Recent Ph.D. research

All Ph.D. Theses, published since 1990 by the fluvial group are listed here. To order from the series 'Netherlands Geographical Studies', see below.

Aspects of geomorphology and thermoluminescence dating of cold climate eolian sands
Author: Dijkmans, J.W.A. (1990)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 111, 256 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 16.56
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Late Holocene eolian drift sands in Drenthe
Author: Castel, I.I.Y. (1991)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 133, 162 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 13.38
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
The impact of climate change on the discharge of the River Rhine
Author: Kwadijk, J. (1993)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 133, 171, 208 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: sold out
Funding: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Supervision: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster & Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Fluvial sedimentary geology and chronology of the Holocene Rhine-Meuse delta, The Netherlands
Author: Törnqvist, T.E. (1993)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 166, 169 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: sold out
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster & Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen
Complex confining layers; a stochastic analysis of hydraulic properties at various scales
Author: Bierkens, M.F.P. (1994)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 184, 272 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 17.69
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen, Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster, Prof. Dr. P.A. Burrough
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster, Prof. Dr. P.A. Burrough
Complex confining layers. Architecture and hydraulic properties of Holocene and Late Weichselian deposits in the fluvial Rhine-Meuse delta, The Netherlands
Author: Weerts, H.J.T. (1996)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 213, 189 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 20.19
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen, Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster & Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen
Analysis of static cone penetration test data for subsurface modellling. A methodology
Author: A. Coerts (1996)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 210, 263 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 19.90
Funding: GeoDelft, Netherlands Geological Survey, Utrecht University
Supervision: Prof. Dr. J.D. Nieuwenhuis, Dr.Th.W.J. van Asch
Promotors: Prof. Dr. J.D. Nieuwenhuis & Dr.Th.W.J. van Asch
Embanked floodplains in the Netherlands
Author: Middelkoop, H. (1997)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 224, 341 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 31.31
Funding: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)- National Research Program (NOP)
Supervision: Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen, Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster & Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen
Quantification of catchment discharge sensitivity to climate variability
Author: Van der Wateren-De Hoog, B. (1997)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 233, 151 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 18.61
Funding: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)- National Research Program (NOP)
Supervision: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Suspended sediment in the river Rhine. The impact of climate change on erosion, transport and deposition
Author: Asselman, N.E.M. (1997)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 234, 257 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 19.06
Funding: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)-NOP
Supervision: Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen, Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster & Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen
The climate during the Younger Dryas stadial. Comparing global atmospheric simulation experiments with climate reconstructions based on geological evidence
Author: Renssen, H. (1997)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 217, 192 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 14.-
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster, Prof. Dr. C.J.E. Schuurmans & Prof. Dr. M. Lautenschlager
Anastomosing rivers - Forms, processes and sediments
Author: Makaske, B. (1998)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 249, 287 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 24.05
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen, Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster & Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen
Deformation of a river dike on soft soil
Author: Kruse, H. (1998)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 243, 218 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 20.50
Funding: GeoDelft, Rijkswaterstaat, Utrecht University
Supervision: Prof. Dr. J.D. Nieuwenhuis, Dr. Th.W.J. van Asch
Promotors: Prof. Dr. J.D. Nieuwenhuis & Dr. Th.W.J. van Asch
Nutrient fluxes in the Rhine and Elbe basins
Author: De Wit, M. (1999)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 259, 174 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 17.50
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Prof. Dr. P.A. Burrough, Dr. P.F.M. van Gaans, Dr. C.R. Meinardi
Promotors: Prof. Dr. P.A. Burrough, Dr. P.F.M. van Gaans, & Dr. C.R. Meinardi
Quantitative analogue Experimental Sequence Stratigraphy
Author: Heijst, M.W.I.M. (2000)
Series: Geologica Ultraiectina 198, 143 p.
Publisher: Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University
Price: unknown
Funding: Shell
Supervision: Prof. Dr. P. de Boer & Dr. G. Postma
Promotors: Prof. Dr. P. de Boer & Dr. G. Postma
Abstract and full text download
Reconstruction and modelling of Holocene Coastal evolution of the western Netherlands
Author: Cleveringa, J. (2000)
Series: Geologica Ultraiectina 200, 197 p.
Publisher: Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University
Price: unknown
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Prof. Dr. P.L. de Boer
Promotors: Prof. Dr. P.L de Boer, & Dr. A.F.J. van der Spek
Abstract and full text download
Holocene avulsions in the Rhine-Meuse delta, The Netherlands
Author: Stouthamer, E. (2001)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 283, 211 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 23.37
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen, Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster & Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen
Geomorphological change and river rehabilitation. Case studies on lowland fluvial systems in the Netherlands
Author: Wolfert, H. (2001)
