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Publications
2025
Scholarly publications
Seepma, S. Y. M. H., Koskamp, J. A., Colin, M. G., Chiou, E., Sobhan, R., Bögels, T. F. J., Bastiaan, T., Zamanian, H., Baars, E. T., de Moel, P. J., Wolthers, M., & Kramer, O. J. I. (2025). Operational control strategy on optimal calcium removal in drinking water treatment processes: Insights from reactor experiments, modelling and particle characterization. Water Research, 282, Article 123647. [DOI] [Portal]
Uchikawa, J., Karancz, S., Wolthers, M., Pacho, L., Harper, D. T., Penman, D. E., de Nooijer, L. J., Reichart, G.-J., & Zeebe, R. E. (2025). Changes in calcium ion concentration as the common driver for Na, K, S, and B incorporation during inorganic calcite precipitation in Mg-free artificial seawater. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 398, 67-82. [DOI] [Portal]
Seepma, S. Y. M. H., Koskamp, J. A., Colin, M. G., Chiou, E., Sobhan, R., Bögels, T. F. J., Bastiaan, T., Zamanian, H., Baars, E. T., de Moel, P. J., Wolthers, M., & Kramer, O. J. I. (2025). Mechanistic model advancements for optimal calcium removal in water treatment: Integral operation improvements and reactor design strategies. Water Research, 268(Pt B), Article 122781. [DOI] [Portal]
Popularising publications
Wolthers, M., Verhoeven, J., Reumer, J., van Donk, E., ten Kate, I. L., Kuipers Munneke, P., Slomp, C., Dijkstra, H., Erisman, J. W., van Huissteden, J., Bierkens, M., Bouwman, L., Hajer, M., Leemans, R., Osinga, N., Rietkerk, M., Smit, A. (Ed.), & van Klingeren, N. (2025). Systeem aarde: ontregeld en wat nu? Stichting Bio-Wetenschappen en Maatschappij.
2024
Scholarly publications
van de Mortel, H., Delaigue, L., Humphreys, M. P., Middelburg, J. J., Ossebaar, S., Bakker, K., Trabucho Alexandre, J. P., van Leeuwen ‐ Tolboom, A. W. E., Wolthers, M., & Sulpis, O. (2024). Laboratory Observation of the Buffering Effect of Aragonite Dissolution at the Seafloor. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129(2), Article e2023JG007581. [DOI] [Repository]
Koskamp, J. A., Seepma, S. Y. M. H., Peters, V. F. D., Toroz, D., Di Tommaso, D., & Wolthers, M. (2024). The impact of stoichiometry on the initial steps of crystal formation: Stability and lifetime of charged triple-ion complexes. Chemistry-A European Journal, 30(20), Article e202303860. [DOI] [Repository]
Peters, V. F. D., Baken, A., Seepma, S. Y. M. H., Koskamp, J. A., Fernández-Martínez, A., Driessche, A. E. S. V., & Wolthers, M. (2024). Effect of Solution Stoichiometry on BaSO4 Crystallization from Turbidity Measurements and Modeling. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 63(1), 78-88. [DOI] [Repository]
Agrawal, P., Aslannejad, H., Mascini, A., Bultreys, T., Raoof, A., Cnudde, V., Butler, I. B., & Wolthers, M. (2024). Control of brine composition over reactive transport processes in calcium carbonate rock dissolution: Time-lapse imaging of evolving dissolution patterns. Applied Geochemistry, 161, 1-16. Article 105835. [DOI] [Repository]
2023
Scholarly publications
Seepma, S. Y. M. H., Kuipers, B. W. M., & Wolthers, M. (2023). Impact of Solution {Ba2+}:{SO42–} on Charge Evolution of Forming and Growing Barite (BaSO4) Crystals: A ζ─Potential Measurement Investigation. ACS Omega, 8(46), 43521-43537. [DOI] [Repository]
King, H., Seepma, S., & Wolthers, M. (2023). Phosphate-iron interactions and their role in the inhibition of schwertmannite precipitation. Abstract from Granada-Münster Discussion Meeting 10 , Münster, Germany.
