Unit of sedimentology

• Construction of a lithological map  of the Schelde between Antwerp and the Dutch-Belgian border

Sponsored by the Ministry of the Flemish Community, Administration of Waterways and Maritime Affairs

Co-operation with
Blackdown Consultants Ltd., West Buckland, Wellington, United Kingdom

• Study of sediment transport and sedimentation processes in the Schelde estuary between Zandvliet and Gent (Belgium) 

Sponsored by the Ministry of the Flemish Community, Administration of Waterways and Maritime Affairs

Co-operation with
Instituut voor Natuurbehoud (IN), Brussels, Belgium
Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ), Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands

• Study of the fluvio-marine equilibrium in the estuary of the Schelde (Belgium)

Sponsored by the Ministry of the Flemish Community, Administration of Waterways and Maritime Affairs

• Evaluation of the sediment exchange between the river basin and the sea for different parts of the estuary between Gent (Belgium) and Vlissingen (Flushing, The Netherlands)

Co-operation with
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Analytical Chemistry (ANCH)

• Guayas-Salado G.I.S. - Ecuador

Sponsored by the Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad (VLIR) - Algemeen Bestuur voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (ABOS)

Co-operation with
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - Fundamental Electricity and Instrumentation (ELEC) - Brussels, Belgium
Escuela Superior Politechnica del Litoral (ESPOL) - Guayaquil, Ecuador
Instituto Oceanográfica del Armada del Ecuador (INOCAR) - Armada of Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Study of bottom sediments, suspended sediments and sediment accumulation rates in the Guayas River Estuary and in the Estero Salado, Ecuador.

• XAMAN-EK - Long term influences on meiobenthic faunal associations relevant to impacts of oil and gas development activities on the Campeche shelf, Yucatan, Mexico

Sponsored by the Commision of the European Communities and by Conesejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)

Study of the properties of bottom sediments related to oil pollution in the Gulf of Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico.

• Other Projects
• Study of bottom sediments of Lake Teletskoye - Siberia (Co-operation with the Geology Department of the University of Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia)