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Maarten G. Kleinhans

Maarten G. Kleinhans

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Earth Science

D-Index
63
Citations
11770
World Ranking
1628
National Ranking
40

Overview

Maarten G. Kleinhans is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Earth-Surface Processes and Ecology as key subfields.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics and coastal and marine dynamics. Additional areas of focus include geological formations and processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, hydrology and sediment transport processes, aeolian processes and effects, and soil erosion and sediment transport.

Maarten G. Kleinhans has published frequently in several academic venues, including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Water Resources Research
  • Earth Surface Dynamics

Their recent papers demonstrate a range of topics and collaborative efforts. Notable publications include:

  • "Mangrove forests as a nature-based solution for coastal flood protection: Biophysical and ecological considerations," 2022, Water Science and Engineering
  • "Fluvial Regimes, Morphometry, and Age of Jezero Crater Paleolake Inlet Valleys and Their Exobiological Significance for the 2020 Rover Mission Landing Site," 2020, Astrobiology
  • "Salt marshes create more extensive channel networks than mangroves," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Mangrove diversity loss under sea-level rise triggered by bio-morphodynamic feedbacks and anthropogenic pressures," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Anthropogenic Effects on the Contemporary Sediment Budget of the Lower Rhine-Meuse Delta Channel Network," 2021, Earth's Future

Maarten G. Kleinhans often collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Tjeerd J. Bouma
  • Muriel Brückner
  • Steven A. H. Weisscher
  • William J. McMahon
  • Christian Schwarz

Best Publications

  • River channel and bar patterns explained and predicted by an empirical and a physics-based method

    Maarten G. Kleinhans;Jan H. van den Berg

  • Sedimentary architecture of abandoned channel fills

    Willem H. J. Toonen;Maarten G. Kleinhans;Kim M. Cohen

  • Effects of debris flow composition on runout, depositional mechanisms, and deposit morphology in laboratory experiments

    Tjalling de Haas;Lisanne Braat;Jasper R. F. W. Leuven;Ivar R. Lokhorst

  • Splitting rivers at their seams: bifurcations and avulsion

    Maarten G. Kleinhans;Robert I. Ferguson;Stuart N. Lane;Richard J. Hardy

  • Bifurcation dynamics and avulsion duration in meandering rivers by one-dimensional and three-dimensional models

    M. G. Kleinhans;H. R. A. Jagers;E. Mosselman;C. J. Sloff

  • Sorting out river channel patterns.

    Maarten G. Kleinhans

  • Observations of swash under highly dissipative conditions

    B. G. Ruessink;M. G. Kleinhans;P. G. L. van den Beukel

  • Physics‐based modeling of large braided sand‐bed rivers: Bar pattern formation, dynamics, and sensitivity

    Filip Schuurman;Filip Schuurman;Wouter A. Marra;Maarten G. Kleinhans

  • Flow discharge and sediment transport models for estimating a minimum timescale of hydrological activity and channel and delta formation on Mars

    M. G. Kleinhans

  • Stochastic Prediction of Sediment Transport in Sand-Gravel Bed Rivers

    Maarten G. Kleinhans;Leo C. van Rijn

  • Static and dynamic angles of repose in loose granular materials under reduced gravity

    M. G. Kleinhans;H. Markies;S. J. de Vet;A. C. in 't Veld

  • Experimental meandering river with chute cutoffs

    W. M. van Dijk;W. I. van de Lageweg;M. G. Kleinhans

  • Predicting incipient motion, including the effect of turbulent pressure fluctuations in the bed

    Stefan Vollmer;Maarten G. Kleinhans

  • Distinct patterns of interaction between vegetation and morphodynamics

    Mijke van Oorschot;Maarten Kleinhans;Gertjan Geerling;Hans Middelkoop

  • Sorting in grain flows at the lee side of dunes

    M.G. Kleinhans

  • Autocyclic behaviour of fan deltas: an analogue experimental study

    Maurits Van Dijk;George Postma;Maarten G. Kleinhans

  • Effects of vegetation distribution on experimental river channel dynamics

    W. M. van Dijk;R. Teske;W. I. van de Lageweg;M. G. Kleinhans

  • Bank pull or bar push: What drives scroll-bar formation in meandering rivers?

    W. I. van de Lageweg;W. M. van Dijk;A. W. Baar;J. Rutten

  • Complex variations in sediment transport at three large river bifurcations during discharge waves in the river Rhine

    Roy M. Frings;Maarten G. Kleinhans

  • Debris-flow dominance of alluvial fans masked by runoff reworking and weathering

    Tjalling de Haas;Dario Ventra;Patrice E. Carbonneau;Maarten G. Kleinhans

  • Sediment Supply-Limited Bedforms in Sand-Gravel Bed Rivers

    M.G. Kleinhans;A.W.E. Wilbers;A. De Swaaf;J.H. Van Den Berg

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernst Hauber
Ernst Hauber German Aerospace Center
Hans Middelkoop
Hans Middelkoop Utrecht University
Kim M. Cohen
Kim M. Cohen Utrecht University
Wim S. J. Uijttewaal
Wim S. J. Uijttewaal Delft University of Technology
George Postma
George Postma Utrecht University
Ralf Jaumann
Ralf Jaumann Freie Universität Berlin
Susan J. Conway
Susan J. Conway University of Nantes
B.G. Ruessink
B.G. Ruessink Utrecht University
Daniel R. Parsons
Daniel R. Parsons University of Hull
Paul A. Carling
Paul A. Carling University of Southampton

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