Sergei E. MEDVEDEV
Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo
P.O. Box 1048 – Blindern, 0316 Oslo, NORWAY
tel: +47 99329626, fax: +47 22855101, e-mail sergeim@fys.uio.no
http://folk.uio.no/sergeim/
EDUCATION
1998 Ph.D. Uppsala University
1986 M.Sc. Moscow State University
Geology (Mineralogi, Petrology and Tectonics)
Mechanics (Aeromechanics and Gas Dynamics)
PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013-
2007- 2013
Senior Researcher, CEED, UiO, Norway
Interaction of erosion, sedimentation, petrology, and isostasy (with E.H. Hartz, Det
norske) with emphasis on Arctic and North Sea. PI of projects “Balance”(20112013) and “PressIce” (2013-2016) sponsored by Det norske oljeselskap.
Geophysical studies of Circum-Arctic (with C. Gaina, from 2012)
Senior Researcher, PGP, UiO, Norway. Geodynamics Group coordinator (2007-08),
Shear heating: theory, estimations, and applications (2007-2012)
Large-scale studies of lithospheric deformation and stresses (Arctic and Africa)
using ProShell. The African Plate project (with NGU and Statoil, 2008-2010).
2006-2007
Post-Doctoral Fellow, PGP, University of Oslo, Norway (with Y. Podladchikov)
Shear heating instability: theory, estimations, and applications
Arctic research (with emphasis on East Greenland): analysis of data, numerical
model to estimate stresses and deformation (with E. Hartz)
2002-2005
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Geology, Free U. Berlin, Germany (with M. Handy)
Modeling of Andes Altiplano and other plateaus by thin sheet approximation:
theoretical, analytical and numerical approaches
Mathematical and mechanical applications to structural geology: analysis of stresses
and strains around faults, folds, and shear zones. Shear heating instability:
application to development of shear zones on Cap de Creus, Spain
1998-2002
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax,
Canada (with C. Beaumont)
Modelling of orogenesis: scaling analysis; simplified, averaged, and numerical
approaches. Models of development of orogenic wedges and plateaus, and mid- to
low- crustal channels
Visualization (visualization software package “IDL_M-S” for the group)
1989-1993
Research Fellow, Science and Industrial Organization of “Oil Recovery", Ufa, Russia
(with Yu. Dyblenko)
Developed mathematical and mechanical support of high oil recovery technology
based on vibration wave action: modelling of action, forecast of success, experiment
design, computer support of development.
1986-1989
Research Fellow, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University,
Russia (with P V. Myasnikov)
Modeled sedimentary basins using thin sheet approximation: analytical and
numerical approaches.
Visiting researcher
1996-1998
ETHZ Zurich, Switzerland, several 3-weeks long visits
2003-2006
Dalhousie Geodynamic Group, Halifax, Canada, several 2-weeks long visits
2003-2005
PGP, University of Oslo, Norway, several 3-4-weeks long visits
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EXPERIENCE
Computer/programming skills
MATLAB
Develop codes for modeling and visualization in tectonic and local settings:
numerical suits ProShell (finite-element based thin-shell), LiToastSphere (1D
petrology and mechanics), TimeSlicer (data analysis for North Sea), visualization.
IDL, PV-Wave Developed software package IDL_M-S for postprocessing and visualization in
Dalhousie Geodynamics Group, Halifax, Canada, 1999-2005; several codes for
thermal and erosional evolution
FORTRAN
Several finite-difference codes (including 3D) for modeling tectonic/basin evolution
based on thin sheet approximations; oil industry related programs (1990-1993)
Maple
Series of codes for analytical study of thin sheet approximations, advanced user skills
UNIX:
Intranet administrator (Hans Ramberg Tectonic Lab, Sweden, 1996-1998)
Teaching: Matlab (course for CEED members, 2014-2015), Geodynamics (GEO4630/9630, 20102012), Numerical methods in Earth Sciences (assistant, 2008-2010)
Students:
co-advisor of master thesis: H. Kvamme (PGP, 2005-2006)
advisor of master diploma: A. Souche (Uni. Louis Passteur, Strasbourg, 2008)
advisor of PhD project: A. Souche (PGP, 2009-2012)
Laboratory skills: Analogue experiments in the Hans Ramberg Tectonic Lab.: geodynamic models
of indenting tectonics
Field experience:
1996
Greece: Northern Greece and Aegean Sea Islands (student excursion)
2002
Chile: Geodynamic evolution of South American Andes
2005, 2006
Spain: Shear zones of Cap de Creus
2006, 2007
Norway: Shear zones of Western Norway
2009
Namibia: Paleomagnetic study of Etendeka province
Languages: Russian: Native; English: Spoken and written
Citizenships: Russian and Canadian
ONGOING PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS
2011-2016
Northern Europe realm (incl. offshore): erosion, sedimentation, petroleum systems
2008-2010
The African Plate (TAP) project: estimation of (palaeo-) stresses in Africa
2006-2008
Combined petrological/thermal and kinematic models of lithosphere evolution
2006FEM models for plate tectonics on spherical and crumpled Earth with emphasis on
the North Atlantic
2005Mathematical and mechanical applications to structural geology: analysis of stresses
and strains around faults, folds, and shear zones.
