Dr. Paul Meijer

Vening Meineszgebouw A
Princetonlaan 8a
Kamer 246
3584 CB Utrecht

Dr. Paul Meijer

Associate Professor
Tectonophysics
+31 30 253 5091
p.meijer@uu.nl

Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

Ebner, R. M., Bulian, F., Sierro, F. J., Kouwenhoven, T. J., & Meijer, P. T. (2024). A tale of a changing basin: a transient model of the 7.17 event leading to the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Marine Geology, 470, Article 107270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107270
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/438298/1-s2.0-S0025322724000549-main.pdf?sequence=1

2023

Scholarly publications

Raad, F., Ebner, R., Heida, H., Meijer, P., Lofi, J., Maillard, A., & Garcia-Castellanos, D. (2023). A song of volumes, surfaces and fluxes: The case study of the Central Mallorca Depression (Balearic Promontory) during the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Basin Research, 35(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12702

2022

Scholarly publications

Dirksen, J. P., & Meijer, P. (2022). A mechanism for high-frequency variability in sapropels. Marine Geology, 448, 1-9. Article 106812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106812

2021

Scholarly publications

Meijer, P. (2021). (Paleo)oceanography of semi-enclosed seas with a focus on the Mediterranean region; Insights from basic theory. Earth-Science Reviews, 221, 1-12. Article 103810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103810
Andreetto, F., Aloisi, G., Raad, F., Heida, H., Flecker, R., Agiadi, K., Lofi, J., Blondel, S., Bulian, F., Camerlenghi, A., Caruso, A., Ebner, R., Garcia-Castellanos, D., Gaullier, V., Guibourdenche, L., Gvirtzman, Z., Hoyle, T., Meijer, P., Moneron, J., ... Krijgsman, W. (2021). Freshening of the Mediterranean Salt Giant: controversies and certainties around the terminal (Upper Gypsum and Lago-Mare) phases of the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Earth-Science Reviews, 216, 1-47. Article 103577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103577
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411588/Andreetto_et_al._2021_Freshening_of_the_Mediterranean_Salt_Giant.pdf?sequence=1

Professional publications

Meijer, P. (2021). Boundless treasure: the thrill of literature study. Web publication/site, . https://thesaltgiantfellowship.wordpress.com/2021/05/05/boundless-treasure-the-thrill-of-literature-study/

2020

Scholarly publications

Dirksen, J. P., & Meijer, P. (2020). The mechanism of sapropel formation in the Mediterranean Sea: Insight from long-duration box model experiments. Climate of the Past, 16(3), 933-952. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-933-2020

2019

Scholarly publications

Capella, W., Flecker, R., Hernández-Molina, F. J., Simon, D., Meijer, P. T., Rogerson, M., Sierro, F. J., & Krijgsman, W. (2019). Mediterranean isolation preconditioning the Earth System for late Miocene climate cooling. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 3795. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40208-2
Wortel, R., & Meijer, P. (2019). The Interface Between Tectonic Evolution and Cold-Water Coral Dynamics in the Mediterranean. In C. Orejas, & C. Jiménez (Eds.), Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals: Past, Present and Future: Understanding the Deep-Sea Realms of Coral (1 ed., pp. 499-505). (Coral Reefs of the World; Vol. 9). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91608-8_41
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414473/Chapter_41_2019_Book_MediterraneanCold_WaterCorals_Wortel_Meijer.pdf?sequence=1
Simon, D., Palcu, D., Meijer, P., & Krijgsman, W. (2019). The sensitivity of middle Miocene paleoenvironments to changing marine gateways in Central Europe. Geology, 47(1), 35-38. https://doi.org/10.1130/G45698.1

2018

Scholarly publications

Krijgsman, W., Capella, W., Simon, D., Hilgen, F. J., Kouwenhoven, T. J., Meijer, P. T., Sierro, F. J., Tulbure, M. A., van den Berg, B. C. J., van der Schee, M., & Flecker, R. (2018). The Gibraltar Corridor: Watergate of the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Marine Geology, 403, 238-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2018.06.008

2017

Scholarly publications

Simon, D., & Meijer, P. T. (2017). Salinity stratification of the Mediterranean Sea during the Messinian crisis: A first model analysis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 479, 366-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.045
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/361733/simon.pdf?sequence=1
Simon, D., Marzocchi, A., Flecker, R., Lunt, D. J., Hilgen, F. J., & Meijer, P. T. (2017). Quantifying the Mediterranean freshwater budget throughout the late Miocene: New implications for sapropel formation and the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 472, 25-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.05.013

