Nico J Vlaar

GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond — Netherlands

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Geological and Geochemical Analysis(7), earthquake and tectonic studies(7), High-pressure geophysics and materials(7), School Health and Nursing Education(1), Infant Health and Development(1)

Publications8 total

A hand hygiene intervention to decrease infections among children attending day care centers: design of a cluster randomized controlled trial
BMC Infectious Diseases·2013· 18 citedOpen Access
Various mechanisms to induce present-day shallow flat subduction and implications for the younger Earth: a numerical parameter study
Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors·2004· 212 citedOpen Access
On the role of subducting oceanic plateaus in the development of shallow flat subduction
Tectonophysics·2002· 281 cited
The impact of the South‐American plate motion and the Nazca Ridge subduction on the flat subduction below South Peru
Geophysical Research Letters·2002· 73 cited
The influence of rheological weakening and yield stress on the interaction of slabs with the 670 km discontinuity
Earth and Planetary Science Letters·2002· 129 cited
Sensitivities of seismic velocities to temperature, pressure and composition in the lower mantle
Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors·2001· 96 cited
Latent heat effects of the major mantle phase transitions on low-angle subduction
Earth and Planetary Science Letters·2001· 39 cited
A thermo-mechanical model of horizontal subduction below an overriding plate
Earth and Planetary Science Letters·2000· 127 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Jeroen van Hunen(6), A. P. van den Berg(6), Hana Čı́žková(1), Jeannot Trampert(1), Pierre Vacher(1), Tizza P. Zomer(1), Vicki Erasmus(1), Ed F. van Beeck(1), Aimée Tjon-A-Tsien(1), Jan Hendrik Richardus(1), Hélène Voeten(1)