The Belgian Hautes Fagnes region hosts ecologically valuable peatlands. The peat depth can vary locally from a few centimeters to several meters. Techniques based on ground-penetrating radar and electromagnetical induction allow to study spatial variation in peat depth, and to unravel environmental factors controlling this… Read More »Soil-water dynamics in peatlands
Madagascar is a microcontinent with locally steep topography and active seismicity despite being surrounded by passive margins. Cosmogenic nuclide analysis of river sediment provides insight into catchment-wide erosion rates and dynamics. In this paper, we investigated spatial patterns and controls on 10Be-inferred erosion rates in… Read More »What controls erosion dynamics in Madagascar?
Vegetation plays a key role in the hydrological and biogeochemical cycles. It can influence soil water fluxes and transport, which are critical for chemical weathering and soil development. In this study, we investigated soil water balance and solute fluxes in two soil profiles with different… Read More »New publication (HESS):
Link to full text https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-713-2022 Authors Nathan Vandermaelen, Koen Beerten, François Clapuyt, Marcus Christl, and Veerle Vanacker Citation Vandermaelen, N., Beerten, K., Clapuyt, F., Christl, M., and Vanacker, V.: Constraining the aggradation mode of Pleistocene river deposits based on cosmogenic radionuclide depth profiling and numerical… Read More »New publication: Constraining the aggradation mode of Pleistocene river deposits
Islands are particularly vulnerable to the effects of land cover change due to their limited size and remoteness. This study analyzes vegetation cover change in the agricultural area of Santa Cruz (Galapagos Archipelago) between 1961 and 2018. To reconstruct multitemporal land cover change from existing… Read More »New publication: History of Land Cover Change on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos