Projekter indenfor Energi & Naturressourcer

Projektkataloget er en samling af forslag til studenterprojekter. Skal du snart i gang med dit bachelorprojekt, et projektarbejde eller specialet, kan du finde inspiration i projektforslagene nedenfor.

Du kan læse mere om dette forskningsområde på Institut for Geosciences hjemmeside. Her kan du, under de enkelte forskningsgrupper, også finde kontaktoplysninger på de forskere som arbejder indenfor dette forskningsområde, hvis du selv har en idé til et forskningsprojekt eller interesserer dig for et bestemt emne.

Sedimentologi og stratigrafi

Burial and thermal maturity of Lower and Middle Jurassic mudrocks from Morocco

Rock-Eval and organic matter petrographic analyses. 

Level: B.Sc and M.Sc

Study of organic matter evolution in the Lower Jurassic mudrock in SE France

Rock-Eval and organic matter petrographic analyses. 

Level: B.Sc and M.Sc

Geostatistical simulation of sedimentary processes

Test to what degree geostatistical models can be used to represent sedimentary processes. Use the geostatistical model with inversion of geophysical data to obtain earth models consistent with sedimentological processes (Matlab/Python) 

Level: M.Sc

Refleksionsseismik

Strukturgeologisk udvikling af området omkring det geotermiske værk i Sønderborg.

Niveau: BSc

Kortlægning af kvartære dale i sydlig norsk Central Grav vha 3D seismik.

Niveau: BSc og MSc

Inversions tektonik i Kattegat

- en integreret litteratur og 2D seismik studie 

Niveau: BSc og MSc

Inversion af seismiske data til facies klassificering

En ny probabilistisk inversion metode anvendes til seismisk inversion for at karakterisere beskrive porøsitet og lithologi i et  geotermalt reservoir. (Numerisk, Matlab eller Python) 

Submerged paleolandscapes in the North Sea

Fluvial landscape reconstruction using high-resolution seismo-acoustic data. Assessment of implications for archaeology and human occupations in Doggerland Collaboration with Moesgaard Museum, GEUS Marine Geology and Bradford University.

Level: Both BSc and MSc

Sammenligning af Side Scan Sonar (SSS) og Backscatter (BSC) til brug for marinarkæologiske undersøgelser.

Formålet med projektet er at undersøge i hvilket omfang BSC data er godt nok til at kunne anvendes til marinarkæologiske undersøgelser. 

Til rådighed for projektet er data indsamlet for Energinet vedr. vindmøllepark og eksportkabler for den planlagte Thor vindmøllepark i Nordsøen. 

Samarbejde med Energinet 

Niveau: MSc

Where is the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in the Danish North Sea?

While the LGM extent across onshore Denmark is well known (i.e. the main stationary line), we only have limited information of the continuation into the offshore regions in the Danish North Sea. In this project, you will investigate the possible LGM extent by mapping potential ice-marginal structures, such as glaciotectonic complexes and tunnel valleys, using high-resolution seismo-acoustic data and link your new observations with ice sheet models from the North Sea and known LGM extent in the British sector 

Level: Best for MSc but can also be adjusted for BSc

Glaciotectonic complexes in the North Sea

The North Sea hosts a number of glaciotectonic complexes that each tell a story of past glacial dynamics. So far, little effort has been given to compare and combine the information from the various complexes. In this project, you will focus on a single glaciotectonic complex using high-resolution seismic data and attempt to link these to the general ice-dynamics in the North Sea. 

Collaboration with GEUS Groundwater and Quaternary Geology Mapping 

Level: Best for MSc

Processing of multibeam bathymetry data

In this project, you will learn how to process and interpret multibeam bathymetry data in a selected area, using the EIVA software. 

