Olav Eldholm#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 904 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | NORWAY |
Olav Eldholm passed away March 18, 2022.
Positions Held
- 2009 Professor emeritus UiB
- 2003 - 2009 Head of department and Professor of Earth Science, Department of Earth Science, UiB
- 1999 - 2002 Adjunct full professor, Institute of Solid Earth Physics, UiB
- 1981 - 2003 Professor marine geophysics, Department of Geology, UiO
- 1974 - 1981 Professor petroleum geology, Department of Geology, University of Oslo (UiO)
- 1970 - 1974 Research scientist, LDGO
- 1969 - 1970 NTNF Research Fellow, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY (LDGO)
- 1967 - 1969 Research scientist, Continental Shelf Project, Seismological Observatory, UiB)
Fields of Scholarship
- Plate tectonics
- Large igneous provinces
- Development and evolution of ocean basins and continental margins
- Composition, architecture and evolution of the Earth by marine geophysical methods and geological data
Honours and Awards
- 1973 Geological Society of Norway Reusch Medal
- 1991 The Nansen Award
- 1992 The Norwegian Geophysical Prize
- 1997 Statoil Research Prize
- 2007 Knight First Class, the Royal St. Olav Order
- 1982 The Norwegian Acaddemy of Science and Letters
- 1990 Academia Europaea
- 1997 Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab
- 1998 Foreign Fellow Indian Geophysical Society
- 2008 Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences
- 2008 Norwegian Academy for Polar Research
