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Ola Fredin

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Ola Fredin

Professor
Department of Geoscience and Petroleum
Faculty of Engineering

ola.fredin@ntnu.no
Petroleumsteknisk senter, 418, Valgrinda, S. P. Andersens vei 15A
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I am a Professor in Engineering geology of soils (Quaternary deposits) at the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, NTNU

My main research interests are in Quaternary geology, including genesis and properties of Quaternary deposits. I'm currently involved in research projects working with the deglaciation of Fennoscandia (Stroeven et al. (2016), pre-Quaternary weathering and geomorphology (Viola et al. (2016) and Fredin et al. (2017), and ice volume change in Antarctica (project web page here). 

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2022

  • Knies, Jochen Manfred; Schönenberger, Jasmin; Zwingmann, Horst; van der Lelij, Roelant; Smelror, Morten; Vullum, Per Erik; Brönner, Marco; Vogt, Christoph; Fredin, Ola; Müller, Axel; Grasby, Stephen E.; Beauchamp, Benoit; Viola, Giulio. (2022) Continental weathering and recovery from ocean nutrient stress during the Early Triassic Biotic Crisis. Communications Earth & Environment. volum 3 (1).
    Academic article
  • Sugunuma, Yusuke; Kaneda, Heitaro; Mas e Braga, Martim; Ishiwa, Takeshige; Koyama, Takushi; Newall, Jennifer C.H.; Okuno, Jun'ichi; Obase, Takashi; Saito, Fuyuki; Rogozhina, Irina; Andersen, Jane Lund; Kawamata, Moto; Hirabayashi, Motohiro; Lifton, Nathaniel A.; Fredin, Ola; Harbor, Jonathan M.; Stroeven, Arjen P.; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako. (2022) Regional sea-level highstand triggered Holocene ice sheet thinning across coastal Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Communications Earth & Environment. volum 3 (1).
    Academic article

2021

  • Andersen, Jane Lund; Margreth, Annina; Fredin, Ola; Linge, Henriette; Goodfellow, Bradley W.; Faust, Johan Christoph; Knies, Jochen; Solbakk, Terje; Brook, Edward J.; Scheiber, Thomas; van der Lelij, Roelant; Burki, Valentin Josef; Rubensdotter, Brita Lena Eleonor Fredin; Himmler, Tobias; Yesilyurt, Serdar; Christl, Marcus; Vockenhuber, Christof; Akcar, Naki. (2021) Rapid post-glacial bedrock weathering in coastal Norway. Geomorphology. volum 397.
    Academic article

2020

  • Andersen, Jane Lund; Newall, J.C.; Blomdin, Robin; Sams, S.E.; Fabel, Derek; Koester, A.J.; Lifton, N.A.; Fredin, Ola; Caffee, M.W.; Glasser, Neil F.; Rogozhina, Irina; Suganuma, Y.; Harbor, Jonathan M.; Stroeven, Arjen P.. (2020) Ice surface changes during recent glacial cycles along the Jutulstraumen and Penck Trough ice streams in western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews. volum 249.
    Academic article
  • Newall, Jennifer C.H.; Dymova, Taisiya; Serra, Elena; Blomdin, Robin; Fredin, Hans Ola; Glasser, Neil F.; Suganuma, Yusuke; Harbor, Jonathan M.; Stroeven, Arjen P.. (2020) The glacial geomorphology of western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Journal of Maps. volum 16 (2).
    Academic article
  • van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Adde, Håvard Askim; Fredin, Hans Ola; Holmer, Hampus; Hagander, Lars; Koroma, Alimamy Philip; Koroma, Michael M.; Leather, Andy; Wibe, Arne; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2020) Travel time and perinatal mortality after emergency caesarean sections: an evaluation of the 2-hour proximity indicator in Sierra Leone. BMJ Global Health. volum 5:e003943 (12).
    Academic article

2019

  • Akcar, Naki; Yavuz, Vural; Ivy-Ochs, Susan; Fredin, Ola; Nyffenegger, Franziska; Korkut, Mehmet; Margreth, Annina; Anders, Samstad Gylland; Schlunegger, Fritz. (2019) Liquefaction of freshwater carbonates led to the February 10, 2011, landslide at the Cöllolar coalfield, eastern Turkey. Geomorphology. volum 347.
    Academic article

