2019-2023

PhD Cum Laude (2023): “On pole position: new approaches to quantifying polar wander and relative paleomagnetic displacements”

Supervisors: Douwe van Hinsbergen

2017:

MSc project: “Kinematic reconstruction of the northwest Pacific region since the Late Cretaceous, and the fate of the Pacific-Izanagi Ridge”

Supervisors: Lydian Boschman, Douwe van Hinsbergen

2017-18:

Junior Teacher at Utrecht University

Publications

1. Wagenaar, S.D.M.***, Vaes, B., and van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., submitted, Towards a solid earth integrated reference frame, Journal of Geophysical Research
2. Vaes, B.** and van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., submitted, Slow true polar wander around varying equatorial axes since 320 Ma, AGU Advances
3. Vaes, B.**, van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Paridaens, J., 2024, APWP-online.org: a global reference database and open-source tools for calculating apparent polar wander paths and relative paleomagnetic displacements, Tektonika 2.1, https://doi.org/10.55575/tektonika2024.2.1.44
4. Xu, W., Yan, M., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Li, B., Guan, C., Fu, Q., Yu, L., Xu, Z., Zhang, D., Shen, M., Feng, Z., Niu, Z., and Vaes, B., 2024, Paleomagnetic Evidence of 50º post-Eocene Clockwise Rotation of Mangkang and its Implications on the Tectonic Evolution of the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau, Gondwana Research 129, 23-35
5. Vaes, B.**, van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., van de Lagemaat, S.H.A.**, van der Wiel, E.**, Lom, N.*, Advokaat, E.L., Boschman, L.M., Gallo, L.C., Greve, A., Guilmette, C., Li, S., Lippert, P.C., Montheil, L.**, Qayyum, A.*, and Langereis, C.G., 2023, A global apparent polar wander path since 320 Ma calculated from site-level paleomagnetic data, Earth-Science Reviews 245, 104547
6. Andjić, G.*, Vaes, B.**, van de Lagemaat, S.H.A.**, Boschman, L., Dekkers, M.A., Johnston, S.T., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., in press, Paleolatitudinal drift and major rotation of the Wrangellia superterrane in the Mesozoic: a signal of east-Panthalassa plate motion?, Tectonics
7. Montheil, L.**, Philippon, M., Münch, P., Camps, P., Vaes, B.**, Cornée, J.J., Poidras, T., and van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., 2023, Major rotations in the northeastern Caribbean region reveal large-scale intraplate deformation since the Eocene, Tectonics 42, e2022TC007706
8. Vaes, B.**, Gallo, L., and van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., 2022, On pole position: causes of dispersion of the paleomagnetic poles behind apparent polar wander paths, Journal of Geophysical Research 127, e2022JB023953
9. Gerritsen, D***, Vaes, B.**, and van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., 2022, Influence of data filters on the position and precision of paleomagnetic poles: what is the optimal sampling strategy?, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 23, e2021GC010269
10. van de Lagemaat, S.H.A.**, Swart, M.L.A.***, Vaes, B.**, Kosters, M.E.***, Boschman, L.M.**, Burton-Johnson, A., Bijl, P.K., Spakman, W., and van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., 2021, Subduction initiation in the Scotia Sea region and opening of the Drake Passage: when and why?, Earth-Science Reviews 215, 103551
11. Vaes, B.**, Li, S., Langereis, C.G., and van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., 2021, Reliability of palaeomagnetic poles from sedimentary rocks, Geophysical Journal International 225, p. 1281-1303
12. Koymans, M.R., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Pastor-Galán, D., Vaes, B.**, Langereis, C.G., 2020, Towards FAIR paleomagnetic data management through Paleomagnetism.org 2.0, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 21, e2019GC008838
13. Vaes, B.***, van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., and Boschman, L.M.**, 2019, Reconstruction of subduction and back-arc spreading in the NW Pacific and Aleutian Basin: clues to causes of Cretaceous and Eocene plate reorganizations, Tectonics 38, p. 1367-1413

Outreach

1. Traveling Geologist (Canada) – Paleomagnetic fieldwork in Switzerland with Dieke Gerritsen
2. News FR24 (France) – Un supervolcan alimenté par le manteau terrestre a provoqué la rotation des plaques crustales

MSc student supervision

1. Dieke Gerritsen
2. Ingmar van der Lucht
3. Merel Swart