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Vrije Universiteit, Faculty of Earth Sciences,

Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Main research subjects:

Wetlands and river plains, carbon fluxes from terrestrial environments, Ice ages
with an emphasis on modelling.

Current research projects:

Carbon fluxes in peatlands and nature reserves in the Netherlands. Oxidation of peat due to drainage of coastal peatlands may be a major source of atmospheric carbon in the future, due to continuous increase of land reclamation in coastal areas. In the Netherlands, reclamation of peatlands already started in medieval times. Lowering of the water table to maintain or increase accessibility of the peatlands for agricultural use leads to continued oxidation of peat. The aim of this project is to quantify the carbon dioxide and methane release due to these land management practions for different types peatlands. 

Methane and soil carbon fluxes in permafrost environments Predicted global warming will be largest in the Arctic and will severely affect permafrost environments. By increased soil temperature, active layer thickness and primary production this may cause higher methane fluxes from the vast northern lowlands in Eurasia. In this research, part of the EU funded TCOS project, methane fluxes from Siberian tundra and taiga ecosystems are quantified and related to permafrost characteristics. Cooperation with the Yakut institute of Biology

Paleo-carbon fluxes from terrestrial environments. Ice cores show major perturbations of the global carbon cycle in conjunction with rapid climate change during the last glacial. This projects includes reconstruction of paleo-carbon fluxes during the Quaternary, from paleo-ecological data in combination with modelling.

 

Recent Publications

Scientific publications


Van Huissteden, J., 1990: Tundra rivers of the Last Glacial: sedimentation and geomorphological processes during the Middle Pleniglacial in the Dinkel valley (eastern Netherlands). Mededelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst, 44-3, p. 3-138.

Van Huissteden, J., O. van de Plassche, 1998: Sulfate reduction as a geomorphological agent in tidal marshes ('Great Marshes' at Barnstable, Cape Cod, USA).Earth Surface Processes and Landforms23, 223-236

Van Huissteden, J., G. Nugteren, J. Vandenberghe, An Zhisheng 1997: Spectral Analysis of a Grainsize Record of the Loess Deposits in Central China.Proceedings 30th IGC, Beijing, Vol. 2&3, p. 313-325, VSP, The Netherlands

Ran, E.T.H., J. van Huissteden, 1990: The Dinkel valley in the Middle Pleniglacial: dynamics of a tundra river system. Mededelingen Rijks Geologische dienst, 44-3, p. 209-220.

Ran, E. T. H., S. J. P. Bohncke, J. van Huissteden & J. Vandenberghe, 1990: Evidence of episodic permafrost conditions during the Weichselian Middle Pleniglacial in the Hengelo basin (The Netherlands). Geologie en Mijbouw 44-3, p 207-220.

Vandenberghe, J. Z. An, G. Nugteren, L. Huayu and J. van Huissteden, 1997: A new absolute timescale for the Quaternary climate in the Chinese Loess Region by grain size analysis. Geology, 25-1, p. 35-38

Van Geel, B., J.P. Pals, G.B.A. van Reenen, J. van Huissteden, 1995: The indicator value of fossil fungal remains, illustrated by the paleoecological record of a Late Eemian/Early Weichselian deposit in the Netherlands. Mededelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst, 52, p. 297-315.

Isarin, R., A.S. Huijzer and J. van Huissteden 1998: Time-slice oriented multi-proxy database (MPDB) for palaeoclimate reconstruction . CAPS (Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System) CD-ROM, Version 1.0, National Snow and Ice Data Center. CIRES, University of Colorado.

Huayu Lu, Ko van Huissteden , Zhisheng An , Govert Nugteren , Jef Vandenberghe, 1999: East Asia winter monsoon variations on a millennial time scale before the last glacial-interglacial cycle. Journal of Quaternary Science, 14-1, 101-110

Bateman, M.D., J. van Huissteden 1999: The timing of last glacial periglacial and aeolian events, Twente, Eastern Netherlands.Journal of Quaternary Science, 14(3), 277-283.

Van Huissteden, J., J. Vandenberghe, T. van der Hammen, W. Laan 2000: Fluvial and aeolian interaction under permafrost condition: Weichselian Late Pleniglacial, Twente, Eastern Netherlands.Catena 40, 307-321.
 

Huayu Lu, Ko (J.) van Huissteden, Jie Zhou, Jef Vandenberghe, Xiaodong Liu and Zhisheng An 2000: Variability of the East Asian winter monsoon in Quaternary climatic extremes in North China.Quaternary Research , 54(3), 321-327.

