Marc Hijma

• Stochastic subsurface schematisation (WTI)

  The Netherlands, 2012 - present

  Role: Projectleader and researcher. An important aspect in the stability of a dike/levee is the subsurface. The subsurface can best be represented by means of scenarios with chances of occurring. In this project we schematize the subsurface below 3500 km of levees. The scenarios will be used as input in geotechnical equations.

• Morphodynamics of the North Sea floor

  The Netherlands, 2012 - present

  Role: Researcher/Consultant. Studying the morphodynamics of the North Sea floor. The knowledge is used to understand the processes forming the seafloor bedforms, to assist in creating efficient dredging strategies, to advise during the development of wind-farms and to advise on nourishments.

• Trying to establish a global database of geological sea-level data that in the end is used to make regional projections for future sea-level change.

  World, 2010 - present

  Role: initiator.

• Working on North Sea archaeology. Where to expect preserved archaeology and what are ways to extract/avoid them?

  The Netherlands, 2009 - present

  Role: researcher.

• Highway A4 suffered many geological/geotechnical problems. The complexity of the subsurface below a part of Highway A4 that is currently constructed led to unexpected hydrogeological problems. Detailed geological research was needed to get a grip on the complexity and to incorporate it into risk assessments.

  The Netherlands, 2013

  Role: researcher.

• Holocene sea-level database and evolution of the Mississippi Delta.

  USA, 2010 - 2012

  Role: Post-doc. Main aims: Gathering all available sea-level data of the Gulf of Mexicp and analyse them using a new protocol. This will lead to a much better understanding of sea-level variability and differential land subsidence. Another aim was to study the evolution of the Mississippi Delta during the last 6,000 yr.

• Mapping North Sea Neanderthal.

  The Netherlands, 2009 - 2010

  Role: Post-doc. Main aim: integrating existing geological data about the paleogeography of the North Sea basin during the last 1 million years in relation to archaeological finds in the North Sea.

• Ph.D.-research on the evolution of the Rhine-Meuse river-mouth area and sea-level changes between 12,000 and 6,000 years ago

  The Netherlands, 2005 - 2009

• Studies on the effects of ship passages on groyne fields morpho- and hydrodynamics

  The Netherlands, 2002 - 2003

  Role: Junior Researcher.

• Studying beach behaviour based on the Argus-video system

  The Netherlands, 2002 - 2003

  Role: Junior Researcher.

• A protocol for a geological sea-level database.

  2015
  Hijma, M.P., Engelhart, S.E., Horton, B.P., Törnqvist, T.E., Hu, P., Hill, D.F. In: I. Shennan, A.J. Long and B.P. Horton, eds., Handbook of Sea-Level Research. Wiley Blackwell.

• Paleogeography.

  2015
  Vis, G.-J., Cohen, K.M., Westerhoff, W.E., Ten Veen, J.H., Hijma, M.P., Van der Spek, A.J.F., Vos, P.C. In: I. Shennan, A.J. Long and B.P. Horton, eds., Handbook of Sea-Level Research. Wiley Blackwell.

• The Transgressive Early–Middle Holocene Boundary: The Case for a GSSP at Rotterdam, Rhine Delta, North Sea Basin.

  2014
  Cohen, K.M., Hijma, M.P. In: Rocha, Pais, Kullberg & Finney (eds) (2014) STRATI 2013, Springer Geology XVII , 925-929.

• Aeolian beach ridges and their significance for climate and sea level: Concept and insight from the Levant coast (East Mediterranean).

  2013
  Mauz, B., Hijma, M.P., Amorosi, A., Porat, N., Galilie, E., Bloemendal, J. Earth-Science Reviews, 121, 31-54. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.03.003.

• Links between early Holocene ice-sheet decay, sea-level rise and abrupt climate change.

  2012
  Törnqvist, T.E., Hijma, M.P. Nature Geoscience, 5, 601-606. doi:10.1038/NGEO1536.

• Pleistocene Rhine–Thames landscapes: geological background for hominin occupation of the southern North Sea region.

  2012
  Hijma, M.P., Cohen, K.M., Roebroeks, W., Westerhoff, W.E., Busschers, F.S. Journal of Quaternary Science, 27(1), 17-39. doi: 10.1002/jqs.1549.

• Holocene transgression of the Rhine river mouth area, The Netherlands/Southern North Sea: palaeogeography and sequence stratigraphy.

  2011
  Hijma, M.P., Cohen, K.M. Sedimentology, 58(6), 1453-1485. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01222.x.

• Comment on: Mid-Holocene water-level changes in the lower Rhine-Meuse delta (western Netherlands): implications for the reconstruction of relative mean sea-level rise, palaeoriver-gradients and coastal evolution by Van de Plassche et al.

  2011
  Hijma M.P., Cohen K.M. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences - Geologie en Mijnbouw, 90 (1), 51-54. (2010)

• Timing and magnitude of the sea-level jump preluding the 8200 yr event.

  2010
  Hijma, M.P., Cohen, K.M. Geology, 38 (3), 275-278. doi: 10.1130/G30439.1.

• Development of a mid-Holocene estuarine basin, Rhine-Meuse mouth area, offshore the Netherlands.

  2010
  Hijma, M.P., Van der Spek, A.J.F., Van Heteren, S. Marine Geology, 271 (3-4), 198-211. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2010.02.011.

• From river valley to estuary: the evolution of the Rhine mouth in the early to middle Holocene (western Netherlands, Rhine-Meuse delta).

  2009
  Hijma, M.P., Cohen, K.M., Hoffmann, G., Van der Spek, A.J.F., Stouthamer, E. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences - Geologie en Mijnbouw, 88 (1), 13-53.

• From river valley to estuary: the early-mid Holocene transgression of the Rhine-Meuse valley, The Netherlands

  2009
  Hijma, M.P. Ph.D.thesis, Utrecht University. http://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/37147

• Het Rijnmondgebied in het Vroeg Holoceen: inzichten uit een diepe put bij Blijdorp (Rotterdam)

  2008
  Cohen, K.M., Hijma, M.P. Grondboor en Hamer 62 (3/4), 64-71. http://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/32883

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