Collaboration with EIVA 

Level: Best for BSc but can also be adjusted for MSc

Offshore windfarms

In this project, you will gain expertise in construction of geomodels for offshore windfarms by interpretation of geophysical, geotechnical and geological data from a Danish windfarm 

Collaboration with Vattenfall, Ørsted or Energinet 

Level: Best for BSc

Glacial dynamics and sedimentation processes on the West Greenland shelf

Processing of multibeam bathymetry data from the West Greenland shelf with the aim of investigating glacial dynamics and sedimentation processes. The project also includes interpretation of sub-bottom profiler data in the same area and can further be linked with sediment core analyses 

Collaboration with Paleoceanography and Paleoclimate Group 

Level: Best for MSc but can also be adjusted for BSc

Cross-disciplinary marine geology

Integrated analysis and interpretation of high-resolution seismo-acoustic data and sediment cores. Potential study areas include: Denmark (Vejle Fjord and Aarhus Bay), West Greenland Shelf, Northeast Greenland Shelfdiatom 

Collaboration with Paleoceanography and Paleoclimate Group

Level: Both BSc and MSc

3D seismic interpretation

In this project you will work with 3D seismic interpretation and possible also sub-bottom profiler data from either the Anholt Loch (south of Anholt) or an area south of Samsø 

Collaboration with GEUS Marine Geology 

Level: Best for BSc

2D Seismic interpretation of the Northwest African Continental Margin

In this project you will work with high-resolution seismic data and constrain it with legacy DSDP drill hole data from the Northwest African continental margin to reconstruct the paleo-climatic, -oceanographic and environmental conditions

Level: BSc /MSc

Sediment waves offshore Northwest Africa

In this project you will work with multibeam bathymetry data and possibly also sub-bottom profiler data to investigate sediment waves on the Northwest African continental margin.

You have the chance to learn mbsystem, an open-source software for multibeam data processing.

Software: Kingdom, ArcGIS

Level: BSc

Palæoklima/palæoceanografi

Fire and ecosystem feedbacks in Kenya during early human evolution and stone tool advancement

Fire, vegetation, and rainfall are intertwined and had huge effects on the early humans living off the landscape in East Africa. A new fire biomarker record will complement existing data to characterize these ecosystem relationships to better understand feedbacks, abrupt climate change, and hominin evolutionary responses to environmental change. Methods will include organic geochemistry, GC-MS measurements, and data analysis.

Level: MSc

Vejleder

Rachel Lupien

Tværfaglig maringeologi og geoarkæologi: Flere projekter fokuseret på integreret analyse og tolkning af marine sedimentkerner og shallow-seismiske data.

Several cross-disciplinary marine geology and geoarchaeology projects: Integrated interpretation of sediment cores and shallow seismic data.

Integrated analyses and interpretation of marine sediment cores and shallow seismic. Potential study areas: Denmark (e.g., Vejle Fjord, Aarhus Bay), NW Greenland (data from the BIOS2019 cruise) or NE Greenland (data from the NorthGreen2017 cruise). 

See further detail projects below (in section on reflection seismic). 

Level: Can be either MSc, BSc or individual (5-10 ECTS ) project work 

Measuring greenhouse gas emission with drones, ballons and satellites 

Together with a number of public and private partner, I am doing a number of projects on greenhouse gas emissions. These projects include developing a infrared hyperspectral imager, analysing satellite observations from Copernicus satellites and running atmospheric circulations models.

Level: Can be either MSc, BSc or individual (5-10 ECTS ) project work 

Evaluating the geothermal potential using satellites

Level: Can be either MSc, BSc or individual (5-10 ECTS ) project work  

Analysing geological methane emission using satellites  

Level: MSc, BSc or individual (5-10 ECTS ) project work 

Measuring melting rates of glacier in Greenland with DISCO-2  

The DISCO-2 satellite is plan for launch in June 2025 and there are a list of possible geoscientific projects to do with it. One of them focusing on using photogrammetry to measure melting rates of glacier

Level: Can be either MSc or BSc

Projects in collaboration with space startups (ESA BIC) 

Level: MSc, BSc or individual (5-10 ECTS ) project work 

Hydrogeofysik

Probabilistic thin-sheet modeling

Implement a probabilistic inversion algorithm for identifying the probability of subsurface mineralisation from time‐domain airborne electromagnetic data. 

Geological hypothesis testing from airborne EM data

Test a new probabilistic inversion algorithm that allows comparing and ranking of different geological hypotheses. Which geological scenario is the most probable one? 

Lithospheric Organic Carbon (L.O.C.)

Carbon capture and storage

Level: BSc and MSc

Vejleder

Hamed Sanei