Mats Olvmo

Senior Lecturer

Department of Earth

Sciences

Telephone

+46 31-786 19 63

Mail

matso@gvc.gu.se

Visiting address

Guldhedsgatan 5A

41320 Göteborg

Room number

472

Postal address

Box 460

40530 Göteborg

About Mats Olvmo

Research interests

Geomorphology

Palaeoweathering, including the characterization of saprolite remnants, the distribution of saprolite remnants and their relation to landforms and landform development.
Medium-scale bedrock forms and their relation to bedrock structure and lithology.
The relation between glacial and non-glacial landforms and estimates of glacial erosion in basement rocks. The research focus on the development of small- and medium scale landforms in a long geological time perspective. A hallmark of the research is detailed field work and mapping of medium scale landforms. The work focus on genetic classification of various bedrock forms, non-glacial as well as glacial. Another important research area is structural morphology in different scales, e. g. medium–scale glacial erosion forms, rock basins and fluvial patterns.
Martian geomorphology , especially permafrost related landforms (mainly supervising PhD-student.

Geography

Soil productivity and livelihoods constraints in Woliso-Mt Wenchi area, Oromia, Ethiopia (within supervised PhD-project).

Publications

Multi-scale remote sensing observations of a palsa in degradation
phase

Heather Reese, Mats Olvmo, Sofia Thorsson, Björn Holmer
EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-14455, 2021 - 2021
Vissátvuopmi palsmyr – en naturtyp på väg att
försvinna

Mats Olvmo, Sofia Thorsson, Heather Reese, Björn Holmer
Geologiskt Forum - 2020
Sub-arctic palsa degradation and the role of climatic drivers in the largest coherent palsa mire complex in Sweden (Vissatvuopmi),
1955-2016

Mats Olvmo, Björn Holmer, Sofia Thorsson, Heather Reese, Fredrik Lindberg
Scientific Reports - 2020
Sub-arctic palsa degradation and the role of climatic drivers in the largest coherent palsa mire complex in Sweden (Vissátvuopmi),
1955–2016

Mats Olvmo, Björn Holmer, Sofia Thorsson, Heather Reese, Fredrik Lindberg
Scientific Reports - 2020
Unusual and Possible Glacial Deposits in Nereidum Montes, Mars: Insights from Veiki Moraines in Northern
Sweden

Andreas Johnsson, Dennis Reiss, Susan Conway, Ernst Hauber, Harald Hiesinger, Mats Olvmo
49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: 2083 - 2018
Karna Lidmar-Bergström blir hedersdoktor i
Göteborg

Mats Olvmo, Mark D. Johnson
Geologiskt Forum - 2018
The South Swedish Dome: a key structure for identification of peneplains and conclusions on Phanerozoic tectonics of an ancient
shield

Karna Lidmar-Bergström, Mats Olvmo, Johan Bonow
Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar - 2017
Cultivated land – a scarce commodity in a densely populated rural area in South Wollo,
Ethiopia

Staffan Rosell, Mats Olvmo, Björn Holmer
Journal of Land Use Science - 2017
Veiki-moraine-like landforms in the Nereidum Montes region on Mars: Insights from analogues in northern
Sweden.

Andreas Johnsson, Dennis Reiss, Ernst Hauber, Mark D. Johnson, Mats Olvmo, Harald Hiesinger
European Planetary Science Congress 2015, Nantes, France, 27 September – 02 October 2015 - 2015
Plains, steps, hilly relief and valleys in northern Sweden-review, intrepretations and implications for conclusions on Phanerozoic
tectonics.

Karna Lidmar-Bergström, Mats Olvmo
2015
The Cultivated Wilderness Project – Hinterland Archaeology in the Belterra Region, Pará,
Brasil

Per Stenborg, Denise Pahl Schaan, Christian Isendahl, Mats Söderström, Jan Eriksson, Márcio Amaral, Mats Olvmo
Antes de Orellana. Actas del 3er Encuentro Internacional de Arqueología Amazónica, edited by Stéphen Rostain. Actes & Mémoires de l’Institut Français d’Études Andines - 2014
An Analysis of Soil Productivity Parameters and Livelihoods in West Shewa and South Wollo,
Ethiopia

Staffan Rosell, Mats Olvmo
Scottish Geographical Journal - 2014
Inherited basement relief and glacial erosion in northern and central Sweden - a
review

Lidmar-Bergström Karna, Mats Olvmo
31st Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, Lund, Sweden, January 8-10 2014 - 2014
The development of granite domes and their role in understanding the geomorphological evolution in SW
Sweden

Mats Olvmo, Johanssson Magnus
31st Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, Lund, Sweden, January 8-10 2014 - 2014
Periglacial mass-wasting landforms on Mars suggestive of transient liquid water in the recent past: Insights from solifluction lobes on
Svalbard

Andreas Johnsson, Dennis Reiss, Ernst Hauber, Michael Zanetti, Harald Hiesinger, Lars Johansson, Mats Olvmo
ICARUS - 2012
Terrestrial gullies and debris-flow tracks on Svalbard as planetary analogs for
Mars

