz,
N. Lebedeva‐Ivanova,
Cornelia Mentzoni Binde
et al.:
The Nature of Outer Highs on Volcanic Rifted Margins: Results from IODP Drilling of Eldhø on the Vøring
Margin
2023
Luca Fallati,
Alessandra Savini,
Stefan Bünz,
Giuliana Panieri
:
Using ROV video photogrammetry to reconstruct seafloor landforms of the central
part of Haakon Mosby mud volcano (Barents Sea)
2022 FULLTEKST
Frances Ann Cooke,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Stefan Bünz
:
Highly focused fluid flow and sediment deformation related to early stage compaction: Vestnesa Ridge
2022
Przemyslaw Domel,
Clément Hibert,
Vera Schlindwein,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Stefan Bünz
:
Seismological activity in the Fram Strait constrained from ocean bottom seismometers: Implications for fluid flow and methane seepage
2022
Hariharan Ramachandran,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Hugh Daigle,
Frances Ann Cooke,
Stefan Bünz
:
Constraints on methane seepage volumes from gas hydrate-bearing sediments at the Vestnesa Ridge, W-Svalbard
2022
Cornelia Mentzoni Binde,
Stefan Bünz,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Sverre Planke,
Ben Manton
:
Hydrothermal venting driving extreme global warming at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary
2022
Sunny Singhroha,
Bettina Schramm,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Przemyslaw Domel,
Stefan Bünz
:
Stress constraints from shear-wave splitting through shallow sediments at an actively seeping pockmark on the W-Svalbard Margin
2022
Tobias Himmler,
Diana Sahy,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Tõnu Martma,
Rune Mattingsdal,
Giuliana Panieri
et al.:
Post-deglacial methane release in the Barents Sea revealed by U-Th dating of seep carbonates
2022
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Nabil Sultan,
Hariharan Ramachandran,
Hugh Daigle,
Frances Ann Cooke,
Guillame Sauvin
et al.:
Sediment stiffness and shallow pore fluid pressures at deep marine Arctic seepage systems: constraints from piezometer data and calypso cores off west-Svalbard, Fram Strait
2022
Claudio Argentino,
Federica Riva,
Diana Sahy,
Rune Mattingsdal,
Stefan Bünz,
Giuliana Panieri
:
Sediment and pore fluid geochemistry of oil-impacted sediments at Prins Karl Foreland seeps, W. Svalbard
2022
Giuliana Panieri,
Stefan Bünz
:
AKMA2-OceanSenses: an expedition in the Arctic Ocean, Training-through-Research
2022
Matthias Forwick,
Stefan Bünz
:
Virtuelt cruise med kronprinsen
2022 FULLTEKST
Giuliana Panieri,
Stefan Bünz,
Alessandra Savini,
Andre Jensen,
Bjørn Løfquist,
Bjørn Runar Olsen
et al.:
CAGE-22-2 Scientific Cruise Report. AKMA 2/Ocean Senses
UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2022
Luca Fallati,
Alessandra Savini,
Claudio Argentino,
Stefan Bünz,
Giuliana Panieri
:
Seafloor Landforms Of The Central Part Of Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano (Barents Sea) Reconstruct Through Rov Video Photogrammetry
2022
Stefan Bünz,
Sverre Planke,
Sunny Singhroha,
Nina Lebedeva-Ivanova,
Cornelia Mentzoni Binde,
Abidemi Alex Akinselure
et al.:
CAGE22-5 Cruise Report: High-resolution 2D and 3D seismic investigations on the Vøring Margin
UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2022
Stefan Bünz,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Malin Waage
:
Hvor kommer metanlekkasjene fra?
Ottar 2022 FULLTEKST
Luca Fallati,
Alessandra Savini,
Claudio Argentino,
Stefan Bünz,
Giuliana Panieri
:
Using ROV video photogrammetry to reconstruct seafloor landforms of Arctic cold seep environments
2022 SAMMENDRAG
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Research interests
Research interests:
Stefan has a strong background in marine geology and geophysics, specializing in areas such as fluid flow, gas hydrate systems, marine geohazards, oceanic heat flow, CO2-storage, and seafloor ecosystems. Stefan is proficient in a range of analytical and numerical techniques, including seismic imaging and other geophysical analysis. He is committed to advancing our understanding of the Earth’s oceanic systems, particularly on all aspects of gas hydrate and fluid flow in marine sediments and their role in storing and remobilizing carbon with implications for climate and seafloor ecosystems.
Stefan holds a PhD degree in marine geology and geophysics from UiT The Arctic University of Norway. He has been a professor at the Department of Geology at UiT since 2007. His research contributions are documented in over 80 peer-reviewed publications.
Teaching
Teaching
GEO-2006 Introduction to applied geophysics (10 ECTS), spring semester
GEO-3126 Practical seismic processing (5 ECTS), fall semester
GEO-3151 Geo-seminar in energy and environment(10 ECTS), fall semester