2016

Scholarly publications

De La Vara, A., van Baak, C. G. C., Marzocchi, A., Grothe, A., & Meijer, P. T. (2016). Quantitative analysis of Paratethys sea level change during the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Marine Geology, 379, 39-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.05.002
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/335961/Paratethys.pdf?sequence=1
De La Vara, A., & Meijer, P. (2016). Response of Mediterranean circulation to Miocene shoaling and closure of the Indian Gateway: A model study. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 442, 96-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.11.002

Popularising publications

Meijer, P. T. (2016). Messinian Salinity Crisis. PanGeo, 4(4), 42-43.
Meijer, P. T. (2016). Aardbeving Midden-Italië. Geografie, oktober 2016(25), 4.

Other output

van der Grind, G., Meijer, P. T., Trabucho-Alexandre, J., & Capella, W. (2016). Model analysis of tidal currents in the Miocene Western Mediterranean gateways. Abstract from NAC 13, Veldhoven, Netherlands.

2015

Scholarly publications

Topper, R. P. M., & Meijer, P. T. (2015). Changes in Mediterranean circulation and water characteristics due to restriction of the Atlantic connection: A high-resolution ocean model. Climate of the Past, 11(2), 233-251. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-233-2015
De La Vara, A., Topper, R. P. M., Meijer, P. T., & Kouwenhoven, T. J. (2015). Water exchange through the Betic and Rifian corridors prior to the Messinian Salinity Crisis: A model study. Paleoceanography, 30(5), 548-557. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014PA002719
Flecker, R., Krijgsman, W., Capella, W., de Castro Martins, C., Dmitrieva, E., Mayser, J. P., Marzocchi, A., Modestu, S., Lozano, D. O., Simon, D., Tulbure, M., van den Berg, B., van der Schee, M., de Lange, G., Ellam, R., Govers, R., Gutjahr, M., Hilgen, F., Kouwenhoven, T., ... Yousfi, M. Z. (2015). Evolution of the Late Miocene Mediterranean-Atlantic gateways and their impact on regional and global environmental change. Earth-Science Reviews, 150, 365-392. Article 2154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.08.007
Simon, D., & Meijer, P. (2015). Dimensions of the Atlantic-Mediterranean connection that caused the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Marine Geology, 364, 53-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2015.02.004
Topper, R. P. M., & Meijer, P. T. (2015). The precessional phase lag of Messinian gypsum deposition in Mediterranean marginal basins. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 417, 6-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.025

2014

Scholarly publications

Topper, R. P. M., Lugli, S., Manzi, V., Roveri, M., & Meijer, P. T. (2014). Precessional control of Sr ratios in marginal basins during the Messinian Salinity Crisis? Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(5), 1926-1944. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GC005192
Roveri, M., Flecker, R., Krijgsman, W., Lofi, J., Lugli, S., Manzi, V., Sierro, F. J., Bertini, A., Camerlenghi, A., de Lange, G., Govers, R., Hilgen, F. J., Hübscher, C., Meijer, P. T., & Stoica, M. (2014). The Messinian Salinity Crisis: Past and future of a great challenge for marine sciences. Marine Geology, 352, 25-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2014.02.002

2013

Scholarly publications

Topper, R. P. M., & Meijer, P. T. (2013). A modeling perspective on spatial and temporal variations in Messinian evaporite deposits. Marine Geology, 336, 44-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2012.11.009
Vissers, R. L. M., van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., Meijer, P. T., & Piccardo, G. (2013). Kinematics of Jurassic ultra-slow spreading in the Piemonte Ligurian ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 380, 138-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.033

2012

Scholarly publications

Vissers, R. L. M., & Meijer, P. T. (2012). Iberian plate kinematics and Alpine collision in the Pyrenees. Earth-Science Reviews, 114(1-4), 61-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.05.001
Vissers, R. L. M., & Meijer, P. T. (2012). Mesozoic rotation of Iberia: Subduction in the Pyrenees? Earth-Science Reviews, 110(1-4), 93-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.11.001
Meijer, P. T. (2012). Hydraulic theory of sea straits applied to the onset of the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Marine Geology, 326-328, 131-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2012.09.001

Professional publications

Meijer, P. T., & Wortel, R. (2012). The Mediterranean: An introduction to the tectonic history of the Mediterranean region. Payenborchiana, 52(3), 25-26.

