GEOLOGICA BELGICA LUXEMBURGA Scientia & Professionis

GAMB19 - GeoArchaeological Meeting, Brugge 2019
2019-11-06 00:00 - 2019-12-07 23:59 (Europe/Paris) | Brugge, Dijver 12, Brugge, 8000, Belgium

Jongeren Dag - Journée des Jeunes
2019-10-18 14:00 - 17:00 | Gent University, Department of Geology, Campus Sterre, Building S8 Krijgslaan 281, Gent, 9000, Belgium
See website: https://geologicabelgica.be/alert-news/

Meeting of the board of Geologica Belgica
2019-10-18 12:00 - 14:00 | Gent University, Department of Geology, Campus Sterre, Building S8 Krijgslaan 281, Gent, 9000, Belgium

Job Day 2019
2019-04-05 08:00 - 17:00 | University of Mons, Rue de Houdain, Mons, 7000, Belgium
Dear Sir/Madam,
The Belgian-Luxembourg Union of Geologists (BLUG/UBLG) and Geologica Belgica have the honour to invite you for the National Geological Job Fair, which will be attended by the geology-roiented students of five different Belgian universities, namely from the universities of Ghent, Mons, Liège, Brussels and Leuven.

General Assembly 2019
2019-03-15 13:00 - 17:00 | University of Liège – Sart Tilman, 14 Allée du 6 Août, Liège, Liège, 4000, Belgium
Assemblée Générale du 15 mars 2019
Chères, chers membres, Vous êtes conviés à l’Assemblée Générale de Geologica Belgica et à la conférence du lauréat 2019 André Dumont qui auront lieu cette année le 15 mars 2019, de 13h à 17h, dans l’auditoire R122, Bâtiment B18, Département de Géologie, 14 Allée du 6 Août, 4000 Liège.
Longitude: 5° 33′ 48.7764″ (5.563548620059919) – Latitude: 50° 34′ 57.219″ (50.58256054517608) https://www.campus.uliege.be/cms/c_1824849/en/b18-geologie-paleontologie-et-mineralogie
Ordre du jour :
13h00 : Ouverture de l’Assemblée générale
1. Approbation de l’ordre du jour
2. Approbation du PV du 6 février 2018
3. Rapport d’activités 2018
4. Programme d’activités 2019
5. Budget et rapport des Commissaires aux comptes
6. Cotisation pour l’année 2020
7. Elections statutaires 8. Divers
14h30: Réunion du Conseil ayant comme seul programme l’élection du bureau (président, vice-président, secrétaire, trésorier, bibliothécaire)* * Chaque membre en règle de cotisation peut présenter sa candidature comme candidat à un poste pour le conseil d’administration de Geologica Belgica asbl.
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15h00: Laudatio Bernard Bingen, lauréat de la médaille André Dumont Conférence par Bernard Bingen : “Actualism in the Proterozoic or not? Perspective from the Rodinia forming Sveconorwegian orogeny”
16h00: Conférence par Karen Fontijn (ULB) “Contrasting styles of post-caldera volcanism along the Main Ethiopian Rift: implications for contemporary volcanic hazards”
16h30: Conférence par Matthias Vanmaercke (ULiège): “Geomorphology in a changing world: challenges and opportunities”.
Algemene Vergadering van 15 maart 2019
Beste leden, Geologica Belgica nodigt u uit op de Algemene Vergadering en de laureaat 2019 André Dumont lezing die zullen plaatsvinden op 15 maart 2019 van 13u tot 17u in het auditorium R122, gebouw B18 van het Departement Geologie (ULg), 14 Allée du 6 Août, 4000 Liège. Lengtegraad: 5° 33′ 48.7764″ (5.563548620059919) – Breedtegraad: 50° 34′ 57.219″ (50.58256054517608) https://www.campus.uliege.be/cms/c_1824849/en/b18-geologie-paleontologie-et-mineralogie
Agenda:
13u: Opening van de Algemene Vergadering
1. Goedkeuring van de agenda
2. Goedkeuring van het verslag van de vergadering van 6 februari 2018
3. Activiteitenrapport 2018
4. Activiteitenprogramma 2019
5. Budget en verslag van de Commissarissen der Rekeningen
6. Ledenbijdragen voor het jaar 2020
7. Statutaire verkiezingen
8. Varia
14u30: Vergadering van de Raad van Bestuur met als enige agendapunt de verkiezing van het bureau (voorzitter, vice-voorzitter, secretaris, penningmeester, bibliothecaris)* * Elk lid dat zijn ledenbijdrage heeft betaald, kan zich kandidaat stellen voor de Raad van bestuur van Geologica Belgica vzw.
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15u00: Laudatio Bernard Bingen, laureaat van de medaille André Dumont Lezing door Bernard Bingen : “Actualism in the Proterozoic or not? Perspective from the Rodinia forming Sveconorwegian orogeny”
16u00: Lezing door Karen Fontijn (ULB) : “Contrasting styles of post-caldera volcanism along the Main Ethiopian Rift: implications for contemporary volcanic hazards”
16u30: Lezing door Matthias Vanmaercke (ULg): “Geomorphology in a changing world: challenges and opportunities”

Board Meeting January
2019-01-29 13:00 - 16:00 | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Rue Vautier 29, Bruxelles, 1000, Belgium
Dear Colleagues,
The next GB board meeting will be held on Tuesday 29/1/2019; 13h00 – 16h00 at the Geological Survey in Brussels.
Agenda:
– Approval of minutes of previous board meeting of 13.09.2018 (annex).
– Medals 2019: André Dumont medal (Bernard Bingen), Van den Broeck medal (cartographers collective of carte géologique de Wallonie).
– Jobday 2019: UMons on the 5th of April (JM Baele).
– Communication strategy, how to manage the website, miscellanea, facebook & twitter accounts of GB.
– Follow-up of fusion GB-BLUG/UBLG.
– Follow-up on partial transfer of GB library to RBINS library.
– Preparation of election of a new Board during the 2019 general assembly (list of 2017-2019 Board members as annex).
– Varia
Kind regards,
Jan Elsen, president

6TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICA BELGICA MEETING 2018
2018-09-12 - 2018-09-14 | Celestijnenlaan 200C, Leuven, 3001, Belgique
The next Geologica Belgica Congress will be held in Leuven (KUL) from 12 to 14 september 2018. Registration, conference themes, abstract submission,… all informations available on the meeting website https://ees.kuleuven.be/gb2018/

National geological job fair
2018-03-09 | UGENT, Belgium
This last 9 of march the national geological job fair was organized by the BLUG-UBLG & Geologica Belgica at the U-Gent. Ten companies – large or SME – made use of this opportunity. About 60 students/job seekers participated.

Symposium Mineral Extraction vs Ecology
2016-11-24 | Brussels, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
Symposium co-organised by Geologica Belgica and BLUG/UBLG on 24 November 2016 in Brussels, Natural History Museum
After a workshop organised 27 November 2015 and a series of excursions to different types of raw materials extraction conducted this year, the ad-hoc working group observed that former or reclaimed mining sites regain valuable ecological functions and may even attain a higher level of biodiversity than the original lands before mining. Multiple former extraction sites are transformed into Natura 2000 or other protected sites, or even are becoming new wilderness areas. The ad-hoc working group has concluded that mining and ecology should become allies and agreed to the organisation of a symposium, with the intention to promote a better understanding of the mutual interests by the industry and the conservationists and at informing a wider audience.

BELQUA 2016 annual excursion
2016-09-10 | Kikbeek quarry & Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen
Mineral extraction vs Ecology working group excursion

10.00h: meeting place Parking “Aen ‘t Venne”, Kikmolenstraat 3, 3630 MaasmechelenTravel in group to entrance of “Kikbeekgroeve”.

Introduction to former Sibelco sand pit and its evolution after closure by Isaac Berwouts (Sibelco).

Walking trip exposing silversand, Kikbeek lignite, pedogenetic quartzite, cryoturbations and polygonal soils, Usselo and Bolling soils, groundwater level changes & gravel counting and geotourism, guided by Dany Van Uytven (LIKONA-Geolim, NPHK ranger) & Roland Dreesen (LIKONA-Geolim, Geological Survey of Belgium)

Afternoon: visit to surrounding geosites, travel by car, completion of programme depending on time:
– Neerharerheide : largest groundwater-fed heathland area of Flanders (in combination with Ziepbeek valley),
– Opglabbekerzavel, with”stuifzandforten” and “wintereikenhakhoutstoven”,
– Oudsberg, highest inland dune of Flanders,
– Cryopediment at Bosbeek and Caelenhaag,
– Kasteelhoeve “De Litzberg” with 37 m deep but dry water well.

Work group excursion
2016-06-23 10:00 - 16:30 | Villers le Gambon (Philippeville) and Resteigne (Tellin), Belgium
Mineral extraction vs Ecology work group excursion
Management of active and abandoned limestone quarries
Morning session (start 10h): Merlemont dolomite quarry (Villers le Gambon)
Guides: Emmanuel Boland, Jean Chaboteaux & Denis Colart (Lhoist)
Access: Dolomies de Merlemont, Rue du Viveroux 20, 5600 Merlemont (Philippeville) www.carriere-merlemont.be
Afternoon session (start 14h): Quarry of the Lesse, Resteigne (Tellin)
Guides: Yves Quinif (UMons), Sophie Verheyden (VUB, Belspo), both Calestienne geopark scientific committee, & Sabine Blockmans (U-Namur).

Mineral extraction vs Ecology: adversaries or allies ?
2015-11-27 | Small Auditorium, RBINS, Vautierstraat 29, rue Vautier, B-1000 Brussels
As a first step, BLUG/UBLG and Geologica Belgica invite you to participate in a brainstorming session with the purpose of defining the agenda for demonstrating the benefits of geodiversity for biodiversity to the public. The meeting will start with presentations on the clash of geo-bio paradigms, success stories and failures of geo-bio cooperation to end with the creation of a working group and discussion on the next steps.

Master Day 2015
2015-11-03 | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Rue Vautier 29, Bruxelles, 1000, Belgium
The last Master Day 2015 was organized on the 3rd November 2015.
• 14h10 Bram Paredis (KULeuven)
Concentration and Distribution of Platinum Group Elements in Sulfide Ores with as subtitle “Musongati mafic-ultramafic intrusion, Burundi”.
• 14h30 Nick Janssens (KULeuven)
Reservoir analogue and fluid characterization of travertine carbonate in Acquasanta Terme, Italy.
• 14h50 Michèle Verhaert (ULB)
Characterization and genesis of the Cu-Pb-V supergene ore deposits in the Oriental High Atlas Mountain Belt (Morocco).
• 15h10 Julie De Weirdt (UGent)
A new dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphic record of the Paleocene/Eocene sequence of the Landana outcrop in Cabinda, Angola.
• 15h30 Bastien Soens (UGent)
Petrology and geochemistry of the Crommyonia volcanic rocks north of the Saronic Gulf, Greece
• 15h50 Gerben Van Ranst (UGent)
The Miocene-Pliocene boundary in the eastern North Atlantic (ODP Site 982): dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction.
