Stefan Bünz
Job description
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.
Charles Lapointe,
John W. Jamieson,
Eoghan P. Reeves,
Samuel I. Pereira,
Hilary Corlett,
Stefan Bünz
et al.:
The ice-covered Aurora hydrothermal vent field, Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean: ultramafic-influenced venting at a mafic axial volcano on Earth’s slowest spreading center
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 24. octobre 2025 DOI
Cornelia Mentzoni Binde,
B. Manton,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Stefan Bünz,
S. Planke
:
Seismic Characteristics and Morphology of an Igneous Intrusion in the Vøring Basin, Offshore Norway: New Insights on the Lateral Evolution of Elongated Intrusions
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 04. octobre 2025 DOI
Carmen Gaina,
Martin Jakobsson,
Eivind Olavson Straume,
Mary-Louise Timmermans,
Kai Boggild,
Stefan Bünz
et al.:
Arctic Ocean bathymetry and its connections to tectonics, oceanography and climate
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 06. mars 2025 DOI
Giuliana Panieri,
Claudio Argentino,
Alessandra Savini,
Benedicte Ferré,
Fereshteh Hemmateenejad,
Mari Heggernes Eilertsen
et al.:
Sanctuary for vulnerable Arctic species at the Borealis Mud Volcano
Claudio Argentino,
Giuliana Panieri,
Eivind Bjørnå,
Pierre-Antoine Dessandier,
John W. Jamieson,
Stefan Bünz
:
Origin and composition of hydrothermally-influenced sediments at Aurora Vent Field, southwestern Gakkel Ridge (82.9°N)
Benedicte Ferré,
Thibaut Barreyre,
Stefan Bünz,
Claudio Argentino,
Jorge Corrales Guerrero,
Knut Ola Dølven
et al.:
Contrasting Methane Seepage Dynamics in the Hola Trough Offshore Norway: Insights From Two Different Summers
Martin Jakobsson,
Rezwan Mohammad,
Marcus Karlsson,
Silvia Salas-Romero,
Florian Vacek,
Florian Heinze
et al.:
The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 5.0
Tobias Himmler,
Doris Wagner,
Diana Sahy,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Shyam Chand,
Tõnu Martma
et al.:
Protracted post-glacial hydrocarbon seepage in the Barents Sea revealed by U–Th dating of seep carbonates
Frances Ann Cooke,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Stefan Bünz,
Paul De Groot,
David C. P. Peacock
:
Semiautomated analysis of faults with meter-scale displacements and networks of planar features using high-resolution 3D seismic data to investigate gas leakage at the Vestnesa Ridge, Eastern Fram Strait
Giuliana Panieri,
Claudio Argentino,
Sofia P. Ramalho,
Francesca Vulcano,
Alessandra Savini,
Luca Fallati
et al.:
An Arctic natural oil seep investigated from space to the seafloor
Luca Fallati,
Giuliana Panieri,
Claudio Argentino,
Andrea Giulia Varzi,
Stefan Bünz,
Alessandra Savini
:
Characterizing Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano (Barents Sea) cold seep systems by combining ROV-based acoustic data and underwater photogrammetry
Sunny Singhroha,
Bettina Schramm,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Przemyslaw Domel,
Anke Dannowski,
Frances Ann Cooke
et al.:
Stress Constraints From Shear-Wave Analysis in Shallow Sediments at an Actively Seeping Pockmark on the W-Svalbard Margin
Christian Berndt,
Sverre Planke,
Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian,
Joost Frieling,
Morgan Thomas Jones,
John M. Millett
et al.:
Shallow-water hydrothermal venting linked to the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum
Aleksei D Portnov,
Kehua You,
Peter B. Flemings,
Ann E. Cook,
Mahdi Heidari,
Derek E. Sawyer
et al.:
Dating submarine landslides using the transient response of gas hydrate stability
Frances Ann Cooke,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Stefan Bünz,
Nabil Sultan,
Hariharan Ramachandran,
Heather Bedle
et al.:
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
Przemyslaw Domel,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Vera Schlindwein,
Stefan Bünz
:
Local Seismicity and Sediment Deformation in the West Svalbard Margin: Implications of Neotectonics for Seafloor Seepage
A.E. Cook,
Alexey Portnov,
R.C. Heber,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Stefan Bünz
:
