Dr Jaco Baas
Uwch Ddarlithydd
Contact info
Position: Reader
Room: 305 Craig Mair
Phone: 01248 382894
E-mail: j.baas@bangor.ac.uk
Web: Google Scholar, ResearchGate
I am Reader in Fine Particle Dynamics in the School of Ocean Sciences, and specialise in the erosion, transport, and deposition of fine, cohesive sediment. I graduated from the University of Utrecht (the Netherlands) with a combined BSc/MSc in Sedimentary Geology in 1988. At the same university, I completed my PhD in Bedform Dynamics in 1993. Subsequently, I was Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Geomar Research Centre in Kiel, Germany (studying Late-Pleistocene climate signals in slope sediments from the North-Atlantic continental margin), at the University of Rouen, France (on resuspension processes in the Seine estuary and gravel mining in the English Channel), and at the University of Bergen, Norway (investigating grain orientations in turbidite deposits).
In 1998, I moved to the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds, where I started as a Marie Curie Research Fellow and then became a Senior Research Fellow. My research in Leeds included the physical properties of particulate density currents and their deposits and the dynamics of turbulence-modulated flows carrying cohesive clay particles. I took up my present post in Bangor in January 2007.
I am a process sedimentologist with more than 25 years of experience in sediment transport in fluvial, shallow marine, and deep-marine environments. My main fundamental and applied research interests include physical and biological cohesion in fine-grained sediment, the dynamics of sedimentary bedforms, and sediment gravity flows in the deep ocean, but my expertise also stretches to hydraulic engineering, palaeoclimatology, and mathematical modelling. I combine experimental research with field work to answer timely research questions, taking a blue-skies approach as well as collaborating with industry.
Research Area
- 2006
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An experimental model for turbulence modulation in natural clay-laden flows over flat beds, ripples and dunes.
Baas, J. H., Best, J. L. & Kellman, P., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Bedforms in high concentration flows – Preliminary results of laboratory experiments.
Kellman, P., Best, J. L., Baas, J. H., Peakall, J. & Parsons, D., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Behaviour of fully ponded turbidity currents in confined basins: An experimental study.
Patacci, M., McCaffrey, W. M., Haughton, P., Baas, J. H. & Keevil, G., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Can vertical stacking of low-angle bedforms produce rhythmic bedding in slurry flow deposits.
Baas, J. H., Best, J. L. & Peakall, J., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Experimental model for turbulence modulation in natural clay-laden flows.
Baas, J. H., Best, J. L., Peakall, J. & Wang, M., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Experimental turbidity current transport and deposition using scaled realistic bathymetry.
Baas, J. H., McCaffrey, W. D., Pattaci, M. & Wyton, J., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Flow dynamics and depositional properties of cohesive mixed sand-mud currents with transient turbulent behaviour.
Baas, J. H., Best, J. L., Peakall, J., McCaffrey, B. & Wang, M., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Grain fabric control on directional permeability in deep-marine sandstones.
Baas, J. H., McCaffrey, W. D., Hailwood, E. & Kay, M., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Non-cohesive, mixed and cohesive high-density turbidity currents: Flow and deposit properties inferred from laboratory experiments.
Manica, R., Baas, J. H., De Oliveira Borges, A. L., Maestri, R. D., Peakall, J. & McCaffrey, W. D., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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The Deep-Water Architecture Knowledge Base: Towards objective comparison of deep-marine sedimentary systems.
Baas, J. H. & McCaffrey, W. D., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- 2005
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The Deep-Water Architecture Knowledge Base: Towards objective comparison of deep-marine sedimentary systems.
Baas, J. H., McCaffrey, W. D. & Knipe, R. J., 1 Tach 2005, Yn: Petroleum Geoscience. 11, 4, t. 309-320Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Detection and quantification of suspended sediment concentration and stratification in open channel flows: development and first results using electrical resistance tomography.
Schlaberg, H. I., Baas, J. H., Wang, M., Best, J. L., Williams, R. A. & Peakall, J., 5 Medi 2005.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Introduction to the Physics of Cohesive Sediment Dynamics in the Marine Environment, by J.C.Winterwerp & C. Van Kesteren
Baas, J. H., 1 Medi 2005, Unknown.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arall › Cyfraniad Arall
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Comparison of spatio-temporal evolution of experimental particulate gravity flows at two different initial concentrations, based on velocity, grain size and density data.
Choux, C. M., Baas, J. H., McCaffrey, W. D. & Haughton, P. D., 1 Awst 2005, Yn: Sedimentary Geology. 179, 1-2, t. 49-69Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Sediment gravity flows: Recent advances in process and field analysis – Introduction
Baas, J. H., 1 Awst 2005, Yn: Sedimentary Geology. 179, 1-2, t. 1-3Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences, by J. Locat, & J. Mienert
Baas, J. H. & Strachan, L., 1 Mai 2005, Unknown.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arall › Cyfraniad Arall
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Coupling between suspended sediment distribution and turbulence structure in a laboratory turbidity current.
Baas, J. H., McCaffrey, W. D., Haughton, P. D. & Choux, C., 1 Ion 2005, Yn: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. 110, c11, t. C11015Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Detection and quantification of suspension concentrations and sedimentation layers in channel flows using electrical resistance tomography.
Schlaberg, H. I., Baas, J. H., Wang, M., Best, J. L., Williams, R. A. & Peakall, J., 1 Ion 2005.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Enhanced fault seal evaluation of turbidite systems in mature basins: Examples from around the globe.
Bradbury, P. W., Freeman, S. R., Harris, S. D., Knipe, R. J., McCaffrey, W. D., Baas, J. H. & Lewis, G., 1 Ion 2005.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Experimental passive fill of U-shaped burrows.
Kellman, P., Baas, J. H., Best, J. L. & Uchman, A., 1 Ion 2005.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Turbulence modulation in clay-laden flows over ripples and dunes.
Baas, J. H. & Best, J. L., 1 Ion 2005.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Turbulence modulation in clay-rich flows: Implications for depositional process and bed form geometry.
Baas, J. H. & Best, J. L., 1 Ion 2005.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Turbulence-modulated clay-laden flow over flat beds, ripple and dunes.
Baas, J. H. & Best, J. L., 1 Ion 2005.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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When is a clay-laden current turbulent, transitional or laminar? A new stability diagram based on flow dynamics and clay concentration.
Baas, J. H., Best, J. L., Peakall, J. & Wang, M., 1 Ion 2005.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- 2004
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Deposits of depletive high-density turbidity currents: a flume analogue of bed geometry, structure and texture.
Baas, J. H., Van Kesteren, W. & Postma, G., 1 Hyd 2004, Yn: Sedimentology. 51, 5, t. 1053-1088Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid