EBBE HVIDEGÅRD HARTZ
Physics of Geological Processes,
University of Oslo, Box 1048 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway,
Phone: 47 2285 6044; Fax: 47 2285 5101; Email: e.h.hartz@fys.uio.no
http://folk.uio.no/ebbe & http://www.fys.uio.no/pgp
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior researcher, Physics of Geological Processes, Oslo University (2003- )
Computational modeling of small to lithosphere scale deformation, stress, pressure, heat, phase changes, basin evolution and topography.
Geologic fieldwork in East Greenland linked to compressional and extensional geodynamics, thermochronology, paleolandscapes, and paleomagnetics.
Plate tectonic modeling applying spherical earth geometries to balance inter and intra plate stresses.
Researcher, Geological Survey of Norway (2001 - 2003)
Basin analysis and applied thermochronology on the mid Norwegian shelf.
Lecturer, University of Oslo (2000- 2001)
Post Doc, Split between Oslo and Harvard University (1998 - 2000)
Late Paleozoic basin evolution in East Greenland.
Extended visits at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1995 - 1997)
Thermochrology and tectonic modeling.
PhD candidate, University of Oslo (1993 - 1998)
Tectonics of the East Greenland and Western Norway.
Research assistant, University of Oslo (1992 - 1993)
Reservoir characterization of near well flow: Fracture mapping, characterization and modeling near major faults in Mesozoic basins on East Greenland.
Research assistant, Penn State University (1987)
Computer modeling of the thermal evolution of the Appalachian orogen.
EDUCATION
Dr. Scient University of Oslo, Norway Tectonics (1998)
Thesis: Late orogenic evolution of the East Greenland and Scandinavian Caledonides,
Cand. Scient University of Oslo, Norway Structural geology (1992)
Thesis: Structural observations adjacent to a large-scale extensional detachment zone at Bremangerlandet,
Western Norway,
Bach. of Arts Middlebury College, USA Major: Geology. Minor: Theater and film (1987)
Thesis: Structure of the Cheshire Quartzite and related rocks along the Green Mountain Front, Central
Vermont,
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Teaching and advising at University of Oslo and at SVALEX on Spitsbergen
Field course: Introduction to geological field techniques (1991, 93, 94, 2000, 04)
Structural geology and sedimentology in the field: SVALEX, Field based geology on Svalbard (2000)
Introductory geology and map exercises (1998, 2000)
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Introductory structural geology: Lab and field exercises including: Quantitative analysis of stress and strain, advanced 3D studies of maps and profiles, stereonets, sandbox and field exercises (1994- 98, 00)
Advanced structural geology: Fault, fracture and fold analysis, crustal rheology and dynamics, complex structures in theory and in the field, earthquake analysis and modeling (1992, 99)
Field- or co-advisor of 7 master theses at University of Oslo (1996 -).
Organizational
5 years of partial and 6 years of full leadership of expeditions to Greenland (1993 -).
In addition to several students and researchers from University of Oslo, the expeditions has counted 7 researchers from Norsk Hydro, 6 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2 from Cambridge
University, 1 from Harvard, UCSB, Auburn, Brown, Columbia, Utah, Vrije, California state,
Copenhagen, Tromsø and Århus University and Statoil.
Departmental committees, reviewer for international journals and national science foundations (1992 -).
National and club level sports administration in Denmark and Norway (1988 -).
Fieldwork
East Greenland : Geodynamics of the upper to lower crust, thermochronology, paleomagnetics, fault kinetics, reservoir characteristics and paleo-geomorphology (1992- 2000, 03, 05)
Western Norway: Structural geology in sediments and metamorphic rocks (1989- 95, 04)
Southeastern Norway: Fracture mapping in hardrocks for hydrogeology (1989)
Appalachians: Structural evolution of the Green Mountain Front (1988-89)
Laboratory
Ar/Ar dating using conventional methods and UV/visual laser, NGU/ Eide & MIT/ Hodges
U-Pb dating of metamorphic, in- and extrusive rocks (basic skills), MIT/ Bowring & Harvard / Rudnick
Paleomagnetic sampling, lab studies, statistical data handling and plate reconstructions, NGU/ Torsvik
Computer/ programming
Two new programs ‘LiToastPhere’ and ‘ShearToast’ written in MATLAB. Force balanced lithosphere scale models of stress, pressure, temperature and isostacy.
