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Prof. Dr. Vanessa M.A. Heyvaert

Geologist
Vanessa Heyvaert
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Research interests

I am a Quaternary geologist and sedimentologist. A significant part of my research focusses  on the reconstruction of the Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution of coastal and fluvial plains and natural hazards. Present research activities include  the understanding of regional as well as local driving forces (e.g. relative sea-level change, neo-tectonics, sediment budget…) of coastal change and the study of human impact on rivershifting and megafan development. Moreover, I am studying the sedimentary record of natural hazard events and  in particularly tsunami.  I have worked in the Middle East (Iraq, Iran), Asia (Japan, Thailand) and the Eastern Mediterranean region (Syria).

Key Publications
E. Garrett, De Batist, M. , Brückner, H. , Fujiwara, O. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , Shishikura, M. , Yokoyama, Y. , and team, T. , “Using coastal geology to improve hazard assessments along tectonically active coasts: current progress along the Nankai Trough, Japan”, in Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences Vulnerable Coastal Areas Multidisciplinary Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, Submitted.
V. M. A. Heyvaert, De Batist, M. , Brückner, H. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , Fujiwara, O. , Shishikura, M. , Yokoyama, Y. , Boes, E. , Garrett, E. , Lamair, L. , Miyairi, Y. , Nakamura, A. , and Yamamoto, S. , “The QuakeRecNankai project: Towards New Geological Evidence of Past Earthquakes and Tsunami Along the Nankai Trough, Japan”, in Geological Society Arthur Holmes meeting on Tsunami Hazards and Risks, London, UK, Submitted.
E. Garrett, Fujiwara, O. , Riedesel, S. , Walstra, J. , Deforce, K. , Yokoyama, Y. , Schmidt, S. , Brückner, H. , De Batist, M. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , and Team, T. QuakeRecNa, “Historical Nankai-Suruga megathrust earthquakes recorded by tsunami and terrestrial mass movement deposits on the Shirasuka coastal lowlands, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan”, The Holocene, 2018.
K. Wils, Walstra, J. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , and De Batist, M. , “Assessing Vertical Elevation Changes of Coastal Areas in Southern Chile to Improve The Understanding of Their Paleotsunami Sedimentary Records”, in Abstract Book of FRINGE 2017 Workshop, 2017, pp. 166-167.
P. Kempf, Garrett, E. , Fujiwara, O. , Nakamura, A. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , and Team, T. QuakeRecNa, “Geological evidence for extreme wave events on a coastal lowland facing the Tokai segment of the Nankai-Suruga Trough”. KAOWARSOM, 2017.
Key Projects

- QuakeRecNankai: Paleo-tsunami and earthquake records of ruptures along the Nankai Trough, offshore South-Central Japan (2014-2018, Belspo funded Brain project, co-Pi).

- TsunamiRecAndaman: Tsunami Records along the Andaman Sea (2016 - 2017, GSB, Chulalongkorn University & UGhent funded project, co-Pi).

- H3o The Campine area project (2015 - 2017, Albon - Flemish governement funded project, co-Pi)

- The study of the impact of antropogenic activities on the geomorphological evolution of distributary river systems and fans in arid settings (2012 - present, GSB funded project, Pi) .

- Palaeoenvironmental investigation of the Shizuoka coastal plain: the role of tsunamis as driving mechanisms of coastal evolution. (JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship,  2007, Pi)

-Palaeoenvironmental investigation of the Lower Khuzestan coastal-fluvial plain, SW-Iran, Persian Gulf (IUAP Project V & VI, 2002-2006 & 2007-2011, PhD student & Postdoc).

- Geoarchaeological reconstruction of the Euphrates plain in the surroundings of the archaeological sites Tell-ed Der and Sippar, Iraq (IUAP Project V, 2002-2006, PhD student).

Supervises:

- Ms. Laura Lamaire (PhD Student): 'Earthquake-induced deposits in the Fuji Lakes’.