Dennis Reiss, Harald Hiesinger, Michael Zanetti, Ernst Hauber, Ralf Jaumann, Frank Trauthan, Frank Preusker, Mathias Ulrich, Andreas Johnsson, Lars Johansson, Mats Olvmo, Ella Carlsson, Henrik Johansson, Steve McDaniel
The Geological Society of America, Special Paper - 2011
Periglacial landscapes on Svalbard: Terrestrial analogs for cold-climate landforms on
Mars

Ernst Hauber, Frank Preusker, Frank Trauthan, Ralf Jaumann, Dennis Reiss, Michael Zanetti, Harald Hiesinger, Mathias Ulrich, Lars Johansson, Andreas Johnsson, Mats Olvmo, Ella Carlsson, Henrik Johansson, Steve McDaniel
The Geological Society of America, Special Paper - 2011
Landscape evolution in Martian mid-latitude regions: Insights from analogous periglacial landforms in
Svalbard.

Ernst Hauber, Dennis Reiss, Frank Preusker, Frank Trauthan, Michael Zanetti, Harald Hiesinger, Ralf Jaumann, Lars Johansson, Andreas Johnsson, Stephan van Gasselt, Mats Olvmo
Geological Society, London, Special Publications - 2011
Mapping areas of potential slope failures in cohesive soils using a shadow-casting algorithm – A case study from SW
Sweden

Fredrik Lindberg, Mats Olvmo, Karin Bergdahl
Computers and Geotechnics - 2011
POSSIBLE FREEZE AND THAW LANDFROMS ON HIGH-LATITUDE SLOPES ON MARS: INSIGHTS FROM TERRESTRIAL ANALOGS IN SPITSBERGEN,
SVALBARD.

Andreas Johnsson, Dennis Reiss, Ernst Hauber, Lars Johansson, Michael Zanetti, Harald Hiesinger, Mathias Ulrich, Mats Olvmo, Ella Carlsson, Ralf Jaumann, Frank Trauthan, Frank Preusker, Henrik Johansson
42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference - 2011
Review of denuadtion processes and quantification of weathering and erosion rates at a 0.1 to 1 Ma time
scale

Mats Olvmo
Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB, Technichal Report - 2010
POSSIBLE FREEZE/THAW LANDFORMS ON MARTIAN SLOPES: USING SVALBARD ADVENT VALLEY AS AN ANALOGUE TO
MARS.

Andreas Johnsson, Lars Johansson, Michael Zanetti, Dennis Reiss, Hauber Ernst, Mathias Ulrich, Harald Hiesinger, Mats Olvmo, Ella Carlsson, Henrik Johansson
Third European Conference on Permafrost - 2010
DEBRIS FLOW FANS AND PERMAFROST LANDFORMS ON SVALBARD (NORWAY): TERRESTRIAL ANALOGUES FOR MARTIAN MID-LATITUDE PERIGLACIAL
LANDSCAPES.

Ernst Hauber, Dennis Reiss, Mathias Ulrich, K. Krohn, F. Preusker, F. Trauthan, Michael Zanetti, Harald Hiesinger, Stephan van Gasselt, R. Jaumann, Lars Johansson, Andreas Johnsson, Mats Olvmo
41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference - 2010
TERRESTRIAL GULLIES ON SVALBARD AS PLANETARY ANALOGS FOR
MARS

Dennis Reiss, Ernst Hauber, Harald Hiesinger, R. Jaumann, F. Trauthan, F. Preusker, Michael Zanetti, Mathias Ulrich, Andreas Johnsson, Lars Johansson, Mats Olvmo, Ella Carlsson, H.A.B. Johansson, Steve McDaniel
41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference - 2010
THE ORIGIN OF STRIPE-LIKE PATTERNS ON MARTIAN GULLY SLOPES; USING SVALBARD ADVENT VALLEY AS A MARS
ANALOGUE.

Andreas Johnsson, Lars Johansson, Michael Zanetti, Dennis Reiss, Ernst Hauber, Harald Hiesinger, Mathias Ulrich, Mats Olvmo, Ella Carlsson, R. Jaumann, F. Trauthan, F. Preusker, H.A.B. Johansson, Steve McDaniel
41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference - 2010
Svalbard (Norway) as a terrestrial analogue for Martian landforms: Results
on

Ernst Hauber, Mathias Ulrich, F. Preusker, F. Trauthan, Dennis Reiss, Ella Carlsson, Harald Hiesinger, R. Jaumann, H.A.B. Johansson, Lars Johansson, Andreas Johnsson, Steve McDaniel, Mats Olvmo, Michael Zanetti
EPSC Abstracts. European Planetary Science Congress - 2009
LATITUDINAL SURVEY OF PERIGLACIAL LANDFORMS AND GULLIES IN EASTERN ARGYRE AND POLEWARDS ON
MARS.

Andreas Johnsson, Mats Olvmo, Dennis Reiss, Harald Hiesinger
40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference - 2009
MORPHOMETRY OF ALLUVIAL FANS IN A POLAR DESERT (SVALBARD, NORWAY): IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERPRETING MARTIAN
FANS.

