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. 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
2. Vaes, B.** and van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., submitted, Improved paleomagnetic constraints reveal slow true polar wander around varying equatorial axes during the last 320 Ma, Nature Communications
3. 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
4. Andjić, G.*, Vaes, B.**, van de Lagemaat, S.H.A.**, Boschman, L., Dekkers, M.A., Johnston, S.T., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., submitted, Paleolatitudinal drift and major rotation of the Wrangellia superterrane in the Mesozoic: a signal of east-Panthalassa plate motion?, Tectonics
5. 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
6. Vaes, B.**, van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Paridaens, J., submitted, APWP-online.org: a global reference database and open-source tools for calculating apparent polar wander paths and relative paleomagnetic displacements, Tektonika
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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