Francis Chantel Nixon
Om
Jeg er førsteamanuensis i naturgeografi og kvartærgeologi. Jeg underviser kurs i naturlige farer, geomorfologi og feltmetoder i naturgeografi. Forskningen min er tverrfaglig orientert, feltbasert og fokuserer på arktiske- og spesielt kystmiljø. Det overordnede forskningstemaet er å kartlegge omfanget av mulige effekter av klimaendringer og forurensing på kystlandskap i Norge, i og rundt Arktis, og andre steder. Nåværende forskningsprosjekter inkluderer:
• Å redusere usikkerhet i århundreskala relative havnivåframskrivninger for Norge ved å bruke holocene-analoger og forbedrede glasial-isostatiske justeringsmodeller.
• Kartlegging av kilder, transportveier og avsetninger for miljøgifter i kystsonen, fra mikroplast til metylkvikksølv.
Forskningsinteresser
• rekonstruere geomorfologiske, sedimentologiske og biogeokjemiske responser fra kystmiljøer på tidligere endringer i havnivået;
• kartlegging og måling av miljøgifter i kystsonen;
• rekonstruere tidligere havisforhold og -dynamikk i Nordishavet ved å bruke drivved og andre data;
• Samarbeid med ulike lokalsamfunn og lokale interesser for å identifisere de mest presserende miljøhensynene og øke vår kollektive forståelse av dem.
Utdanning og erfaring
Jeg tok doktorgraden ved Institutt for jord- og atmosfæriske vitenskaper ved University of Alberta, Canada, hvor jeg rekonstruerte palaeo-miljøendringer i det vestlige, kanadiske høye arktiske (hovedsakelig is- og relative havnivåhistorier). Mens jeg var doktorgradsstudent var jeg så heldig å få undervise i flere kurs med miljøteknologiprogrammet ved Nunavut Arctic College i Iqaluit, Nunavut. Etter at jeg flyttet til Trondheim i 2015, jobbet jeg på Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse (NGU) i faggruppen for Marin geologi.
Publikasjoner
2025
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Holthuis, Max;
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
Kylander, Malin E.;
van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria;
Hong, Isabel;
Joyse, Kristen M..
(2025)
Relative sea-level trends in southern Norway during the last millennium.
Boreas
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2024
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Cyvin, Jakob Bonnevie;
Nixon, Francis Chantel.
(2024)
Plastic litter affected by heat or pressure: A review of current research on remoulded plastic litter.
Science of the Total Environment
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
2023
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Thorsnes, Terje;
Chand, Shyam;
Bellec, Valerie Karin;
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
Brunstad, Harald;
Lepland, Aivo.
(2023)
Gas seeps in Norwegian waters – distribution and mechanisms.
Norwegian Journal of Geology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Peter, Maria;
Andersen, Jane Lund;
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
Etzelmüller, Bernd;
Westermann, Sebastian;
Fredin, Ola.
(2023)
Near-surface temperatures and potential for frost weathering in blockfields in Norway and Svalbard.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2022
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Nixon, Francis Chantel.
(2022)
Wood, whales, and the water's edge: Three proxies for interpreting past sea-ice conditions on Arctic beaches.
Past Global Changes Magazine
Populærvitenskapelig artikkel
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Holthuis, Max;
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
Kylander, Malin E.;
van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria;
Martin, Jake;
Lakeman, Thomas.
(2022)
Late Holocene sea-level change and storms in southwestern Norway based on new data from intertidal basins and salt marshes.
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
Sammendrag/abstract
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Lakeman, Thomas;
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
Romundset, Anders;
Simpson, Matthew J.R.;
Svendsen, John Inge;
Vasskog, Kristian.
(2022)
Improving past and future relative sea-level constraints for the Norwegian coast.
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
Sammendrag/abstract
2021
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Kveberg, Anne Aasen;
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
Cyvin, Jakob Bonnevie.
(2021)
Mikroplast i sedimenter fra Trøndelagskysten, Norge.
Institutt for Geografi, NTNU
Mastergradsoppgave
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Martin, Jake;
Lusher, Amy L.;
Nixon, Francis Chantel.