Van Huissteden, J., C. Kasse 2001: Detection of rapid climate change in Last Glacial fluvial successions in the Netherlands.Global & Planetary Change, 28, 319-339.

J. van Huissteden, P.L. Gibbard, R.M. Briant 2001: Periglacial fluvial systems  in northwest Europe during  marine isotope stages 4 and 3.Quaternary International 79(1), 75-88

J. van Huissteden, Jacques C.G. Schwan, Mark D. Bateman 2001: Environmental conditions and paleowind directions at the end of the Weichselian Late Pleniglacial recorded in aeolian sediments and  geomorphology (Twente, Eastern Netherlands) . Geologie en Mijnbouw, 80(2):1-18.

Note:Due to conversion problems between graphics software, figure 12 in this paper did not print correctly - arrows indicating sediment transport directions were printed as ordinary lines. Here is a correct version of this figure for downloading.

Ko van Huissteden, David Pollard 2003: Oxygen Isotope Stage 3 fluvial and eolian successions in Europe compared with climate model results. Quaternary Research 59:223-233

Ko van Huissteden, Jef Vandenberghe, David Pollard 2003: Palaeotemperature reconstructions of the European permafrost zone during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3 compared with climate model results. Journal of Quaternary Science, 18(5):453-464 This is a Stage 3 Project paper.

C. Kasse, J. Vandenberghe, J. Van Huissteden, S. J. P. Bohncke and J. A. A. Bos 2003: Sensitivity of Weichselian fluvial systems to climate change (Nochten mine, eastern Germany), Quaternary Science Reviews , Pages 2141-2156

Keesstra S.D. and  K. van Huissteden. (2003): Dating morphological river response to landuse changes in the Dragonja catchment, SW Slovenia. In: D. Gabriels and W.M. Cornelis (Eds.). 25 Years of Assessment of Erosion . Ghent University, Belgium, p. 305-312.

Ko van Huissteden, Remco van den Bos (2003):  Modeling the effect of water-table management on CO2 and CH4 fluxes from peat soils. In: R.M. van den Bos Human influences on carbon fluxes in coastal peatlands; process analysis, quantification and predicti on. Thesis, Vrije Universiteit, p. 67-90.

Remco van den Bos, Ko van Huissteden, Orson van de Plassche (2003): A model-based assessment of CO2 and CH4 fluxes in coastal peatlands (Western Netherlands) for different climate and management scenarios. In: R.M. van den Bos Human influences on carbon fluxes in coastal peatlands; process analysis, quantification and prediction. Thesis, Vrije Universiteit, p. 91-110.

J. van Huissteden (2004): Methane emission from northern wetlands in Europe during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3. Quaternary Science Reviews 23:1989-2005,

Nugteren G, Vandenberghe J, van Huissteden J, An ZS (2004): A Quaternary climate record based on grain size analysis from the Luochuan loess section on the Central Loess Plateau, China.
<>Global and Planetary Change 41 (3-4): 167-183

S.D.Keesstra, J. van Huissteden, J. Vandenberghe, O. Van Dam, J. de Gier, I. D. Pleizier (in press): Evolution of the valley morphology of the river Dragonja (SW Slovenia) due to land use changes. Geomorphology.69:191-207

Ko van Huissteden, Remco van den Bos, Ignacio Marticorena Alvarez (in press):  Modeling the effect of water-table management on CO2 and CH 4 fluxes from peat soils. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 85:3-18

J. van Huissteden, T.C. Maximov, A.J. Dolman (2005): High methane flux from an arctic floodplain (Indigirka lowlands, Eastern Siberia). Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 110, G02002, doi:10.1029/2005JG000010

J. Vandenberghe, H. Renssen, J. van Huissteden, G. Nugteren, M. Konert, H. Lu, A. Dodonov, L. Zhou, J.P. Buylaart (accepted): Penetration of Atlantic westerly winds into the C. and E. Asian monsoonal system.Quaternary Science Reviews

Popular

J. van Huissteden (2004): Moeras: Rem of versnelling van de broeikas? In: Roos, R. e.a. (red.), Opgewarmd Nederland (boek + DVD). Stichting Natuurmedia, Amsterdam/ Uitgevrij Jan van Arkel

Teaching

Quaternary Geology and Environmental Geosciences curriculum,
 
  • Vrije Universiteit, Faculty of Earth Sciences
  • Last update January 3, 2006