The Geological Survey of Belgium attended the 7th international Geologica Belgica Meeting 2021 which took place between 15-17 September at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren. The theme of the conference this year was “Geosciences made in Belgium”, opening a forum where Belgian and Belgium-based scientists and colleagues exhibited the wide diversity of their activities, in Belgium and abroad.
Photos: Courtesy of Atefe Choopani
The GSB team participated in various contributions to the conference. The full abstract book is available here.
Carbonatitic affinity of the rare earth element (REE) mineralization at Gakara (Burundi)
Florian Buyse, Stijn Dewaele, Sophie Decrée, Florias Mees
The LASUGEO project: monitoring LAnd SUbsidence caused by Groundwater exploitation through gEOdetic measurements
Xavier Devleeschouwer, Atefe Choopani, Aline Moreau, Kristine Walraevens, Marc Van Camp, Michel Van Camp, Kevin Gobron, Alain Dassargues, Philippe Orban, Pierre-Yves Declercq
Petrogenesis and isotopic investigation of Pillow Lavas from the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus: Cu and Zn isotopes
Nina Zaronikola, Vinciane Debaille, Sophie Decrée, Ryan Mathur, Basilios Tsikouras, Christodoulos Hadjigeorgiou
Structural framework as the new fundament for international geoscientific cooperation and policy support
Renata Barros, Kris Piessens, Katrijn Dirix
Towards a dynamic and interdisciplinary assessment for the sustainable management of geological resources
Tine Compernolle, Kris Piessens, Kris Welkenhuysen
Sourcing natural stone used in the architecture of stone-poor landscapes, demonstrated for northern Belgium
Michiel Dusar, Marleen De Ceukelaire
Enhanced rock weathering: the overlooked hydrodynamic trap
Kris Piessens, Renata Barros, Tine Compernolle, Sophie Decree, Christian Burlet, Ivan Janssens, Sara Vicca
UNESCO Global Geopark Famenne-Ardenne, Belgium – opportunities and role for geoscientists
Sophie Verheyden, Serge Delaby
Naturally CO2-rich water springs in Belgium evidencing complex subsurface interaction
Kris Welkenhuysen, Agathe Defourny, Arnaud Collignon, Patrick Jobe, Alain Dassargues, Kris Piessens, Renata Barros
Silurian solid bitumen from Huy: evidences for a petroleum system in Belgium
Michiel Arts, Coralie Bosteels, Xavier Devleeschouwer, Anne-Christine Da Silva
A 1500 years-record of North Atlantic storminess from the Shetland Islands (UK) – preliminary insights
Max Engel, Katharina Hess, Tasnim Patel, Sue Dawson, Jan Oetjen, Andreas Koutsodendris, Polina Vakhrameeva, Isa Schön, Vanessa M. A. Heyvaert
Correlating cross-border Cenozoic stratigraphy in the Belgian-Dutch border region: results from H3O – De Voorkempen
Jan Walstra, Armin Menkovic, Jef Deckers, Frieda Bogemans, Michiel Dusar, Andreas F. Kruisselbrink, Bruno Meyvis, Dirk Munsterman, Bernd Rombaut, Tamara J.M. Van De Ven, Kris Welkenhuysen, Ronald W. Vernes
The ROBOMINERS LIBS spectrometer: a mining sensor prototype for autonomous in-stream, in-slurry geochemical diagnostics
Christian Burlet, Giorgia Stasi, Tobias Pinkse, Claudio Rossi
Geochemical imaging at hand-sample scale of Belgian Zn-Pb ores using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)
Séverine Papier, Jean-Marc Baele, Hassan Bouzahzah, Sophie Verheyden, Christian Burlet, Eric Pirard, Anca Croitor, Sophie Decrée, Guy Franceschi, Léon Dejonghe