High-level skills in specialized geoscience-software for plate-reconstructions, magnetic, isotopic and structural analysis (GMAP, Super- IAPD, Isoplot, Stereoplot, FaultKin).
Standard user skills in mathematical, illustration, presentation, word-processing, projection and web tools
(e.g. Mable, iWeb, Keynote, Pages, GoogleEarth, Adobe il./ ps, Word, Excel, Powerpoint).
Languages
Danish: Native; English: Spoken and written; German: spoken (basic).
POPULAR SCIENCE, TEACHING AND SCIENTIFIC DEBATE
Hartz, E.H., Causes of the 2004-Sumatra earthquake, interview, TV2-News , 4/1-2005
Hartz, E.H. & Hartz. V., 2004, Answers are by-products of questions, Matematik , 32, 4, p. 12-18
Hartz, E.H. & Hartz. V., 2004, Svar er biprodukter ved spørgsmål, Matematik , 32, 4, p. 20-23
Hartz, 2002, The Earth, Popular lecture, Camp Rising Sun (International youth camp in Denmark)
Weis, 2002, Als Nordeuropa Kopf stand, www.wissenschaft-online.de
(Reg. Geology 2002-paper)
Hartz, 2001, Fjellkjedenes Legoland (Glaciotectonics/eolian deposits in Denmark), GEO, 5, p. 2-3
Hartz, 2000, Geofagplanen: En objektiv evaluering av norsk geoforskning?, GEO, No. 2, p. 10
Hartz, 1999, Bassengutvikling og feltbadstuer på Østgrønland; Popular lecture, NGF meeting , Oslo
Carstens, H., 1999, Ny viten ryster paleontologene (Reg. Geology 1997-paper), GEO , 1, p. 8
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Monastersky, R ., 1997, Finds undermine dating of early land life, (as above), Science News , 152, 6, p. 87
Hartz, Torsvik & Andresen, 1997, A Carboniferous age for the East Greenland Devonian basin:
Evolutionary consequences for the first land animals, GSA press release
Hartz, 1996, Polarbeers on the rocks - field geology in the high arctic, Popular lecture , MIT, Boston
Hartz & Andresen, 1995, A new model for the orogenic collapse of the Caledonides in central East
Greenland, New Orleans, USA, GSA press release
MAP CONTRIBUTIONS
Escher, J.C., 2001, Geological Map of Greenland- Sheet 11-Kong Oscar Fjord 1:500.000, Geological
Survey of Denmark and Greenland .
SCIENTIFIC AWARDS
Researcher ‘code 1183’, i.e. ‘professor equivalent’ on research latter (2003).
European Geophysical Society: Young scientist grant (2001).
Hans & Helga Reusch’s Legat, Research award (1998).
Oslo University, Departmental Graduate Student Research Award (1996).
Graduated from Middlebury College, Cum Laude and with Departmental Honors (1987).
The Charles Doll Award (best student paper), Vermont Geological Society meeting (1987).
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Competed internationally in sailing, triathlon and XC-skiing (2x Olympics, 4x World champs)
Coach kids in skiing (Kjelsås Idrettslag, 1999-2006). The group had winners and was the best overall in the 2006- Norwegian youth championships.
Certified advanced/ice/rescue diving and summer/winter mountaineering. Advanced first aid skills.