 

Professional experiences

01/12/2013 > ongoing: Senior researcher

RBINS

01/03/2007 > 30/11/2013: Postdoctoral Researcher

RBINS

01/10/2013 > ongoing: Visiting Professor

UGhent, Department of Geology and Soil Sciences

01/02/2007 > 01/11/2007: JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher

Nagoya University, Japan

01/07/2002 > 28/02/2007: PhD student/researcher

RBINS
Academic training

01/10/2002 > 15/02/2007: PhD in Geology

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Coastal and fluvial sedimentology

01/10/2001 > 01/09/2002: Msc, in sciences in Physical Land Resources - option engineering geology

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

01/10/2001 > 01/07/2002: Msc, in Environmental Sciences

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

01/10/2001 > 01/07/2002: Master's degree, Environmental specialist - level A

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

01/10/1998 > 01/07/2001: Msc, in sciences in Geography

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Submitted

E. Garrett, De Batist, M. , Brückner, H. , Fujiwara, O. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , Shishikura, M. , Yokoyama, Y. , and team, T. , “Using coastal geology to improve hazard assessments along tectonically active coasts: current progress along the Nankai Trough, Japan”, in Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences Vulnerable Coastal Areas Multidisciplinary Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, Submitted.
V. M. A. Heyvaert, De Batist, M. , Brückner, H. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , Fujiwara, O. , Shishikura, M. , Yokoyama, Y. , Boes, E. , Garrett, E. , Lamair, L. , Miyairi, Y. , Nakamura, A. , and Yamamoto, S. , “The QuakeRecNankai project: Towards New Geological Evidence of Past Earthquakes and Tsunami Along the Nankai Trough, Japan”, in Geological Society Arthur Holmes meeting on Tsunami Hazards and Risks, London, UK, Submitted.

2018

E. Garrett, Fujiwara, O. , Riedesel, S. , Walstra, J. , Deforce, K. , Yokoyama, Y. , Schmidt, S. , Brückner, H. , De Batist, M. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , and Team, T. QuakeRecNa, “Historical Nankai-Suruga megathrust earthquakes recorded by tsunami and terrestrial mass movement deposits on the Shirasuka coastal lowlands, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan”, The Holocene, 2018.

2017

K. Wils, Walstra, J. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , and De Batist, M. , “Assessing Vertical Elevation Changes of Coastal Areas in Southern Chile to Improve The Understanding of Their Paleotsunami Sedimentary Records”, in Abstract Book of FRINGE 2017 Workshop, 2017, pp. 166-167.
P. Kempf, Garrett, E. , Fujiwara, O. , Nakamura, A. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , and Team, T. QuakeRecNa, “Geological evidence for extreme wave events on a coastal lowland facing the Tokai segment of the Nankai-Suruga Trough”. KAOWARSOM, 2017.
K. Beerten, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Vandenberghe, D. , Van Nieuland, J. , and Bogemans, F. , “A new lithostratigraphy for the Quaternary sandy aeolian deposits in Belgium: revising the Gent formation”, Geologica Belgica, vol. 20, pp. 95-102, 2017.
S. Kluiving, Bebermeier, W. , Howard, A. , and Heyvaert, V. M. A. , “Human-environment interactions in the Holocene”, CATENA, vol. 149, pp. 447-448, 2017.

