Research Description
Jan is a stratigrapher, sedimentologist, paleontologist, and Professor emeritus at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam at the Faculty of Sciences, department of Geology and Geochemistry. He currently works on several aspects of mass-extinctions, particularly the KPg boundary and TrJ boundary events. In this project, he is focused on establishing the biostratigraphic age of the major flows of the Deccan traps.