(2021)
A review of the use of microplastics in reconstructing dated sedimentary archives.
Science of the Total Environment
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
2020
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Dalton, April S.;
Margold, Martin;
Stokes, Chris R.;
Tarasov, Lev;
Dyke, Arthur S.;
Adams, Roberta S..
(2020)
An updated radiocarbon-based ice margin chronology for the last deglaciation of the North American Ice Sheet Complex.
Quaternary Science Reviews
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
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Cyvin, Jakob Bonnevie;
Nixon, Francis Chantel.
(2020)
GEOG1014 - VR Feltkurs.
Digitale læremidler
2019
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Nixon, Chantel;
Chand, Shyam;
Thorsnes, Terje;
Bjarnadóttir, Lilja Rún.
(2019)
A modified gas hydrate-geomorphological model for a new discovery of enigmatic craters and seabed mounds in the Central Barents Sea, Norway.
Geo-Marine Letters
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Bellec, Valérie K.;
Bøe, Reidulv;
Bjarnadóttir, Lilja Rún;
Albretsen, Jon;
Dolan, Margaret F.J.;
Chand, Shyam.
(2019)
Sandbanks, sandwaves and megaripples on Spitsbergenbanken, Barents Sea.
Marine Geology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2018
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Lakeman, Thomas;
Pienkowski, Anna J.;
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
Furze, Mark F.A.;
Blasco, Steve;
Andrews, John T..
(2018)
Collapse of a marine-based ice stream during the early Younger Dryas chronozone, western Canadian Arctic.
Geology
Short communication
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Oliva, Frank;
Peros, Matthew Charles;
Viau, Andre E;
Reinhardt, Eduard G;
Nixon, Chantel;
Morin, A.
(2018)
A multi-proxy reconstruction of tropical cyclone variability during the past 800 years from Robinson Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Marine Geology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2016
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Nixon, Francis Chantel;
England, John H.;
Lajeunesse, Patrick;
Hanson, Michelle A..
(2016)
An 11 000-year record of driftwood delivery to the western Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Canada.
Boreas
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Tidsskriftspublikasjoner
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Holthuis, Max;
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
Kylander, Malin E.;
van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria;
Hong, Isabel;
Joyse, Kristen M..
(2025)
Relative sea-level trends in southern Norway during the last millennium.
Boreas
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Cyvin, Jakob Bonnevie;
Nixon, Francis Chantel.
(2024)
Plastic litter affected by heat or pressure: A review of current research on remoulded plastic litter.
Science of the Total Environment
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
-
Thorsnes, Terje;
Chand, Shyam;
Bellec, Valerie Karin;
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
Brunstad, Harald;
Lepland, Aivo.
(2023)
Gas seeps in Norwegian waters – distribution and mechanisms.
Norwegian Journal of Geology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Peter, Maria;
Andersen, Jane Lund;
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
Etzelmüller, Bernd;
Westermann, Sebastian;
Fredin, Ola.
(2023)
Near-surface temperatures and potential for frost weathering in blockfields in Norway and Svalbard.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Nixon, Francis Chantel.
(2022)
Wood, whales, and the water's edge: Three proxies for interpreting past sea-ice conditions on Arctic beaches.
Past Global Changes Magazine
Populærvitenskapelig artikkel
-
Holthuis, Max;
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
Kylander, Malin E.;
van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria;
Martin, Jake;
Lakeman, Thomas.
(2022)
Late Holocene sea-level change and storms in southwestern Norway based on new data from intertidal basins and salt marshes.
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
Sammendrag/abstract
-
Lakeman, Thomas;
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
Romundset, Anders;
Simpson, Matthew J.R.;
Svendsen, John Inge;
Vasskog, Kristian.
(2022)
Improving past and future relative sea-level constraints for the Norwegian coast.
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
Sammendrag/abstract
-
Martin, Jake;
Lusher, Amy L.;
Nixon, Francis Chantel.
(2021)
A review of the use of microplastics in reconstructing dated sedimentary archives.
