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Olav Eldholm Print E-mail

Professor of Earth Science and Head of Department
Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Norway                

Phone: +47-55 58 32 81
Fax:     +47-55 58 36 60
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Education:
Examen artium, Stavanger Katedralskole, 1960
Cand. mag. degree, University of Bergen, 1965 
Cand. real. degree, University of Bergen, 1967
Diploma in Education, University of Bergen, 1968
Ph.D., University of Bergen, 1976

Research Interests: 
Marine geophysics, evolution and development of continental margins, history of ocean basins, plate tectonics.

Memberships/Distinctions:
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (elected 1982)
Academia Europaea (elected 1990)
Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab (elected 1997)
Foreign Fellow Indian Geophysical Society (elected 1998)
Geological Society of Norway Reusch Medal, 1973
Nansen Award, 1991
Norwegian Geophysical Prize, 1991
Statoil Research Prize, 1997
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