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Full Professor at VU, also at TNO - Geological Survey of the Netherlands
Ancillary activities
- Netherlands Journal of Geosciences | Utrecht | Redacteur Geologie en Mijnbouw | 2013-11-10 - present
- Landelijke Vereniging Geologische Activiteiten | Nijverdal | Bestuurder | 2020-07-01 - present
- Stichting Geopark Heuvelrug Gooi en Vecht | Bosch en Duin | Adviseur | 2021-03-01 - present
- Geopark Peelhorst en Maasvallei | Den Bosch | Adviseur | 2021-09-01 - present
- Musem Hofland | Laren | Adviseur | 2025-02-12 - present
Ancillary activities are updated daily
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Mid-Pleistocene uplift-induced acceleration of incision in the lower Meuse valley constrained by cosmogenic burial ages
da Silva Guimarães, E., Busschers, F. S., Roda Boluda, D., Akçar, N., Schlunegger, F., Kasse, C., Demoulin, A., vockenhuber, C., christl, M. & van Balen, R., 13 Apr 2026, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 383, 109978.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Shape Matters: Unlocking Transport Histories in Fine-Grained Aeolian Sediments With Endmember Modeling of Size–Shape Distributions
Stark, P. P., Prins, M. A., Beets, C. J., Tang, H., van Balen, R. T. & Kaakinen, A. P., Feb 2026, In: Earth and Space Science. 13, 2, p. 1-21 21 p., e2025EA004783.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Fault sealing in unconsolidated sediments through interporous accumulation of fines
Lapperre, R. E., Kasse, C., Bense, V. F. & van Balen, R., Nov 2025, In: Hydrogeology Journal. 33, 7, p. 1721-1743 23 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Corrigendum to “Macroevolutionary and macroecological response of Iberian rodents to late Neogene climatic oscillations and events” [J. Glob. Planet. Chang. 227 2023 104153]
van Dam, J. A., Mein, P., Garcés, M., van Balen, R. T., Furió, M. & Alcalá, L., Aug 2025, In: Global and Planetary Change. 251, p. 1-1 1 p., 104838.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Erratum / Corrigendum › Academic
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The first NW European stratigraphic record containing an entire interglacial-glacial cycle of periglacial alluvial fan response to (sub)orbital climate fluctuations
Viveen, W., Schoorl, J. M., van Balen, R., Trabucho, N. & Busschers, F. S., 1 Jun 2025, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 357, p. 1-19 19 p., 109315.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Courses
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A Late Glacial surface rupturing earthquake at the Peel Boundary faultzone, Roer Valley Rift System, and its morphologic response by the Meuse river
van Balen, R. (Speaker)
24 Aug 2020Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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CSAG meeting
Luijendijk, E. (Organiser), ter Voorde, M. (Organiser), van Balen, R. T. (Organiser), Andriessen, P. A. M. (Organiser), Verweij, H. (Organiser), van Wees, J. D. A. M. (Organiser) & Simmelink, E. (Organiser)
10 Jan 2008Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference › Academic
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Long-term effects of climate and land use change on the discharge, flood frequency, and sediment yield of the Meuse River: two applications of ECBilt-CLIO-VECODE to the late Holocene
Ward, P. J. (Speaker), Renssen, H. (Speaker), Aerts, J. C. J. H. (Speaker), van Balen, R. T. (Speaker), Verstraeten, G. (Speaker) & Vandenberghe, J. (Speaker)
22 Apr 2008Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Quaternary Science Reviews (Journal)
van Balen, R. T. (Associate editor), Vandenberghe, J. F. (Reviewer) & Kasse, C. (Associate editor)
2003Activity: Peer review and Editorial work › Editorial work › Academic
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Compaction and overpressure, offshore Mid-Norway
Skar, T. (Speaker), van Balen, R. T. (Speaker), Arnesen, L. (Speaker) & Cloetingh, S. A. P. L. (Speaker)
1997Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Press/Media
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Zware aardbeving treft Japanse kust, waarschuwing voor tsunami afgegeven
20/04/26
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Krijgen we in Fryslân vaker sinkholes te zien? Hevige stortbuien geven problemen
16/01/24
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Plotseling gaten in wegdek: op veel plekken in Nederland sinkholes gespot
10/01/24
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Pas op: grotere kans op sinkholes door wateroverlast, gat na gat ontstaat in weg
4/01/24
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