Chercheurs

Sciences de la Terre / HILGEN, FREDERIK J.

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Position

Chairman SNS, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Thèmes de recherche

His current research interest focusses on the extension of the astronomical time scale into the Miocene and into the continental realm, on (sub-)Milankovich climate forcing, including climate modelling, as recorded in the sedimentary record and on the intercalibration of radioisotopic and astronomical dating methods.

His astronomical time scale for the Mediterranean Plio-Pleistocene based on tuning cyclic sedimentary cycles to astronomical target curves produced substantially older ages (by up to 12%) for magnetic reversal boundaries than in then existing polarity time scales. The new time scale was soon adopted however and now underlies the standard geological time scale for the youngest time interval of Earth's history.

His research and that of his co-workers convincingly demonstrate that a single oscillatory climate system which operates independent from glacial cyclicity is responsible for sedimentary cycle formation in the Mediterranean over at least the last 13.5 million years, both in the marine as well as in the continental realm. The detailed comparison between the cyclic stratigraphic record and astronomical target curves allowed to discriminate the most accurate astronomical solution from a geological point of view while the much increased resolution in time-stratigraphic correlations proved indispensable in demonstrating cause and effect relationships in geological studies.

Current projects:
- Hemmo Abels (PhD): Long-period orbital signatures in Neogene continental successions
- Anja Mourik (PhD): Application of carbonate-based proxies to the Middle Miocene on set of icehouse conditions and the closure of the Tethys: seasonality as a key factor
- Erwin van der Laan (PhD): Orbital induced climate variability in the upper Messinian - lower Pliocene of the Bou Regreg area
- Klaudia Kuiper (post-doc): Direct intercalibration of geological time

Past projects:
- Julia Becker (PhD): Late Pliocene (sub-)Milankovitch climate variability in the Medi-terranean and adjacent north Atlantic (2005)
- Erik Tuenter (PhD): Modeling orbital induced variations in circum-Mediterranean climate (2004)
- Klaudia Kuiper (PhD): Direct intercalibration of radioisotopic and astronomical time in the Mediterranean Neogene (2003)
- Hayfaa Abdul Aziz (PhD): Astronomical forcing in continental sediments. An integrated strati-graphic study of Miocene deposits from the Calatayud and Teruel basins, NE Spain (2001)
- Joris Steenbrink (PhD): Orbital signatures in lacustrine sediments. The Late Neogene intra-montane Florina-Ptolemais-Servia Basin, NW Greece (2001)
- Wout Krijgsman (PhD): Miocene magnetostratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy in the Mediter-ranean and extension of the APTS (1996)
- Lucas Lourens (PhD): Astronomical forcing of Mediterranean climate during the last 5.3 million years (1994)

Prix et récompenses

2004 : Milutin Milankovitch Medal, European Geosciences Union, Nice
2003 : Mary Clark Thompson Medal, National Academy of Sciences, Washington

He is Secretary of the Subcommission on Neogene Stratigraphy and Member of the International Subcommission on Stratigraphic Classification.

Publications

Abdul Aziz, H., Di Stefano, A., Foresi, L.M., Hilgen, F.J., Iaccarino, S.M., Kuiper, K.F., Lirer, F., Salvatorini, G. & Turco, E. (2008). Integrated stratigraphy and Ar-40/Ar-39 chronology of early Middle Miocene sediments from DSDP Leg 42A, Site 372 (Western Mediterranean). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 257(1-2), 123-138.

Tuenter, E., Weber, S. L., Hilgen, F.J. & Lourens, L.J. (2007). Simulating sub-Milankovitch climate variations associated with vegetation dynamics. Climate of the Past, 3(1), 169-180.

Raffi, I., Backman, J., Fornaciari, E., Palike, H., Rio, D., Lourens, L. & Hilgen, F. (2006). A review of calcareous nannofossil astrobiochronology encompassing the past 25 million years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25(23-24), 3113-3137.

Abdul Aziz, H., Gingerich, P.D., Hilgen, F.J., Luijk, G. van & Sluijs, A. (2006). Astronomical-Forced Paleosol stacking patterns in the Upper Paleocene to Lower Eocene Classical Fluvial Successions of the bighorn Basin (Wyoming, USA). In F. Caballero & Et al. (Eds.), Climate and Biota of the Early Paleogene 2006, Volume of Abstracts (pp. 168). Bilbao, Spain.

