Dr Jaco Baas
Reader in Ocean Sciences
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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
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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A phase diagram for turbulent, transitional and laminar clay suspension flows.
Baas, J. H., Best, J. L., Peakall, J. & Wang, M., 1 Mar 2009, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 79, 3-4, p. 162-183Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An integrated process-based model of flutes and tool marks in deep-water environments: implications for palaeohydraulics, the Bouma sequence, and hybrid event beds
Peakall, J., Best, J., Baas, J. H., Hodgson, D. M., Clare, M. A., Talling, P. J., Dorrell, R. M. & Lee, D. R., Jun 2020, In: Sedimentology. 67, 4, p. 1601-1666 66 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bedform development in mixed sand–mud: The contrasting role of cohesive forces in flow and bed
Baas, J. H., Davies, A. G. & Malarkey, J., 15 Jan 2013, In: Geomorphology. 182, p. 19-32Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bedform migration in a mixed sand and cohesive clay intertidal environment and implications for bed material transport predictions
Lichtman, I. D., Baas, J. H., Amoudry, L. O., Thorne, P. D., Malarkey, J., Hope, J. A., Peakall, J., Paterson, D. M., Bass, S. J., Cooke, R. D., Manning, A. J., Davies, A. G., Parsons, D. R. & Ye, L., 15 Aug 2018, In: Geomorphology. 315, p. 17-32 66 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biomediation of submarine sediment gravity flow dynamics
Craig, M., Baas, J. H., Amos, K. J., Strachan, L. J., Manning, A. J., Paterson, D. M., Hope, J. A., Nodder, S. D. & Baker, M. L., Jan 2020, In: Geology. 48, 1, p. 72-76Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Blood, lead and spheres: a hindered settling equation for sedimentologists based on metadata analysis
Baas, J. H., Baker, M. L., Buffon, P., Strachan, L. J., Bostock, H. C., Hodgson, D. M., Eggenhuisen, J. T. & Spychala, Y. T., Jun 2022, In: The Depositional Record. 8, 2, p. 603-615 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparing the transitional behaviour of kaolinite and bentonite suspension flows
Baas, J., Best, J. L. & Peakall, J., Oct 2016, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 41, 13, p. 1911-1921Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Aug 2005, In: Sedimentary Geology. 179, 1-2, p. 49-69Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Concepts and applications of fluvial sedimentology: Towards interdisciplinary analysis of process and product.
Weltje, G. J., Hoogendoorn, R. M., Marriott, S. B. & Baas, J. H., 15 Nov 2007, In: Sedimentary Geology. 202, 1-2, p. 1-4Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conditions for formation of massive turbiditic sandstones by primary depositional processes.
Baas, J. H., 1 Apr 2004, In: Sedimentary Geology. 166, 3-4, p. 292-310Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jan 2005, In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. 110, c11, p. C11015Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Current- and Wave-Generated Bedforms on Mixed Sand–Clay Intertidal Flats: A New Bedform Phase Diagram and Implications for Bed Roughness and Preservation Potential
Baas, J., Malarkey, J., Lichtman, I. D., Amoudry, L. O., Thorne, P., Hope, J. A., Peakall, J., Paterson, D. M., Bass, S., Cooke, R. D., Manning, A. J., Parsons, D. & Ye, L., 3 Nov 2021, In: Frontiers Earth Science. 9, 747567.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Depositional processes, bedform development and hybrid bed formation in rapidly decelerated cohesive (mud–sand) sediment flows
Baas, J. H., Best, J. L. & Peakall, J., 1 Dec 2011, In: Sedimentology. 58, 7, p. 1953-1987Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Oct 2004, In: Sedimentology. 51, 5, p. 1053-1088Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Directional petrological characterisation of deep-marine sandstones using grain fabric and permeability anisotropy: methodologies, theory, application and suggestions for integration.
Baas, J. H., Hailwood, E. A., McCaffrey, W. D., Kay, M. & Jones, R., 1 May 2007, In: Earth Science Reviews. 82, 1-2, p. 101-142Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Discontinuity in Equilibrium Wave–Current Ripple Size and Shape and Deep cleaning associated with Cohesive Sand–Clay Beds
Wu, X., Fernández, R., Baas, J., Malarkey, J. & Parsons, D. R., Sept 2022, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 127, 9, p. e2022JF006771 e2022JF006771.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Does sand promote or hinder the mobility of cohesive sediment gravity flows?
