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Jaco H. Baas publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jaco H. Baas sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 143 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Jaco H. Baas D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jaco H. Baas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jaco H. Baas is a researcher affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom. Their work focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a particular emphasis on Environmental Science. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Soil Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research encompasses a broad range of topics including Geological formations and processes, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Jaco H. Baas has published multiple papers in several prominent scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • "An integrated process-based model of flutes and tool marks in deep-water environments: Implications for palaeohydraulics, the Bouma sequence and hybrid event beds" (2020, Sedimentology)
  • "Mixed sand-mud bedforms produced by transient turbulent flows in the fringe of submarine fans: Indicators of flow transformation" (2020, Sedimentology)
  • "Sole marks reveal deep-marine depositional process and environment: Implications for flow transformation and hybrid-event-bed models" (2021, Journal of Sedimentary Research)
  • "Current- and Wave-Generated Bedforms on Mixed Sand-Clay Intertidal Flats: A New Bedform Phase Diagram and Implications for Bed Roughness and Preservation Potential" (2021, Frontiers in Earth Science)
  • "Rapid gravity flow transformation revealed in a single climbing ripple" (2020, Geology)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Jeff Peakall
  • Jim Best
  • Megan L. Baker
  • David M. Hodgson
  • Piotr Łapcik

The main venues where Jaco H. Baas has published work are:

  • Sedimentology
  • Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • The Depositional Record
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Best Publications

  • Depositional processes, bedform development and hybrid bed formation in rapidly decelerated cohesive (mud–sand) sediment flows

    Jaco H. Baas;James L. Best;Jeffrey Peakall

  • A Phase Diagram for Turbulent, Transitional, and Laminar Clay Suspension Flows

    Jaco H. Baas;James L. Best;Jeffrey Peakall;Mi Wang

  • A flume study on the development and equilibrium morphology of current ripples in very fine sand

    Jaco H. Baas

  • The pervasive role of biological cohesion in bedform development

    Jonathan Malarkey;Jaco Baas;Julie Anne Hope;Rebecca Jane Aspden

  • An empirical model for the development and equilibrium morphology of current ripples in fine sand

    Jaco H. Baas

  • Turbulence Modulation in Clay-Rich Sediment-Laden Flows and Some Implications for Sediment Deposition

    Jaco H. Baas;James L. Best

  • Predicting bedforms and primary current stratification in cohesive mixtures of mud and sand

    Jaco H. Baas;James L. Best;Jeff Peakall

  • The role of biophysical cohesion on subaqueous bed form size.

    Daniel R. Parsons;Robert J. Schindler;Robert J. Schindler;Julie A. Hope;Jonathan Malarkey

  • Deposits of depletive high‐density turbidity currents: a flume analogue of bed geometry, structure and texture

    Jaco H. Baas;Wessel Van Kesteren;George Postma

  • Late Quaternary sedimentation on the Portuguese continental margin: climate-related processes and products

    J. H. Baas;Jürgen Mienert;F. Abrantes;M. A. Prins

  • Sediment composition influences spatial variation in the abundance of human pathogen indicator bacteria within an estuarine environment.

    Tracy L. Perkins;Katie Clements;Jaco H. Baas;Colin F. Jago

  • Sticky stuff: Redefining bedform prediction in modern and ancient environments

    Robert J. Schindler;Robert J. Schindler;Daniel R. Parsons;Leiping Ye;Julie A. Hope

  • Bedform development in mixed sand-mud: The contrasting role of cohesive forces in flow and bed

    Jaco H. Baas;Alan G. Davies;Jonathan Malarkey

  • Coupling between suspended sediment distribution and turbulence structure in a laboratory turbidity current

    Jaco H. Baas;William D. McCaffrey;Peter D. W. Haughton;Caroline Choux

  • Mid-depth oxygen drawdown during Heinrich events: evidence from benthic foraminiferal community structure, trace-fossil tiering, and benthic δ13C at the Portuguese Margin

    J.H. Baas;J. Schönfeld;R. Zahn

  • Conditions for formation of massive turbiditic sandstones by primary depositional processes

    Jaco H. Baas

  • EZ-ROSE: a computer program for equal-area circular histograms and statistical analysis of two-dimensional vectorial data

    Jaco H. Baas

  • Directional petrological characterisation of deep-marine sandstones using grain fabric and permeability anisotropy: methodologies, theory, application and suggestions for integration.

    Jaco H. Baas;Ernie A. Hailwood;William D. McCaffrey;Mike Kay

  • Reversed sediment wave migration in the Irish Sea, NW Europe: A reappraisal of the validity of geometry-based predictive modelling and assumptions

    Katrien J.J. Van Landeghem;Jaco H. Baas;Neil C. Mitchell;Darren Wilcockson

  • An integrated process-based model of flutes and tool marks in deep-water environments: Implications for palaeohydraulics, the Bouma sequence and hybrid event beds

    Jeff Peakall;Jim Best;Jaco H. Baas;David M. Hodgson

  • Spatio-temporal evolution of velocity structure, concentration and grain-size stratification within experimental particulate gravity currents

    W.D McCaffrey;C.M Choux;J.H Baas;P.D.W Haughton

Frequent Co-Authors

James Leonard Best
James Leonard Best University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jeff Peakall
Jeff Peakall University of Leeds
Andrew J. Manning
Andrew J. Manning Plymouth University
William D. McCaffrey
William D. McCaffrey University of Leeds
Daniel R. Parsons
Daniel R. Parsons University of Hull
David M. Paterson
David M. Paterson University of St Andrews
Peter D. Thorne
Peter D. Thorne National Oceanography Centre
Peter D. W. Haughton
Peter D. W. Haughton University College Dublin
Fatima F Abrantes
Fatima F Abrantes Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Matthieu J.B. Cartigny
Matthieu J.B. Cartigny Durham University

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