2016

S. Riedesel, Brill, D. , Burrow, C. , Duller, G. , Fujiwara, O. , Garrett, E. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , King, G. , Roberts, H. , Tamura, T. , Zander, A. , and team, Q. R. N. , “Feldspar dating of historical extreme wave event deposits recorded at Shirasuka lowlands, Pacific coast of Japan.”, in UK Luminescence and ESR meeting 2016, Liverpool, UK., 2016.
L. Lamair, Hubert-Ferrari, A. , M Ouahabi, E. , Boes, E. , Garrett, E. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Yamamoto, S. , Nakamura, A. , Miyairi, Y. , Yokoyama, Y. , De Batist, M. , and Team, T. QuakeRecNa, “A history of mass transport complexes related to eruptions and earthquake shaking: the case of Lake Motosu (Japan)”, in BELQUA 2016 Annual Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 2016.
E. Garrett, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Fujiwara, O. , De Batist, M. , Garrett, P. , Shishikura, M. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , Brückner, H. , Nakamura, A. , and Yokoyama, Y. , “Nankai Trough (Japan) palaeoseismology: progress since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake”, in Geologica Belgica 5th International Meeting, Mons, Belgium, 2016.
M. Dusar, Pieters, M. , Vanhaelst, S. , Declercq, M. , Goethals, H. , Deceukelaire, M. , and Heyvaert, V. M. A. , “Pleistocene gravels on the Belgian offshore investigated for composition and provenance, towards a reassessment of the transport models”, in Geologica Belgica 5th International Meeting, Mons, Belgium, 2016.
S. Riedesel, Brill, D. , Brückner, H. , De Batist, M. , Fujiwara, O. , Garrett, E. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Miyairi, Y. , Opitz, S. , Seelinger, M. , Yokoyama, Y. , Zander, A. , and team, Q. R. N. , “Constraining timing and origin of extreme wave events, Shirasuka Lowlands, Japan.”, in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2016, vol. 18, p. pp.636.
V. M. A. Heyvaert, Vernes, R. W. , Deckers, J. , Bogemans, F. , Deceukelaire, M. , Dulk, M. Den, Doornenbal, H. C. , Dusar, M. , Hummelman, J. , Kiden, P. , Lanckacker, T. , Menkovic, A. , Meyvis, B. , Munsterman, D. K. , Reindersma, R. N. , Veen, J. H. ten, van de Ven, T. J. M. , Walstra, J. , Westerhoff, W. E. , and Witmans, N. , “Towards a cross-border hydrogeological model: harmonized data integration within the H3O-projects”, in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2016, vol. 18, pp. EGU2016-16156-2.
A. Nakamura, Boes, E. , Brückner, H. , De Batist, M. , Fujiwara, O. , Garrett, E. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , Lamair, L. , Miyairi, Y. , Obrachta, S. , Shishikura, M. , Yamamoto, S. , Yokoyama, Y. , and team, Q. R. N. , “Geological evidence for tsunamis and earthquakes from Lake Hamana and Fuji Five Lakes”, in , JPGU 2016 , Chiba, Japan, 2016.
T. Lanckacker, Menkovic, A. , Walstra, J. , Deckers, J. , Witmans, N. , Meyvis, B. , Dusar, M. , Bogemans, F. , Vernes, R. , VanderMeulen, M. , Dekoninck, R. , Verhaert, G. , Slenter, C. , Heskens, E. , and Heyvaert, V. M. A. , “H3O - a better understanding of Campine cross-border Cenozoic stratigraphy”, in Geologica Belgica 5th International Meeting, Mons, Belgium., 2016.
J. Walstra, Vernes, R. W. , Deckers, J. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Bogemans, F. , Dabekaussen, W. , De Ceukelaire, M. , Bulk, M. Den, Doornenbal, H. C. , Dusar, M. , Meyvis, B. , and al, et, “H3O: Crossing borders in 3D geological modelling”, in 5th International Geological Belgica 2016 Congress Conference program Abstract book, 2016, p. 282.
M. De Batist, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , Fujiwara, O. , Shishikura, M. , Yokoyama, Y. , Brückner, H. , Garrett, E. , Boes, E. , Lamair, L. , Nakamura, A. , Miyairi, Y. , Yamamoto, S. , and QuakeRecNankai, team, “New Geological Evidence of Past Earthquakes and Tsunami Along the Nankai Trough, Japan.”, in Abstract book of the 5th International Geologica Belgica 2016 Congress, Mons, Belgium, 2016.
