Publications

		Key publications

Baas, J.H., Mienert, J., Abrantes, F., Prins, M.A., 1997, Late Quaternary sedimentation on the Portuguese continental margin: climate-related processes and products: Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, v. 130, p. 1-23.

Prins, M.A., 1999, Pelagic, hemipelagic and turbidite deposition in the Arabian Sea during the late Quaternary: Unravelling the signals of aeolian and fluvial sediment supply as functions of tectonics, sea-level and climate change by means of end-member modelling of siliciclastic grain-size distributions [Ph.D. thesis]: Utrecht, Utrecht University, Geologica Ultraiectina 168, 192 p. [PDF]

Prins, M.A. and Weltje, G. J., 1999, End-member modeling of siliciclastic grain-size distributions: The late Quaternary record of aeolian and fluvial sediment supply to the Arabian Sea and its paleoclimatic significance, in Harbaugh, J., et al., eds., Numerical experiments in stratigraphy: Recent advances in stratigraphic and sedimentologic computer simulations, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Special Publication 62, p. 91-111. [PDF]

Prins, M.A. and Postma, G., 2000, Effects of climate, sea level, and tectonics unraveled for last deglaciation turbidite records of the Arabian Sea. Geology, v. 28, p. 375-378.

Prins, M.A., Postma, G., Cleveringa, J., Cramp, A., Kenyon, N.H., 2000, Controls on terrigenous sediment supply to the Arabian Sea during the late Quaternary: the Indus Fan. Marine Geology, v. 169, p. 327-349.

Prins, M.A., Postma, G., Weltje, G.J., 2000, Controls on terrigenous sediment supply to the Arabian Sea during the late Quaternary: the Makran continental slope. Marine Geology, v. 169, p. 351-371.

Prins, M.A., Troelstra, S.R., Kruk, R.W., Van den Borg, K., De Jong, A.F.M., Weltje, G.J., 2001, The Late Quaternary sedimentary record on Reykjanes Ridge (North Atlantic). Radiocarbon, v. 43, p. 887-895.

Schenau, S.J., Prins, M.A., De Lange, G.J., Monnin, C., 2001, Ba accumulation in the Arabian Sea: Controls on barite preservation in marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 65, p. 1545-1556.

Moreno, A., Cacho, I., Canals, M., Prins, M.A., Sánchez-Goñi, M.F., Grimalt, J.O., Weltje, G.J., 2002, Saharan dust transport and high-latitude glacial climate variability: the Alboran Sea record. Quaternary Research, v. 58, p. 318-328.

Prins, M.A., Bouwer, L.M., Beets, C.J., Troelstra, S.R., Weltje, G.J., Kruk, R.W., Kuijpers, A., Vroon, P.Z., 2002, Ocean circulation and iceberg discharge in the glacial North Atlantic: inferences from unmixing of sediment distributions. Geology, v. 30, p. 555-558.

Rasmussen, T.L., Thomsen, E., Troelstra, S.R., Kuijpers, A., Prins, M.A., 2002, Millennial-scale glacial variability versus Holocene stability: changes in planktic and benthic foraminifera faunas and ocean circulation in the North Atlantic during the last 60,000 years. Marine Micropaleontology, v. 47, p. 143-176.

Stow, D.A.V., Tabrez, A.R., Prins, M.A., 2002, Quaternary sedimentation on the Makran margin: turbidity current-hemipelagic interaction in an active slope-apron system. In: P.D. Clift, D. Kroon, C. Gaedicke, J. Craig (Eds.), The tectonic and climatic evolution of the Arabian Sea region. Geological Society of London Special Publication No. 195, p. 219-236.

Stuut, J.B.W., Prins, M.A., Schneider, R.S., Weltje, G.J., Jansen, J.H.F., Postma, G., 2002, A 300 kyr record of aridity and wind strength in southwestern Africa: evidence from grain-size distributions of sediments on Walvis Ridge, SE Atlantic. Marine Geology, v. 180, p. 221-233.

Stuut, J.B.W., Prins, M.A., Jansen, J.H.F., 2002, Fast reconnaissance of carbonate dissolution based on the size distribution of calcareous ooze on Walvis Ridge, SE Atlantic Ocean. Marine Geology, v. 190, p. 563-571.

Arz, H, Lamy, F, Pätzold, J., Müller, P.J., Prins, M.A., 2003, Mediterranean moisture source for early to mid-Holocene humid period in the northern Red Sea. Science, v. 300, p. 118-121.

Kuijpers, A., Troelstra, S.R., Prins, M.A., Linthout, K., Akhmetshanov, A., Buryak, S., Bachmann, M.F., Lassen, S., Rasmussen, S., Jensen, J.B., 2003, Late Quaternary sedimentary processes and ocean circulation changes at the Southeast Greenland Margin. Marine Geology, v. 195, p. 109-129.