2002-2004
Modeling of orogeny in South American Andes. DFG (Germany) collaborative
project SFB-267
1998-2005
Models of creation and development of orogenic plateaus and orogenic wedges:
theoretical, semi-analytical and numerical approaches
1986Thin-sheet approximations for geodynamic modeling: theory and applications
THESIS
1998
1986
12.02.2015
PhD: Thin sheet approximations for geodynamic applications. Supervisor Professor
C. J. Talbot; external examiner Professor D. McKenzie (UK)
Master of Science: Thermal Convection in Round Pipes with Non-uniform External
Heating. Supervisor Professor V.P. Myasnikov
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PUBLICATIONS (Google Scholar: ca. 1200 citations, h-index 15)
1. Medvedev, S. E., 1993. Computer simulation of sedimentary cover evolution. In: Computerized
Basin Analysis: The Prognosis of energy and Mineral Resources, eds Harff, J. & Merriam, D.F.,
Plenum Press, New York, pp. 1-10.
2. Medvedev, S. E. & Y.Y. Podladchikov, 1999. New Extended Thin Sheet Approximation for
Geodynamic Applications - I. Model formulation. Geophys. J. Int., 136, 567-585
3. Medvedev, S. E. & Y.Y. Podladchikov, 1999. New Extended Thin Sheet Approximation for
Geodynamic Applications - II. 2D examples. Geophys. J. Int., 136, 586-608
4. Talbot, C.J., S. E. Medvedev, M. Alavi, H. Shahrivar, and E. Heidari, 2000. Salt extrusion rates
at Kuh-e-Jahani, Iran: June 1994 to November 1996. In: Salt, Shale and Igneous Diapirs in and
around Europe, eds B. C. Vendeville, Y. Mart & J. -L. Vigneresse, Geological Society Special
Publication, 174, 93-110.
5. Sokoutis, D., M. Bonini., S. E. Medvedev, M. Boccaletti, C. J. Talbot, and H. Koyi, 2000.
Indentation of a continent with a built-in thickness change: experiment and nature.
Tectonophysics, 320, 243-270.
6. Medvedev, S, 2002. Mechanics of viscous wedges: modeling by analytical and numerical
approaches, J. Geophys. Res. 107(B6), 10.1029/2001JB000145, pp. ETG 9 (1–15 )
7. Vanderhaeghe O., S. Medvedev., C. Beaumont, P. Fullsack, and R. A. Jamieson, 2003. Evolution
of orogenic wedges and continental plateaux: insights from crustal thermal-mechanical models
overlying subducting mantle lithosphere. Geophys. J. Int., 153, 27–51.
8. Beaumont, C., R. A. Jamieson, M. H. Nguyen, and S. Medvedev, 2004. Crustal Channel Flows:
1. Numerical models with applications to the tectonics of the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen, J.
Geophys. Res, 109, B06406, doi:10.1029/2003JB002809.
9. Jamieson, R. A., Beaumont, C., S. Medvedev, and M. H. Nguyen, 2004. Crustal channel flows:
2. Numerical models with implications for metamorphism in the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen, J.
Geophys. Res, 109, B06407, doi:10.1029/2003JB002811.
10. Gemmer L, S. Ings, S. Medvedev, and C. Beaumont, 2004. Salt tectonics driven by differential
sediment loading: Stability analysis and finite element experiments, Basin Research, 16, 199–
218.
11. Medvedev, S. and C. Beaumont, 2006. Growth of Continental Plateaux by Channel Injection:
Constraints and Thermo-Mechanical Consistency. In: Law, R. D., Searle, M. P. & Godin, L. (eds)
Channel Flow, Ductile Extrusion and Exhumation in Continental Collision Zones. Geological
Society, London, Special Publications, 268, 147–164.
12. Medvedev, S., Y. Y. Podladchikov, M. Handy, and E. Scheuber, 2006 Controls on the
deformation of the Central Andes (10–35°S): insight from thin-sheet numerical modelling. In:
Proceeding of SFB-267; eds O. Oncken, G. Chong, G. Franz, P. Giese, H.-J. Götze, V. Ramos,
M. Strecker, P. Wigger, Monograph series Frontiers in Earth Sciences, Vol. 1, Springer Verlag,
475–494.
13. Rosenberg, C. L., S. Medvedev, and M Handy, 2007. Effects of melting on faulting and
continental deformation. In: The Dynamics of Fault Zones, edited by M.R. Handy, G. Hirth, N.