Series: Alterra Scientific Contributions 6, 200 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: unknown
Funding: Alterra
Supervision: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster & Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Abstract and full text download
The Rhine-Meuse system in a new light
Author: Wallinga, J. (2001)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 290, 180 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 20.42
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen, Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
History makes a river. Morphological changes and human interference in the River Rhine, The Netherlands
Author: Hesselink, A.W. (2002)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 292, 177 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 22.80
Funding: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Supervision: Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen, Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster & Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen
Icy rivers heating up; modelling hydrological impacts of climate change in the subarctic
Author: Van der Linden, S. (2002)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 308, 174 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 19.90
Funding: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Supervision: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster, Dr. H. Middelkoop
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster, Prof. Dr. M.K. Woo & Dr. H. Middelkoop
Abstract and full text download
Subarctic hydrology and climate change - A case study of the Tana River Basin in Northern Fennoscandia
Author: Dankers, R. (2002)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 259, 237 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 14.-
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster, Dr. H. Middelkoop
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster, Prof. Dr. S.M. de Jong & Dr. H. Middelkoop
Abstract and full text download
Building dynamic spatial environmental models
Author: Karssenberg, D. (2002)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 305, 224 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 21.-
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Prof. Dr. P.A. Burrough
Promotors: Prof. Dr. P.A. Burrough
Abstract and full text download
Sorting out sand and gravel; sediment transport and deposition in sand-gravel bed rivers
Author: Kleinhans, M.G. (2002)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 293, 317 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 36.80
Funding: Rijkswaterstaat, Utrecht University
Supervision: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster, Prof. Dr. L. van Rijn & Dr. J.H. van den Berg
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster & Prof. Dr. L. van Rijn
Abstract and full text download
Quantitative Three-dimensional modelling of Quaternary continental passive margins. Forward modelling of the morphological evolution, sediment characteristics and sequence stratigraphy of river-shelf sedimentary systems
Author: Meijer, X.D. (2002)
Series: Geologica Ultraiectina 221, 87 p.
Publisher: Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University
Price: unknown
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Prof. Dr. P. de Boer, Prof. Dr. P.A. Burrough & Dr. G. Postma
Promotors: Prof. Dr. P. de Boer, Dr. G. Postma & Prof. Dr. P.A. Burrough
Patterns and processes in a Pleistocene fluvio-aeolian environment. Roer Valley Graben, southeastern Netherlands
Author: Schokker, J. (2003)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 314, 142 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 16.00
Funding: TNO-NITG, Utrecht University
Supervision: Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen, Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster & Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen
Abstract and full text download
Differential subsidence within a coastal prism. Late-Glacial - Holocene tectonics in the Rhine-Meuse delta, the Netherlands
Author: Cohen, K.M. (2003)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 316, 208 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 28.00
Funding: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Supervision: Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen, Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster, Prof. Dr. S.A.P.L. Cloetingh & Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen
Abstract and full text download
Complex confining layers. A physical and geochemical characterization of heterogeneous unconsolidated fluvial deposits using a facies-based approach
Author: Van Helvoort, P.J. (2004)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 321, 147 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 20.00
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Prof. Dr. P.A. Burrough, Dr. P.F.M. van Gaans & Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen
Promotors: Prof. Dr. P.A. Burrough & Dr. P.F.M. van Gaans
Abstract and full text download
The development and hydraulic roughness of subaqueous dunes
Author: Wilbers, A. (2004)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 323, 227 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 22.00
Funding: Rijkswaterstaat, Utrecht University
Supervision: Dr. J.H. van den Berg & Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster
Promotors: Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster & Dr. J.H. van den Berg
Holocene evolution of the Ombrone River delta, Italy
Author: Biserni, G. (2004)
Series: Unpublished (Ph.D. Thesis, Siena University, Italy)
Publisher: N/A
Price: N/A
Funding: Siena University (Italy), Utrecht University
Supervision: Prof. Dr. F. Sandrelli, Dr. H.J.A. Berendsen & Dr. B. van Geel
Promotors: Prof. Dr. F. Sandrelli
The control of climate and base-level on the stratigraphic architecture of fluvio-deltaic systems - investigated by quantitative analogue modelling
Author: Van den Berg van Saparoea, A.P. (2005)
Series: Geologica Ultraiectina 252, 99 pp.
Publisher: Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: unknown
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Dr. G. Postma, Prof. Dr. P.L. de Boer
Promotors: Prof. Dr. P.L. de Boer & Dr. G. Postma
Deposition of sediment and associated heavy metals on floodplains
Author: Thonon, I. (2006)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 337, 174 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 23.00
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Dr. H. Middelkoop & Dr. M. van der Perk
Promotors: Prof. Dr. P.A. Burrough, Dr. H. Middelkoop & Dr. M. van der Perk
Hydrodynamic roughness of floodplain vegetation
Author: Straatsma, M. (2007)
Series: Netherlands Geographical Studies 358, 180 pp.
Publisher: KNAG/Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.
Price: € 23.00
Funding: Utrecht University
Supervision: Dr. H. Middelkoop
Promotors: Prof. Dr. S.M. de Jong, Prof. Dr. E.A. Koster & Dr. H. Middelkoop

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