Seepma, S., Kuipers, B. W. M., & Wolthers, M. (2023). The Influence of {Ba2+}:{SO42-} Solution Stoichiometry on BaSO4 Crystal Nucleation and Growth in Aqueous Solutions. 1-1. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria. [DOI] [Repository]
Seepma, S., Kramer, O., Baars, E., de Moel, P., Bögels, T., Bastiaan, T., Sobhan, R., Colin, M., Kors, L., & Wolthers, M. (2023). Optimizing CaCO3 Reaction Kinetics during Drinking Water Softening. Poster session presented at Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres 2023, Utrecht, Netherlands. [DOI] [Portal]
Seepma, S. Y. M. H., Kuipers, B. W. M., & Wolthers, M. (2023). Asymmetrical dependence of {Ba2+}:{SO42–} on BaSO4 crystal nucleation and growth in aqueous solutions: A dynamic light scattering study. ACS Omega, 8(6), 5760-5775. [DOI] [Repository]
Koskamp, J. A., Ruiz Hernandez, S. E., Leeuw, N. H. D., & Wolthers, M. (2023). Recalibrating the calcium trap in amino acid carboxyl groups via classical molecular dynamics simulations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(2), 1220-1235. [DOI] [Repository]
2022
Scholarly publications
Seepma, S., Kuipers, B., & Wolthers, M. (2022). The influence of {Ba2+}:{SO42-} on particle charge, size and morphology during BaSO4 Crystal Nucleation and Growth in Aqueous Solutions. Abstract from Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres 2022, Utrecht, Netherlands. [Repository]
Carmiggelt, J., Wolthers, M., van de Schootbrugge, B., & King, H. (2022). Channelization of transformation in the ikaite to calcite system. Abstract from Granada-Münster Discussion Meeting 9, Granada, Spain.
King, H., Seepma, S., & Wolthers, M. (2022). Phosphate inhibition of schwertmannite nucleation. Abstract from GeoMinKöln, Cologne, Germany.
Papadomanolaki, N. M., Lenstra, W. K., Wolthers, M., & Slomp, C. P. (2022). Enhanced phosphorus recycling during past oceanic anoxia amplified by low rates of apatite authigenesis. Science advances, 8(26), eabn2370. [DOI] [Repository]
Sulpis, O., Agrawal, P., Wolthers, M., Munhoven, G., Walker, M., & Middelburg, J. J. (2022). Aragonite dissolution protects calcite at the seafloor. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1-8. Article 1104. [DOI] [Repository]
Giese, C.-C., Kate, I. L. T., Ende, M. P. A. V. D., Wolthers, M., Aponte, J. C., Camprubi, E., Dworkin, J. P., Elsila, J. E., Hangx, S., King, H. E., Mclain, H. L., Plümper, O., & Tielens, A. G. G. M. (2022). Experimental and Theoretical Constraints on Amino Acid Formation from PAHs in Asteroidal Settings. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 6(3), 468-481. [DOI] [Repository]
2021
Scholarly publications
Seepma, S., Ruiz Hernandez, S., Nehrke, G., Soetaert, K., Philipse, A., Kuipers, B., & Wolthers, M. (2021). Controlling CaCO3 particle size with {Ca2+}:{CO32-} ratios in aqueous environments. Abstract from Goldschmidt 2021. [DOI]
Seepma, S., Ruiz Hernandez, S., Nehrke, G., Soetaert, K., Philipse, A., Kuipers, B., & Wolthers, M. (2021). The influence of {Ca2+}:{CO32-} stoichiometry ratios on CaCO3 nucleation and growth in aqueous environments. Poster session presented at NAC Conference (Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres) (Online). [DOI] [Portal]
Živković, A., King, H. E., Wolthers, M., & De Leeuw, N. H. (2021). Magnetic structure and exchange interactions in pyrrhotite end member minerals: Hexagonal FeS and monoclinic Fe7S8. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 33(46), 1-10. Article 465801. [DOI] [Repository]
Agrawal, P., Mascini, A., Bultreys, T., Aslannejad, H., Wolthers, M., Cnudde, V., Butler, I. B., & Raoof, A. (2021). The impact of pore-throat shape evolution during dissolution on carbonate rock permeability: Pore network modeling and experiments. Advances in Water Resources, 155, Article 103991. [DOI] [Repository]
Bonin, L., Deduytsche, D., Wolthers, M., Flexer, V., & Rabaey, K. (2021). Boron extraction using selective ion exchange resins enables effective magnesium recovery from lithium rich brines with minimal lithium loss. Separation and Purification Technology, 275, Article 119177. [DOI] [Repository]