Steenbrink, J., Hilgen, F.J., Krijgsman, W., Wijbrans, J.R. & Meulenkamp, J.E. (2006). Late Miocene to Early Pliocene depositional history of the intramontane Florina-Ptolemais-Servia Basin, NW Greece: interplay between orbital forcing and tectonics. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 238, 151-178.

Dam, J.A. van, Abdul Aziz, H., Sierra, M.A.A., Hilgen, F.J., Hoek Ostende, L.W. van den, Lourens, L.J., Mein, P., Meulen, A.J. van der & Pelaez-Campomanes, P. (2006). Long-period astronomical forcing of mammal turnover. Nature, 443(7112), 687-691.

Laan, E. van der, Snel, E., De Kaenel, E., Hilgen, F.J. & Krijgsman, W. (2006). No major deglaciation across the Miocene-Pliocene boundary: integrated stratigraphy and astronomical tuning of the Loulja section (Bou Regreg area, NW Morocco). Paleoceanography, 21(3), PA3011.

Cornée, J.J., Moisette, P., Joannin, S., Suc, J.-P., Quillévéré, F., Krijgsman, W., Hilgen, F.J., Koskeridou, E., Münch, Ph., Lécuyer, Ch. & Desvignes, P. (2006). Tectonic and climatic controls on coastal sedimentation: The Late Pliocene-Middle Pleistocene of northeastern Rhodes, Greece. Sedimentary Geology, 187, 159-181.

Hilgen, F.J., Brinkhuis, H. & Zachariasse, W.J. (2006). Unit stratotypes for global stages: The Neogene perspective. Earth-science Reviews, 74(1-2), 113-125.

Kuiper, K.F., Deino, A.D., Hilgen, F.J., Krijgsman, W. & Renne, P. (2005). Intercalibration of astronomical and radioisotopic time. In Abstracts of the 15th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference Vol. 69. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (pp. A316). Moscow, Idaho.

Becker, J., Lourens, L.J., Hilgen, F.J., Laan, E. van der, Kouwenhoven, T.J. & Reichart, G.-J. (2005). Late Pliocene climate variability on Milankovitch to millennial time scales: A high-resolution study of MIS100 from the Mediterranean. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 228(3-4), 338-360.

Abels, H.A., Hilgen, F.J., Krijgsman, W., Kruk, R.W., Raffi, I., Turco, E. & Zachariasse, W.J. (2005). Long-period orbital control on middle Miocene global cooling: Integrated stratigraphy and astronomical tuning of the Blue Clay Formation on Malta. Paleoceanography, 20(4), PA4012-doi:10.1029/2004PA001129.

Hilgen, F.J., Abdul Aziz, H., Abels, H.A., Becker, J., Kuiper, K.F., Lourens, L.J., Meijer, ., Steenbrink, J., Tuenter, E., Laan, E. van der & 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.

Aubry, M.-P., Berggren, W.A., Couvering, J.A. van, McGowran, B., Pillans, B. & Hilgen, F.J. (2005). Quaternary: status, rank, definition, survival. Episodes, 28, 118-120.

Kuiper, K.F., Wijbrans, J.R. & Hilgen, F.J. (2005). Radioisotopic dating of the Tortonian Global Stratotype Section and Point: implications for intercalibration of Ar-40/Ar-39 and astronomical dating methods. Terra Nova, 17(4), 385-397.

Laan, E. van der, Gaboardi, S., Hilgen, F.J. & Lourens, L.J. (2005). Regional climate and glacial control on high-resolution oxygen isotope records from Ain el Beida (latest Miocene, NW Morocco): A cyclostratigraphic analysis in the depth and time domain. Paleoceanography, 20(1), PA000995.

Tuenter, E., Weber, S.L., Hilgen, F.J. & Lourens, L.J. (2005). Sea-ice feedbacks on the climatic response to precession and obliquity forcing. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L24704.

Tuenter, E., Weber, S.L., Hilgen, F.J., Lourens, L.J. & Ganopolski, A. (2005). Simulation of climate phase lags in the response to precession and obliquity forcing and the role of vegetation. Climate Dynamics, 24(2-3), 279-295.

Hilgen, F.J., Abdul Aziz, H., Bice, D., Iaccarino, S., Krijgsman, W., Kuiper, K.F., Montanari, A., Raffi, I., Turco, E. & Zachariasse, W.J. (2005). The Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Tortonian Stage (Upper Miocene) at Monte Dei Corvi. Episodes, 28, 6-17.

