Asger Ken Pedersen

Primary fields of research

Research

Main focus: The geology of the North Atlantic igneous province.

Special focus: The volcanism of the Nuussuaq Basin (Age ca 53-62 M.a.).

Senior doctoral thesis on highly reduced igneous rocks with native iron and unusual oxide assemblages formed by the reaction between basaltic melt and older clastic sediments with organic carbon compounds.

Participated in the research on the lava plateau at the Blosseville Coast in East Greenland, on the ash layers in northern Jutland and on volcanic rocks in Iceland.

Has focussed in later years on geological photogrammetry and has used Twin-Otter fixed Wing aircrafts and helicopters as photo platforms to cover several thousand kilometres of mountain walls as stereo panels with calibrated cameras.

Has published a number of geological map-sheets and special geological section maps from the Nuussuaq Basin. This work was awarded ?The Geology Prize of Denmark? in 2005.

Publishes continually on volcanic geology and petrology.

Discovered in 1992 oil seeps in the basalts on Nuussuaq and has since then participated in the search for oil in Greenland, headed by the Stratigraphical Department of GEUS.

Projects: The geological mapping of the Paatuut and the Sikillingi areas on Nuussuaq. A general investigation of the volcanic rocks on Disko and Nuussuaq in cooperation with senior researcher L.M. Larsen, GEUS; associated professor G.K. Pedersen, Institute for Geography and Geology, Copenhagen University and dr. Keld S. Dueholm and many others.

Work on monographics on the two main volcanic units of the Nuussuaq Basin: The Vaigat and the Maligât Formation is in progress in close cooperation with senior researcher L.M. Larsen, GEUS.

CV

A brief CV from Asger Ken Pedersen.

Born July 1 1943, Danish citizen

Married to Lotte Melchior Larsen 1977 , 2 boys : Sune Christian Pedersen and Troels Ken Pedersen

Education

Start of studies in geology 1962 at the University of Copenhagen. Mag scient in Geology 1970. University gold medal 1970.

Military service 1971-72.

Senior doctoral degree 1988 ( Dr. scient) at the University of Copenhagen ( Highly reduced volcanic and sedimentary rocks from Disko and Nuussuaq, West Greenland).

Employment

From 1971 amanuensis, later senior lecturer, and from 1989 docent (reader) at the Geological Museum, Copenhagen.

1977-78 Visiting Fellow at Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University.

Collegial activities

1979-1994 member of the board of directors of the Nordic Volcanological Institute, chairman 1985-1991.

1979-1994. Member of the board of Nordisk Ministerråds institution: The nordic geoexcurursions to Iceland, Vice chairman 1989-1994.

From 1994-2004 Research Fellow af Danish Lithosphere Centre.

From 1979 to the present member of the board of the Danish-Icelandic Foundation.

From 1991-2000 national correspondent for IAVCEI and member of the Danish National Committee for IUGG.

Evaluations.

Chairman of the evaluation committees for the chairs in Mineralogy (1995) and for Greenlands Igneous and Metamorphic Geology (1999-2000) , University of Copenhagen.

Member of professorial evaluation committee in Norway 2000. Member of evaluation committees for senior lecturere and senior reseachers. Member of many evaluation committtes for ph.d grants and for the evaluation of ph.d theses at various institutions.