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Name Morten Bjerager
Contact [email protected] phone 91333726
Date of Birth November 16, 1972
Nationality Danish
Education University of Copenhagen, 1999, MSc in Geology
University of Copenhagen, 2005, Phd in Geology, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Employment Record
Year Organisation Position
2008-date: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) Senior Research Geologist,
2005-2008: University of Copenhagen Post doctoral research fellow
2007: GEO Geologist
2004: University of Copenhagen Research assistant
2000–2003: University of Copenhagen Phd. scholarship
2000: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) Geologist
2000: COWI A/S Geologist
2000: Wexco Geologist
Key Competences
Project leadership in multidisciplinary projects
Research topics: Sedimentary basin analysis of Proterozoic, Upper Palaeozoic – Mesozoic basins in East-, Northeast- and North Greenland (15 field seasons), Upper Cretaceous – Danian carbonates in Denmark and NW Europe, CCS onshore Denmark
Selected Experience Record
Project leader: Permian–Triassic of Northeast Greenland (2024-2025)
Project leader: CCS2022-2024 WP1: The Thorning structure. Seismic data and interpretation to mature potential geological storage of CO2 (2022-2024)
Project associate: HTES (High Temperature Energy Storage) – Thermal storage in the chalk/limestone aquifer within the greater Copenhagen area (2017)
Project associate in DHRTC (Danish Hydrocarbon and Research Technology Centre) projects, Lower Cretaceous tight chalk reservoirs in the North Sea (2016)
Project associate: CRETSYS Cretaceous Petroleum System in the Danish Central Graben (2014–2017)
Project leader: Triassic of the Wandel Sea Basin, North Greenland (2013–2016)
Project leader: Danian cold water coral reefs in Faxe quarry – Reef initiation, development and death. Geocenter Danmark (2011–2014)
Project associate in Contribution to Petroleum Geological Studies, Services and Data in East and Northeast Green-land (2008-2014)
Project associate in the NAC-TEC (North Atlantic Tectonic Atlas) workpackage 1, Tectonostratigraphy of the East Greenland margin from Devonian - present (2012-2014)
Excursion Guide to Cretaceous-Danian carbonates in Stevns Klint, Denmark; Upper Cretaceous chalk in Etretat, Normandy (2005–)
Project associate in chalk reservoir projects in the North Sea (2008–2014)
Geologist in Galathea 3 Expedition, Leg 8, Great Australian Bight (2006)
Sedimentologist in Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 307 Modern Carbonate Mounds: Porcupine Drilling (2005)
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Danian bryozoan mounds in Stevns Klint, Geologisk Institut, University of Copenhagen
2000 → 2005
Keywords
- QE Geology
- Stratigraphy and sedimentary basin analysis and geological storage. Thermal energy storage in Chalk. Resources and mineralisations in sedimentary basins, Greenland
Programme Area
- Programme Area 3: Energy Resources
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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CCS2022-2024
Gregersen, U. (PI), Keiding, M. (PI), Fyhn, M. B. W. (PI), Abramovitz , T. J. (PI), Bjerager, M. (PI), Funck, T. (PI), Vosgerau, H. (CoI), Smit, F. (CoI), Mathiesen, A. (CoI), Mørk, F. M. (CoI), Schovsbo, N. H. (CoI), Petersen, H. I. (CoI), Nielsen, L. H. (CoI), Dybkjær, K. (CoI), Lauridsen, B. W. (CoI), Sheldon, E. (CoI), Olsen, M. L. (CoI), Pedersen, G. K. (CoI), Nielsen, C. M. (CoI), Rasmussen, E. S. (CoI), Jusri, T. A. (CoI), Laghari, S. (CoI) & Rasmussen, L. M. (CoI)
3/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
Research output
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Central East and NE Greenland Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element, East Greenland Rifted Margin, Greenland Sea
Fyhn, M. B. W., Alsen, P., Bjerager, M., Bojesen-Koefoed, J. A., Christiansen, F. G., Guarnieri, P., Hovikoski, J. H., Ineson, J., Japsen, P., Knutz, P., Nielsen, L. H., Nøhr-Hansen, H., Piasecki, S., Therkelsen, J. & Vosgerau, H., 13 Nov 2025, Sedimentary successions of the Arctic region and their hydrocarbon prospectivity. Drachev, S. S., Brekke, H., Henriksen, E. & Moore, T. (eds.). 1 ed. Geological Society of London, Vol. 57. p. 113-124 12 p. (Geological Society, London, Memoirs, Vol. 57).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in book › Research › peer-review