Science of the Total Environment
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
-
Dalton, April S.;
Margold, Martin;
Stokes, Chris R.;
Tarasov, Lev;
Dyke, Arthur S.;
Adams, Roberta S..
(2020)
An updated radiocarbon-based ice margin chronology for the last deglaciation of the North American Ice Sheet Complex.
Quaternary Science Reviews
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
-
Nixon, Chantel;
Chand, Shyam;
Thorsnes, Terje;
Bjarnadóttir, Lilja Rún.
(2019)
A modified gas hydrate-geomorphological model for a new discovery of enigmatic craters and seabed mounds in the Central Barents Sea, Norway.
Geo-Marine Letters
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Bellec, Valérie K.;
Bøe, Reidulv;
Bjarnadóttir, Lilja Rún;
Albretsen, Jon;
Dolan, Margaret F.J.;
Chand, Shyam.
(2019)
Sandbanks, sandwaves and megaripples on Spitsbergenbanken, Barents Sea.
Marine Geology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Lakeman, Thomas;
Pienkowski, Anna J.;
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
Furze, Mark F.A.;
Blasco, Steve;
Andrews, John T..
(2018)
Collapse of a marine-based ice stream during the early Younger Dryas chronozone, western Canadian Arctic.
Geology
Short communication
-
Oliva, Frank;
Peros, Matthew Charles;
Viau, Andre E;
Reinhardt, Eduard G;
Nixon, Chantel;
Morin, A.
(2018)
A multi-proxy reconstruction of tropical cyclone variability during the past 800 years from Robinson Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Marine Geology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
England, John H.;
Lajeunesse, Patrick;
Hanson, Michelle A..
(2016)
An 11 000-year record of driftwood delivery to the western Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Canada.
Boreas
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Rapport
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Kveberg, Anne Aasen;
Nixon, Francis Chantel;
Cyvin, Jakob Bonnevie.
(2021)
Mikroplast i sedimenter fra Trøndelagskysten, Norge.
Institutt for Geografi, NTNU
Mastergradsoppgave
PRODUKT
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Cyvin, Jakob Bonnevie;
Nixon, Francis Chantel.
(2020)
GEOG1014 - VR Feltkurs.
Digitale læremidler
Undervisning
Emner
Formidling
2024
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Vitenskapelig foredragCyvin, Jakob Bonnevie; Nixon, Francis Chantel; Coutris, Claire; Nemes, Attila. (2024) Water Infiltration capacity in soil polluted with macroplastic. MICRO2024 MICRO2024 , Lanzarote 2024-09-23 - 2024-09-27
2023
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PosterCyvin, Jakob Bonnevie; Hausken, Amanda Veronica; Sledz, Zuzanna Maria; Nixon, Francis Chantel. (2023) A novel method for coring plastic-infiltrated coastal soils & quantification of leaking microplastics from central Norway. The governement of Iceland the Second International Symposium on Plastics in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Region , Reykjavik 2023-11-22 - 2023-11-23
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PosterSledz, Zuzanna Maria; Cyvin, Jakob Bonnevie; Nixon, Francis Chantel. (2023) Effect of macroplastic on soil percolation and infiltration rate: a lysimeter test using artificial rainfall on samples from the central Norwegian coast. SETAC Europe SETAC Europe 33th Annual Meeting , Dublin 2023-04-30 - 2023-05-04
2022
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Faglig foredragCyvin, Jakob Bonnevie; Kronbäck, Sebastian; Skottun, Ane; Berglid, Thomas; Nixon, Chantel. (2022) VIRTUAL REALITY FOR ACTIVE LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION. HOW AND WHY?. WEEC Network 11th World Environmental Education Congress , Pague 2022-03-14 - 2022-03-18
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Vitenskapelig foredragHolthuis, Max; Nixon, Francis Chantel; Kylander, Malin E.; van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria; Martin, Jake; Lakeman, Thomas. (2022) Late Holocene sea-level change and storms in southwestern Norway based on new data from intertidal basins and salt marshes. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2022-05-23 - 2022-05-27