Popularising publications

Meijer, P. T. (2012). Noord-Italië: Trillend stukje Afrika op drift in Europa (article by Maarten Keulemans). De Morgen (België). http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/9757/Aardbevingen/article/detail/1446546/2012/05/31/Noord-Italie-trillend-stukje-Afrika-op-drift-in-Europa.dhtml

Other output

Topper, R. P. M., Meijer, P. T., Flecker, R., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2012). A box model study of the Late Miocene Mediterranean: Strontium isotopes and evaporites. Poster session presented at Poster.

2011

Scholarly publications

Topper, R. P. M., Flecker, R., Meijer, P. T., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2011). A box model of the Late Miocene Mediterranean Sea: Implications from combined 87Sr/86Sr and salinity data. Paleoceanography, 26(3), PA3223. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010PA002063
Karami, M. P., de Leeuw, A., Krijgsman, W., Meijer, P. T., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2011). The role of gateways in the evolution of temperature and salinity of semi-enclosed basins: An oceanic box model for the Miocene Mediterranean Sea and Paratethys. Global and Planetary Change, 79(1-2), 73-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.07.011
Topper, R. P. M., Trabucho Alexandre, J., Tuenter, E., & Meijer, P. T. (2011). A regional ocean circulation model for the mid-Cretaceous North Atlantic Basin: implications for black shale formation. Climate of the Past, 7(1), 277-297.

2010

Scholarly publications

Alhammoud, B., Meijer, P. T., & Dijkstra, H. A. (2010). The sensitivity of Mediterranean thermohaline circulation to gateway depth: A model investigation. Paleoceanography, 25, PA2220.
Warners-Ruckstuhl, K. N., Meijer, P. T., Govers, R. M. A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2010). A lithosphere-dynamics constraint on mantle flow: Analysis of the Eurasian plate. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L18308, doi:10.1029/2010GL044431.

2009

Scholarly publications

Govers, R., Meijer, P. T., & Krijgsman, W. (2009). Regional isostatic response to Messinian Salinity Crisis events. Tectonophysics, 463(1-4), 109-129, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2008.09.026.
Karami, M. P., Meijer, P. T., Dijkstra, H. A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2009). An oceanic box model of the Miocene Mediterranean Sea with emphasis on the effects of closure of the eastern gateway. Paleoceanography, 24, PA4203-doi:10.1029/2008PA001679. http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2009/2008PA001679.shtml
Meijer, P. T., & Dijkstra, H. A. (2009). The response of Mediterranean thermohaline circulation to climate change: A minimal model. Climate of the Past, 5, 713-720. http://www.clim-past.net/5/713/2009/cp-5-713-2009.html

Popularising publications

Meijer, P. T. (2009). Aardbeving bij L'Aquila, Italië; Een tectonische puzzel. Geografie, juni 2009, 48-49.

2008

Scholarly publications

Krijgsman, W., & Meijer, P. T. (2008). Depositional environments of the Mediterranean "Lower Evaporites" of the Messinian salinity crisis: Constraints from quantitative analyses. Marine Geology, 253(3-4), 73-81, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.04.010.
Álvarez-Gómez, J. A., Meijer, P. T., Martínez-Díaz, J. J., & Capote, R. (2008). Constraints from finite element modeling on the active tectonics of northern Central America and the Middle America Trench. Tectonics, 27(1), TC1008, doi:10.1029/2007TC002162.
Krijgsman, W., Hilgen, F. J., & Meijer, P. T. (2008). Chronological constraints and consequences for the Messinian Salinity Crisis. In The Messinian Salinity Crisis from mega-deposits to microbiology - A consensus report (pp. 39-44)
Postma, G., Kleinhans, M. G., Meijer, P. T., & Eggenhuisen, J. T. (2008). Sediment transport in analogue flume models compared with real world sedimentary systems: a new look at scaling sedimentary systems evolution in a flume. Sedimentology, 55(6), 1541-1557.

Professional publications

Kloosterboer-van Hoeve, M. L., van den Berg, A., van Bergen, M. J., de Bresser, J. H. P., Meijer, P. T., Paulssen, H., Wortel, R., & van der Valk, A. E. (2008). De bewegende aarde : een NLT-module voor 5/6 vwo. Junior College Utrecht, Universiteit Utrecht.

2007

Scholarly publications

Meijer, P. T., & Tuenter, E. (2007). The effect of precession-induced changes in the Mediterranean freshwater budget on circulation at shallow and intermediate depth. Journal of Marine Systems, 68(3), 349-365.

2006

Scholarly publications

Meijer, P. T. (2006). A box model of the blocked-outflow scenario for the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 248, 471-479.

2005

Scholarly publications

Hilgen, F. J., Abdul Aziz, H., Abels, H. A., Becker, J., Kuiper, K. F., Lourens, L. J., Meijer, P. T., Steenbrink, J., Tuenter, E., van der Laan, E., & Weber, S. L. (2005). Mediterranean Neogene cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology: Recent progress and new developments. In A. Berger, M. Ercegovac, & F. Mesinger (Eds.), Milutin Milankovitch 125th Anniversary Symposium: Paleoclimate and the Earth Climate System. Proceedings of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Meijer, P. T., & Krijgsman, W. (2005). A quantitative analysis of the desiccation and refilling of the Mediterranean during the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 240, 510-520.

2004

Scholarly publications

Meijer, P. T., Slingerland, R., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2004). Tectonic control on past circulation of the Mediterranean Sea: A model study of the late Miocene. Paleoceanography, 19(1), PA1026.
Meijer, P. T., Slingerland, R., & Wortel, M. J. R. (2004). Correction to: "Tectonic control on past circulation of the Mediterranean Sea: A model study of the late Miocene. Art.no. PA1026". Paleoceanography, 19(2), PA2015.

2001

Scholarly publications

Govers, R., & Meijer, P. T. (2001). On the dynamics of the Juan de Fuca plate. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 189, 115-131.

2000

Scholarly publications

Duermeijer, C. E., Nyst, M. C. J., Meijer, P. T., Langereis, C. G., & Spakman, W. (2000). Neogene evolution of the Aegean arc: paleomagnetic and geodetic evidence for a rapid and young rotation phase. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 176, 509-525.

1999

Scholarly publications

Meijer, P. T., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1999). Cenozoic dynamics of the African plate with emphasis on the Africa-Eurasia collision. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 104(B4), 7405-7418. Article 1999JB900009. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999jb900009

Popularising publications

Meijer, P. T. (1999). Buigen of barsten: Aardbevingen in Turkije en Griekenland. Natuur & techniek, 67(12).

1998

Scholarly publications

Carminati, E., Wortel, M. J. R., Meijer, P. T., & Sabadini, R. (1998). The two-stage opening of the western-central Mediterranean basins: A forward modeling test to a new evolutionary model. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 160(3-4), 667-679. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00119-8
Ten Veen, J. H., & Th. Meijer, P. (1998). Late Miocene to recent tectonic evolution of Crete (Greece): Geological observations and model analysis. Tectonophysics, 298(1-3), 191-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00184-X

1997

Scholarly publications

Meijer, P. T., Govers, R. M. A., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1997). Forces controlling the present-day state of stress in the Andes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 148(1-2), 157-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00029-0
Meijer, P. T., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1997). Present-day dynamics of the Aegean region: A model analysis of the horizontal pattern of stress and deformation. Tectonics, 16(6), 879-895. https://doi.org/10.1029/97TC02004

1996

Scholarly publications

Meijer, P. T., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1996). Temporal variation in the stress field of the Aegean region. Geophysical Research Letters, 23(5), 439-442. https://doi.org/10.1029/96GL00380

1995

Scholarly publications

Meijer, P. T. (1995). Dynamics of active continental margins: the Andes and the Aegean region. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Faculteit Aardwetenschappen.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/315010/Meijer_Paul_130_1995_copy.pdf?sequence=1

1992

Scholarly publications

Meijer, P. T., & Wortel, M. J. R. (1992). The dynamics of motion of the South American plate. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97(B8), 11915-11931.

1991

Scholarly publications

Wortel, M. J. R., Remkes, M. J. N., Govers, R., Cloetingh, S. A. P. L., & Meijer, P. T. (1991). Dynamics of the lithosphere and the intraplate stress field. Philosophical Transactions - Royal Society of London, A, 337(1645), 111-126.