2018

  • Andersen, Jane Lund; Egholm, David Lundbek; Knudsen, Mads Faurschou; Linge, Henriette; Jansen, John D.; Goodfellow, Bradley W.; Pedersen, Vivi; Tikhomirov, Dmitry; Olsen, Jesper Rolf; Fredin, Ola. (2018) Pleistocene evolution of a Scandinavian Plateau Landscape. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Earth Surface. volum 123 (12).
    Academic article

2017

  • Fredin, Ola; Viola, Giulio; Zwingmann, Horst; Sørlie, Ronald; Brönner, Marco; Lie, Jan-Erik; Grandal, Else Margrethe; Müller, Axel Bernd; Margreth, Annina; Vogt, Christoph; Knies, Jochen. (2017) The inheritance of a Mesozoic landscape in western Scandinavia. Nature Communications. volum 8.
    Academic article
  • Romundset, Anders; Akçar, Naki; Fredin, Ola; Tikhomirov, Dmitry; Reber, Regina; Vockenhuber, Christof; Christl, Marcus; Schlüchter, Christian. (2017) Lateglacial retreat chronology of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet in Finnmark, northern Norway, reconstructed from surface exposure dating of major end moraines. Quaternary Science Reviews. volum 177.
    Academic article

2016

  • Larsen, Eiliv; Fredin, Ola; Lyså, Astrid; Amantov, Aleksey; Fjeldskaar, Willy; Ottesen, Dag. (2016) Causes of time-transgressive glacial maxima positions of the last Scandinavian Ice Sheet. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. volum 96 (2).
    Academic article
  • Stroeven, Arjen P.; Hättestrand, Clas; Kleman, Johan; Heyman, Jakob; Fabel, Derek; Fredin, Ola; Goodfellow, Bradley W.; Harbor, Jonathan M.; Jansen, John D.; Olsen, Lars; Caffee, Marc W; Fink, David; Lundqvist, Jan; Rosqvist, Gunhild Ninis; Strömberg, Bo; Jansson, Krister N.. (2016) Deglaciation of Fennoscandia. Quaternary Science Reviews. volum 147.
    Academic article
  • Viola, Giulio; Scheiber, Thomas; Fredin, Ola; Zwingmann, Horst; Margreth, A; Knies, Jochen. (2016) Deconvoluting complex structural histories archived in brittle fault zones. Nature Communications. volum 7 (13448).
    Academic article

2015

  • Romundset, Anders; Fredin, Ola; Høgaas, Fredrik. (2015) A Holocene sea-level curve and revised isobase map based on isolation basins from near the southern tip of Norway. Boreas. volum 44 (2).
    Academic article
  • Johnson, Mark D.; Fredin, Ola; Ojala, Antti E.K.; Peterson, Gustaf. (2015) Unraveling Scandinavian geomorphology: the LiDAR revolution. GFF. volum 137 (4).
    Academic article
  • Scheiber, Thomas; Fredin, Ola; Viola, Giulio; Jarna, Alexandra; Gasser, Deta; Lapinska-Viola, Renata. (2015) Manual extraction of bedrock lineaments from high-resolution LiDAR data: methodological bias and human perception. GFF. volum 137 (4).
    Academic article
  • Stroeven, Arjen P.; Heyman, Jakob; Fabel, Derek; Björck, Svante; Caffee, Marc; Fredin, Ola; Harbor, Jonathan M.. (2015) A new Scandinavian reference 10Be production rate. Quaternary Geochronology. volum 29.
    Academic article