Photography: Several pictures printed in international magazines, catalogs and textbooks
TV sports-commentator for Danish National TV (1989, 1991 - 2004) and Eurosport (1997)
INVITED GUEST LECTURES (list of other presentations at http://folk.uio.no/ebbe)
East Greenland's paleolandscape: Pathways and barriers for sediment transport. FORCE meeting:
Geological evolution of Eastern Greenland: Implication for hydrocarbon prospectively on the
Norwegian continental shelf., Stavanger, (2006)
UHP PTtime loops: A record of ultradeep subduction or tectonic overpressure?, International Eclogite
Meeting 7 , Graz, Austria (2005)
Lithostatic pressure to depth conversion, Kongsberg meeting, Kongsberg, (2004)
Challenging the classic rift-models for East Greenland, Norsk Hydro network meet., Moss, 2003
Baltica and Siberia inverted: A new Rodinia reconstruction linking the break up of the Iapetus Ocean and the Ægir Sea to the peri-Gondwana events, GSA annual meeting, Denver, (2002)
Syncontractional collapse and exhumation of deep crustal rocks in the east Greenland Caledonides, EGS general assembly, Nice, (2001)
The other half of the story; East Greenland Caledonides; Goldsmith lecture: Geological Survey of
Norway, Trondheim, (1997)
East Greenland Caledonides; In the footsteps of John Haller, Harvard University, (1996)
East Greenland Caledonides; Build-up and breakdown of an orogen, Brown University (1996)
A tour of the East Greenland Caledonides, MIT, (1995)
Late orogenic extension of the Caledonides, central East Greenland, Auburn University (1995)
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Late to post- Caledonian tectonic evolution of East Greenland; a mirror image of Western Norway and the mid- Norwegian shelf?, NGF meeting Stavanger (1995)
Post-kaledonsk/ devonsk deformasjon og bassengdannelse, Øst Grønland, Univ. of Bergen , (1995)
Devonsk ekstensjon på Øst-Grønland, et speilbillede av Vest-Norge?, Geol. Survey of Greenland (1993)
EXTERNAL PROJECTS (Recent, ongoing and in review)
Arctic topography: Force balanced landscapes through time (in review)
International Polar Year (Norwegian Science Foundation) . Hartz, Podladchikov, Simon, Schmid,
Hovius, Torsvik, Artyushkov, Japsen, Biarc, Medvedev, Lappegard
Exhumation history of the Scoresbysund and Kong Oscar Fjord region, Greenland (2005 - 2007)
Chevron, BG, ENI, Hartz
Influence of mineral phase transitions on basin subsidence: The role of temperature, pressure, fluids and melting (2004 - 2006)
Petromaks (Nor. Research Council), Podladchikov, Hartz, Austrheim, Schmalholz, Jamtveit, Neumann
Low temperature geochronology, East Greenland (2004 - 2007)
Euromargin (European Science Foundation), Hartz, Dunai, Andreasen
Review of the Cretaceous tectonic history & Basin evolution East Greenland (2003-2004)
Chevron-Texaco, Hartz
Exhumation history of the Liverpool Land block, East Greenland (2003-2004)
Chevron-Texaco, Hartz
REVIEVED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
Hartz, E.H., Kristiansen, S.N., Calvert, A, Hodges, K.V., & Heeremans, M., accepted, The Carboniferous-Permian of East Greenland: Structural, thermochronologic and rheological models for basin formation and deformation, ICAM 2003, proceedings volume
Hartz, E.H. & Hartz, V., 2003, How perfect is the Himalayan Arc?: Comment, Geology, 31, 287
Hartz, E.H., Eide, E.A., Midtbøe, P., Andresen, A, Hodges, K.V., & Kristiansen, S.N., 2002 40 Ar/ 39 Ar geochronology and structural analysis: Basin evolution and detrital feedback mechanisms, Hold with
Hope region, East Greenland, Norwegian Journal of Geology, 82 (4), 341-358
Hartz, E.H, Martins, M.W, Andresen, A., & Andersen, T.B., 2002, Volcanic rocks in the Devonian Solund basin,
Western Norway: large landslides of Silurian (439 Ma) rhyolites, J. Geol. Soc., London, 159, 121-128
Hartz, E.H. & Torsvik, T.H., 2002, Baltica upside-down: A new plate tectonic model for Rodinia and the Iapetus
Ocean, Geology, 30, 255-258
Hartz, E.H, Andresen, A., Martins, M.W. & Hodges K.V., 2001, Syn-contractional extension and exhumation of deep crustal rocks in the East Greenland Caledonides, Tectonics, 20, 58-78
Knudsen, T.-L., Griffin, W.L. Hartz, E.H., Jackson, S.E. and Andresen, A., 2001, In situ hafnium and lead isotope analyses of detrital zircons from the Devonian sedimentary basin of NE Greenland: A record of repeated crustal reworking, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 141, 83-94
Hartz, E.H., 2000, Early Syndepositional tectonics of East Greenland’s Old Red Sandstone basin, Geol. Soc.
London, Spec. Publ.
, 180, 537-555
Hartz, E.H, Andresen, A., Hodges K.V. & Martin, M.W., 2000, The Fjord Region Detachment Zone: A long-lived extensional fault in the East Greenland Caledonides, J. Geol. Soc. London, 158, 795-810
Hoffman, P.F. & Hartz, E.H. 1999, A large coherent submarine landslide associated with Pan-African foreland flexure, Geology , 27, 687-690
Andresen, A. & Hartz, E.H., 1998, Basement-cover relationships and orogenic evolution in the central East
Greenland Caledonides, Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 120, 191-198
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Hartz, E.H., Torsvik, T.H. & Andresen, A., 1998, Reply to comment: A Carboniferous age for the East Greenland
“Devonian” basin: Paleomagnetic and isotopic constraints on age, stratigraphy and platereconstructions,
Geology , 26, 285-6
Andresen, A., Hartz, E.H. & Vold, J., 1998, A late orogenic extensional origin for the infracrustal gneiss domes of the East Greenland Caledonides (72 o
-74 o
N), Tectonophysics, 285, 353-369.
