Stefan Bünz
Stillingsbeskrivelse
Stefan is an expert in the field of marine geophysics with a profound commitment to advancing our understanding of the complex dynamics beneath the ocean's surface. Through a combination of extensive fieldwork, innovative research, and a passion for environmental stewardship, Stefan plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of marine geophysics, particularly in the unique and challenging Arctic region.
Giuliana Panieri,
Claudio Argentino,
Alessandra Savini,
Benedicte Ferr茅,
Fereshteh Hemmateenejad,
Mari Heggernes Eilertsen
m.fl.:
Sanctuary for vulnerable Arctic species at the Borealis Mud Volcano
Nature Communications 2025 /
Carmen Gaina,
Martin Jakobsson,
Eivind Olavson Straume,
Mary-Louise Timmermans,
Kai Boggild,
Stefan B眉nz
m.fl.:
Arctic Ocean bathymetry and its connections to tectonics, oceanography and climate
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 2025
Benedicte Ferr茅,
Thibaut Barreyre,
Stefan B眉nz,
Claudio Argentino,
Jorge Corrales Guerrero,
Knut Ola D酶lven
m.fl.:
Contrasting Methane Seepage Dynamics in the Hola Trough Offshore Norway: Insights From Two Different Summers
Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Oceans 2024 /
Tobias Himmler,
Doris Wagner,
Diana Sahy,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Shyam Chand,
T玫nu Martma
m.fl.:
Protracted post-glacial hydrocarbon seepage in the Barents Sea revealed by U鈥揟h dating of seep carbonates
Frontiers in Earth Science 2024 /
Martin Jakobsson,
Rezwan Mohammad,
Marcus Karlsson,
Silvia Salas-Romero,
Florian Vacek,
Florian Heinze
m.fl.:
The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 5.0
Scientific Data 2024 /
Frances Ann Cooke,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Stefan B眉nz,
Paul De Groot,
David C. P. Peacock
:
Semi-automated analysis of faults with meter-scale displacements and networks of planar features using high-resolution 3D seismic to investigate gas leakage at the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait
Interpretation 2024 /
Przemyslaw Domel,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Vera Schlindwein,
Stefan B眉nz
:
Local Seismicity and Sediment Deformation in the West Svalbard Margin: Implications of Neotectonics for Seafloor Seepage
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 2023 /
Luca Fallati,
Giuliana Panieri,
Claudio Argentino,
Andrea Giulia Varzi,
Stefan B眉nz,
Alessandra Savini
:
Characterizing H氓kon Mosby Mud Volcano (Barents Sea) cold seep systems by combining ROV-based acoustic data and underwater photogrammetry
Frontiers in Marine Science 2023 /
Giuliana Panieri,
Claudio Argentino,
Sofia P. Ramalho,
Francesca Vulcano,
Alessandra Savini,
Luca Fallati
m.fl.:
An Arctic natural oil seep investigated from space to the seafloor
Science of the Total Environment 2023 /
Frances Ann Cooke,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Stefan B眉nz,
Nabil Sultan,
Hariharan Ramachandran,
Heather Bedle
m.fl.:
Sedimentary deformation relating to episodic seepage in the last 1.2 million years: a multi-scale seismic study from the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait
Frontiers in Earth Science 2023 /
Aleksei D Portnov,
Kehua You,
Peter B. Flemings,
Ann E. Cook,
Mahdi Heidari,
Derek E. Sawyer
m.fl.:
Dating submarine landslides using the transient response of gas hydrate stability
Geology 2023 /
Sunny Singhroha,
Bettina Schramm,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Przemyslaw Domel,
Anke Dannowski,
Frances Ann Cooke
m.fl.:
Stress Constraints From Shear-Wave Analysis in Shallow Sediments at an Actively Seeping Pockmark on the W-Svalbard Margin
Earth and Space Science 2023 /
Christian Berndt,
Sverre Planke,
Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian,
Joost Frieling,
Morgan Thomas Jones,
John M. Millett
m.fl.:
Shallow-water hydrothermal venting linked to the Palaeocene鈥揈ocene Thermal Maximum
Nature Geoscience 2023 /
A.E. Cook,
Alexey Portnov,
R.C. Heber,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Stefan B眉nz
:
Widespread subseafloor gas hydrate in the Barents Sea and Norwegian Margin
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2023 /
Christopher R. German,
Eoghan Reeves,
Andreas T眉rke,
Alexander Diehl,
Elmar Albers,
Wolfgang Bach
m.fl.:
Volcanically hosted venting with indications of ultramafic influence at Aurora hydrothermal field on Gakkel Ridge
Nature Communications 2022 /
Benjamin Bellwald,
Sverre Planke,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Stefan Buenz,
Christine L. Batchelor,
Ben Manton
m.fl.:
