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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 USA and Canada

Thijs Vandenbroucke (UGent), Patrick Mclaughlin (Illinois Geological Survey, USA) and Poul Emsbo (USGS, Denver, Colorado, USA)

 

Thijs Vandenbroucke No 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
Establishing a historical event-stratigraphy of Andean lake “Laguna del Inca” (central Chile)

Maarten Van Daele

Katleen Wils

Maarten Van Daele No 2022-02-04
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
Experimental Constraints on the Saturation of Ilmenite in the Lunar Mantle

Prof. Dr. Olivier Namur - KULeuven (main promotor)

Prof. Dr. Stijn Dewaele- UGent (co-promotor)

Stijn Dewaele No 2025-03-31