10 Citations (Scopus) -
CO2 storage potential in Denmark ‒ Scientific results and perspectives from investigations of selected geological structures in the CCS2022‒2024 project
Gregersen, U., Keiding, M., Fyhn, M. B. W., Abramovitz , T., Bjerager, M., Vosgerau, H., Smit, F. W. H., Mathiesen, A., Mørk, F., Funck, T., Schovsbo, N. H., Petersen, H. I., Nielsen, L. H., Dybkjær, K., Lauridsen, B. W., Sheldon, E., Pedersen, G. K., Nielsen, C. M., Rasmussen, E. S. & Malehmir, A. & 9 others, , 2025. 5 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract at conference
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Seismic imaging of halokinetic sequences and structures with high-resolution, dual-element acquisition, and processing: Applications to the Gassum Structure in eastern Jutland, Denmark
Westgate, M., Kucinskaite, K., Konstantinidis, E., Malehmir, A., Papadopoulou, M., Gregersen, U., Keiding, M. & Bjerager, M., Jan 2025, In: Earth and Space Science. 12, 1, 15 p., e2024EA004014.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access8 Citations (Scopus) -
Seismic investigations of eight geological structures for potential storage of CO2 in Denmark: an introduction
Gregersen, U., Fyhn, M. B. W., Keiding, M., Abramovitz , T., Bjerager, M., Vosgerau, H., Smit, F. W. H., Funck, T., Mathiesen, A., Mørk, F., Schovsbo, N. H., Petersen, H. I., Nielsen, L. H., Dybkjær, K., Lauridsen, B. W., Sheldon, E., Olsen, M. L., Pedersen, G. K., Nielsen, C. M. & Rasmussen, E. S. & 10 others, , 2025, In: GEUS Bulletin. 60, 29 p., 8385.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
The role of a salt pillow in deepsaline aquifer integrity and shallowgroundwater resources
Putnaite, J., Malehmir, A., Bjerager, M., Abramovitz , T., Vosgerau, H. & Keiding, M., 29 Apr 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 10 p., 15074.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Activities
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Triassic of North Greenland
Bjerager, M. G. E. (Speaker)
25 Oct 2017 → 26 Oct 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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The Triassic-Jurassic tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Wandel Sea Basin (North Greenland): implications for the understanding of the western Barents Sea.
Alsen, P. (Speaker), Bjerager, M. G. E. (Speaker), Guarnieri, P. (Speaker) & Hovikoski, J. A. (Speaker)
9 Jun 2015 → 10 Jun 2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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Upper Jurassic shelf to basin transect in the Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland
Bjerager, M. G. E. (Speaker), Alsen, P. (Speaker), Bojesen-Koefoed, J. A. (Speaker), Hovikoski, J. A. (Speaker), Piasecki, S. (Speaker) & Pilgaard, A. (Speaker)
8 Apr 2015 → 9 Apr 2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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The Triassic of the Wandel Sea Basin - a new optional project
Bjerager, M. G. E. (Speaker), Alsen, P. (Speaker), Bojesen-Koefoed, J. A. (Speaker), Kjøller, C. (Speaker), Lindstrøm, S. (Speaker), Pilgaard, A. (Speaker) & Therkelsen, J. (Speaker)
26 Nov 2013 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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Early Paleocene cool-water coral mounds of the Faxe Formation in southern Scandinavia
Bjerager, M. G. E. (Speaker), Lauridsen, B. W. (Speaker), Surlyk, F. (Speaker), Stemmerik, L. (Speaker), Lykke-Andersen, H. (Speaker), Thibault, N. (Speaker), Korte, C. (Speaker), Sheldon, E. L. (Speaker), Morigi, C. (Speaker) & Rasmussen, J. A. (Speaker)
21 Nov 2013 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
Press/Media
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GEUS geologiske Ekspedition til Kilen, Nordgrønland [Interview til P4 og P1 samt artikler til DR.dk]
Bjerager, M. G. E. & Hovikoski, J. A.
1/01/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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