Quaternary and Neogene Reservoirs of the Norwegian Continental Shelf and the Faroe-Shetland Basin
First Break 2022 /
P. Thomsen,
R. Mattingsdal,
Adriano Mazzini,
Stefan B眉nz,
Stephane Polteau,
Viktoriya M. Yarushina
m.fl.:
Distribution and characterization of gas flares in the Tampen Area using water column data
2025
Madeleine Skov Nygaard,
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Dmitry Zastrozhnov,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Morgan Thomas Jones
m.fl.:
Mimir High Core-log-seismic Integration
2025
Giuliana Panieri,
Stefan B眉nz,
Alessandra Savini,
Alex David Rogers,
Beckett Colson,
Claudio Argentino
m.fl.:
AKMA3 Cruise Report
2024
Claudio Argentino,
Kate Alyse Waghorn,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Stephane Polteau,
Stefan B眉nz,
Giuliana Panieri
:
Correction to: Dynamic and history of methane seepage in the SW Barents Sea: new insights from Leirdjupet Fault Complex (Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 1, (4373), 10.1038/s41598-021-83542-0)
Scientific Reports 2024
Madeleine Skov Nygaard,
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Dmitry Zastrozhnov,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Morgan Thomas Jones
m.fl.:
Characterization of the V酶ring Transform Margin by IODP Exp. 396 Drilling and High-Resolution 3D Seismic on the Mimir High
2024 PROSJEKT
Madeleine Skov Nygaard,
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Dmitry Zastrozhnov,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Morgan Thomas Jones
m.fl.:
PALMAR 鈥 Paleogene Basin Development on the V酶ring and M酶re Margins
2024 PROSJEKT
Madeleine Skov Nygaard,
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Dmitry Zastrozhnov,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Morgan Thomas Jones
m.fl.:
IODP Exp. 396 Drilling and High-Resolution 3D Seismic on the Mimir High
2024 PROSJEKT
Sverre Planke,
John M. Millett,
Nina Lebedeva-Ivanova,
Stefan B眉nz,
Morgan Thomas Jones,
Reidun Myklebust
:
Cretaceous and Paleogene Source Rock Potential on the Norwegian Atlantic Margin.
2024
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Stefan B眉nz,
Ritske Sipke Huismans,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Henrik Hovland Svensen
m.fl.:
Understanding Volcanic Rifted Margins and Paleoenvironment by Scientific Drilling in the NE Atlantic
2024
Luca Fallati,
Giuliana Panieri,
Claudio Argentino,
Andrea Giulia Varzi,
Stefan B眉nz,
Alessandra Savini
:
Integrating ROV MBES and photogrammetry data for comprehensive mapping of cold seep systems at Hakon Mosby Mud Volcano (HMMV) in the Barents Sea
2024
Frances Ann Cooke,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Stefan B眉nz,
Khalid Amrouch,
Rosalind King,
Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
:
High resolution fault analysis of the Vestnesa Ridge: a highly complex deep water fluid flow system in the east Fram Strait
2023
Przemyslaw Domel,
Vera Schlindwein,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Stefan B眉nz
:
Local seismicity in the obliquely spreading setting of Fram Strait constrained from ocean bottom seismometers: Implications for fluid flow and methane seepage
2023
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian,
Stefan B眉nz,
Dmitrii Zastrozhnov,
Nina Lebedeva-Ivanova
m.fl.:
The Nature of Outer Highs on Volcanic Rifted Margins: Results from High-Resolution Seismic Data and IODP Drilling on the V酶ring Margin, Norwegian Sea
2023
Sverre Planke,
Nina Lebedeva-Ivanova,
Stefan B眉nz,
Cornelia Mentzoni Binde,
Christian Berndt,
Jan Inge Faleide
m.fl.:
High-resolution core-log-seismic integration and igneous seismic geomorphology of IODP Expedition 396 sites on the mid-Norwegian margin
2023
Rune Mattingsdal,
T. Brekke,
Giuliana Panieri,
Stefan B眉nz,
Monica Winsborrow,
Jochen Manfred Knies
m.fl.:
Sampling oil seeps in the Barents Sea and offshore western Svalbard - geochemical analysis and implications
2023
Przemyslaw Domel,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Stefan B眉nz,
Vera Schlindwein
:
Seismicity of the western-Svalbard margin and its relationship with near surface fluid flow and seepage systems - A study using ocean bottom seismometers
2023
Claudio Argentino,
Amicia Lee,
Luca Fallati,
Diana Sahy,
Daniel Birgel,
J枚rn Peckmann
m.fl.:
Biogeochemistry and timing of methane-derived carbonate formation at Leirdjupet fault complex, SW Barents Sea
2023
Luca Fallati,
Alessandra Savini,
Andrea Giulia Varzi,
Claudio Argentino,
Stefan B眉nz,
Giuliana Panieri
:
Integration of ROV-based acoustic and optical high-resolution remote sensing survey for a multiscale geomorphological seafloor mapping approach: an Arctic Cold seep case study