L. Lamair, Hubert-Ferrari, A. , Boes, E. , Yamamoto, S. , Garrett, E. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Fujiwara, O. , Yokoyama, Y. , and De Batist, M. , “Investigation of the Five Fuji Lakes and their potential of recording paleoearthquakes”, in Abstract book of the 5th International Geologica Belgica 2016 Congress, Mons, Belgium., 2016.
S. Riedesel, Brill, D. , Roberts, H. M. , Duller, G. A. T. , Zander, A. , King, G. E. , Boes, E. , Garrett, E. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , De Batist, M. , Brückner, H. , and team, Q. R. N. , “The potential of using feldspars to date on- and offshore recorded extreme wave event deposits”, in German Led 2016, Freiburg, Germany., 2016.
E. Garrett, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Fujiwara, O. , Brückner, H. , Yokoyama, Y. , Riedesel, S. , Miyairi, Y. , Shishikura, M. , and De Batist, M. , “Sedimentary imprints of tsunami and storm deposits on the Shizuoka coastline, south central Japan.”, in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2016, vol. 18, pp. EGU2016-12791.
E. Boes, Fujiwara, O. , Nakamura, A. , De Batist, M. , Garrett, E. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Yokoyama, Y. , Miyairi, Y. , and Team, T. QuakeRecNa, “Extreme wave deposits in coastal Lake Hamana, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan: a first step towards the extraction of a continuous tsunami inundation history”, in BELQUA 2016 Annual Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 2016.
E. Garrett, Fujiwara, O. , Garrett, P. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Shishikura, M. , Yokoyama, Y. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , Brückner, H. , Nakamura, A. , De Batist, M. , and QuakeRecNankai, team, “Geological evidence for Holocene earthquakes and tsunamis along the Nankai-Suruga Trough, Japan”, in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2016, vol. 18, pp. EGU2016-13189.
T. Lanckacker, Menkovic, A. , Walstra, J. , Deckers, J. , Witmans, N. , Meyvis, B. , Dusar, M. , Bogemans, F. , Vernes, R. , VanderMeulen, M. , Dekoninck, R. , Verhaert, G. , Slenter, C. , Heskens, E. , and Heyvaert, V. M. A. , “H3O – a better understanding of Campine cross-border Cenozoic stratigraphy”, in Geologica Belgica 5th International Meeting, Mons, Belgium., 2016.
E. Boes, Fujiwara, O. , Garrett, E. , Lamair, L. , De Batist, M. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Yokoyama, Y. , Miyairi, Y. , Irizuku, T. , Riedesel, S. , Brückner, H. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , and QuakeRecNankai, team, “Exploring the potential of Lake Hamana to hold a long and reliable sedimentary record of paleotsunamis along the Nankai-Suruga Trough”, in Abstract book of the 5th International Geologica Belgica 2016 Congress, 2016.
V. M. A. Heyvaert and Verstraeten, G. , “Belqua annual workshop, abstract book, 14pp.”. Brussels, Belgium, 2016.
E. Garrett, Fujiwara, O. , Garrett, P. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Shishikura, M. , Yokoyama, Y. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , Brückner, H. , Nakamura, A. , De Batist, M. , and Team, T. QuakeRecNa, “A systematic review of geological evidence for Holocene earthquakes and tsunamis along the Nankai-Suruga Trough, Japan”, Earth-Science Reviews, vol. 159, pp. 337-357, 2016.
V. M. A. Heyvaert and Walstra, J. , “The role of long-term human impact on avulsion and fan development”, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol. 41, pp. 2137-2152, 2016.
K. P. Woodbridge, Parsons, D. R. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Walstra, J. , and Frostick, L. E. , “Characteristics of direct human impacts on the rivers Karun and Dez in lowland south-west Iran and their interactions with earth surface movements”, Quaternary International, vol. 392, pp. 315-334, 2016.