2014

  • Larsen, Eiliv; Fredin, Ola; Jensen, Maria; Kuznetsov, Denis; Lyså, Astrid; Subetto, Dmitry. (2014) Subglacial sediment, proglacial lake-level and topographic controls on ice extent and lobe geometries during the Last Glacial Maximum in NW Russia. Quaternary Science Reviews. volum 92.
    Academic article
  • Lyså, Astrid; Larsen, Eiliv; Buylaert, Jan-Pieter; Fredin, Ola; Jensen, Maria; Kuznetsov, Denis; Murray, Andrew S; Subetto, Dmitry A; van Welden, Aurelien. (2014) Late Pleistocene stratigraphy and sedimentary environments of the Severnaya Dvina-Vychegda region in northwestern Russia. Boreas. volum 43 (4).
    Academic article
  • Goodfellow, Bradley W.; Stroeven, Arjen P.; Fabel, Derek; Fredin, Ola; Derron, Marc-Henri; Bintanja, Richard; Caffee, Marc. (2014) Arctic-alpine blockfields in northern Swedish Scandes: late Quaternary - not Neogene. Earth Surface Dynamics. volum 2.
    Academic article

2013

  • Olesen, Odleiv; Kierulf, Halfdan Pascal; Brönner, Marco; Dalsegg, Einar; Fredin, Ola; Solbakk, Terje. (2013) Deep weathering, neotectonics and strandflat formation in Nordland, northern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. volum 93 (3-4).
    Academic article

2012

  • Fredin, Hans Ola; Rubensdotter, Lena; Aurelien, van Welden; Larsen, Eiliv; Lyså, Astrid. (2012) Distribution of ice marginal moraines in NW Russia. Journal of Maps. volum 8 (3).
    Academic article

2011

  • Lyså, Astrid; Jensen, Maria; Larsen, Eiliv; Fredin, Ola; Demidov, Igor N.. (2011) Ice-distal landscape and sediment signatures evidencing damming and drainage of large pro-glacial lakes, northwest Russia. Boreas. volum 40 (3).
    Academic article