Agrawal, P., Bollermann, T., Raoof, A., Iliev, O., Fischer, C., & Wolthers, M. (2021). The contribution of hydrodynamic processes to calcite dissolution rates and rate spectra. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 307, 338-350. [DOI] [Repository]
Koskamp, J., Ruiz Hernandez, S., de Leeuw, N. H., & Wolthers, M. (2021). First Steps towards Understanding the Non‐Linear Impact of Mg on Calcite Solubility: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Minerals, 11(4), 1-24. Article 407. [DOI] [Repository]
Zivkovic, A., Somers, M., Camprubí, E., King, H., Wolthers, M., & de Leeuw, N. H. (2021). Changes in CO2 Adsorption Affinity Related to Ni Doping in FeS Surfaces: A DFT-D3 Study. Catalysts, 11(4), Article 486. [DOI] [Repository]
Seepma, S., Ruiz Hernandez, S., Nehrke, G., Soetaert, K., Philipse, A. P., Kuipers, B. W. M., & Wolthers, M. (2021). Controlling CaCO3 particle size with {Ca2+}:{CO32-} ratios in aqueous environments. Crystal Growth & Design, 21(3), 1576-1590. [DOI] [Repository]
2020
Scholarly publications
Agrawal, P., Raoof, A., Iliev, O., & Wolthers, M. (2020). Evolution of pore-shape and its impact on pore conductivity during CO2 injection in calcite: Single pore simulations and microfluidic experiments. Advances in Water Resources, 136, Article 103480. [DOI] [Repository]
Grothe, A., Andreetto, F., Reichart, G. J., Wolthers, M., van Baak, C. G. C., Vasiliev, I., Stoica, M., Sangiorgi, F., Middelburg, J. J., Davies, G. R., & Krijgsman, W. (2020). Paratethys pacing of the Messinian Salinity Crisis: Low salinity waters contributing to gypsum precipitation? Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 532, 1-12. Article 1160029. [DOI] [Repository]
2019
Scholarly publications
Seepma, S., Ruiz Hernandez, S., & Wolthers, M. (2019). CaCO3 nucleation and growth at different {Ca2+}:{CO32-} ratios in aqueous environments. Abstract from Granada-Münster Discussion Meeting 7, Granada, Spain. [Repository]
Koskamp, J. A., Ruiz-Hernandez, S. E., Di Tommaso, D., Elena, A. M., De Leeuw, N. H., & Wolthers, M. (2019). Reconsidering Calcium Dehydration as the Rate-Determining Step in Calcium Mineral Growth. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123(44), 26895-26903. [DOI] [Repository]
2017
Scholarly publications
Galić, A., Mason, P. R. D., Mogollón, J. M., Wolthers, M., Vroon, P. Z., & Whitehouse, M. J. (2017). Pyrite in a sulfate-poor Paleoarchean basin was derived predominantly from elemental sulfur: Evidence from 3.2 Ga sediments in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, Kaapvaal Craton. Chemical Geology, 449, 135-146. [DOI] [Repository]
van Dijk, I., de Nooijer, L. J., Wolthers, M., & Reichart, G.-J. (2017). Impacts of pH and [CO32-] on the incorporation of Zn in foraminiferal calcite. Geochmica et Cosmochimica Acta, 197, 263-277. [DOI] [Repository]
2016
Scholarly publications
Sand, K. K., Tobler, D. J., Dobberschütz, S., Larsen, K. K., Makovicky, E., Andersson, M. P., Wolthers, M., & Stipp, S. L. S. (2016). Calcite Growth Kinetics: Dependence on Saturation Index, Ca2+:CO32- Activity Ratio, and Surface Atomic Structure. Crystal Growth & Design, 16(7), 3602-3612. [DOI] [Repository]
Brouwer, G. M., Duijnstee, I., Hazeleger, J. H., Rossi, F., Lourens, L. J., Middelburg, J. J., & Wolthers, M. (2016). Diet shifts and population dynamics of estuarine foraminifera during ecosystem recovery after experimentally induced hypoxia crises. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 170, 20-33. [DOI] [Repository]
2015
Scholarly publications
Wolthers, M. (2015). How minerals dissolve: Local surface processes drive calcite dissolution. Science, 349(6254), 1288. [DOI] [Repository]
Brouwer, M. G. M., Wolthers, M., Hazeleger, J. H., Rossi, F., Lourens, L. J., Middelburg, J. J., & Duijnstee, I. A. P. (2015). Differential response of intertidal foraminifera to community recovery following experimentally induced hypoxia. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 45(3), 220-234. [DOI] [Repository]
Hu, Y.-B., Wolthers, M., Wolf-Gladrow, D. A., & Nehrke, G. (2015). Effect of pH and phosphate on calcium carbonate polymorphs precipitated at near-freezing temperature. Crystal Growth & Design, 15(4), 1596-1601. [DOI] [Repository]
