Soil Geography and Landscape

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Chair Group

Our mission is to improve and share understanding of soil patterns and landscape dynamics. We take an integrative approach that combines biophysical and human elements to gain insight in past, present and future system dynamics, and to support sustainable land management. The Chair group is led by Veerle Vanacker.

Research themes

Earth surface dynamics
We analyse the past of soil and landscape systems to understand the current dynamics under global change and to project future pathways.
Human-landscape interaction
We study human-landscape interactions over a range of spatial and temporal scales, using geological, geomorphological, archaeological and historical data.
Geography and data science
We develop methods for quantifying soil properties combining expert knowledge, data science, geostatistics, remote and proximal sensing, and process-based modelling.

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Education by Soil Geography and Landscape

We educate soil- and landscape development through time on various temporal and spatial resolutions and extents, as well as supporting methodologies such as -- among many others -- (field) soil assessment, landscape evolution modelling, machine learning for mapping and luminescence dating.

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Contributions

Researchers of the Soil Geography and Landscape Group publish on a regular basis in scientific journals, professional journals, scientific and popular books, and proceedings.

Publications & Projects

At Soil Geography and Landscape, we work on projects about Earth surface dynamics, Human-landscape interaction and Geography and data science. We publish the outcome of these projects in scientific journals, professional journals, scientific and popular books, and proceedings.

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Chair Holder

Veerle Vanacker is Chair of Soil Geography and Landscape. In her research, Vanacker uses geochemical techniques based on cosmogenic radionuclides to quantify earth surface process rates and get new insights in the rates of natural soil production, chemical weathering, surface denudation, and river incision.