Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Sint-Elisabethkerk Schaarbeek. Natuursteenbeschrijving en interpretatie.
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Karst profond dans le Viséen du sondage de recherche géologique de Fouron-le-Comte
- In: Verheyden, S. & Bernard, Ch., eds. Actes des Journées de SpéléologieScientifique Han-sur-Lesse 1997 à 2000.
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Upper Carboniferous lithostratigraphic units (Belgium)
- In Bultynck&Dejonghe, eds. Guide to a revised lithostratigraphic scale of Belgium
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Permian – Triassic – Jurassic lithostratigraphic units in the Campine basin and the Roer Valley Graben (NE Belgium).
- In Bultynck&Dejonghe, eds. Guide to a revised lithostratigraphic scale of Belgium
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Evidence for a pre-PETM dispersal of the earliest European crocodyloids
- Crocodyloid remains from the late Paleocene of Mont de Berru (France) hosted in the collections of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France) and in the Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Brussels, Belgium) are described for the first time. This material, although fragmentary, can be clearly referred on a morphological basis to Asiatosuchus depressifrons (Blainville, 1855), a species previously reported from several Eocene Belgian localities thanks to abundant material including a nearly complete skeleton. The Paleocene material shares with A. depressifrons the number of alveoli involved in the dentary symphysis, the exclusion of the splenials from the symphysis, and the presence of a distinct depression on the jugal. The fossil remains from Berru represent the oldest European crocodyloid. Along with the alligatoroid Diplocynodon remensis Martin, Smith, de Lapparent de Broin, Escuillié and Delfino, 2014, previously reported from the same locality, the crocodyloid A. depressifrons indicates that these genera reached Europe before the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum. Although more complete remains from outside Europe are needed to refine phylogenetic hypotheses, according to the currently established fossil record the forerunners of diplocynodontids likely dispersed from North America, whereas those related to Asiatosuchus likely dispersed from Asia.
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Faunal and environmental drivers of carbon and nitrogen cycling along a permeability gradient in shallow North Sea sediments
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Offshore wind farms and the attraction–production hypothesis: insights from a combination of stomach content and stable isotope analyses
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Offshore windfarm footprint of sediment organic matter mineralization processes
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Offshore wind farm footprint on organic and mineral particle flux to the bottom
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Opbouw en samenstelling van Romeinse straten in Tongeren: case study Vlasmarkt (prov. Limburg).
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Premier panorama de l’extraction meulière dans le massif ardennais du Néolithique à l’époque moderne: le Dévonien à l’honneur.
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Kijk eens in die steen. Microscopische wonderen uit een versteend verleden.
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Legends of the Ardennes, a cross-border intangible geo-cultural heritage (Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Germany)
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Reuzen uit de Maas: een nieuw onderzoek van ijsschotszwerfstenen.
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Redescription of the giant Southeast Asian millipede Spirobolus macrurus Pocock, 1893 and its assignment to the new genus Macrurobolus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)
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Diaphorocetus poucheti (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from Patagonia, Argentina: one of the earliest sperm whales
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Eocene Antarctica: a window into the earliest history of modern whales
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Geothermie in België en Nederland
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Establishing a geological survey for Europe
- Geoscience, and understanding Earth’s systems, is essential to provide the resources we need while maintaining a habitable environment, contributing towards a more sustainable society. Resources from the subsurface: groundwater, geo-energy and raw materials, represent essential elements for society. Strong and integrated geological knowledge and expertise is essential to acquire data and transform it into reliable and functional information to underpin the continued development and growth of humankind. At the national and regional level, public authorities across Europe and globally have recognized these needs, leading to the establishment of Geological Survey Organizations (GSOs). In response to growing requests for pan-European data, intensified collaboration amongst GSOs, under the umbrella organization EuroGeoSurveys, recently led to the launch of the ERA-NET Cofund Action GeoERA: “Establishing the European Geological Surveys Research Area to deliver a Geological Service for Europe”. GeoERA – a demonstrator project for a Geological Service for Europe (2017-2021) – is a 30M EUR programme supported by 45 national and regional GSOs from 33 countries in Europe. It contributes to the sustainable use of the subsurface by delivering expertise, data and information to policy and decision makers through a single access point, based on the European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI). GeoERA and EGDI are both initiatives of EuroGeoSurveys (EGS), an international non-profit organization representing the national GSOs from 36 European countries. Equipped with additional support from the European Commission, the GSOs intend to establish a Geological Service for Europe (GS4E) that builds on the ongoing GeoERA projects and is tailored to suit the dynamic needs of society, policy and decision makers. The mission of a Geological Service for Europe represents a robust and sustainable single access point to pan-European, harmonized and interoperable expertise, geoscientific data and information, through increased collaboration of the Geological Survey Organizations within Europe. This GS4E will provide the European Commission and other stakeholders with open access to relevant and fair subsurface knowledge, represented in pan-European maps and RDI projects/publications, to support decision making and sustainable use of the subsurface. It will address the Sustainable Development Goals related to the Earth system through delivering expertise, data and information to assess our water resources, assess and develop affordable and clean energy, support sustainable economic growth and employment, support innovation in subsurface management, assess risks of subsurface use that can jeopardize safe and resilient cities, minimize and mitigate climate change impacts and support research on sustainable alternatives. The GS4E may also contribute to the so-called adaptation needs, that is, anticipating the adverse effects of climate change and taking appropriate action to prevent or minimize the damage they can cause, or taking advantage of opportunities that may arise. A well planned, early adaptation action will contribute to economic development through reducing imports of energy and mineral resources, increasing resilience and reducing the impact of extreme natural events, securing and enhancing safety in a long-term strategy on use of scarce water resources and improved land-use planning.
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Geothermal energy: learning to live with geological uncertainty