Ernst Hauber, F. Preusker, F. Trauthan, Dennis Reiss, Ella Carlsson, Harald Hiesinger, R. Jaumann, H.A.B. Johansson, Lars Johansson, Andreas Johnsson, Steve McDaniel, Mats Olvmo, Michael Zanetti
40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference - 2009
MORPHOLOGIC AND MORPHOMETRIC COMPARISION OF GULLIES ON SVALBARD AND
MARS.

Dennis Reiss, Harald Hiesinger, Ernst Hauber, Michael Zanetti, F. Preusker, F. Trauthan, G.M. Reimann, Jan Raak, Ella Carlsson, Andreas Johnsson, Mats Olvmo, H.A.B. Johansson, Lars Johansson, Steve McDaniel
40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference - 2009
Small scale polygonal patterns along the southern water ice margin on
Mars.

Andreas Johnsson, Eveliina Kakkinen, John F. Mustard, Ralph E. Milliken, Dennis Reiss, Harald Hiesinger, Mats Olvmo
EPSC Abstracts. European Planetary Science Congress - 2008
An evaluation of models for Martian gully formation using remote sensing and in situ measurments of Svalbard
analogs.

Ella Carlsson, Henrik Johansson, Andreas Johnsson, Jennifer Heldmann, Chris McKay, Mats Olvmo, S. Fredriksson, H.T. Schmidt
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 39 - 2008
FIELD STUDIES OF GULLIES AND PINGOS ON SVALBARD – A MARTIAN
ANALOG.

Ella Carlsson, H Johansson, Andreas Johnsson, Mats Olvmo, Jennifer Heldmann, Chris McKay, Ernst Hauber, Harald Hiesinger, Dennis Reiss, Michael Zanetti, Henning Schmidt, Sverker Fredriksson, Steve McDaniel
European Planetary Science Congress, 21-26 September 2008 - 2008
Small scale polygonal patterns along the southern water ice margin on
Mars.

Andreas Johnsson, Eveliina Kakkinen, John F. Mustard, Ralph E. Milliken, Dennis Reiss, Harald Hiesinger, Mats Olvmo
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 39 - 2008
Skurorna i
Småland.

Mats Olvmo
Geologiskt forum - 2006
Skurorna i
Småland

Mats Olvmo
Geologiskt Forum - 2006
Development of granite sheet structures in respons to long-term morphotectonic evolution in SW
Sweden.

Magnus Johansson, Mats Olvmo
6th International conference on geomorphology, Zaragosza, Spain - 2005
Fractures and drainage in the granite mountainous area - A study from Sierra Nevada,
USA

Kerstin Ericson, P. Migon, Mats Olvmo
Geomorphology - 2005
Saprolite remnants as indicators of pre-glacial landform genesis in southeast
Sweden

Mats Olvmo, K. Lidmar-Bergström, Kerstin Ericson, Johan M. Bonow
Geografiska Annaler Series a-Physical Geography - 2005
A-tents in the Central Sierra Nevada, California: A geomorphological indicator of tectonic
stress

Kerstin Ericson, Mats Olvmo
Physical Geography - 2004
The significance of rock structure, lithology and pre-glacial deep weathering for the shape of intermediate-scale glacial erosional
landforms.

Mats Olvmo, Magnus Johansson
Earth Surface processes and landforms - 2002
Development of joint-controlled basins in Bohus granite, SW
Sweden.

Magnus Johansson, P. Migon, Mats Olvmo
Geomorphology - 2001
Inherited landforms and glacial impact on different palaeosurfaces in Southwest
Sweden

Magnus Johansson, Mats Olvmo, K. Lidmar-Bergström
Geografiska Annaler - 2001
Application of digital elevation data and geological data in studies of morphotectonics and relief - a case study of the sub-Cambrian peneplain in south-western
Sweden.

Magnus Johansson, Mats Olvmo, Mats Söderström
Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie - 1999
The glacial impact on an exhumed sub-Mesozoic etchsurface in south-western
Sweden.

Mats Olvmo, Karna Lidmar.Bergström, Göran Lindberg
Annals of Glaciology - 1999
Genesis of granite landforms in an area of glacial scouring, southwestern
Sweden

Mats Olvmo, K. Lidmar-Bergström, Lindberg Göran
6th International symposium on glaciers and the glaciated landscape - 1998
Palaeosurfaces an associated saprolites in southern
Sweden

Karna Lidmar.Bergström, Siv Olsson, Mats Olvmo
Geological Society London, sPecial publications - 1997
A weathered diamicton beneath upper weichselian sediments at silvereke, southeastern
Sweden

Mats Olvmo, Lars Ronnert, Sten Ekman, Siv Olsson
GFF - 1996
Glaciofluvial canyons and their relation to the Late Weichselian deglaciaton in
Fennoscandia

Mats Olvmo
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie - 1992
Small Scale Glacial Erosion Forms and Their Possible Relation to Post-Glacial
Weathering

Lars Franzén, Mats Olvmo
Geografiska Annaler - 1991
Meltwater canyons of the "kursu" and the "skura"
type.

Mats Olvmo
Geografiska Annaler - 1985