Weltje, G.J., Prins, M.A., 2003, Muddled or mixed? Inferring paleoclimate from size distributions of deep-sea clastics. Sedimentary Geology, v. 162, p. 39-62.

Vriend, M., Prins, M.A., 2005. Calibration of modelled mixing patterns in loess grain-size distributions: an example from the north-eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, China. Sedimentology, v. 52, p. 1361-1374.

Witak, M., Wachnicka, A., Kuijpers, A., Prins, M.A., Troelstra, S.R., Witkowski, A., 2005, Holocene North Atlantic surface circulation and climate variability: evidence from diatom records. The Holocene, v. 15 (1), p. 85-96.

Møller, H.S., Jensen, K.G., Kuijpers, A., Aagaard-Sørensen, S., Seidenkrantz, M.-S., Prins, M.A., Endler, R., Mikkelsen, N., 2006, Late Holocene environment and climatic changes in Ameralik Fjord, Southwest Greenland - evidence from the sedimentary record. The Holocene, v. 16 (5), p. 685-695.

Mudie, P.J., Rochon, A., Prins, M.A., Soenarjo, D., Troelstra, S.R., Levac, E., Scott, D.B., Roncaglia, L., Kuijpers, A., 2006, Late Pleistocene-Holocene marine geology of Nares Strait Region: palaeoceanography from foraminifera and dinoflagellate cysts, sedimentology and stable isotopes. Polarforschung, v. 74, p. 169-183.

Prins, M.A., Rousseau, D.D., Stuut, J.B. (Guest Eds.), 2006-2007, Eolian dust as a player and recorder of environmental change. Special Theme in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G-cubed).

Prins, M.A., Vriend, M., Nugteren, G., Vandenberghe, J., Lu, H., Zheng, H., Weltje, G.J., 2007, Late Quaternary aeolian dust flux variability on the Chinese Loess Plateau: Inferences from unmixing of loess grain-size records. Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 26, p. 230-242.

Prins, M.A., Vriend, M., 2007, Glacial and interglacial eolian dust dispersal patterns across the Chinese Loess Plateau inferred from decomposed loess grain-size records. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G-cubed), 8, Q07Q05, doi:10.1029/2006GC001563.

Weltje, G.J., Prins, M.A., 2007, Genetically meaningful decomposition of grain-size distributions. Sedimentary Geology, doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.03.007.

Prins, M.A., Zheng, H., Beets, C.J., Troelstra, S.R., Bacon, P., Kamerling, I., Wester, W., Konert, M., Huang, X., Ke, W., Vandenberghe, J., 2009, Dust supply from river floodplains: the case of the lower Huang He (Yellow River) recorded in a loess-paleosol sequence from the Mangshan Plateau. Journal of Quaternary Sciences, 24: 75–84, doi: 10.1002/jqs.1167.

Parris, A.S., Bierman, P.R., Noren, A.J., Prins, M.A., Lini, A., 2009, Holocene paleostorms identified by particle size signatures in lake sediments from northern eastern United States. Journal of Paleolimnology, doi: 10.1007/s10933-009-9311-1.

Jonkers, L., Prins, M.A., Konert, M., Lougheed, B., Brummer, G.J., 2009, Experimental insights into laser diffraction particle sizing of fine-grained sediments for use in paleoceanography. Sedimentology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01076.x.

Bourget, J., Zaragosi, S., Ellouz-Zimmermann, N., Ducassou, E., Prins, M.A., Garlan, T., Lanfumey, V., Rouillard, P., Schneider, J-L., 2010, Highstand vs. lowstand turbidite system growth in the Makran active margin: imprints of high-frequency external controls on sediment delivery mechanisms to deep water systems. Marine Geology, 274: 187–208. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2010.04.005.

Jonkers, L., Moros, M., Prins, M.A., Dokken, T., Andersson Dahl, C., Dijkstra, N., Perner, K., Brummer, G.J.A., 2010, A reconstruction of sea surface warming in the northern North Atlantic during MIS 3 ice-rafting events. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29: 1791-1800. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.03.014.

Peterse, F., Prins, M.A., Beets, C.J., Troelstra, S.R., Zheng, H., Gu, A., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., 2011, Decoupled warming and monsoon precipitation in East Asia over the last deglaciation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 301: 256-264, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.010.

Vriend, M., Prins, M.A., Buylaert, J.P., Vandenberghe, J, Lu, H., 2011, Contrasting dust supply patterns across the north-western Chinese Loess Plateau during the last glacial-interglacial cycle. Quaternary International, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.11.009.