2015

M. De Batist, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , Fujiwara, O. , Shishikura, M. , Yokoyama, Y. , Brückner, H. , Garrett, E. , Boes, E. , Lamair, L. , Nakamura, A. , Miyairi, Y. , and Yamamoto, S. , “New Geological Evidence of Past Earthquakes and Tsunami Along the Nankai Trough, Japan”, in American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, 2015.
E. Boes, Fujiwara, O. , Garrett, E. , Lamair, L. , De Batist, M. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Yokoyama, Y. , Miyairi, Y. , Irizuki, T. , Riedesel, S. , Brückner, H. , and Hubert-Ferrari, A. , “Exploring the potential of Lake Hamana (Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan) to hold a long and reliable sedimentary record of paleo-earthquakes and -tsunami along the Nankai-Suruga Trough”, in XIX INQUA Congress, Nagoya, Japan, 2015.
E. Garrett, De Batist, M. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , Fujiwara, O. , Yokoyama, Y. , Brückner, H. , Garrett, P. , and Team, T. QuakeRecNa, “Geological evidence for historical and older earthquakes and tsunamis along the Nankai Trough, Japan”, in European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2015, p. 10271.
L. Lamair, Hubert, A. , Boes, E. , Yamamoto, S. , Garrett, E. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Fujiwara, O. , Yokoyama, Y. , and De Batist, M. , “Late Holocene history of the Fuji Five Lakes (Japan)”, in XIX INQUA Congress, Nagoya, Japan, 2015.
E. Garrett, De Batist, M. , Brückner, H. , Fujiwara, O. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , Yokoyama, Y. , Boes, E. , Lamair, L. , Walstra, J. , Garrett, P. , and Team, T. QuakeRecNa, “The QuakeRecNankai project: reconstructing past earthquakes and tsunamis along the Nankai Trough, south central Japan”, in 4th International Tsunami Field Symposium, Phuket, Thailand, 2015.
L. Lamair, Hubert, A. , Boes, E. , Schmidt, S. , Yamamoto, S. , Fujiwara, O. , Garrett, E. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Miyairi, Y. , and Yokoyama, Y. , “The last 300 years of sedimentation in the Fuji Five Lakes: the impact of natural disasters with a special focus on earthquakes”, in XIX INQUA Congress, 2015.
E. Garrett, De Batist, M. , Boes, E. , Brückner, H. , Fujiwara, O. , Garrett, P. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , Lamair, L. , Riedesel, S. , Walstra, J. , Yokoyama, Y. , and Team, T. QuakeRecNa, “The QuakeRecNankai project: Palaeoseismic data for improved seismic hazard assessment along the Nankai Trough, Japan”, in 1st Pan Pacific Palaeoseismology symposium, Durham, UK, 2015.
E. Garrett, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Fujiwara, O. , De Batist, M. , Brückner, H. , Yokoyama, Y. , Walstra, J. , Riedesel, S. , Brill, D. , Miyairi, Y. , Obrochta, S. , and Team, T. QuakeRecNa, “Radiometric and luminescence dating of historical tsunamis and storm deposits from Shirasuka, south central Japan”, in XIX INQUA Congress, Nagoya, Japan, 2015.
V. M. A. Heyvaert and Walstra, J. , “Human impact and avulsion: a long-standing relationship”, in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2015, vol. 17, pp. EGU2015-10578.
E. Boes, Kempf, P. , De Batist, M. , Van Daele, M. , Vandoorne, W. , Fujiwara, O. , Garrett, E. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Yokoyama, Y. , Miyairi, Y. , Irizuki, T. , Moernaut, J. , Pino, M. , Urrita, R. , and Team, T. QuakeRecNa, “On how to extract the paleotsunami history from a coastal lake record”, in 4th International Tsunami Field Symposium, Phuket, Thailand, 2015.
V. M. A. Heyvaert and Walstra, J. , “River channel avulsion and the role of human action in causing or preventing flood events.”, in XIX INQUA Congress, Nagoya, Japan, 2015.
E. Garrett, Garrett, P. , Fujiwara, O. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Shishikura, M. , De Batist, M. , and Yokoyama, Y. , “Current status of palaeoseismic research along the Nankai Trough, Japan”, in Geological Society Arthur Holmes meeting on Tsunami Hazards and Risks, London, UK, 2015.
E. Boes, Fujiwara, O. , Garrett, E. , Lamair, L. , De Batist, M. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Yokoyama, Y. , Miyairi, Y. , Irizuki, T. , Riedesel, S. , Brückner, H. , Hubert-Ferrari, A. , and Team, T. QuakeRecNa, “Exploring the potential of Lake Hamana (Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan) to hold a long and reliable sedimentary record of paleo-earthquakes and -tsunami along the Nankai-Suruga Trough.”, in Geological Society Arthur Holmes meeting on Tsunami Hazards and Risks, London, UK, 2015.
E. Garrett, Fujiwara, O. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , De Batist, M. , Yokoyama, Y. , Brückner, H. , Garrett, P. , Boes, E. , and Miyairi, Y. , “Progress in paleoearthquake and paleotsunami research along the Nankai Trough following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake”, in XIX INQUA Congress, Nagoya, Japan, 2015.
S. J. Kluiving, Engel, M. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , and Howard, A. , “Where Earth Scientists meet Cleopatra: Geoarchaeology and Geoprospection of ancient landscapes.”, Quaternary International, vol. 367, pp. 1-3, 2015.
A. J. Howard, Kluiving, S. J. , Engel, M. , and Heyvaert, V. M. A. , “Geoarchaeological records in temperate European valleys: Quantifying the resource, assessing its potential and managing its future”, Quaternary International, vol. 367, pp. 42-50, 2015.

