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).

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

Thijs Vandenbroucke No 2017-01-30
The Neogene of the Antwerp area: micropaleontology as a clue for unravelling complex stratigraphy

Stephen Louwye

Stephen Louwye No 2020-02-06
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
Luminescence chronometry of brick-built structures

Prof. Dr. Johan De Grave & Dr. Dimitri Vandenberghe

Johan De Grave No 2022-02-04
A laboratory study into the potential for radiometric dating using alternative and accessory minerals

Prof. Dr. Johan De Grave & Dr. Dimitri Vandenberghe

Johan De Grave No 2022-02-04
New light on Belgian loess stratotypes

Prof. Dr. Johan De Grave & Dr. Dimitri Vandenberghe

Johan De Grave No 2022-02-04
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
Reducing ambiguity in the current Flemish salinization map with petrophysically guided inversion

Thomas Hermans (Thomas.Hermans@ugent.be)

Wouter Deleersnyder (Wouter.Deleersnyder@ugent.be)

Thomas Hermans No 2024-02-01
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
Assessing platanistoid diversity in the Miocene southern North Sea through the analysis of cetacean ear bones from the area of Antwerp

Prof. Stephen Louwye, Dr. Olivier Lambert (Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Brussel

Stephen Louwye No 2025-01-31
Palaeoecological study of the Middle Holocene organic infill of a palaeochannel in the Dam Valley (Destelbergen)

Prof. Dr. Stephen Louwye, Prof. Dr. Koen Deforce

Stephen Louwye No 2025-02-02
Advancing lithium-rich pegmatite research through thermal history modelling: Insights from the Ponta Negra pegmatite zone, Brazil

Prof. Johan De Grave

Johan De Grave No 2025-02-02
Tracing the thermo-tectonic evolution of Earth’s most ancient lithosphere, the case study of the Tanzania-Congo craton

Prof. Dr. Johan De Grave

Johan De Grave No 2025-02-02
Tracing the thermo-tectonic evolution of Earth’s most ancient lithosphere, the case study of the São Francisco craton

Prof. Dr. Johan De Grave

Johan De Grave No 2025-02-02
Hidden beneath the rainforest: the Phanerozoic thermo-tectonic evolution of the Amazon Craton

Prof. Dr. Johan De Grave

Johan De Grave No 2025-02-02
Uncertainty of the pedophysical relationship for management map derived from frequency domain electromagnetic induction

Dr. Guillaume Blanchy (guillaume.blanchy@ugent.be)

Dr. Wouter Deleersnyder (wouter.deleersnyder@ugent.be)

Prof. Thomas Hermans (thomas.hermans@ugent.be)

Thomas Hermans No 2025-02-04
Detecting litter on the seabed and in the water column using sonars

Dr. Thomas Vandorpe (VLIZ)

Xiebe Stiers (VLIZ)

Prof. dr. David Van Rooij (UGent)

David Van Rooij No 2026-01-07
Pseudo-3D investigation of clay tectonic deformations through USV-based sub-bottom profiling

VLIZ: dr. Thomas Mestdagh

UGent: Prof. dr. David Van Rooij

David Van Rooij No 2026-01-20
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
Shallow marine ecosystem perturbations associated with early Eocene hyperthermal warming.

Prof. dr. Johan Vellekoop (KU Leuven)

Prof. dr. Joost Frieling (UGent)

Joost Frieling No 2026-01-29
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 (USGS, Denver, Colorado, USA)

Thijs Vandenbroucke No 2026-01-30
Hydrogeological characterization of the Borkena River catchtment, Ethiopia.

Prof. Thomas Hermans

Thomas Hermans No 2026-02-03
A machine learning approach to image the fresh-saltwater interface using geophysics

Prof. Thomas Hermans

Thomas Hermans No 2026-02-03
How joint inversion uncertainty shapes our understanding of the salinity distribution of the Belgian coastal zone

Prof. Thomas Hermans

Thomas Hermans No 2026-02-03
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
Towards unravelling climate and snow cover variability of Villarrica Volcano (Chile) using oxygen isotopes of diatoms preserved in lake sediments

Maarten Van Daele

Maarten Van Daele No 2026-02-08
Establishing a first-order varve chronology for 25–75 kyrs BP for the Lake Challa record (Mt Kilimanjaro)

Maarten Van Daele

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
The early-middle Eocene North Atlantic - deep currents in a shallow sea?

Prof. dr. Joost Frieling

Prof. dr. David Van Rooij

Prof. dr. Maarten Van Daele

Joost Frieling No 2026-02-20
Resuspensie van sediment in ondiepwater

Yves Plancke

Maarten Van Daele

Maarten Van Daele Yes 2026-02-26
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
Remobilization of CRMs in VMS deposits: A case study from the Sulitjelma Cu-Zn deposit, Norland, Norway

Main promotor: Prof Dr Sabina Strmic Palinkas - Department of Geosciences van The Arctic University of Norway

Administrative promotor: Prof Dr Stijn Dewaele

 

Stijn Dewaele Yes 2026-03-13
A satellite view on the variability of the East Greenland Current velocity front

VLIZ: Dr. Leandro Ponsoni

UGent: Prof. dr. David Van Rooij

David Van Rooij No 2026-03-20