Institute record of Belgische Geologische Dienst

Information

Type
Organization
Type
https://marineinfo.org/ns/institutes/types#Scientific
Name
Belgische Geologische Dienst
Name
Geological Survey of Belgium@en
Acronym
IRScNB/KBIN-BGD/GSB
Parent institute
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen
Address
Departement VII of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Jennerstraat 13, 1000 Brussel, Belgium
Contact numbers
Telephone
+32-(0)2-788 76 00
Email
bgd@natuurwetenschappen.be
Location
latitude
50.8364829
longitude
4.3784598
Description @en
Maintenance of a data base (GeoDoc) with information about the Belgian subsoil; use of this GeoDoc information for delivering technical advice about a.o. resources, groundwater etc. to government agencies, industry and individual citizens; research programs in collaboration with the Regions -especially concerning the revised geological maps - and in collaboration with national, European and international scientific organisations; protection and promotion of the geological heritage of Belgium.
Description @nl
Onderhoud van een databank (GeoDoc) met informatie over de Belgische bodem; deze GeoDoc informatie wordt gebruikt voor technisch advies omtrent o.a. grondstoffen, grondwater,... aan overheidsorganisaties, industrie en individuele burgers; onderzoeksprogramma's in samenwerking met de regios - in het bijzonder omtrent de hernieuwde geologische kaarten - en in samenwerking met nationale, Europese en internatiole wetenschappelijke organisaties; bescherming en promotie van het geologisch patrimonium in België.

Events

International Conference and Field Trips on Late Quaternary Coastal Changes Sea Level, Sedimentary Forcing and Anthropogenic Impacts
Second BeNCoRe Conference: Geographic Information Systems in Coastal and Marine Research and Management

Members

Pierre-Yves Declercq
Max Engel
Ed Garrett
Bruno Meyvis
Juliane Scheder
Jan Walstra
Kris Welkenhuysen

Past members

Cecile Baeteman
role: Geologist
Frieda Bogemans
Geoffrey Cambier
Léon Dejonghe
Xavier Devleeschouwer
Laëtitia Dupin
Michiel Dusar
Katrien Heirman
role: Geologist
Vanessa Heyvaert
role: Doctor
Rindert Janssens
Estelle Petitclerc

Expertise

Archaeology
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 528
Geological maps
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3633
Geomorphology
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3651
Geotechnology
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3679
Ground water
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3822
Polders
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 6364
Resources
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 6932
Sea level changes
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 7263
Sediment transport
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 7391
Sedimentology
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 7402
geographic terms
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS)
ISW, Iran
ISW, Persian Gulf

Special collections

ENCORA
ENCORA: BENCORE
Marine expertise
Marine expertise: Speciality: Earth sciences
Marine expertise: Type: Federal scientific institution
Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium

record metadata

date created: 2003-11-26
date modified: 2011-10-12