2014

V. M. A. Heyvaert, Walstra, J. , and Mortier, C. , “Long-term interactions between man and the fluvial environment - case of the Diyala alluvial fan, Iraq”, in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2014, vol. 16, pp. EGU2014-11047.
J. Walstra, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Mortier, C. , Parsons, D. , Verkinderen, P. , and Woodbridge, K. , “Human impact on alluvial fan development: can human niche construction provide a conceptual framework for long-term landscape evolution?”, in Programme & Abstract Book, 3rd International Landscape Archaeology Conference, Rome, 17-20 September 2014, 2014, pp. 39-40.
V. M. A. Heyvaert, Walstra, J. , and Mortier, C. , “Long-term interactions between man and the fluvial environment – case of the Diyala alluvial fan, Iraq”, in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2014, vol. 16, pp. EGU2014-11047.
V. M. A. Heyvaert, Bogemans, F. , Busschers, F. , Cohen, K. , Gibbard, P. , and Walstra, J. , “First field campaign report linking the Scheldt to Rhine Thames Land project”. 2014.

2013

M. D. Jones, Djamali, M. , Stevens, L. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Askari, H. , Norolahie, D. , and Weeks, L. , “Mid Holocene environmental and climatic change in Iran”, in Ancient Iran and its neighbours: Local developments and long-range interactions in the 4th Millennium BC, C. A. Petrie Oxford, UK: British Institute for Persian Studies and Oxbow Books, 2013, pp. 26-35.
V. M. A. Heyvaert, Verkinderen, P. , and Walstra, J. , “Geoarchaeological Research in Lower Khuzestan: State of the Art”, in Susa and Elam. Archaeological, Pilological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives, K. De Graef and Tavernier, J. Leiden: Brill, 2013, pp. 493-534.
K. M. Cohen, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Hijma, M. P. , Gibbard, P. L. , Busschers, F. S. , and Vandenberghe, D. , “Quaternary geological landscape evolution across borders: linking the Scheldt to Rhine-Thames Land”, in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2013, vol. 15, pp. EGU2013-12947-2.
K. P. Woodbridge, Parsons, D. , Heyvaert, V. M. A. , and Walstra, J. , “The influence of Earth surface movements and human activities on the River Karun in lowland south-west Iran”, in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology, 2013.
V. M. A. Heyvaert, Fujiwara, O. , Umitsu, M. , Ono, E. , Yata, T. , and Sato, Y. , “Studying the impact of the Meio 1498 earthquake and tsunami on the geomorphology of the Hamana floodplain: a geoarchaeological approach”, in Proceedings of the 8th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology, 2013.
V. M. A. Heyvaert, Walstra, J. , and Weerts, H. J. T. , “Human impact on avulsion and fan development in a semi-arid region: examples from SW Iran”, in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology, 2013.
V. M. A. Heyvaert, Fujiwara, O. , Umitsu, M. , Sato, Y. , Ono, E. , and Yata, T. , “The Meio 1498 earthquake and tsunami: driving force of abrupt environmental change in the Hamana floodplain, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan”, in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2013, vol. 15, pp. EGU2013-9993-3.
X. Devleeschouwer, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Louwye, S. , Piessens, K. , and Smith, T. , “Moving plates and melting icecaps - Processes and forcing factors in geology, 4th international Geologica Belgica meeting, September 11-14, 2012”, Geologica Belgica, vol. 16, pp. 208-210, 2013.
O. Fujiwara, Ono, E. , Yata, T. , Umitsu, M. , Sato, Y. , and Heyvaert, V. M. A. , “Assessing the impact of the 1498 Meio earthquake and tsunami along the Enshu-nada coast, central japan, using coastal geology.”, Quaternary international, 2013.
S. Diskin, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Pavlopoulos, K. , and Schutt, B. , “Geoarchaeology: A toolbox of approaches applied in a multidisciplinary research discipline”, Quaternary International, vol. 308-309, pp. 1-3, 2013.
O. Fujiwara, Ono, E. , Yata, T. , Umitsu, M. , Sato, Y. , and Heyvaert, V. M. A. , “Assessing the impact of 1498 Meio earthquake and tsunami along the Enshu-nada coast, central Japan using coastal geology”, Quaternary International, vol. 308-309, pp. 4-12, 2013.
X. Devleeschouwer, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , Louwye, S. , Piessens, K. , and Smith, Tb, “Moving plates and melting icecaps – Processes and forcing factors in geology, 4th international Geologica Belgica meeting, September 11-14, 2012”, Geologica Belgica, vol. 16, pp. 208-210, 2013.

2012

V. M. A. Heyvaert and Walstra, J. , “About canals and qanats: long-term human impact on Late Quaternary alluvial landscapes”, in Abstract book - Moving plates and melting icecaps - Processes and Forcing Factors in Geology, 2012, p. 103.
V. M. A. Heyvaert, Szkornik, K. , Walstra, J. , Kaniewski, D. , and Nys, K. , “Studying the Influence of Landscape Changes on the Late Bronze Age Abandonment of the Harbour Town HST: Unravelling the Sedimentary Record of the Larnaca Salt Lake, Cyprus”, in Final Programme and Abstract Book, 2nd International Landscape Archaeology Conference, Berlin, 6-9 June 2012, 2012, pp. 70-71.
J. Walstra, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , and Verkinderen, P. , “Using Historical Imagery and GIS for Reconstructing the Ancient Landscapes of Khuzestan (SW Iran)”, in Final Programme and Abstract Book, 2nd International Landscape Archaeology Conference, Berlin, 6-9 June 2012, 2012, p. 130.
J. Walstra, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , and Verkinderen, P. , “The role of rivers in ancient societies, or how man transformed the alluvial landscapes of Khuzestan (SW Iran)”, in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2012, vol. 14, pp. EGU2012-9519.
V. M. A. Heyvaert, Kaniewski, D. , Sintubin, M. , Szkornik, K. , Verstraeten, G. , and Walstra, J. , “Studying the driving forces of landscape change in the surroundings of the Late Bronze Age harbor town Halla Sultan Tekke, Cyprus”, in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2012, vol. 14, pp. EGU2012-9413.
V. M. A. Heyvaert, Walstra, J. , Verkinderen, P. , and Weerts, H. , “The role of human interference on the channel shifting of the Karkheh River in the Lower Khuzestan plain (Mesopotamia, SW Iran)”, Quaternary International, vol. 251, pp. 52–63, 2012.

2011

J. Walstra, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , and Verkinderen, P. , “Mapping Late Holocene landscape evolution and human impact - a case study from Lower Khuzestan (SW Iran)”, in Geomorphological mapping: methods and applications, vol. 15, M. J. smith, Paron, P. , and Griffith, J. S. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Elsevier, 2011, pp. 551-575.

2010

J. Walstra, Heyvaert, V. M. A. , and Verkinderen, P. , “Assessing human impact on alluvial fan development: a multidisciplinary case-study from Lower Khuzestan (SW Iran)”, Geodinamica Acta, vol. 23, no. 5-6, pp. 267-285, 2010.

2008

V. M. A. Heyvaert and Baeteman, C. , “A Middle to late Holocene avulsion history of the Euphrates river: a case study from Tell ed-Der, Iraq, Lower Mesopotamia.”, Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 27, pp. 2401-2410, 2008.

2007

V. M. A. Heyvaert and Baeteman, C. , “Holocene sedimentary evolution and palaeocoastlines of the Lower Khuzestan plain (southwest Iran)”, Marine Geology, vol. 242, pp. 83-108, 2007.
C. Baeteman, Dupin, L. , and Heyvaert, V. M. A. , “Geo-environmental Investigation. The Persian Gulf Shorelines and the Karkheh, Karun, and Jarrahi Rivers: A Geo-Archaeological Approach.”, Akkadica, vol. 125/126, pp. 155-215; 1-12.
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