Hilgen, F., Abels, H., Kuiper, K., Lourens, L., & Wolthers, M. (2015). Towards a stable astronomical time scale for the Paleocene: Aligning Shatsky Rise with the Zumaia – Walvis Ridge ODP Site 1262 composite. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 48(1), 91-110. [DOI] [Repository]
Lenz, C., Jilbert, T., Conley, D. J., Wolthers, M., & Slomp, C. P. (2015). Are recent changes in sediment manganese sequestration in the euxinic basins of the Baltic Sea linked to the expansion of hypoxia? Biogeosciences, 12, 4875-4894. [DOI] [Repository]
2014
Scholarly publications
Hollingsworth, N., Roffey, , A., Islam, H.-U., Mercy, M., Roldan, A., Bras, W., Wolthers, M., Catlow, C. R. A., Sankar, G., Hogarth, G., & de Leeuw, N. H. (2014). Active nature of primary amines during thermal decomposition of nickel dithiocarbamates to nickel sulfide nanoparticles. Chemistry of Materials, 26(21), 6281-6292. [DOI]
2013
Scholarly publications
Wolthers, M., Di Tomasso, D., Du, Z., & de Leeuw, N. H. (2013). Variations in calcite growth kinetics with surface topography: molecular dynamics simulations and process-based growth kinetics modelling. CrystEngComm, 15(27), 5506-5514. [DOI]
Slomp, C. P., Mort, H. P., Jilbert, T., Reed, D. C., Gustafsson, B. G., & Wolthers, M. (2013). Coupled dynamics of iron and phosphorus in sediments of an oligotrophic coastal basin and the impact of anaerobic oxidation of methane. PLoS One, 8(4), art. e62386. Article e52386. [DOI]
Wit, J. C., de Nooijer, L. J., Wolthers, M., & Reichart, G.-J. (2013). A novel salinity proxy based on Na incorporation into foraminiferal calcite. Biogeosciences, 10, 6375-6387. [DOI]
2012
Scholarly publications
Wolthers, M., Nehrke, G., Gustafsson, J. P., & Van Cappellen, P. (2012). Calcite growth kinetics: Modeling the effect of solution stoichiometry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 77(4), 121-134. [DOI]
Wolthers, M., Di Tommaso, D., Du, Z., & de Leeuw, N. H. (2012). Calcite surface structure and reactivity: molecular dynamics simulations and macroscopic surface modelling of the calcite-water interface. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14, 15145-15157. [DOI]
Li, Z., Hofmann, A., Wolthers, M., & Thomas, P. (2012). Reversibility of cadmium sorption to calcite revisited. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 368(1), 434-442. [DOI]
Islam, H.-U., Roffey, A., Hollingsworth, N., Catlow, R., Wolthers, M., de Leeuw, N. H., Bras, W., Sankar, G., & Hogarth, G. (2012). In situ XAS of the solvothermal decomposition of dithiocarbamate complexes. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 430, 012050/1-012050/4. [DOI] [Repository]
Ruiz-Hernandez, S. E., Grau-Crespo, R., Almora-Barrios, N., Wolthers, M., Ruiz-Salvador, A. R., Fernandez, N., & de Leeuw, N. H. (2012). Mg/Ca partitioning between aqueous solution and aragonite mineral: a molecular dynamics study. Chemistry-A European Journal, 18(32), 9828-9833. [DOI]
2009
Scholarly publications
Mettler, S., Wolthers, M., Charlet, L., & Von Gunten, U. (2009). Sorption and catalytic oxidation of Fe(II) at the surface of calcite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(7), 1826-1840. [DOI]
2008
Scholarly publications
Wolthers, M., Charlet, L., & Van Cappellen, P. (2008). The surface chemistry of divalent metal carbonate minerals; a critical assessment of surface charge and potential data using the charge distribution multi-site ion complexation model. American Journal of Science, 308(8), 905-941. [DOI] [Repository]
2007
Scholarly publications
Wolthers, M., Butler, I., & Rickard, D. (2007). Influence of arsenic on iron sulfide transformations. Chemical Geology, 236, 217-227.
Chakraborty, S., Wolthers, M., Chatterjee, D., & Charlet, L. (2007). Adsorption of arsenite and arsenate on Muscovite & Biotite mica. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 309, 392-401.
de Nooijer, L. J., Reichart, G.-J., Dueñas Bohórquez, A. D. B., Wolthers, M., Ernst, S. R., Mason, P. R. D., & van der Zwaan, G. J. (2007). Copper incorporation in foraminiferal calcite: results from culturing experiments. Biogeosciences, 4(4), 493-504.
