Ing. Wim Boer	ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   Postal address: P.O. Box 59, NL-1790 AB Den Burg (Texel) The Netherlands   Visiting address: Landsdiep 4 NL-1797 SZ ’t Horntje (Texel) The Netherlands   Phone: (+31) (0)222-369300 Fax: (+31) (0)222-319674
Room: B0023, Dept: GEO E-mail @nioz.nl: wim.boer Phone: (+31) (0)222-369386

 

General:

Education: HLO analytical chemistry, 1991 Date of birth: 31 August 1967 (Wijhe) Working as a research co-worker at royal NIOZ since September 1994. Specialist in: (I) analyzing short living isotopes as 210Pb, 226Ra and 137Cs with alpha and gamma spectrometry (II) modeling of isotope profiles in sediment (III) analyzing Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca in corals, and stable lead in sediments with a high resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (HR-ICP-MS). Responsible for lab and some high tech instruments.

Research Interests:

Natural and anthropogenic radionuclides and stable lead in the marine environment. Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca in tropical and deep sea corals as indicators for paleao temperatures.

Analysis:

Alpha spectrometry Gamma spectrometry HR-ICP-MS Grain-size Specific surface area

Publications

W. Boer, H.C. de Stigter. Leaching, a time-efficient and environment-friendly alternative to the Total digestion method for the extraction of excess 210Po from marine sediments, in prep. L. Jonkers, F. Mienis, W. Boer, I.R. Hall and G-J.A. Brummer, 2010. Intra-annual variability of extremely rapid sedimentation onto Gardar Drift in the northern North Atlantic, Deep Sea Research 1, submitted C.C. Jesus, H.C. de Stigter, T.O. Richter, W. Boer; M. Mil-Homens, A.O. F.Rocha, 2010.Trace metal enrichments in Portuguese submarine canyons and open slope: anthropogenic impact and links to sedimentary dynamics, Marine Geology, accepted T. Jilbert, G.J. Reichart, B. Aeschlimann, D. Günther, W. Boer, G. de Lange, 2010. Climate-controlled interdecadal variability in North African dust transport to the Mediterranean: Evidence from µXRF scanning of laminated sediments, Geology, 38:19-22. This article of Tom Jilbert was also featured in the research Highlight section of Nature 463, p. 273, http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7279/full/463273b.html . T.O. Richter, H.C. de Stigter, W. Boer, C.C. Jesus, T.C.E. van Weering, 2009 Dispersal of natural and anthropogenic lead through submarine canyons at the Portuguese margin, Deep-Sea Research I, 156: 267-282. U. Fallet, W. Boer, C. van Assen, M. Greaves, and G.‐J. A. Brummer, 2009. A novel application of wet oxidation to retrieve carbonates from large organic‐rich samples for ocean‐climate research, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 10: Q08004 M. Mil-Homens, V. Branco, C. Vale, R. Stevens, W. Boer, S. Lebreiro, I. Cato, F. Abrantes, 2008 Historical trends in Hg, Pb and Zn sedimentation in the central shelf area of Portugal. Journal of Iberian Geology, 34 (2): 287-298. M. Mil-Homens, V. Branco, W. Boer, C. Vale, F. Abrantes, 2007. History of trace metal contamination dissolution to properties of in Tagus prodelta cores, Portugal. Geochemistry. & Geophysics., 71 (15): A665. C. Huguet, R.H. Smittenberg, W. Boer, J.S. Sinninge Damsté, S. Schouten, 2007. Twentieth century proxy records of temperature and soil organic matter input in the Drammensfjord, southern Norway. Organic Geochemistry., 38, 1838-1849. H.C. de Stigter, W. Boer, P.A. Jesus Mendes, C.C. Jesus, L. Thomsen, G.D. van den Bergh, T.C.E. van Weering, 2007. Recent sediment transport and deposition in the Nazaré Canyon, Potuguese continental margin, Marine Geology. 246, 144-164. G.D. van den Bergh, W. Boer, M.A.S. Schaapveld, D.M. Duc and Tj.C.E. van Weering, 2007. Recent sedimentation and sediment accumulation rates of the Ba Lat prodelta (Red River, Vietnam), Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 29, 545-557. M. Mil-Homes, R.L. Stevens, W. Boer, F. Abrantes, I. Cato, 2006. Pollution history of heavy metals on the Portuguese shelf using 210Pb-geochronology. Science of The Total Environment: 367(1): 466-480 W. Boer, G.D. van den Bergh, H. de Haas, H.C. de Stigter, R. Gieles, Tj. C.E. van Weering, 2006. Validation of accumulation rates in Teluk Banten (Indonesia) from commonly applied 210Pb models, using the 1883 Krakatau tephra as time marker. Marine Geology. 227: 263-277. G.D. van den Bergh, W. Boer, H. de Haas, Tj.C.E. van Weering, R. van Wijhe, 2003. Shallow marine tsunami deposits in Teluk Banten (NW Java, Indonesia), generated by the 1883 Krakatau eruption. Marine Geology, 197: 13-34. B.N. Zegers, W.E. Lewis, K. Booij, R.H. Smittenberg, W. Boer, J. de Boer, and J.P. Boon, 2003. Levels of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in sediment cores from Western Europe. Environmental Science & Technology, 37: 3803-3807. Tj.C.E. van Weering, H.C. de Stigter, W. Boer, H. de Haas, 2002. Recent sediment transport and accumulation on the NW Iberian margin. Progress in Oceanography. 52: 349-371. W. van Raaphorst, H. Malschaert, H. van Haren, W. Boer, G.J. Brummer, 2001. Cross-slope zonation of erosion and deposition in the Faeroe-Shetland Chaneel, North Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research, 48: 567-591. H. de Haas, W. Boer, Tj.C.E. van Weering, 1997. Recent sedimentation and organic carbon burial in a shelf sea: the North Sea. Marine Geology, 144: 131-146.