Widespread subseafloor gas hydrate in the Barents Sea and Norwegian Margin
Aleksei Kishankov,
Pavel Serov,
Stefan Bünz,
Henry Jared Patton,
Alun Lloyd Hubbard,
Rune Mattingsdal
et al.:
Hydrocarbon leakage driven by quaternary glaciations in the Barents Sea based on 2D basin and petroleum system modeling
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Ritske Sipke Huismans,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Stefan Bünz,
John Millett
et al.:
Understanding Volcanic Rifted Margins and Paleoclimate Implications from Scientific Drilling in the NE Atlantic
2025 DOI
Nina N. Lebedeva-Ivanova,
Stefan Bünz,
Christian Berndt,
John Millett,
Peter Betlem,
Dmitry Zastrozhnov
et al.:
High-resolution 2D and 3D seismic imaging and core-log-seismic integration of seaward dipping reflectors on the Vøring volcanic rifted margin
18. mars 2025 DOI
Sverre Planke,
Stefan Bünz,
Christian Berndt,
Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian,
Nina N. Lebedeva-Ivanova,
Henrik Henriksen Stokke
et al.:
The Ocean-Continent Transition of the Northern Vøring Margin from New High-Resolution 2D Seismic and IODP Expedition 396 Data
2025
Adriano Mazzini,
Rune Mattingsdal,
Stephane Polteau,
Stefan Bünz
:
New Discoveries of Hydrocarbon Seepages on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
2025
Adriano Mazzini,
Stephane Polteau,
Stefan Bünz,
Rune Mattingsdal,
Øystein Arild
:
Distribution, characterization and source of seabed gas seeps in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea
2025 DOI
Stefan Bünz,
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Nina N. Lebedeva-Ivanova,
Henrik Henriksen Stokke,
Cornelia Mentzoni Binde
et al.:
High-resolution 3D seismic imaging of Northeast Atlantic volcanic break‐up processes
2025 DOI
Cornelia Mentzoni Binde,
Stefan Bünz,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Sverre Planke,
Ben Manton
:
Hydrothermal vent complexes associated to the Infinity Sill, Vøring volcanic margin, offshore Norway
2025 DOI
Stephane Polteau,
Adriano Mazzini,
Stefan Bünz,
Mahmoud Khalifeh,
Benedicte Ferré
:
WELLFATE: Understanding Fluid Migration Processes at Offshore Well Sites.
2025
Preben Thomsen,
Rune Mattingsdal,
Adriano Mazzini,
Stefan Bünz,
Stephane Polteau,
Viktoriya M. Yarushina
et al.:
Distribution and characterization of acoustic gas flares in the Tampen area using multibeam echosounder water column data.
2025
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Monica Winsborrow,
Henry Patton,
Peter-Lasse Giertzuch,
Frank Werner Jakobsen,
Akash Trivedi
et al.:
Palaeo ice-sheets and carbon
2025
Jemma Louise Wadham,
Monica Winsborrow,
Terri Ann Souster,
Till Daniel Brückner,
Mariana Da Silveira Ramos Esteves,
Fabio Sarti
et al.:
Annual Report 2024
Madeleine Skov Nygaard,
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Dmitry Zastrozhnov,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Morgan Thomas Jones
et al.:
Mimir High Core-log-seismic Integration
2025
P. Thomsen,
R. Mattingsdal,
Adriano Mazzini,
Stefan Bünz,
Stephane Polteau,
Viktoriya M. Yarushina
et al.:
Distribution and characterization of gas flares in the Tampen Area using water column data
2025
Sverre Planke,
John Millett,
Nina N. Lebedeva-Ivanova,
Stefan Bünz,
Morgan Thomas Jones,
R. Myklebust
:
Cretaceous and Paleogene Source Rock Potential on the Norwegian Atlantic Margin
01. janvier 2024 DOI
Giuliana Panieri,
Stefan Bünz,
Alessandra Savini,
Alex David Rogers,
Beckett Colson,
Claudio Argentino
et al.:
AKMA3 Cruise Report
UiT, The Arctic University of Norway 2024
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Stefan Bünz,
Ritske Sipke Huismans,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Henrik Hovland Svensen
et al.:
Understanding Volcanic Rifted Margins and Paleoenvironment by Scientific Drilling in the NE Atlantic
2024
Luca Fallati,
Giuliana Panieri,
Claudio Argentino,
Andrea Giulia Varzi,
Stefan Bünz,
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 ARKIV
Sverre Planke,
John M. Millett,
Nina Lebedeva-Ivanova,
Stefan Bünz,
Morgan Thomas Jones,
Reidun Myklebust
:
Cretaceous and Paleogene Source Rock Potential on the Norwegian Atlantic Margin.