Other output
Wolthers, M., Van Cappellen, P., & Charlet, L. (2007). Surface charge and potential at carbonate mineral surfaces. A1125-A1125. Abstract from 16th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
2006
Scholarly publications
Wolthers, M., Butler, I. B., Rickard, D., & Mason, P. R. D. (2006). Arsenic uptake by pyrite at ambient environmental conditions: A continuous-flow experiment. In P. O'Day, D. Vlassopoulos, X. Meng, & L. Benning (Eds.), Advances in Arsenic Research - Integration of Experimental and Observational Studies and Implications for Mitigation (pp. 60-76). (ACS Symposium Series; Vol. 915).
Wolthers, M., Charlet, L., & Tournassat, C. (2006). Surface chemistry of bentonite: an additive model applied to uranyl sorption. In J. Lützenkirchen (Ed.), Surface complexation modelling (pp. 539-554). (Interface Science and Technology; No. 11). Elsevier.
2005
Scholarly publications
Charlet, L., Chakraborty, S., Varma, S., Tournassat, C., & Wolthers, M. (2005). Adsorption and heterogeneous reduction of arsenic at the phyllosilicate-water interface. In P. A. O'Day, X. Ming, & L. G. Benning (Eds.), Advances in Arsenic Research: Integration of Experimental and Observational Studies and Implications for Mitigation (pp. 41-59). (ACS Symposium Series; No. 915). American Chemical Society.
Wolthers, M., Charlet, L., van der Weijden, P. R., van der Linde, P. R., & Rickard, D. (2005). Arsenic mobility in the ambient sulphidic environment: sorption of Arsenic (V) and Arsenic (III) onto disordered mackinawite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69, 3483-3492.
Wolthers, M., Butler, I. B., Rickard, D., & Mason, P. R. D. (2005). Arsenic incorporation into pyrite at ambient environmental conditions: a continuous-flow experiment. In P. A. O'Day, D. Vlassopoulos, X. Ming, & L. G. Benning (Eds.), Advances in Arsenic Research: Integration of Experimental and Observational Studies and Implications for Mitigation (pp. 60-76). (American Chemical Society (ACS) Symposium Series; No. 915).
Wolthers, M., Charlet, L., van der Linde, P. R., Rickard, D., & van der Weijden, C. H. (2005). The surface chemistry of disordered mackinawite (FeS). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69(14), 3469-3481.
2004
Scholarly publications
Wolthers, M., Charlet, L., & Van Cappellen, P. S. J. (2004). The surface chemistry of carbonates, a new approach. In R. B. Wanty, & R. R. Seal II (Eds.), Water-Rock Interaction 2004 (pp. 781-784). Taylor & Francis.
Professional publications
Wolthers, M. (2004). Advances in the development of a mixed-component surface model for radionuclide sorption onto bentonite MX-80. (Confidential report for ANDRA ed.) UU.
Wolthers, M. (2004). Radionuclide immobilization by sorption onto bentonite MX-80: the development of a mixed-component surface model. (Confidential report for ANDRA ed.) UU.
2003
Scholarly publications
Wolthers, M., Charlet, L., & van der Weijden, C. H. (2003). Arsenic sorption onto disordered mackinawite as a control on the mobility of arsenic in the ambient sulphidic environment. Journal de Physique IV, 107(Part 2), 1377-1380.
Wolthers, M. (2003). Geochemistry and environmental mineralogy of the iron-sulphur-arsenic system. Geologica Ultraiectina (225). [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Faculteit Aardwetenschappen. [Repository]
Wolthers, M., Gaast, S. J., & Rickard, D. (2003). The structure of disordered mackinawite. American Mineralogist, 88(11-12), 2007-2015. [DOI] [Repository]
Professional publications
Wolthers, M. (2003). Radionuclide immobilization by bentonite, describing the role of accessory minerals with a mixed-component surface model. (Confidential report for ANDRA ed.) UU.
Wolthers, M., & Charlet, L. (2003). Radionuclide immobilization by sorption onto bentonite MX-80; the role of accessory minerals. (Confidential report for ANDRA ed.) UU.
2002
Professional publications
Wolthers, M., & Passier, H. F. (2002). Wat is pyriet? In Bundel van de Werkgroep Pyriet en CD-ROM (pp. 8-14)