2023
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
C. A. Alvarez Zarikian,
Stefan B眉nz,
N. Lebedeva鈥怚vanova,
Cornelia Mentzoni Binde
m.fl.:
The Nature of Outer Highs on Volcanic Rifted Margins: Results from IODP Drilling of Eldh酶 on the V酶ring
Margin
2023
Luca Fallati,
Alessandra Savini,
Stefan B眉nz,
Giuliana Panieri
:
Using ROV video photogrammetry to reconstruct seafloor landforms of the central
part of Haakon Mosby mud volcano (Barents Sea)
2022
Frances Ann Cooke,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Stefan B眉nz
:
Highly focused fluid flow and sediment deformation related to early stage compaction: Vestnesa Ridge
2022
Przemyslaw Domel,
Cl茅ment Hibert,
Vera Schlindwein,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Stefan B眉nz
:
Seismological activity in the Fram Strait constrained from ocean bottom seismometers: Implications for fluid flow and methane seepage
2022
Hariharan Ramachandran,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Hugh Daigle,
Frances Ann Cooke,
Stefan B眉nz
:
Constraints on methane seepage volumes from gas hydrate-bearing sediments at the Vestnesa Ridge, W-Svalbard
2022
Cornelia Mentzoni Binde,
Stefan B眉nz,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Sverre Planke,
Ben Manton
:
Hydrothermal venting driving extreme global warming at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary
2022
Sunny Singhroha,
Bettina Schramm,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Przemyslaw Domel,
Stefan B眉nz
:
Stress constraints from shear-wave splitting through shallow sediments at an actively seeping pockmark on the W-Svalbard Margin
2022
Tobias Himmler,
Diana Sahy,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
T玫nu Martma,
Rune Mattingsdal,
Giuliana Panieri
m.fl.:
Post-deglacial methane release in the Barents Sea revealed by U-Th dating of seep carbonates
2022
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Nabil Sultan,
Hariharan Ramachandran,
Hugh Daigle,
Frances Ann Cooke,
Guillame Sauvin
m.fl.:
Sediment stiffness and shallow pore fluid pressures at deep marine Arctic seepage systems: constraints from piezometer data and calypso cores off west-Svalbard, Fram Strait
2022
Claudio Argentino,
Federica Riva,
Diana Sahy,
Rune Mattingsdal,
Stefan B眉nz,
Giuliana Panieri
:
Sediment and pore fluid geochemistry of oil-impacted sediments at Prins Karl Foreland seeps, W. Svalbard
2022
Giuliana Panieri,
Stefan B眉nz
:
AKMA2-OceanSenses: an expedition in the Arctic Ocean, Training-through-Research
2022
Matthias Forwick,
Stefan B眉nz
:
Virtuelt cruise med kronprinsen
2022 FULLTEKST
Giuliana Panieri,
Stefan B眉nz,
Alessandra Savini,
Andre Jensen,
Bj酶rn L酶fquist,
Bj酶rn Runar Olsen
m.fl.:
CAGE-22-2 Scientific Cruise Report. AKMA 2/Ocean Senses
幸运大转盘 Norges arktiske universitet 2022
Luca Fallati,
Alessandra Savini,
Claudio Argentino,
Stefan B眉nz,
Giuliana Panieri
:
Seafloor Landforms Of The Central Part Of Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano (Barents Sea) Reconstruct Through Rov Video Photogrammetry
2022
Stefan B眉nz,
Sverre Planke,
Sunny Singhroha,
Nina Lebedeva-Ivanova,
Cornelia Mentzoni Binde,
Abidemi Alex Akinselure
m.fl.:
CAGE22-5 Cruise Report: High-resolution 2D and 3D seismic investigations on the V酶ring Margin
幸运大转盘 Norges arktiske universitet 2022
Stefan B眉nz,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Malin Waage
:
Hvor kommer metanlekkasjene fra?
Ottar 2022 FULLTEKST
Forskningsinteresser
Research interests:
Stefan has a strong background in marine geology and geophysics, specializing in areas such as fluid flow, gas hydrate systems, marine geohazards, oceanic heat flow, CO2-storage, and seafloor ecosystems. Stefan is proficient in a range of analytical and numerical techniques, including seismic imaging and other geophysical analysis. He is committed to advancing our understanding of the Earth’s oceanic systems, particularly on all aspects of gas hydrate and fluid flow in marine sediments and their role in storing and remobilizing carbon with implications for climate and seafloor ecosystems.
Stefan holds a PhD degree in marine geology and geophysics from 幸运大转盘 The Arctic University of Norway. He has been a professor at the Department of Geology at 幸运大转盘 since 2007. His research contributions are documented in over 80 peer-reviewed publications.
Undervisning
Teaching
GEO-2006 Introduction to applied geophysics (10 ECTS), spring semester
GEO-3126 Practical seismic processing (5 ECTS), fall semester
GEO-3151 Geo-seminar in energy and environment(10 ECTS), fall semester