2024
Claudio Argentino,
Kate Alyse Waghorn,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Stephane Polteau,
Stefan Bünz,
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 DOI
Madeleine Skov Nygaard,
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Dmitry Zastrozhnov,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Morgan Thomas Jones
et al.:
PALMAR – Paleogene Basin Development on the Vøring and Møre Margins
2024
Madeleine Skov Nygaard,
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Dmitry Zastrozhnov,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Morgan Thomas Jones
et al.:
IODP Exp. 396 Drilling and High-Resolution 3D Seismic on the Mimir High
2024
Madeleine Skov Nygaard,
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Dmitry Zastrozhnov,
Jan Inge Faleide,
Morgan Thomas Jones
et al.:
Characterization of the Vøring Transform Margin by IODP Exp. 396 Drilling and High-Resolution 3D Seismic on the Mimir High
2024
Claudio Argentino,
Amicia Lee,
Luca Fallati,
Diana Sahy,
Daniel Birgel,
Jörn Peckmann
et al.:
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 Bünz,
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
Rune Mattingsdal,
T. Brekke,
Giuliana Panieri,
Stefan Bünz,
Monica Winsborrow,
Jochen Manfred Knies
et al.:
Sampling oil seeps in the Barents Sea and offshore western Svalbard - geochemical analysis and implications
2023
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian,
Stefan Bünz,
Dmitrii Zastrozhnov,
Nina Lebedeva-Ivanova
et al.:
The Nature of Outer Highs on Volcanic Rifted Margins: Results from High-Resolution Seismic Data and IODP Drilling on the Vøring Margin, Norwegian Sea
2023
Sverre Planke,
Nina Lebedeva-Ivanova,
Stefan Bünz,
Cornelia Mentzoni Binde,
Christian Berndt,
Jan Inge Faleide
et al.:
High-resolution core-log-seismic integration and igneous seismic geomorphology of IODP Expedition 396 sites on the mid-Norwegian margin
2023
Przemyslaw Domel,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Stefan Bünz,
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
UiT Norges arktiske universitet 28. septembre 2023
Przemyslaw Domel,
Vera Schlindwein,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Stefan Bünz
:
Local seismicity in the obliquely spreading setting of Fram Strait constrained from ocean bottom seismometers: Implications for fluid flow and methane seepage
2023 FULLTEKST
Frances Ann Cooke,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Stefan Bünz,
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 FULLTEKST
Sverre Planke,
Christian Berndt,
C. A. Alvarez Zarikian,
Stefan Bünz,
N. Lebedeva‐Ivanova,
Cornelia Mentzoni Binde
et al.:
The Nature of Outer Highs on Volcanic Rifted Margins: Results from IODP Drilling of Eldhø on the Vøring
Margin
2023
Giuliana Panieri,
Stefan Bünz,
Alessandra Savini,
Andre Jensen,
Bjørn Løfquist,
Bjørn Runar Olsen
et al.:
CAGE-22-2 Scientific Cruise Report. AKMA 2/Ocean Senses
UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2022
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Research interests
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 UiT The Arctic University of Norway. He has been a professor at the Department of Geology at UiT since 2007. His research contributions are documented in over 80 peer-reviewed publications.
Teaching
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
