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David Van Rooij

David Van Rooij

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Earth Science

D-Index
32
Citations
5590
World Ranking
8567
National Ranking
60

Overview

David Van Rooij is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on various subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Geophysics, Ecology, and Oceanography.

Their research spans key topics including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

David Van Rooij has contributed extensively to scientific literature with a significant presence in the following publication venues:

  • Marine Geology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Geology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent collaborators include Eline Feenstra, Anneleen Foubert, Norbert Frank, Thomas Vandorpe, and F. Javier Hernández-Molina, each co-authoring multiple works.

Recent publications exemplify their research focus and include:

  • Cold-Water Coral Mound Archive Provides Unique Insights Into Intermediate Water Mass Dynamics in the Alboran Sea During the Last Deglaciation, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Cold-water coral mounds in the western Mediterranean Sea: New insights into their initiation and development since the Mid-Pleistocene in response to changes of African hydroclimate, 2022, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Glacio-eustatic variations and sapropel events as main controls on the Middle Pleistocene-Holocene evolution of the Cabliers Coral Mound Province (W Mediterranean), 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Depositional architecture and evolution of basin-floor fan systems since the Late Miocene in the Northwest Sub-Basin, South China Sea, 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Sedimentary evolution of the Le Danois contourite drift systems (southern Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic): A reconstruction of the Atlantic Mediterranean Water circulation since the Pliocene, 2020, Marine Geology

Best Publications

  • Contourites and associated sediments controlled by deep-water circulation processes: State-of-the-art and future considerations

    Michele Rebesco;F. Javier Hernández-Molina;David Van Rooij;Anna Wåhlin

  • Marine litter distribution and density in European seas, from the shelves to deep basins.

    Christopher K. Pham;Eva Ramirez-Llodra;Eva Ramirez-Llodra;Claudia H. S. Alt;Teresa Amaro

  • Consistently dated Atlantic sediment cores over the last 40 thousand years

    Claire Waelbroeck;Bryan C. Lougheed;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Lise Missiaen

  • Large deep-water coral banks in the Porcupine Basin, southwest of Ireland

    B De Mol;P Van Rensbergen;S Pillen;K Van Herreweghe

  • Gas hydrate crystals may help build reefs

    J. P. Henriet;B. De Mol;S. Pillen;M. Vanneste

  • The El Arraiche mud volcano field at the Moroccan Atlantic slope, Gulf of Cadiz

    Pieter Van Rensbergen;Davy Depreiter;Bart Pannemans;Geert Moerkerke

  • Along-slope oceanographic processes and sedimentary products around the Iberian margin

    Francisco Javier Hernández-Molina;Nuno Serra;Dorik A. V. Stow;Estefanía Llave

  • Seismic evidence of current-controlled sedimentation in the Belgica mound province, upper Porcupine slope, southwest of Ireland

    D Van Rooij;B De Mol;V Huvenne;M Ivanov

  • Northeastern Atlantic cold-water coral reefs and climate

    Norbert Frank;André Freiwald;Matthias López Correa;Claudia Wienberg

  • The Le Danois Contourite Depositional System: Interactions between the Mediterranean Outflow Water and the upper Cantabrian slope (North Iberian margin)

    D. Van Rooij;Jorge Iglesias;Francisco J. Hernández-Molina;Gemma Ercilla

  • The Holocene occurrence of cold water corals in the NE Atlantic: Implications for coral carbonate mound evolution

    Norbert Frank;Estelle Ricard;Audrey Lutringer-Paquet;Cees van der Land

  • Diagenetic formation of gypsum and dolomite in a cold-water coral mound in the Porcupine Seabight, off Ireland

    Hans Pirlet;Laura Mariana Wehrmann;Laura Mariana Wehrmann;Benjamin Brunner;Norbert Frank

  • Cold-water coral habitats in the Penmarc'h and Guilvinec Canyons (Bay of Biscay): Deep-water versus shallow-water settings

    Lies De Mol;David Van Rooij;Hans Pirlet;Jens Greinert

  • The Whittard Canyon: a case study of submarine canyon processes

    T. Amaro;V.A.I. Huvenne;A.L. Allcock;T. Aslam;T. Aslam

  • The distribution of scleractinian corals in the Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic

    J. Reveillaud;A. Freiwald;D. Van Rooij;E. Le Guilloux

  • Depositional characteristics and processes of alongslope currents related to a seamount on the northwestern margin of the Northwest Sub-Basin, South China Sea

    Hui Chen;Hui Chen;Xinong Xie;David Van Rooij;Thomas Vandorpe

  • Terrigenous fluxes at the Celtic margin during the last glacial cycle

    Gérard Auffret;Sébastien Zaragosi;Bernard Dennielou;Elsa Cortijo

  • Good neighbours shaped by vigorous currents: cold-water coral mounds and contourites in the North Atlantic

    Dierk Hebbeln;David Van Rooij;Claudia Wienberg

  • Finding the hotspots within a biodiversity hotspot: fine-scale biological predictions within a submarine canyon using high-resolution acoustic mapping techniques

    Katleen Robert;Daniel O.B. Jones;Paul A. Tyler;David Van Rooij

  • Sediment dynamics and palaeo-environmental context at key stages in the Challenger cold-water coral mound formation: Clues from sediment deposits at the mound base

    Veerle Ann Ida Huvenne;David Van Rooij;Ben De Mol;Mieke Thierens

  • Consistently dated Atlantic sediment cores

    Claire Waelbroeck;Bryan C Lougheed;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Lise Missiaen

Frequent Co-Authors

Irka Hajdas
Irka Hajdas ETH Zurich
Bernard Dennielou
Bernard Dennielou French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Frédérique Eynaud
Frédérique Eynaud University of Bordeaux
Helge W Arz
Helge W Arz Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux
Stéphanie Desprat
Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux
Delia W Oppo
Delia W Oppo Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
William E. N. Austin
William E. N. Austin University of St Andrews
Anders E. Carlson
Anders E. Carlson Oregon State University

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