Baker, M. L. & Baas, J., Feb 2023, In: Sedimentology. 70, 4, p. 1110-1130 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Duration of deposition from decelerating high-density turbidity currents.
Baas, J. H., Van Dam, R. L. & Storms, J. E., 1 Oct 2000, In: Sedimentary Geology. 136, 1-2, p. 71-88Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dynamics and deposition of sediment-bearing multi-pulsed flows and geological implication
Ho, V. L., Dorrell, R. M., Keevil, G., Thomas, R. E., Burns, A. D., Baas, J. H. & McCaffrey, W. D., Nov 2019, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 89, 11, p. 1127-1139Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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EZ-ROSE: a computer program for equal-area circular histograms and statistical analysis of two-dimensional vectorial data.
Baas, J. H., 1 Mar 2000, In: Computers and Geosciences. 26, 2, p. 153-166Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Earth Science Editorial.
Baas, J. H., 1 Feb 2004, In: Annals of the Marie Curie Fellowships. 3, p. 42Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Earth Science Editorial.
Baas, J. H., 1 Jul 2002, In: Annals of the Marie Curie Fellowships. 2, p. 34Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of biological polymers on mobility and run-out distance of cohesive and non-cohesive sediment gravity flows
Sobocinska, A. & Baas, J., 1 Oct 2022, In: Marine Geology. 452, 106904.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Electrical resistance tomography for suspended sediment measurements in open channel flows using a novel sensor design.
Schlaberg, H. I., Baas, J. H., Wang, M., Best, J. L., Williams, R. A. & Peakall, J., 1 Oct 2006, In: Particle and Particle Systems Characterization. 23, 3-4, p. 313-320Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fine sediment in mixed sand-silt environments impact bedform geometry by altering sediment mobility
de Lange, S. L., Niesten, I., van de Veen, S. H. J., Baas, J., Lammers, J., Waldschlaeger, K., Boelee, D. & Hoitink, A. J. F., 24 Jun 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Water Resources Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Flow-induced Interfacial Deformation Structures (FIDS): Implications for the interpretation of palaeocurrents, flow dynamics and substrate rheology
Peakall, J., Best, J., Baas, J., Wignall, P. B., Hodgson, D. M. & Łapcik, P., 19 Jun 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Sedimentology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Influence of cohesive clay on wave–current ripple dynamics captured in a 3D phase diagram
Xuxu, W., Malarkey, J., Fernández, R., Baas, J., Pollard, E. & Parsons, D., 30 Jan 2024, In: Earth Surface Dynamics. 12, p. 231-247Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Integrating field and laboratory approaches for ripple development in mixed sand-clay-EPS
Baas, J. H., Baker, M., Malarkey, J., Bass, S. J., Manning, A. J., Hope, J. A., Peakall, J., Lichtman, I., Ye, L., Davies, A., Parsons, D. R., Paterson, D. M. & Thorne, P. D., Dec 2019, In: Sedimentology. 66, 7, p. 2749-2768 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Integrating transitional-flow signatures into hybrid event beds: Implications for hybrid flow evolution on a submarine lobe fringe
Łapcik, P. & Baas, J., 4 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Sedimentary Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interactions between sediment microbial ecology and physical dynamics drive heterogeneity in contextually similar depositional systems
Hope, J. A., Malarkey, J., Baas, J. H., Peakall, J., Parsons, D., Manning, A. J., Bass, S., Lichtman, I., Thorne, P., Ye, L. & Paterson, D. M., Oct 2020, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 65, 10, p. 2403-2419Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Marine redox dynamics and biotic response to the mid-Silurian Ireviken Extinction Event in a mid-shelf setting
Wang, Y., Wignall, P. B., Xiong, Y., Loydell, D. K., Peakall, J., Baas, J. H., Mills, B. J. W. & Poulton, S. W., 10 May 2024, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 181, 4, jgs2023-155.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mixed Sand—Mud Bedforms Produced by Transient Turbulent Flows in the Fringe of Submarine Fans: Indicators of Flow Transformation
Baker, M. L. & Baas, J. H., Aug 2020, In: Sedimentology. 67, 5, p. 2645-2671 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predicting bedforms and primary current stratification in cohesive mixtures of mud and sand
Baas, J. H., Best, J. L. & Peakall, J., Jan 2016, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 173, 1, p. 12-45Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Preservation of groove mark striae formed by armoured mud clasts: the role of armour sediment size and bed yield stress
