The Earth Sciences department of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) carries out diverse geological and environmental research in a number of African countries. The research inter alia comprises general geology, cartography, geochemistry, isotope geology and geomorphology.
The Mineralogy and Petrography section is part of this department and focuses on geochemistry applied to questions regarding global changes (in the distribution of chemical elements in different spheres of the environment). The marine research activities include the study of biogeochemical cycles in seas and oceans. In this context, the section is involved in the BIGSOUTH-project in the Southern Ocean.
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Standard name: Departement Aardwetenschappen
Parent institute: Royal Museum for Central Africa (KMMA), more
Child institute
- Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika; Departement geologie en mineralogie (KMMA), more
Address:
Leuvensesteenweg 13
3080 Tervuren
Belgium
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Tel.: +32-(0)2-769 52 11
Fax: +32-(0)2-769 52 42
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Type: Scientific
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1 Director: Head of the department 2 Marine scientist: Works in this research group and acts as (co-)author in at least one marine publication in the last 5 years. 3 Specialized personnel: Provides administrative or technical support to marine scientific research.
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 André, L.; Monin, L.; Hofmann, A. (2022). The origin of early continental crust: new clues from coupling Ge/Si ratios with silicon isotopes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 582: 117415. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117415, more- Van Ranst, G.; Fonseca, A.C.; Tack, L.; Delvaux, D.; Baudet, D.; Kitambala, N.Y.; Pay, A.L.; De Grave, J. (2022). Exhumation of the passive margin of the DR Congo during pre- and post-Gondwana breakup: Evidence from low-temperature thermochronology, geology and geomorphology. Geomorphology (Amst.) 398: 108067. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.108067, more
- Bayon, G.; Douglas, G.B.; Denton, G.J.; Monin, L.; De Deckker, P. (2020). Preferential riverine export of fine volcanogenic particles to the southeast Australian margin. Front. Mar. Sci. 7: 89. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00089, more
- André, L.; Abraham, K.; Hofmann, A.; Monin, L.; Kleinhanns, I.C.; Foley, S. (2019). Early continental crust generated by reworking of basalts variably silicified by seawater. Nature Geoscience 12(9): 769-773. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0408-5, more
- Lemaitre, N.; Planquette, H.; Planchon, F.; Sarthou, G.; Jacquet, S.; García-Ibáñez, M.I.; Gourain, A.; Cheize, M.; Monin, L.; André, L.; Laha, P.; Terryn, H.; Dehairs, F. (2018). Particulate barium tracing of significant mesopelagic carbon remineralisation in the North Atlantic. Biogeosciences 15(7): 2289-2307. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2289-2018, more
- Sutton, J.N.; André, L.; Cardinal, D.; Conley, D.J.; de Souza, G.F.; Dean, J.; Dodd, J.; Ehlert, C.; Ellwood, M.J.; Frings, P.J.; Grasse, P.; Hendry, K.; Leng, M.J.; Michalopoulos, P.; Panizzo, V.N.; Swann, G.E.A. (2018). A review of the stable istotope bio-geochemistry of the global silicon cycle and its associated trace elements. Front. Earth Sci. 5: 112. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2017.00112, more
- Bastian, L.; Revel, M.; Bayon, G.; Dufour, A.; Vigier, N. (2017). Abrupt response of chemical weathering to Late Quaternary hydroclimate changes in northeast Africa. NPG Scientific Reports 7(44231): 8 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep44231, more
- Bayon, G.; De Deckker, P.; Magee, J.W.; Germain, Y.; Bermell, S.; Tachikawa, K.; Norman, M.D. (2017). Extensive wet episodes in Late Glacial Australia resulting from high-latitude forcings. NPG Scientific Reports 7: 7 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep44054, more
- Hodgson, D.; Whitehouse, P.L.; De Cort, G.; Berg, S.; Verleyen, E.; Tavernier, I.; Roberts, S.J.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K.; O'Brien, P. (2016). Rapid early Holocene sea-level rise in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica. Global Planet. Change 139: 128-140. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.12.020, more
- Bolhar, R.; Hofmann, A.; Siahi, M.; Feng, Y.; Delvigne, C. (2015). A trace element and Pb isotopic investigation into the provenance and deposition of stromatolitic carbonates, ironstones and associated shales of the similar to 3.0 Ga Pongola Supergroup, Kaapvaal Craton. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 158: 57-78. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.026, more
- Jacquet, M; Dehairs, F.; Lefevre, D; Cavagna, A.-J.; Planchon, F; Christaki, U; Monin, L.; Andre, L.; Closset, I; Cardinal, D (2015). Early spring mesopelagic carbon remineralization and transfer efficiency in the naturally iron-fertilized Kerguelen area. Biogeosciences 12(6): 1713-1731. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1713-2015, more
- Fripiat, F.; Tison, J.-L.; André, L.; Notz, D; Delille, B. (2014). Biogenic silica recycling in sea ice inferred from Si-isotopes: constraints from Arctic winter first-year sea ice. Biogeochemistry 119(1-3): 25-33. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10533-013-9911-8, more
- Steeman, T.; Noiret, C.; Sole, F.; Desmares, D.; Mees, F.; De Putter, T.; Smith, T.; Yans, J.; Louwye, S. (2016). The Landana section (Cabinda, Angola): a unique Paleocene-Eocene biotic and sedimentary record in the Congo Basin, in: Baele, J.-M. et al. Proceedings of the 5th International Geologica Belgica Congress: 26–29 January 2016 – Mons, Belgium. pp. 118, more
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