Jan PeetersUniversity of Michigan | U-M
Jan Peeters
PhD
Researching the geomorphic evolution of the Nile River in Egypt and Sudan, and the greater African Sahel region.
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Introduction
River systems and their sedimentary records are my main interests. Of course from source to sink - so all the way from the headwaters, through their valleys into their deltas and estuaries. Currently, I'm researching the Nile River in Egypt and Sudan, and the greater African Sahel region.
Additional affiliations
September 2019 - September 2021
April 2017 - April 2019
Position
- Researcher
Description
- Middle Egypt: Research on the Nile river for the Dayr al-Barsha Project to study the interaction of the ancient Egyptians and their natural environment.
January 2016 - present
Position
- Researcher
Description
- Luxor region, Upper Egypt: Research on the Nile river for the 'Theban Harbours and Waterscapes Survey' (THaWS) to study the interaction of the ancient Egyptians and their natural environment.
Publications
Publications (16)
This paper describes the sedimentary architecture, chronostratigraphy and palaeogeography of the late Middle and Late Pleistocene (Marine Isotope Stage / MIS 6-2) incised Rhine-valley fill in the central Netherlands based on six geological transects, luminescence dating, biostratigraphical data and a 3D geological model. The incised-valley fill con...
Understanding of complex sedimentary records formed by transgressive systems is critical for hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation, and carbon capture and storage. This paper discusses the facies proportions and preservation of the Last Interglacial and Holocene transgressive systems tracts in the Netherlands and their applicability as a North S...
New Kingdom royal cult temples in Thebes (Luxor, Egypt) are all located on the lower desert edge. Kom el-Hettân (Amenhotep III: reign 1391-1353 BCE, 18th Dynasty) is an exception, as it is located in the present Nile floodplain. Its anomalous position has puzzled Egyptologists, as has the termination of its use, which traditionally has been attribu...
Although the Nile is one of the largest rivers in the world and played a central role in ancient Egyptian life, little is known about its response to climatic change during the Holocene. Here we present a framework for the evolution of the Egyptian Nile, demonstrating how climatic and environmental changes have shaped the landscape of the Egyptian...
The ancient Egyptian city of al-Ashmūnayn (Minyā Governorate, Egypt) has been an important regional centre since at least the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2160 BC). It is assumed to have been founded on the banks of the Nile, although no scientific evidence was hitherto available to support this claim. In this multidisciplinary study, the results of a geoa...
On Monday 17 December 2018, I successfully defended my dissertation “The Last Interglacial Rhine estuary – Sedimentary architecture, chronostratigraphy, preservation and analogue potential” at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Utrecht University's "Low Land Genesis" borehole descriptions from 1959-1990 have been digitized since the 1990ies, importantly during a 2017 project (DANS KDP scheme) focusing on corings by staff, next to corings by students. Borehole descriptions of younger years were mostly made digital right after collection. The database contains borehole desc...
Report on the 2016 spring season of the Theban Harbours and Waterscapes Survey (THaWS). The article discusses the geoarchaeological and geophysical survey along a 3.2 km-long transect starting close to the front of the Temple of Millions of Years of Ay and Horemheb and stretching to the village of Geziret el-Bairat on the West Bank of the Nile.
This paper presents the current state of knowledge on the evolution and depositional history of the River Rhine in the southern part of the North Sea basin during the upper Middle and Late Pleistocene, and its response to climate change, sea-level oscillation and glacio-isostasy. The study focuses on the development of the Eemian interglacial lower...
Bodemdaling in veengebieden is al lange tijd een groot en bekend probleem. Het grootste deel van de bodemdaling wordt veroorzaakt door oxidatie van organische stof. Om duurzaam ruimtelijk beleid te kunnen ontwikkelen om bodemdaling tegen te gaan is het belangrijk om over actuele gegevens te beschikken van de huidige bodemgesteldheid. De provincie U...
Bodemdaling in veengebieden in Nederland is een bekend probleem. Het grootste deel (circa 60%) van de bodemdaling wordt veroorzaakt door oxidatie van organische stof. De diepte tot waarop oxidatie optreedt, wordt in belangrijke mate bepaald door de grondwaterstand. Om beleid te kunnen ontwikkelen met betrekking tot duurzame ruimtelijke inrichting m...
The River Rhine occupied the Niers Valley (Germany) from the Saalian Glaciation (MIS 6) until the Early Holocene (Kasse et al., Journal of Quaternary Science 2005). The fluvial landscape of the time of abandonment has been exceptionally well preserved, leaving a series of cut-off meanders and residual channels. This unique preservation provides the...