2009

  • Burki, Valentin Josef; Larsen, Eiliv; Fredin, Ola; Margreth, Annina. (2009) The formation of sawtooth moraine ridges in Bødalen, western Norway. Geomorphology. volum 105 (3-4).
    Academic article
  • Burki, Valentin Josef; Larsen, Eiliv; Fredin, Ola; Nesje, Atle. (2009) Glacial remobilization cycles as revealed by lateral moraine sediment, Bødalsbreen glacier foreland, western Norway. The Holocene. volum 19 (3).
    Academic article
  • Hansen, Louise; Beylich, Achim; Burki, Valentin Josef; Eilertsen, Raymond S; Fredin, Ola; Larsen, Eiliv; Lyså, Astrid; Nesje, Atle; Stalsberg, Knut; Tønnesen, Jan Fredrik. (2009) Stratigraphic architecture and infill history of a deglaciated bedrock valley based on georadar, seismic profiling and drilling. Sedimentology. volum 56 (6).
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Knies, Jochen Manfred; Schönenberger, Jasmin; Zwingmann, Horst; van der Lelij, Roelant; Smelror, Morten; Vullum, Per Erik; Brönner, Marco; Vogt, Christoph; Fredin, Ola; Müller, Axel; Grasby, Stephen E.; Beauchamp, Benoit; Viola, Giulio. (2022) Continental weathering and recovery from ocean nutrient stress during the Early Triassic Biotic Crisis. Communications Earth & Environment. volum 3 (1).
    Academic article
  • Sugunuma, Yusuke; Kaneda, Heitaro; Mas e Braga, Martim; Ishiwa, Takeshige; Koyama, Takushi; Newall, Jennifer C.H.; Okuno, Jun'ichi; Obase, Takashi; Saito, Fuyuki; Rogozhina, Irina; Andersen, Jane Lund; Kawamata, Moto; Hirabayashi, Motohiro; Lifton, Nathaniel A.; Fredin, Ola; Harbor, Jonathan M.; Stroeven, Arjen P.; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako. (2022) Regional sea-level highstand triggered Holocene ice sheet thinning across coastal Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Communications Earth & Environment. volum 3 (1).
    Academic article
  • Andersen, Jane Lund; Margreth, Annina; Fredin, Ola; Linge, Henriette; Goodfellow, Bradley W.; Faust, Johan Christoph; Knies, Jochen; Solbakk, Terje; Brook, Edward J.; Scheiber, Thomas; van der Lelij, Roelant; Burki, Valentin Josef; Rubensdotter, Brita Lena Eleonor Fredin; Himmler, Tobias; Yesilyurt, Serdar; Christl, Marcus; Vockenhuber, Christof; Akcar, Naki. (2021) Rapid post-glacial bedrock weathering in coastal Norway. Geomorphology. volum 397.
    Academic article
  • Andersen, Jane Lund; Newall, J.C.; Blomdin, Robin; Sams, S.E.; Fabel, Derek; Koester, A.J.; Lifton, N.A.; Fredin, Ola; Caffee, M.W.; Glasser, Neil F.; Rogozhina, Irina; Suganuma, Y.; Harbor, Jonathan M.; Stroeven, Arjen P.. (2020) Ice surface changes during recent glacial cycles along the Jutulstraumen and Penck Trough ice streams in western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews. volum 249.
    Academic article
  • Newall, Jennifer C.H.; Dymova, Taisiya; Serra, Elena; Blomdin, Robin; Fredin, Hans Ola; Glasser, Neil F.; Suganuma, Yusuke; Harbor, Jonathan M.; Stroeven, Arjen P.. (2020) The glacial geomorphology of western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Journal of Maps. volum 16 (2).
    Academic article
  • van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Adde, Håvard Askim; Fredin, Hans Ola; Holmer, Hampus; Hagander, Lars; Koroma, Alimamy Philip; Koroma, Michael M.; Leather, Andy; Wibe, Arne; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2020) Travel time and perinatal mortality after emergency caesarean sections: an evaluation of the 2-hour proximity indicator in Sierra Leone. BMJ Global Health. volum 5:e003943 (12).
    Academic article
  • Akcar, Naki; Yavuz, Vural; Ivy-Ochs, Susan; Fredin, Ola; Nyffenegger, Franziska; Korkut, Mehmet; Margreth, Annina; Anders, Samstad Gylland; Schlunegger, Fritz. (2019) Liquefaction of freshwater carbonates led to the February 10, 2011, landslide at the Cöllolar coalfield, eastern Turkey. Geomorphology. volum 347.
    Academic article
  • Andersen, Jane Lund; Egholm, David Lundbek; Knudsen, Mads Faurschou; Linge, Henriette; Jansen, John D.; Goodfellow, Bradley W.; Pedersen, Vivi; Tikhomirov, Dmitry; Olsen, Jesper Rolf; Fredin, Ola. (2018) Pleistocene evolution of a Scandinavian Plateau Landscape. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Earth Surface. volum 123 (12).
    Academic article
  • Fredin, Ola; Viola, Giulio; Zwingmann, Horst; Sørlie, Ronald; Brönner, Marco; Lie, Jan-Erik; Grandal, Else Margrethe; Müller, Axel Bernd; Margreth, Annina; Vogt, Christoph; Knies, Jochen. (2017) The inheritance of a Mesozoic landscape in western Scandinavia. Nature Communications. volum 8.
    Academic article