Kuiper, K.F., Hilgen, F.J., Steenbrink, J. & Wijbrans, J.R. (2004). 40Ar/39Ar ages of tephras intercalated in astronomical tuned Neogene sedimentary sequences in the eastern Mediterranean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 222(2), 583-597.

Abdul Aziz, H., Dam, J.A. van, Hilgen, F.J. & Krijgsman, W. (2004). Astronomical forcing in Upper Miocene continental sequences: implications for the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 222, 243-258.

Hilgen, F.J., Schwarzacher, W. & Strasser, A. (2004). Concept and definitions in cyclostratigraphy (second report of the cyclostratigraphy working group). In B. D'Argenio, A.G. Fischer, I. Premoli Silva, H. Weissert & V. Ferreri (Eds.), Cyclostratigraphy: Approaches and case histories (SEPM Spec. Publication, 81).

Krijgsman, W., Gaboardi, S., Hilgen, F.J., Iaccarino, S., De Kaenel, E. & Laan, E. van der (2004). Revised astrochronology for the Ain el Beida section (Atlantic Morocco): No glacio-eustatic control for the onset of the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Stratigraphy, 1, 87-101.

Lourens, L.J., Hilgen, F.J., Laskar, J., Shackleton, N.J. & Wilson, D. (2004). The Neogene Period. In F.M. Gradstein, J.G. Ogg & A.G. Smith (Eds.), A Geologic Time Scale 2004 (pp. 409-440). Cambridge University Press.

Abdul Aziz, H., Krijgsman, W., Hilgen, F.J., Wilson, S. & Calvo, J.P. (2003). An astronomical polarity timescale for the late middle Miocene based on cyclic continental sequences. Art. no. 2159. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 108(B3), B2159-doi: 10.1029/2002JB001818.

Hilgen, F.J., Abdul Aziz, H., Krijgsman, W., Raffi, I. & Turco, E. (2003). Integrated stratigraphy and astronomical tuning of the Serravallian and lower Tortonian at Monte dei Corvi (Middle-Upper Miocene, northern Italy). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 199, 229-264.

Raffi, I., Mozzato, C., Fornaciari, E., Hilgen, F.J. & Rio, D. (2003). Late Miocene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and astrobiochronology for the Mediterranean region. Micropaleontology, 49, 1-26.

Kouwenhoven, T.J., Hilgen, F.J. & Zwaan, G.J. van der (2003). Late Tortonian-early Messinian stepwise disruption of the Mediterranean-Atlantic connections: constraints from benthic foraminiferal and geochemical data. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 18(3-4), 303-319.

Steenbrink, J., Kloosterboer-van Hoeve, M.L. & Hilgen, F.J. (2003). Millennial-scale climate variations recorded in Early Pliocene colour reflectance time series from the lacustrine Ptolemais Basin (NW Greece). Global and Planetary Change, 36, 47-75.

Abdul Aziz, H., Sans-Rubio, E., Calvo, J.P., Hilgen, F.J. & Krijgsman, W. (2003). Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of a middle Miocene proximal alluvial fan to cyclic shallow lacustrine depositional system in the Calatayud Basin (NE Spain). Sedimentology, 50, 211-236.

Tuenter, E., Weber, S.L., Hilgen, F.J. & Lourens, L.J. (2003). The response of the African summer monsoon to remote and local forcing due to precession and obliquity. Global and Planetary Change, 36(4), 219-235.

Pérez-Folgado, M., Sierro, F.J., Bárcena, M.A., Flores, J.A., Vázquez, A., Utrilla, R., Hilgen, F.J., Krijgsman, W. & Filipelli, G.M. (2003). Western versus eastern Mediterranean paleoceanographic response to astronomical forcing: a high-resolution microplankton study of precession-controlled sedimentary cycles during the Messinian. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 190, 317-334.

Hilgen, F.J., Iaccarino, S., Krijgsman, W., Montanari, A., Raffi, I., Turco, E. & Zachariasse, W.J. (2002). The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Tortonian Stage (Upper Miocene): a proposal. -: International Union of Geological Sciences.

Krijgsman, W., Blanc-Valleron, M.-M., Flecker, R., Hilgen, F.J., Kouwenhoven, T.J., Merle, D., Ország-Sperber, F. & Rouchy, J.-M. (2002). The onset of the Messinian salinity crisis in the eastern Mediterranean (Pissouri Basin, Cyprus). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 194(3-4), 299-310.