Lock, C., Reid, M., Baas, J. & Peakall, J., 30 Jul 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: The Depositional Record.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Processes and products of turbidity currents entering soft muddy substrates
Baas, J. H., Manica, R., Puhl, E., Verhagen, I. & de O.Borges, A. L., May 2014, In: Geology. 42, 5, p. 371-374Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rapid gravity flow transformation revealed in a single climbing ripple
Baas, J. H., Best, J. & Peakall, J., 1 May 2021, In: Geology. 49, 5, p. 493-497Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reversed sediment wave migration in the Irish Sea, NW Europe: A reappraisal of the validity of geometry-based predictive modelling and assumptions
Van Landeghem, K. J., Baas, J. H., Mitchell, N., Wilcockson, D. & Wheeler, A. J., 15 Feb 2012, In: Marine Geology. 295-298, p. 95-112Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ripple formation induced by biogenic mounds – Comment
Baas, J. H. & Best, J. L., 15 Aug 2000, In: Marine Geology. 168, 1-4, p. 145-151Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sediment Composition Influences Spatial Variation in the Abundance of Human Pathogen Indicator Bacteria within an Estuarine Environment
Perkins, T. L., Clements, K., Baas, J. H., Jago, C. F., Jones, D. L., Malham, S. K. & McDonald, J. E., 14 Nov 2014, In: PLoS ONE. 9, 11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sediment gravity flows: Recent advances in process and field analysis – Introduction
Baas, J. H., 1 Aug 2005, In: Sedimentary Geology. 179, 1-2, p. 1-3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sole marks reveal deep-marine depositional process and environment: implications for flow transformation and hybrid event bed models
Baas, J., Tracey, N. D. & Peakall, J., 4 Oct 2021, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 91, 9, p. 986–1009Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spatio-temporal evolution of velocity structure, concentration and grainsize stratification within experimental particulate gravity currents.
McCaffrey, W. D., Choux, C. M., Baas, J. H. & Haughton, P. D., 1 Jun 2003, In: Marine and Petroleum Geology. 20, 6-8, p. 851-860Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sticky stuff: Redefining bedform prediction in modern and ancient environments
Schindler, R. J., Parsons, D. R., Ye, L., Hope, J. A., Baas, J. H., Peakall, J., Manning, A. J., Aspden, R. J., Malarkey, J., Simmons, S., Paterson, D. M., Lichtman, I. D., Davies, A. G., Thorne, P. D. & Bass, S. J., 27 Mar 2015, In: Geology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Streamwise turbulence modulation in non-uniform open-channel clay suspension flows
de Vet, M. G. W., Fernandez, R., Baas, J. H., McCaffrey, W. D. & Dorrell, R. M., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 128, 8, e2022JF006781.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Nov 2005, In: Petroleum Geoscience. 11, 4, p. 309-320Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Effect of Clay Type on the Properties of Cohesive Sediment Gravity Flows and their Deposits
Baker, M. L., Baas, J. H., Malarkey, J., Silva Jacinto, R., Craig, M. J., Kane, I. A. & Barker, S., 2017, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 87, 11, p. 1176-1195 59 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The dynamics of turbulent, transitional and laminar clay-laden flow over a fixed current ripple.
Baas, J. H. & Best, J. L., 1 Jun 2008, In: Sedimentology. 55, 3, p. 635-66Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The hiding-exposure effect revisited: A method to calculate the mobility of bimodal sediment mixtures
McCarron, C. J., Van Landeghem, K. J. J., Baas, J. H., Amoudry, L. O. & Malarkey, J., Apr 2019, In: Marine Geology. 410, p. 22-31Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The pervasive role of biological cohesion in bedform development
Malarkey, J., Baas, J. H., Hope, J. A., Aspenden, R. J., Parsons, D. R., Peakall, J., Peterson, D. M., Schindler, R. J., Ye, L., Lichtman, I. D., Bass, S. J., Davies, A. G., Manning, A. J. & Thorne, P. D., 6 Feb 2015, In: Nature Communications. 6, 6257Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of biophysical cohesion on subaqueous bed form size
Parsons, D. R., Schindler, R. J., Hope, J. A., Malarkey, J., Baas, J. H., Peakall, J., Manning, A. L., Ye, L., Simmons, S., Paterson, D. M., Aspden, R. J., Bass, S. J., Davies, A. G., Lichtman, I. D. & Thorne, P. D., 28 Jan 2016, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 43, p. 1566-1573Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review