Research Topics

1. Archaeometry & Geoarchaeology

P. Degryse, J. Elsen, Ph. Muchez, M. Sintubin
 
Points of interest:

• society-environment dynamics
• mining & trade of mineral resources
• organisation of land use
• tectonic & climatic forcing of societal changes

Projects

2. Applied Mineralogy

P. Degryse, J. Elsen
 
Points of interest:

• stone & mortar in monument conservation studies
• zeolite mineralogy & use as pozzolans
• mineral carbonation
• cement minerals & concrete petrography
• clays & clay minerals

Projects

3. Biogeology

R. Speijer, E. Steurbaut, R. Swennen, N. Vandenberghe
 
Points of interest:

• biosphere-geosphere interactions
• palaeontology
• stratigraphy
• palaeoclimatology

Projects

4. Continental Tectonics

M. Sintubin
 
Points of interest:

• plate tectonics & mountain building
• continental brittle-plastic rheology
• earthquake geology

Projects

5. Geodynamics & Geofluids

J. Hertogen, P. Muchez, R. Swennen
 
Points of interest:

• diagenesis & metamorphism
• magmatic processes
• ore genesis
• hydrocarbon reservoir characteristics

Projects

6. Hydrogeology & Applied Geology

O. Batelaan, A. Dassargues, J. Schittekat, R. Swennen, N. Vandenberghe
 
Points of interest:

• groundwater modelling
• geostatistics
• environmental geochemistry
• engineering geology

Projects