Ghent University, Department of Geology

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Title promotors Author Fieldwork Created
An experimental study of dose, mineral and grain-size dependency of beta-source calibration in luminescence dating Prof. Dr. Johan De Grave & Dr. Dimitri Vandenberghe Dimitri Vandenberghe No 2009-11-27
OSL dating of alluvial deposits near Bronze Age settlements in the Surkhan-Daria Province (SE Uzbekistan) Prof. Dr. Johan De Grave & Dr. Dimitri Vandenberghe Dimitri Vandenberghe No 2010-01-22
Tracking the expression of Late Ordovician global change through the palaeotropics in the Baltic Basin
  • Thijs Vandenbroucke (UGent) and Mikael Calner (Lund University)
  • Collab with Patrick Mclaughlin (Illinois Geological Survey, USA) and Poul Emsbo (USGS, Denver, Colorado, USA)
Thijs Vandenbroucke Yes 2016-01-01
Unlocking the economic potential of REE-phosphorites: the stratigraphical architecture of the Maquoketa Group (Midcontinent USA).

Prof. Thijs Vandenbroucke (UGent) and Dr. Patrick Mclaughlin (Illinois Geological Survey, USA) 

Thijs Vandenbroucke Yes 2017-01-30
Investigating bottom current variability in the Eastern Melilla Cold-Water Coral Province, Alboran Sea, offshore Morocco

Prof. dr. David Van Rooij

Prof. dr. Dierk Hebbeln (MARUM, Bremen University, Germany)

David Van Rooij No 2022-01-18
Investigating the Quaternary temporal variability of the southern branch of the Mediterranean Outflow Water

Prof. dr. David Van Rooij

David Van Rooij No 2022-01-18
Spatial and temporal bottom current variability at the foot of the Pen Duick Escarpment, offshore Morocco

Prof. dr. David Van Rooij

 

David Van Rooij No 2022-01-18
Investigating the microfabric of the Kortrijk Formation in the vicinity of clay-tectonic faults

Marc De Batist, Maarten Van Daele, Kamil Lisson, Laurenz Schroer

Marc De Batist No 2023-01-26
AFT and OSL dating: various.

Johan De Grave & Dimitri Vandenberghe

Johan De Grave Yes 2024-01-30
Exploring the deep Gollum channels, offshore Ireland; is there a deep-sea fan?

David Van Rooij & Thomas Vandorpe (VLIZ)

David Van Rooij Yes 2024-02-08
Revisiting Belgian geology: are there contourites among our shallow-to-deep marine deposits?

David Van Rooij (UGent)

Anne-Christine Da Silva (ULiège)

David Van Rooij No 2024-12-13
Role of local surface properties in salt-induced deterioration of conservation-treated stones

Prof. Veerle Cnudde

Dr. Sharon Ellman

Veerle Cnudde No 2026-01-26
Enameloid histology: microstructures in fossil batoids (Rays and skates)

Prof. Thijs Vandenbroucke (UGent)

Thijs Vandenbroucke No 2026-01-27
Where fluids meet stone: coding and data analysis for automated wettability measurements in rock pores

Prof. Tom Bultreys and Dr. Sharon Ellman 

Tom Bultreys No 2026-01-30
The large effects of tiny currents: measuring multiphase flow in rocks to enhance underground carbon and hydrogen storage

Prof. Tom Bultreys and Dr. Sharon Ellman

Tom Bultreys No 2026-01-30
Bio-geochemical modelling of underground hydrogen storage in the Loenhout aquifer

Prof. Dr. Tom Bultreys, Dr. Hossein Younesian Farid

Tom Bultreys No 2026-01-30
The age of the Howard’s Pass ore deposit: a linchpin factor in assessing the global impact of sedimentary exhalative (sedex) marine brines.

Thijs Vandenbroucke (UGent) and Poul Emsbo (UGent + USGS, Denver, Colorado, USA)

Thijs Vandenbroucke No 2026-01-30
Investigating microplastic attachment and detachment on sedimentary rocks

Prof. Veerle Cnudde

 

 
Veerle Cnudde No 2026-02-06
Exploring the role of microplastics in the deterioration processes of natural building stones

Prof. Veerle Cnudde

 
Veerle Cnudde No 2026-02-06
Using X-ray computed tomography to reconstruct tsunami paleoflows offshore Shetland Islands

Maarten Van Daele

Maarten Van Daele No 2026-02-08
Reconstructing currents around the Shetland Islands using sediment drift deposits

Maarten Van Daele

David Van Rooij

Maarten Van Daele No 2026-02-08
Understanding the dynamics of pegmatite crystallization using cathodoluminescence microscopy

Dr. Florian Buyse

Prof. Stijn Dewaele

Florian Buyse No 2026-02-09
Petrography, mineralogy and metallogenic potential of the first drill cores from the London-Brabant Massif

Dr. Florian Buyse

Prof. Stijn Dewaele

Florian Buyse No 2026-02-09
Het gebruik van beeldanalyse met behulp van PTV/PIV voor het bepalen van bezinking van sedimentdeeltjes

Yves Plancke

Maarten Van Daele

Maarten Van Daele No 2026-02-26
Reactive transport modelling and hydrochemistry of De Panne (Belgium)

Dr. Marieke Paepen

Dr. Janek Greskowiak (Oldenburg University)

Marieke Paepen Yes 2026-03-11