Hartz, E.H & Andresen, A., 1997, From collision to collapse: Complex strain permutations in the hinterland of the
Scandinavian Caledonides, Jour. Geophys. Research - Solid Earth , 102, 24,697-24,712
Hartz, E.H., Torsvik, T.H. & Andresen, A., 1997, A Carboniferous age for the East Greenland “Devonian” basin:
Paleomagnetic and isotopic constraints on age, stratigraphy and plate-reconstruction’s, Special report:
Geology , 25, 675-8
Hartz, E.H. & Andresen, A., 1996, Reply to comment on: Caledonian sole thrust of central East Greenland: A crustal-scale Devonian extensional detachment?, Geology , 24, 472-473
Hartz, E.H. , Osmundsen, P.T. & Andresen, A., 1996, Structural control of the Devonian basin in the East Greenland
Caledonides, Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 118, 37-38
Andresen, A., Vold, J. & Hartz, E.H., 1996, The Fjord Region Detachment - A regional extensive mid-crustal extensional shear zone it the East Greenland Caledonides, Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm
Förhandlingar, 188, 30
Hartz, E.H. & Andresen, A., 1995. Caledonian sole thrust of central East Greenland: A crustal-scale Devonian extensional detachment?, Geology , 23, 637-640
Andresen, A., Steen, Ø. & Hartz, E.H., 1995, Internal strain in rotated fault blocks, Profit Project Summary
Reports, Reservoir Characterization Near Well Flow, Norwegian Petroleum Dir., 43-58
Hartz, E.H., Andresen, A. & Andersen T.B., 1994, Structural observations adjacent to a large scale extensional detachment zone in the hinterland of the Norwegian Caledonides, Tectonophysics , 231, 123-137
Examples of NON-REVIEVED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS
Hartz, E.H., 2005, Exhumation history of the Scoresbysund and Kong Oscar Fjord region, East Greenland, Field report, Chevron, ENI & BG 10 p.
Hartz, E.H., 2004, Tectonothermal history of Liverpool Land, East Greenland, ChevronTexaco 32 p.
Hartz, E.H., 2004, Plate kinematics through time: The west Greenland basins, Chapter 2, Regional, in Planke. S.
(ed.) Geophysical Atlas of the west Greenland basins, VBPR/TGS-Nopec/GEUS report , 42-44.
Hartz, E.H., 2003, Exhumation of the Liverpool Land block, East Greenland, Chevron-Texaco, 8 p.
Hartz, E.H., 2003, Tectonic controls of East Greenland’s basins: Review and discussion, Chevron-Texaco, 72 p.
Hartz, E.H., Eide, E., Andresen, A. & Corfu, F., 2001, Exhumation, erosion and deposition on East Greenland:
Geochronologic tools applied to North BATlantic research, BAT report 5, 5 p.
Hartz, E.H., 2000, (U-Th)/He studies of the thermal evolution of Liverpool Land, E. Greenland: Progress rep.,
BAT report 4, .6 p.
Hartz, E.H. & Torsvik, T.H., 2000, Carboniferous, Permian and Triassic Paleomagnetic data from East Greenland:
A discussion of N. America-Greenland-Europe fits and aspects of regional tectonics, BAT report 4 , 11 p.
Hartz, E.H. & Andresen, A., 1999, Post-Caledonian basin evolution in East Greenland- A thermochronologic approach, BAT report 3 , 21 p.
Andresen A., Steen, Ø. & Hartz, E.H. 1995, Internal strain in rotated fault blocks from Traill Ö, East Greenland,
Profit report 1994, 87 p.
Andresen A., & Hartz, E.H. 1993, Faults and fractures in rotated fault blocks, Traill Ö, East Greenland, Profit report 1992, 64 p.
BAT (Basin analysis and applied thermochronology on the mid Norwegian shelf ) was funded by the
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Norsk Agip, Norsk
Hydro, Shell and Statoil. Petromaks and Profit are funded by the Norwegian Research Council.
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