  • Romundset, Anders; Akçar, Naki; Fredin, Ola; Tikhomirov, Dmitry; Reber, Regina; Vockenhuber, Christof; Christl, Marcus; Schlüchter, Christian. (2017) Lateglacial retreat chronology of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet in Finnmark, northern Norway, reconstructed from surface exposure dating of major end moraines. Quaternary Science Reviews. volum 177.
    Academic article
  • Larsen, Eiliv; Fredin, Ola; Lyså, Astrid; Amantov, Aleksey; Fjeldskaar, Willy; Ottesen, Dag. (2016) Causes of time-transgressive glacial maxima positions of the last Scandinavian Ice Sheet. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. volum 96 (2).
    Academic article
  • Stroeven, Arjen P.; Hättestrand, Clas; Kleman, Johan; Heyman, Jakob; Fabel, Derek; Fredin, Ola; Goodfellow, Bradley W.; Harbor, Jonathan M.; Jansen, John D.; Olsen, Lars; Caffee, Marc W; Fink, David; Lundqvist, Jan; Rosqvist, Gunhild Ninis; Strömberg, Bo; Jansson, Krister N.. (2016) Deglaciation of Fennoscandia. Quaternary Science Reviews. volum 147.
    Academic article
  • Viola, Giulio; Scheiber, Thomas; Fredin, Ola; Zwingmann, Horst; Margreth, A; Knies, Jochen. (2016) Deconvoluting complex structural histories archived in brittle fault zones. Nature Communications. volum 7 (13448).
    Academic article
  • Romundset, Anders; Fredin, Ola; Høgaas, Fredrik. (2015) A Holocene sea-level curve and revised isobase map based on isolation basins from near the southern tip of Norway. Boreas. volum 44 (2).
    Academic article
  • Johnson, Mark D.; Fredin, Ola; Ojala, Antti E.K.; Peterson, Gustaf. (2015) Unraveling Scandinavian geomorphology: the LiDAR revolution. GFF. volum 137 (4).
    Academic article
  • Scheiber, Thomas; Fredin, Ola; Viola, Giulio; Jarna, Alexandra; Gasser, Deta; Lapinska-Viola, Renata. (2015) Manual extraction of bedrock lineaments from high-resolution LiDAR data: methodological bias and human perception. GFF. volum 137 (4).
    Academic article
  • Stroeven, Arjen P.; Heyman, Jakob; Fabel, Derek; Björck, Svante; Caffee, Marc; Fredin, Ola; Harbor, Jonathan M.. (2015) A new Scandinavian reference 10Be production rate. Quaternary Geochronology. volum 29.
    Academic article
  • Larsen, Eiliv; Fredin, Ola; Jensen, Maria; Kuznetsov, Denis; Lyså, Astrid; Subetto, Dmitry. (2014) Subglacial sediment, proglacial lake-level and topographic controls on ice extent and lobe geometries during the Last Glacial Maximum in NW Russia. Quaternary Science Reviews. volum 92.
    Academic article
  • Lyså, Astrid; Larsen, Eiliv; Buylaert, Jan-Pieter; Fredin, Ola; Jensen, Maria; Kuznetsov, Denis; Murray, Andrew S; Subetto, Dmitry A; van Welden, Aurelien. (2014) Late Pleistocene stratigraphy and sedimentary environments of the Severnaya Dvina-Vychegda region in northwestern Russia. Boreas. volum 43 (4).
    Academic article
  • Goodfellow, Bradley W.; Stroeven, Arjen P.; Fabel, Derek; Fredin, Ola; Derron, Marc-Henri; Bintanja, Richard; Caffee, Marc. (2014) Arctic-alpine blockfields in northern Swedish Scandes: late Quaternary - not Neogene. Earth Surface Dynamics. volum 2.
    Academic article
  • Olesen, Odleiv; Kierulf, Halfdan Pascal; Brönner, Marco; Dalsegg, Einar; Fredin, Ola; Solbakk, Terje. (2013) Deep weathering, neotectonics and strandflat formation in Nordland, northern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. volum 93 (3-4).
    Academic article
  • Fredin, Hans Ola; Rubensdotter, Lena; Aurelien, van Welden; Larsen, Eiliv; Lyså, Astrid. (2012) Distribution of ice marginal moraines in NW Russia. Journal of Maps. volum 8 (3).
    Academic article
  • Lyså, Astrid; Jensen, Maria; Larsen, Eiliv; Fredin, Ola; Demidov, Igor N.. (2011) Ice-distal landscape and sediment signatures evidencing damming and drainage of large pro-glacial lakes, northwest Russia. Boreas. volum 40 (3).
    Academic article
  • Burki, Valentin Josef; Larsen, Eiliv; Fredin, Ola; Margreth, Annina. (2009) The formation of sawtooth moraine ridges in Bødalen, western Norway. Geomorphology. volum 105 (3-4).
    Academic article
  • Burki, Valentin Josef; Larsen, Eiliv; Fredin, Ola; Nesje, Atle. (2009) Glacial remobilization cycles as revealed by lateral moraine sediment, Bødalsbreen glacier foreland, western Norway. The Holocene. volum 19 (3).
    Academic article
  • Hansen, Louise; Beylich, Achim; Burki, Valentin Josef; Eilertsen, Raymond S; Fredin, Ola; Larsen, Eiliv; Lyså, Astrid; Nesje, Atle; Stalsberg, Knut; Tønnesen, Jan Fredrik. (2009) Stratigraphic architecture and infill history of a deglaciated bedrock valley based on georadar, seismic profiling and drilling. Sedimentology. volum 56 (6).
    Academic article

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