ROBOMINERS: changing the ground rules
Giorgia Stasi, Christian Burlet, Luis Lopes, Claudio Rossi, Stephen Henley, Tobias Pinkse, Asko Ristolainen, Vitor Correia, Alicja Kot-Niewiadomska, Jussi Aaltonen, Michael Berner, Nelson Cristo, Eva Hartai, Gorazd Zibret, Janos Horvath
Development of a Laser-Induced Breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) instrumentation and protocols for rapid screening of soils
Sophie Verheyden, Christian Burlet, Anca Croitor, Jean-Marc Baele, Severine Papier, Eric Pirard, Hassan Bouzahzah, Matic Pusovnik
Preliminary results from palynological and diatoms analyses from three sites of the Medieval harbour network in the Zwin area in North of Belgium and the Netherlands: Hoeke, Mude and Aardenbur
Coralie Andre, Wim De Clercq, Dante De Ruijsscher, Vanessa M.A. Heyvaert, Frieda Bogemans, Stephen Louwye
Reconstructing the late Holocene sedimentary landscape of the Zwin area nearby Bruges late-medieval outport Hoeke
Frieda Bogemans, Vanessa Heyvaert, Coralie André, Stephen Louwye, Jan Tranchet, Wim De Clercq
Metagenomics of tsunami deposits: developments and challenges from a case study on the Shetland Islands (UK)
Max Engel, Tasnim Patel, Anna Pint, Sue Dawson, Isa Schön, Vanessa M. A. Heyvaert
Statistical imaging of the deformation over Belgium using multiple geodetic techniques
Kevin Gobron, Pierre-Yves Declercq, Xavier Devleeschouwer, Michel Van Camp
Study of the eigenfrequencies of stalagmites to better understand paleoseismicity
Aurélie Martin, Thomas Lecocq, Ari Lannoy, Yves Quinif, Sophie Verheyden, Serge Delaby, Thierry Camelbeeck, Nathalie Fagel
Geophysical well log correlations in the Quaternary deposits of the Campine area, northern Belgium
Jan Walstra, Frieda Bogemans, Marleen De Ceukelaire, Michiel Dusar, Vanessa M.A. Heyvaert, Bruno Meyvis, Kris Welkenhuysen
Deep Geothermal Energy Extraction, a Review on Environmental Hotspots with Focus on Geo-technical Site Conditions
Spiros Gkousis, Tine Compernolle, Kris Welkenhuysen
Influence of the heat network rollout time on the risk and profitability of a deep geothermal plant
Bruno Meyvis, Virginie Harcouet-Menou, Kris Welkenhuysen
New geological information of the Cambrian basement obtained from geothermal exploration projects in Brussels and Walloon- and Flemish-Brabant
Estelle Petitclerc, Pabitra Gurung, Pierre Gerard, Marc Van Camp, Jeroen Van Der Veken, Gust Van Lysebetten, Koen Van Noten, Kristine Walraevens
Ranking CO2 storage capacities and identifying their technical, economic and regulatory constraints: A review of methods and screening criteria
Alejandra Tovar, Kris Welkenhuysen, Kris Piessens
Optimal geodata centralization and disclosure as support for subsurface exploration
Johanna Van Daele, Helga Ferket, Renata Barros
Analysing CO2 capture, transport, and storage chain options for cement industry in the LEILAC2 project
Kris Welkenhuysen, Alejandra Tovar, Kris Piessens
Decision support under uncertainty for geothermal applications: case selection
Kris Welkenhuysen, Tine Compernolle, Olivier Kaufmann, Ben Laenen, Bruno Meyvis, Kris Piessens, Spiros Gousis, Nicolas Dupont, Virginie Harcouet-Menou, Justin Pogacnik
DGE-ROLLOUT – Promoting Deep Geothermal Energy in North-West Europe
Tobias Fritschle, Estelle Petitclerc, Timme Van Melle, Matsen Broothaers, Arianna Passamonti, Martin Arndt, Burcu Taşdemir, Chelsea Pederson, Martin Salamon
