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Inproceedings Reference Geothermal resources assessment methodology in Wallonia (Belgium).
The Geological Survey of Belgium (GSB) is involved in geothermal resources assessment at European scale with GeoElec and Thermomap (very shallow) projects and at regional scale with the geothermal plate-form of Wallonia. The GSB has recently completed a first evaluation of geothermal potential of the Walloon region for medium to high enthalpy (300-6000 m). In 2008, the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) has conducted an updated assessment of geothermal resources in the United States. The volume method was the primary scheme applied to identified geothermal systems in which the recoverable heat is estimated from the thermal energy available in a reservoir. In some European countries, the temperature data available generally allow to produce a heat flow map at great depth. The subsurface temperature measurements of Belgium were first compiled by Legrand in 1975 and updated by Vandenberghe & Fock in 1989. The temperature values from the coal and hydrocarbon exploration wells are significantly spread over the reservoirs. The geothermal gradients are strongly influenced by groundwater circulation. The fold and thrust belt context of the subsoil in Wallonia makes geothermal gradient interpretation, reservoir temperatures and reservoir volume difficult to assess. The first geothermal reservoirs identified at 1 kilometer depth were mapped by Berckmans & Vandenberghe (1998). The northern Campine and Anvers regions, the Hainaut basin, and the corridor between Liège and Visé were considered as potential areas. The waloon geothermal plate-form project consisted mainly in preparing and collecting deep geological structure and geothermal resource of the underground data. Geophysical, geological, temperatures and hydrogeological data required some up to date re-interpretation to match the current model knownledge of the deep geological underground of Wallonia. More details were given by a focused study on Liege area with a 3D model realized by Liege University and a chemical geothermometer analyse conducted by GSB. Two maps of geothermal energy interests were produced: one for low to medium depth (300-3000 m), and another one for great depth (3000-6000 m). They mainly represent cartography of the Devono-Carboniferous limestones and Lower Devonian quartzites for two geothermal horizons. Simplified versions of the two maps destinated to the public and policy makers were constructed according to the USGS geothermal resource and reserve terminology, illustrated in the Mc Kelvey diagram (1980). Berckmans A., Vandenberghe N., 1998. Use and potential of geothermal energy in Belgium. Geothermics 27: 235 - 242. Legrand, R. (1975). Jalons Géothermiques. Mémoire Explicatif Cartes Géologique, Mines Belgique, 16 :46 pp. Mc Kelvey (1980). US Geologcal Survey. Principles of a Resource/Reserve classification for Minerals, Circular 831. Vandenberghe N., Fock W. Temperature data in the subsurface of Belgium, 1989. Temperature data in the susbsurface of Belgium. Tectonophysics 164, 237-250.
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Inproceedings Reference Geotouristic initiatives in the province of Limburg: information stimulates awareness of geological heritage
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Inproceedings Reference Gestion de la Pendjari: identification des perspectives des différentes parties prenantes par la Q methodology. Pendjari EVAMAB workshop, Sept. 2018
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Proceedings Reference GESTION ET IMPACT DES DECHETS EN MILIEU URBAIN : L’ETUDE INTERDISCIPLINAIRE D’UN QUARTIER ARTISANAL DU XIIIE S. A BOURGES (ZAC AVARICUM)
A l’occasion des fouilles préventives réalisées sur le site de la ZAC Avaricum à Bourges, une approche géoarchéologique a été développée en parallèle des études stratigraphiques et mobilières traditionnelles. Localisé à l’intérieur de l’enceinte médiévale, le site correspond à une large fenêtre d’1,2 ha ouverte au bas du versant septentrional de l’éperon calcaire, dans une zone humide traversée par un cours d’eau, l’Yévrette. Cette rivière, probablement canalisée à la fin du haut Moyen Age, polarise un quartier d’habitat qui se densifie à partir de la fin du 12e s. Le 13e s. est marqué par l’intensification des activités artisanales, attirées par la rivière. Dans ce contexte, un moulin est aménagé en 1180 dans le cours de la rivière. La fonction de cette imposante structure hydraulique, rare exemple attesté en France en milieu urbain, pourrait être en lien avec les officines de tannerie (plains utilisant la chaux et la cendre, autres cuves utilisant des