Sanz-Rubio, E., Abdul Aziz, H., Calvo, J.P., Hilgen, F.J. & Krijgsman, W. (2001). Análisis sedimentológico y caracterización paleoclimática de la sucesión cíclica de Orera, Mioceno continental de la Cuenca de Calatayud. Geotemas, 3(2), 85-90.

Krijgsman, W., Fortuin, A.R., Hilgen, F.J., Roep, Th.B. & Sierro, F.J. (2001). Astrochronology for the Messinian Sorbas Basin (SE Spain) and orbital (precessional) forcing for evaporite cyclicity. Sedim. Geol., 2000 in press. Sedimentary Geology, 140, 43-60.

Vugt, N. van, Langereis, C.G. & Hilgen, F.J. (2001). Orbital forcing in Pliocene-Pleistocene Mediterranean lacustrine deposits: dominant expression of eccentricity versus precession. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 172, 193-205.

Turco, E., Hilgen, F.J., Lourens, L.J., Shackleton, N.J. & Zachariasse, W.J. (2001). Punctuated evolution of global climate cooling during late Middle to early Late Miocene: High resolution planktonic foraminiferal and oxygen isotope records from the Mediterranean. Paleoceanography, 16, 405-423.

Sierro, F.J., Hilgen, F.J., Krijgsman, W. & Flores, J.A. (2001). The Abad composite (SE Spain): A Mediterranean and global reference section for the Messinian. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 168, 141-169.

Abdul Aziz, H., Hilgen, F.J., Krijgsman, W., Sanz, E. & Calvo, J.P. (2000). Astronomical forcing of sedimentary cycles in the Middle to Late Miocene continental Calatayud Basin (NE Spain). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 177, 9-22.

Hilgen, F.J., Krijgsman, W. & Lourens, L.J. (2000). De invloed van astronomische cycli op het klimaat op Aarde. Een metronoom voor de geologische tijdschaal. Gea, 35(4), 1-8.

Hilgen, F.J., Bissoli, L., Iaccarino, S., Krijgsman, W., Negri, A. & Villa, G. (2000). Integrated stratigraphy and astrochronology of the Messinian GSSP at Oued Akrech (Atlantic Marocco). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 182, 237-251.

Hilgen, F.J., Krijgsman, W., Raffi, I., Turco, E. & Zachariasse, W.J. (2000). Integrated stratigraphy and astronomical calibration of the Serravallian/Tortonian boundary section at Monte Gibliscemi (Sicily, Italy). Marine Micropaleontology, 38, 181-211.

Fortuin, A.R., Krijgsman, W., Hilgen, F.J. & Sierro, F.J. (2000). Late Miocene Mediterranean desiccation: topography and significance of the "Salinity Crisis" erosianal surface on-land in South-east Spain. Sedimentary Geology, 133, 167-174.

Steenbrink, J., Vugt, N. van, Kloosterboer-van Hoeve, M.L. & Hilgen, F.J. (2000). Refinement of the Messinian APTS from sedimentary cycle patterns in the lacustrine Lava section (Servia Basin, NW Greece). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 181, 161-173.

Hilgen, F.J., Iaccarino, S., Krijgsman, W., Villa, G., Langereis, C.G. & Zachariasse, W.J. (2000). The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Messinian Stage (uppermost Miocene). Episodes, 23(3), 172-178.

Hilgen, F.J., Krijgsman, W., Iaccarino, S. & Warny, S. (2000). The Neogene Taza-Guercif Basin. In J.P. Suc (Ed.), Excursion Guide, XIth congress of the Regional Committee on mediterranean Neogene Stratigraphy (pp. 5-15).

Hilgen, F.J., Krijgsman, W., Iaccarino, S. & Warny, S. (2000). The Neogene of the Bou Regreg Valley. In J.P. Suc (Ed.), Excursion guide XIth Congress RCMNS (Rabat, Morocco) (pp. 5-15).

Couvering, J.A. van, Castradori, D., Cita, M.B., Hilgen, F.J. & Rio, D. (2000). The base of the Zanclean Stage and of the Pliocene Series. Episodes, 23, 179-187.

Langereis, C.G. & Hilgen, F.J. (1997). Het klimaat staat in de sterren. Natuur & techniek, 65(1).