Seabed and subsurface

Research projects:

Year Title and information link Funding
1900 Exploration de la mer sur les côtes de la Belgique en 1899, → more  
1907 Exploration de la mer sur les côtes de Belgique. Première série: Recherches sur le milieu marin et ses variations au voisinage de la côte Belge, → more  
1924 Exploration de la mer sur les côtes de Belgique. Première série. Recherches sur le milieu marin et ses variations au voisinage de la côte belge: III. Recherches sur la dérive dans la Mer du Nord: I. Expériences II à XIII, → more  
1936 Onderzoekingen in de hoofden in verband met de gesteldheid der Nederlandsche kust, → more  
1976 Projekt Zee eindverslag: 4. Sedimentologie, → more BELSPO
1974 Regionale sedimentologie en morfologie van de zuidelijke Noordzee en van het Schelde estuarium, → more PhD-FWO
1981 Marine geology - Sediment dynamics and morphodynamics; Seismic stratigraphy; Tithostratigraphy, → more BELSPO
1989 Seismostratigrafie en struktuur van het paleogeen in de Zuidelijke Noordzee - Volume 1 : tekst, → more Seismostratigrafie en struktuur van het paleogeen in de Zuidelijke Noordzee - Volume 2: figuren, → more PhD-FWO
1990 A seismic and geomorphological study of the erosion surface at the top of the Tertiary in the southern North Sea (Belgian and Northern French sectors), → more PhD
1990 Comparative study of the depositional structures of tidal sands from the Eocene and from the modern Flemish Banks, → more  
1993 Sedimentary structure and dynamics of the Middelkerke Bank, Southern North Sea, → more PhD
1995 Remote detection and sediment mobility in the Belgian coastal zone, → more  
1995 Marine geology: Fase 2 - Partim Seismostratigraphy, → more  
1995 Marine geology : Fase 2 - Partim actual sediment and morfodynamics, → more  
1996 High resolution geophysical study on the 'Paardenmarkt', → more  
1996 Mobiliteit van zeebodemstructuren, → more EU-MAST
1996 Sediment Transport and Bedforms Mobility in Sandy Shelf Environments, → more EU-MAST
1998 Sediment transport and bedform mobility in sandy shelf environment, → more EU-MAST
1998 Cartography of the morphology and composition of the seabed in the Belgian Territorial Sea and on the Belgian Continental Shelf, → more  
1999 Coastal Sediment Transport Assessment using Synthetic Aperture Radar, → more BELSPO
1999 Sediment and morphodynamics of a siliciclastic near coastal area, in relation to hydrodynamical and meteorological conditions : Belgian continental shelf, → more PhD-IWT
2001 Coastal Study of Three-Dimensional Sand Transport Processes and Morphodynamics, → more EU-MAS3
2001 Research on natural sand transports on the Belgian continental shelf, → more BELSPO
2001 "Paardenmarkt" site evaluation, → more  
2003 Optimal Offshore Wind Energy Developments in Belgium, → more BELSPO
2004 Towards a Spatial Structure Plan for Sustainable Management of the Sea, → more BELSPO
2006 Management research and budgeting of aggregates in shelf seas related to end-users, → more BELSPO
2006 Europese mariene zand en grindvoorraden: Evaluatie en milieu-impact van extractie, → more EU-FP6
2006 Study of Post-extraction ecological effects in the Kwintebank sand dredging area, → more BELSPO
2006 Balancing impacts of human activities in the Belgian part of the North Sea, → more BELSPO
2006 Cluster Sustainable management of the North Sea, → more Science and sustainable management of the North Sea: Belgian case studies, → more BELSPO
2006 Mud: origin, characterization and human activities, → more BELSPO
2007 Towards a high-resolution 3D-analysis of sandbank architecture on the Belgian Continental Shelf- Resource-3D, → more BELSPO
2008 Development and validation of spatial distribution models of marine habitats, in support of the ecological valuation of the seabed, → more PhD-IWT
2009 The Quaternary geological evolution of the Belgian Continental Shelf, southern North Sea, → more PhD-FWO
2010 Development of a framework for Mapping European Seabed Habitats, → more EU-Interreg-IIIB
2010 Quantification of Erosion and Sedimentation patterns to Trace the natural versus anthropogenic sediment dynamics Phase 1, → more BELSPO
2011 Marine aggregate extraction: needs, guidelines and future prospects. Synthesis (2008-2011) of the monitoring of the impact from the aggregate extraction on the Belgian Continental Shelf, → more Private revenues
2012 Quantification of Erosion and Sedimentation patterns to Trace the natural versus anthropogenic sediment dynamics Phase 2, → more BELSPO
2012 Hydro-meteorological influences on the behaviour and nature of sediment suspensions in the Belgian-Dutch coastal zone, → more PhD-IWT
2012 EMODnet-Geology Phase 1. Production of GIS data layers on seabed substrate, geology, coastal erosion, natural hazards and raw materials. Scale 1:1000.000, → more EU-DG-MARE
2013 Pan-European Infrastructure for management of Marine and Ocean Geological and Geophysical Data <Geo-Seas>, → more EU-FP7
2014 EMODnet-Geology Phase 2. Production of GIS data layers on seabed substrate, geology, coastal erosion, natural hazards and raw materials. Scale 1:250000, → more EU-DG-MARE
2014 Archaeological Heritage in the North Sea, → more IWT-SBO
2014 Monitoring of hydrodynamics and sediment transport to evaluate the effects of the exploitation of non-living resources. zone 4 Hinderbanken, → more Flemish Authorities

Project funding

image

This project is funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office (contract BR/121/A2/TILES)

image

Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks (BRAIN-be)

Project Partners

Active cooperation with

image

Federal Public Service Economy, SME’s, Self-Employed and Energy (FPS Economy), Continental Shelf Service