Hovius, Dahlem Workshop Report 95, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., USA, 357–401.
14. Medvedev, S., E.H. Hartz, and Y.Y. Podladchikov, 2008. Vertical motions of the fjord regions of
central East Greenland: Impact of glacial erosion, deposition, and isostasy. Geology, v. 36; no. 7;
p. 539–542; doi:10.1130/G24690A.
15. John, T., S. Medvedev, L. Rüpke, T. B. Andersen Y. Podladchikov, and H. Austrheim, 2009.
Generation of intermediate-depth earthquakes by self-localizing thermal runaway. Nature
Geoscience, 2, 137-140, doi: 10.1038/NGEO419
16. Braeck, S., Y. Podladchikov, and S. Medvedev, 2009. Spontaneous dissipation of elastic energy
by self-localizing thermal runaway, Phys. Rev. E., 80, 046105, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.046105
17. Werner, S.C. and S. Medvedev, 2010. The Lunar rayed-crater population - Characteristics of the
spatial distribution and ray retention, EPSL, 295 (1-2), 147-158, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.036
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18. Buiter, S. J. H., Steinberger, B., Medvedev, S., and Tetreault, J. L., 2012. Could the mantle have
caused subsidence of the Congo Basin?: Tectonophysics, v. 514–517, p. 62-80,
doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2011.09.024
19. Medvedev, S., A. Souche and E. Hartz, 2013. Influence of ice sheet and glacial erosion on
passive margins of Greenland, Geomorphology, v. 193, p. 36-46
20. Gaina, C., T.H. Torsvik, D. van Hinsbergen, S. Medvedev, S.C. Werner, and C. Labails, 2013.
The African Plate: A history of oceanic crust accretion and subduction since the Jurassic,
Tectonophysics, v. 604, p. 4-25
21. Souche, A., S. Medvedev, T.B. Andersen, and M. Dabrowski, 2013. Shear heating in extensional
detachments: implications for the thermal history of the Devonian basins of W Norway,
Tectonophysics, v. 608, p. 1073-1085
22. Schmalholz, S.M., S. Medvedev, S.M. Lechmann, and Y. Podladchikov, 2014. Relationship
between tectonic overpressure, deviatoric stress, driving force, isostasy and gravitational potential
energy, Geophysical Journal International, v. 197 (2), p. 680-696
23. Gaina, C., S. Medvedev, T.H. Torsvik, I. Kulakov, and S.C. Werner, 2014. 4D Arctic: A Glimpse
into the structure and evolution of the Arctic in the light of new geophysical maps, plate tectonics
and tomographic models, Surveys in Geophysics, v. 35 (5), p. 1095-1122
24. Medvedev, S. and E.H. Hartz, 2015. Evolution of topography of post-Devonian Scandinavia:
Effects and rates of erosion, Geomorphology, v. 231, p. 229-245
In preparation
Medvedev, S. Understanding lithospheric stresses: Systematic analysis of controlling mechanisms
with applications to the African Plate.
Hartz, E.H., S. Medvedev, and D.W. Schmid. McKenzie (1978) revisited: influence of phase
transformation, overpressure, and shear heating on the evolution of sedimentary basins.
Reports and other unrefereed publications
Vanderhaeghe O., Beaumont C., Fullsack P., Medvedev S., and Jamieson R. A.,1998.Thermalmechanical modelling of convergent orogens: the role of rheology, isostasy and temperature. In:
Wardle, R., and Hall, J., (eds.), ECSOOT Transect Meeting, UBC, Lithoprobe Secretariat,
Report No. 73, 44-85.
Medvedev, S. and M. Nguyen, 2002. User’s guide for IDL post-processing of Microfem and Sopale
outputs and the creation of animations (“IDL_M-S” developed by S. Medvedev), manual for
internal use in Geodynamic Group of Dalhousie University, Canada, 55 pages.
Huismans, R., Beaumont, C., and S. Medvedev. 2003. Animations for Huismans and Beaumont,
JGR, 108, 2003. In: URL: http://myweb.dal.ca/huismans/jgr-animations.html.
Steinberger, B., S. Buiter, S. Medvedev, J. Tetreault, 2010. The mantle under Africa: An overview of
global and regional tomography models and their effect on present-day and past dynamic
topography, Geological Survey of Norway Report 2010.058, 120 pages.
Gaina, C., S. Medvedev, and V. Guilio, 2010. The African Plate (TAP): Lithosphere and Mantle
Interactions and Implications for Basin Evolution, Preliminary insights into Regional Present
Day and Paleo-stresses. AAPG‐ER Newsletter 5, 2-3.
Hartz, E.H., S. Medvedev, D.W. Schmid, and A. Souche, 2012. Toasting the Jelly Sandwich:
Rheological Effects of Shear Heating on the Earth’s Lithosphere. Transactions of the Nordic
Rheology Society, 20, 1-6
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