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R.T. van Balen is affiliated with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands, focusing on research within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several key subfields and topics related to Earth-surface processes, geology, and paleoclimatology.

The main fields of study for van Balen include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within that broader field, their research covers subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Anthropology
  • Ecology
  • Paleontology

Van Balen's work addresses a range of scientific topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Aeolian processes and effects

Frequent coauthors in van Balen's research include:

  • C. Kasse
  • Xianyan Wang
  • Huayu Lu
  • Hessel Woolderink
  • Jeroen Schokker

Several publication venues recur in van Balen's body of work, reflecting the focus and audience of their research:

  • Geomorphology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Earth Surface Dynamics
  • Hydrogeology Journal
  • Global and Planetary Change

Some recent published papers by van Balen include:

  • Identifying sediment transport mechanisms from grain size-shape distributions, applied to aeolian sediments (2020, Earth Surface Dynamics)
  • Anthropogenic impacts on Holocene fluvial dynamics in the Chinese Loess Plateau, an evaluation based on landscape evolution modeling (2021, Geomorphology)
  • Patterns in river channel sinuosity of the Meuse, Roer and Rhine rivers in the Lower Rhine Embayment rift-system, are they tectonically forced? (2020, Geomorphology)
  • Multiple paleolakes caused by glacier river-blocking on the southeastern Tibetan plateau in response to climate changes since the last glacial maximum (2023, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Fluvial or aeolian? Unravelling the origin of the silty clayey sediment cover of terraces in the Hanzhong Basin (Qinling Mountains, central China) (2020, Geomorphology)

Best Publications

  • Late Pleistocene evolution of the Rhine-Meuse system in the southern North Sea basin: imprints of climate change, sea-level oscillation and glacio-isostacy

    F.S. Busschers;C. Kasse;R.T. van Balen;J. Vandenberghe

  • Deformation mechanisms and hydraulic properties of fault zones in unconsolidated sediments; the Roer Valley Rift System, The Netherlands

    V. F. Bense;E. H. Van den Berg;R. T. Van Balen

  • Response of the Rhine–Meuse fluvial system to Saalian ice‐sheet dynamics

    F.S. Busschers;R.T. van Balen;K.M. Cohen;C. Kasse

  • The impact of land use and climate change on late Holocene and future suspended sediment yield of the Meuse catchment

    Philip J. Ward;Ronald T. van Balen;Gert Verstraeten;Hans Renssen

  • Sediment budget and tectonic evolution of the Meuse catchment in the Ardennes and the Roer Valley Rift System

    R.T. Van Balen;R.F. Houtgast;F.M. Van der Wateren;J. Vandenberghe

  • The Cenozoic evolution of the Roer Valley Rift System integrated at a European scale

    Laurent Michon;Ronald T. Van Balen;Olivier Merle;Henk Pagnier

  • 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

  • Human and climate impact on catchment development during the Holocene — Geul River, the Netherlands

    J.J.W. de Moor;C. Kasse;R.T. van Balen;J. Vandenberghe

  • Strong increases in flood frequency and discharge of the River Meuse over the late Holocene: impacts of long-term anthropogenic land use change and climate variability

    P. J. Ward;H. Renssen;J. C. J. H. Aerts;R. T. van Balen

  • Tectonic Geomorphology of the northern Upper Rhine Graben, Germany.

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  • Neotectonics of the Roer Valley Rift System, the Netherlands

    R.F Houtgast;R.T van Balen

  • Neotectonics of The Netherlands: a review

    R.T. van Balen;R.F. Houtgast;S.A.P.L. Cloetingh

  • The impact of faults on the hydrogeological conditions in the Roer Valley Rift System: an overview

    V.F. Bense;R.T. Van Balen;J.J. De Vries

  • Assessment of recent tectonic activity on the NW Iberian Atlantic Margin by means of geomorphic indices and field studies of the Lower Miño River terraces

    W. Viveen;W. Viveen;R.T. van Balen;J.M. Schoorl;A. Veldkamp

  • Process-based modelling of fluvial system response to rapid climate change I: model formulation and generic applications.

    Patrick W. Bogaart;R.T.Van Balen;C. Kasse;J. Vandenberghe

  • On the genetically meaningful decomposition of grain-size distributions: A comparison of different end-member modelling algorithms

    J.A. van Hateren;M.A. Prins;R.T. van Balen

  • Pleistocene tectonics inferred from fluvial terraces of the northern Upper Rhine Graben, Germany.

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  • The effect of rift shoulder erosion on stratal patterns at passive margins: implications for sequence stratigraphy

    R.T. van Balen;P.A. van der Beek;S.A.P.L. Cloetingh

  • Numerical modeling of the response of alluvial rivers to Quaternary climate change

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  • Contrasting Neogene denudation histories of different structural regions in the Transantarctic Mountains rift flank constrained by cosmogenic isotope measurements

    Frederik M Van der Wateren;Tibor J Dunai;Ronald T Van Balen;Werner Klas

  • Numerical analysis of how sedimentation and redistribution of surficial sediments affects salt diapirism

    Alexei Poliakov;R.T. van Balen;Yuri Podladchikov;Betrand Daudre

  • Modelling the Middle Pleistocene uplift in the Ardennes-Rhenish Massif: Thermo-mechanical weakening under the Eifel?

    Daniel Garcia-Castellanos;Sierd Cloetingh;Ronald Van Balen

  • Reconstructing the interacting effects of base level, climate, and tectonic uplift in the lower Miño River terrace record: A gradient modelling evaluation

    W. Viveen;W. Viveen;J.M. Schoorl;A. Veldkamp;R.T. van Balen

  • Modelling the hydrocarbon generation and migration in the West Netherlands Basin, the Netherlands

    R.T. van Balen;F. van Bergen;C. de Leeuw;H. Pagnier

Frequent Co-Authors

Cornelis Kasse
Cornelis Kasse Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sierd Cloetingh
Sierd Cloetingh Utrecht University
Jef Vandenberghe
Jef Vandenberghe Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jakob Wallinga
Jakob Wallinga Wageningen University & Research
J.D. van Wees
J.D. van Wees Utrecht University
A. Veldkamp
A. Veldkamp University of Twente
Paul Andriessen
Paul Andriessen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Kim M. Cohen
Kim M. Cohen Utrecht University
Didier M. Roche
Didier M. Roche Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Giovanni Bertotti
Giovanni Bertotti Delft University of Technology

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