Projects
Renewal of equipment for sample preparation in the geochronological and geochemical investigation of minerals and rocks Ghent University
The equipment that is applied for, comprises a disk mill and a carbon coater. The disk mill is a basic apparatus for the separation of a specific minerals from rocks, used in geochronological and isotropic studies. The carbon coater is an instrument that covers mineralogical samples with a carbon layer, required for the microchemical analysis with the SEM (scanning electron microscope).
Granite-related versus orogenic mineralisation: inisghts from the W, Sn and Au mineralisation in Rwanda. KU Leuven
DynaMOD: An oceanographic and sediment DYNAmic MODelling study of MOunded contourite Drifts Ghent University
Direct trapped charge dating of Quaternary sediments and rock surfaces: testing a fundamentally new approach using infrared photoluminescence from feldspar Ghent University
Luminescence dating of quartz and K-feldspar is now widely used for establishing sediment deposition chronologies in a wide range of Quaternary research. The method is also increasingly applied in exposure and burial dating of rock surfaces. Recently, a fundamentally new signal from feldspar has been discovered: infrared photoluminescence (IRPL). IRPL directly taps the dosimetric information recorded by the minerals (the trapped electrons). ...
Ore-forming processes of the gold mineralization in the Western Domain of the Karagwe-Ankole belt, Central Africa. KU Leuven
The proposed research focusses on the detailed study of gold mineralization in the Maniema Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and aims at integrating the results in a metallogenic model for the Western Domain of the Karagwe-Ankole Belt (KAB). In-depth knowledge on the formation processes of Au mineralization in this area is incomplete. The current consensus is that gold mineralization in the Karagwe-Ankole Belt can be ...
Fueling the Furnace. An interdisciplinary study of forest soils as geoarchaeological archives Ghent University
This project aims at investigating the early medieval exploitation of forests for charcoal production in a comprehensive, interdisciplinary manner. Through a synergy between archaeology, pedology, geostatistics, mineralogy and geochronology, it seeks to significantly improve our understanding and methodological approach towards the potential of woodland soils as archives of human-landscape interaction, with particular reference to processes ...
Gene duplicability and gene expression changes following gene and genome duplication Ghent University
Gene and genome duplications are important processes that lead to novel functions and an overall increase in biological complexity. Hence, which genes undergo duplication and are preserved following duplication is an important question. It has been observed that genes in certain functional categories are more amenable to survive duplication events than others. Although
gene duplicate retention may be explained by various types of ...
Reconstruction of the geodynamic evolution of the felsic magmatism associated with critical mineralization in the Great Lakes area of Central Africa Ghent University
The project is centered on the felsic magmatism associated with critical element mineralization, (eg. Nb-Ta-Sn-W-Li-Be) in Central Africa. The goal is to understand the link between the regional geodynamic evolution, felsic magmatism and mineralization. In addition to the use of fieldwork, petrographic and geochemical techniques, this project will lead to analytical developments for radiometric dating at the UGhent.
Death from below: how linking brines, anoxia, mutation, and stratabound ore could solve the enigma of Devonian mass extinction and the World’s REE crisis Ghent University
Here, we test new kill-mechanisms for iconic Devonian mass-extinctions. Our nascent hypothesis suggests that formation of exhalative (sedex) Zn-Pb-Au deposits resulted in global Ocean Anoxic Events. Our novel proxy measures the geochemistry of severely malformed organic-walled fossil plankton, coinciding with the extinctions. Tracing the heavy metal contamination and stratigraphy provides a new tool to pinpoint sedex and associated
REE ...