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J.D. van Wees is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Ocean Engineering, Geophysics, Mechanical Engineering, Finance, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Capital Investment and Risk Analysis
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Van Wees has contributed to several recent papers, notably:

  • Geothermal field development optimization under geomechanical constraints and geological uncertainty: Application to a reservoir with stacked formations, 2024, Geothermics
  • Time-dependent Seismic Footprint of Thermal Loading for Geothermal Activities in Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Risk Assessment of Fault Reactivation and Induced Seismicity for High-Temperature Heat Storage (Ht-Ates) at the Deepstor Demonstrator in the Upper Rhine Graben, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • De-Risking of Geothermal Prospect Portfolios Based on Value of Information and a Play-Based Exploration Approach: A Case Study for Slochteren Reservoir Development in the Netherlands, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • De-Risking of Geothermal Prospect Portfolios Based on Value of Information and a Play-Based Exploration Approach: A Case Study for Slochteren Reservoir Development in the Netherlands, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal

Their frequent co-authors include Peter A. Fokker, Marianne van Unen, Logan Brunner, Hans Veldkamp, and Ruben Keijzer, each contributing multiple collaborations.

Van Wees publishes primarily in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geothermics
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Best Publications

  • Dynamics of intra-plate compressional deformation: the Alpine foreland and other examples

    P.A. Ziegler;S.A.P.L. Cloetingh;J.D. van Wees

  • On the origin of the southern Permian Basin, Central Europe.

    J.D.A.M. van Wees;R.A. Stephenson;P.A. Ziegler;U. Bayer

  • TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE MID-POLISH TROUGH : MODELLING IMPLICATIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE FOR CENTRAL EUROPEAN GEOLOGY

    R. Dadlez;M. Narkiewicz;R.A. Stephenson;M.T.M. Visser

  • Mechanical controls on collision-related compressional intraplate deformation

    Peter A Ziegler;Jan-Diederik van Wees;Sierd Cloetingh

  • Induced seismicity in geothermal reservoirs: A review of forecasting approaches

    Emmanuel Gaucher;Martin Schoenball;Oliver Heidbach;Arno Zang

  • Lithosphere tectonics and thermo-mechanical properties: An integrated modelling approach for Enhanced Geothermal Systems exploration in Europe

    S. Cloetingh;J.D. van Wees;P.A. Ziegler;L. Lenkey

  • Cenozoic thick-skinned deformation and topography evolution of the Spanish Central System

    G. de Vicente;R. Vegas;A. Muñoz Martín;P.G. Silva

  • Oblique strain partitioning and transpression on an inverted rift: The Castilian Branch of the Iberian Chain

    G. de Vicente;R. Vegas;A. Muñoz-Martín;J.D.A.M. van Wees

  • TOPO-EUROPE: the geoscience of coupled deep earth-surface processes

    S. A. P. L. Cloetingh;P. A. Ziegler;P. J. A. Bogaard;P. A. M. Andriessen

  • Post-Variscan evolution of the lithosphere in the Rhine Graben area: Constraints from subsidence modelling

    P.A. Ziegler;M. Schumacher;P. Dezes;J.D. van Wees

  • Subsurface temperature of the onshore Netherlands: new temperature dataset and modelling

    D. Bonté;J.-D. van Wees;J.M. Verweij

  • Thermo-mechanical Modelling of Black Sea Basin (de)formation.

    S. Cloetingh;G. Spadini;J.D. Van Wees;F. Beekman

  • Temporal and spatial variations in tectonic subsidence in the Iberian Basin (eastern Spain): inferences from automated forward modelling of high-resolution stratigraphy (Permian–Mesozoic)

    J.D.A.M. van Wees;A. Arche;C. Beijdorff;J. Lopez-Gomez

  • Role of pre-rift rheology in kinematics of extensional basin formation: constraints from thermomechanical models of Mediterranean and intracratonic basins

    S.A.P.L. Cloetingh;J.D. van Wees;P.D. van der Beek;G. Spadini

  • A finite-difference technique to incorporate spatial variations in rigidity and planar faults into 3-D models for lithospheric flexure

    J.D. van Wees;S.A.P.L. Cloetingh

  • Geomechanics response and induced seismicity during gas field depletion in the Netherlands

    J.D.A.M. van Wees;L. Buijze;K. van Thienen-Visser;M. Nepveu

  • 3D Flexure and intraplate compression in the North Sea Basin

    J.D. van Wees;S.A.P.L. Cloetingh

  • Eastern Alpine tectono‐metamorphic evolution: Constraints from two‐dimensional P‐T‐t modeling

    Johann Genser;J. D. van Wees;S. Cloetingh;F. Neubauer

  • Tectonic subsidence modelling of the Polish Basin in the light of new data on crustal structure and magnitude of inversion

    Randell A Stephenson;Marek Narkiewicz;Ryszard Dadlez;Jan-Diederik van Wees

  • Pressure-temperature-time evolution of the high-pressure, metamorphic complex of Sifnos, Greece

    J. R. Wijbrans;J. D. van Wees;R. A. Stephenson;S.A.P.L. Cloetingh

  • Tectonics and Subsidence Evolution of the Sirt Basin, Libya

    J.D. van Wees;A.M. Abadi;P.M. van Dijk;S.A.P.L. Cloetingh

Frequent Co-Authors

Sierd Cloetingh
Sierd Cloetingh Utrecht University
R.T. van Balen
R.T. van Balen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Peter A. Ziegler
Peter A. Ziegler University of Basel
Randell Stephenson
Randell Stephenson University of Aberdeen
Franz Neubauer
Franz Neubauer University of Salzburg
Frank Horváth
Frank Horváth Eötvös Loránd University
Stefan Wiemer
Stefan Wiemer Swiss Seismological Service
Lluís Cabrera
Lluís Cabrera University of Barcelona
Eduard Roca
Eduard Roca University of Barcelona
Daniel García-Castellanos
Daniel García-Castellanos Spanish National Research Council

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