Projects
Fate of carbon in Antarctic fjords under increased glacial melt impact Ghent University
The Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is experiencing drastic changes. The sea ice season has shortened by almost 100 days and 87 % of all glaciers at the WAP are in retreat, with far going impacts on the marine realm. An important aspect of glacial melt on which currently little is known, is the effect on the benthic carbon cycle. Polar fjords are hotspots of carbon burial, which has a climate regulating effect. However, glacial melt ...
Carbon cycling from a catchment perspective: an integrated approach to terrestrial-aquatic linkages in the Tana River basin (Kenya) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Study of sedimentary, diagenetic and structural effects on the genesis of a dolomitized reservoir body during the upper jurassic : application to Oxford-Portlandian Carbonate Platform of Causses Méjean (SE france) KU Leuven
The objective of this thesis is to investigate and understand the different sedimentary, diagenetic-compaction-burial, tectonic and paleohydrological factors making it possible to predict large dolomitic - reservoir complexes and their implications for the 3D heterogeneity of dolomitic-reservoir bodies. The objective is to establish a conceptual model for the prediction of dolomitic-reservoir bodies, following the example of the dolomitic ...
Hot or Cold? Did changes in volcanic activity influence global temperature evolution throughout geological climate-change events Vrije Universiteit Brussel
marine anoxia and organic-matter burial, particularly in the
Cretaceous, Devonian, and Silurian. CO2 emissions associated with
large igneous provinces are thought to have caused rapid climate
warming during the Cretaceous events (e.g., Early Aptian oceanic
anoxic event; OAE 1a: ~120 Ma). However, OAE 1a also featured
transient cold ...
Teratology in microfossils as a proxy for understanding mass-extinctions through time Ghent University
Mass-extinction events in Earth history can provide us with crucial baselines by which ongoing biodiversity loss can be compared and its selectivity calibrated. All mass-extinction events are connected to periods of strong perturbations of the carbon cycle, including changes in greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere and associated global warming/cooling. These major changes in the carbon cycle are thought to be driven by ...
Landscape Use and Mobility In EuRopE - Bridging the gap between cremation and inhumation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Organic - inorganic interactions between shale and sandstone and its effect on reservoir properties: a case study from the Campine basin (NE-Belgium) KU Leuven
Organic-inorganic interactions, which refer to the reactions that participate in alteration processes in sandstone reservoirs, have been studied in sedimentary basins for many years. These organic-inorganic interactions create or destroy the porosity and permeability of sandstone reservoirs. In this project, we will sample comparable sedimentary successions with sandstone/shale and sandstone/coal relationships that have been buried at ...