agents tannants) déjà en activité au milieu du 12e s. en berges nord et sud de la rivière (moulin à tan ? à foulons ?). Le cuir ainsi obtenu est alors utilisé sur place par les cordonniers dont les dépotoirs, découverts partiellement dans l’Yévrette (chutes de découpe, objets en cours de réparation, outils), montrent qu’ils ont réparé et produit des chaussures durant tout le 13e siècle. En parallèle, des épandages massifs d’ossements (mandibules et bas de pattes de bœuf), dans des cours ou des fonds de parcelle, attestent le traitement intensif de carcasses animales pour l’extraction de graisse, de peaux et de corne, qui entrent dans la chaîne opératoire de la tannerie, de la corroierie, peut-être de la chamoiserie et de la cornaterie. La démarche interdisciplinaire, associant micromorphologie, analyses chimiques, archéozoologie, microarchéologie, carpologie, palynologie et paléoparasitologie, a permis de mettre en évidence la spatialisation des activités artisanales à travers la nature, la distribution et l’agencement des rejets (rejets spécialisés ou mixtes, en fosses ou sous formes d’épandages, parfois réutilisés comme remblais pour la voirie et pour certains correspondant à des dépotoirs collectifs). L’impact des activités artisanales, centrées principalement autour de la tannerie et du traitement des matières animales, se traduit par une contamination des sols sous la forme de produits minéraux et organiques (ossements, jus de décomposition, pépins de raisin, cendres et chaux …). Au début du 14e s., la disparition des activités artisanales polluantes se double d’une reconstruction quasi intégrale du quartier, précédée d’une importante campagne de remblais d’exhaussement : l’habitat se densifie, se réorganise sur une trame redevenue stricte de parcelles laniérées, avec la systématisation des boutiques en façade de rue et les zones de jardins et de rejets domestiques sont reportées encore plus au nord. Plus que de simples initiatives privées, ces modifications témoignent peut-être d’une politique d’urbanisme repensant la salubrité des lieux, en même temps qu’une réorientation, davantage commerciale, du quartier.
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Inproceedings Reference Get off on the right foot. The importance of initial steps in NGS data analysis
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Inproceedings Reference Getting more out of the marine equipment budget by applying open source technology
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Inproceedings Reference Graphic correlation of the upper Eifelian to lower Frasnian (Middle–Upper Devonian) conodont sequences in the Spanish Central Pyrenees.
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Proceedings Reference Grey monazite paleoplacers in Lower Cretaceous continental formations in the Mons Basin, Belgium.
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Inproceedings Reference Grey seals Halichoerus grypus choking on common sole Solea solea
Between 2007 and 2015, we recorded three cases of asphyxiation of grey seals Halichoerus grypus caused by a fish lodged in the respiratory tract. In all cases, the fish involved was a common sole Solea solea, which had found its way to the trachea of the unfortunate seal, as such completely blocking it. That this fish species was involved, is not surprising: it has a very agile body, with a spectacular ability to bend longitudinally into a circular shape, as well as laterally into the form of a cigar - the way it was found in the gluttonous grey seals. The common sole currently occurs abundantly in coastal waters of the southern North Sea, and it constitutes an important part of the diet of grey seals in this area. Asphyxiation due to fish has been described in odontocetes, including in harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena, bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus, and very recently in long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas. To our knowledge however, this cause of death has not been described before in grey seals. Furthermore, the significance of this cause of mortality in a single population has not been documented, with in particular aspects of prey abundance, seal behaviour and the limited number of stranded adult grey seals that are being investigated to be considered. Keywords: grey seal; Halichoerus grypus; common sole; Solea solea; asphyxiation; respiratory tract
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Proceedings Reference Grey seals predating on harbour porpoises: a recent and spreading phenomenon? 27th Conference of the European cetacean society: Interdisciplinary approaches in the study of marine mammals.
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