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Marc De Batist
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Marine and lacustrine sedimentary geologist at Ghent University, interested in paleoseismology, geohazards, gas hydrates and paleoclimatology...

Environmental science 36%
Geology 30%

Happening in Ostend today: the 2026 edition of the @vliz.be PhD Symposium, with excellent presentations by Morgan Vervoort, Warre Dekoninck and Despina Kyriakoudi, who presented their work on reconstructing buried Pleistocene geomorphologies in the North Sea @belspo.be

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Still recovering from a busy but wonderful week at #ISC2026 in Wellington! Lovely to hear all the great #sedimentology going on and seeing so many friends and colleagues make the trip to this side of the world 🤩

Thanks for the great organization to @sedimentology.bsky.social and see you next time!

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If you are working on #stratigraphy & #age #modelling, consider submitting an abstract to #EGU26 SSP2.6 by January 15.

Visit - www.egu26.eu to find details to submit abstracts

@dadevlee.bsky.social

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Submit an #abstract in SSP2.5 if you work on #stratigraphy and #methodologies in resolving #age models.
Visit www.egu26.eu to submit by Jan 15.

To know more about the #TIMES initiative, read the SSP #blog by Christian Zeedan here - blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ss...
@kasiasliwinska.bsky.social #EGU26

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Working on #diagenesis; be it #modelling, #lab studies or on #ancient #carbonates or mixed #siliciclastic systems?
Then, submit an #abstract to #EGU26 for SSP3.9: #Carbonate #Diagenesis by January 15.
@obialik.bsky.social @egu.eu
Submit your #abstract - www.egu26.eu/session/58428

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Abstract submission for #EGU26 is open...
If you work on lake sediments, consider contributing to our #limnogeology session. This year, we will have the pleasure to welcome @oschmitz.bsky.social as our keynote speaker!

We look forward to another great @egu.eu general assembly in Vienna! 👩‍🔬🌍

Abstract submission for #EGU2026 in Vienna, Austria, 3-8 May 2026 is open! Calling for abstracts for session "SSP3.8: Limnogeology - reading the geological record of lakes" (www.egu26.eu/session/58426)

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Semeru, Indonesia is erupting. Communities are being evacuated.

Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.

youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupts and covers villages with falling ash
YouTube video by Associated Press
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Not the live feed but almost 10' of footage www.youtube.com/watch?v=T02p...
Eerie Sound from Approaching Pyroclastic Flow at Semeru Volcano (Nov 19, 2025)
YouTube video by afarTV
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Working on #oxygenation events and wondering where to showcase your #research findings?
#EGU26 got you covered!
SSP1.10, co-organised by @egubg.bsky.social, @egu-os.bsky.social & @egu-gmpv.bsky.social is on #environment #evolution during oxygenation events.
Visit www.egu26.eu and submit by Jan 15!

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If you work on #mass #extinctions, do not forget to submit your abstracts to SSP1.1, co-organised by @egu-cl.bsky.social at #EGU26 by January 15!
Submit your abstracts by the end of November to be eligible for financial support.
Visit - www.egu26.eu
#sedimentology, #stratigraphy, #paleontology

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It's #WorldTsunamiAwarenessDay. Before warning systems existed, tsunamis could be a surprise. A 1946 M8.6 earthquake in Alaska launched a tsunami that devastated Hilo, HI and killed >150 in the HI Islands. Now warning infrastructure in AK is being defunded, weakening the network. ⚒️🧪🌊 bit.ly/4oqexnR
Tsunami
56 years ago today a devastating Tsunami tore through our Hilo Town. It may have taken us to our knees, but we did not break. Instead, we rebuilt, stronger, and more prepared. Listen as survivors of both the 1946 and 1960 Tsunami tell their story. Please enjoy this mini Documentary done as a collaboration with Taylor Martin Media and the Pacific Tsunami Museum. Enjoy
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📢 PhD opportunity at Newcastle University!

👉"Reconstructing past ice-sheet retreat and ice-ocean interactions from marine sediment cores".

This project will use new marine sediment cores to constrain the timing and drivers of past ice-sheet retreat.

More details: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

📢New paper📢
Proud to be part of this truly epic international effort in integrating lacustrine and coastal paleoseismic records to refine the #earthquake history of south-central Alaska. #turbidites #varves #tephra #paleoseismology
@fwovlaanderen.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Refining the earthquake history of south-central Alaska through lake records
The Alaska–Aleutian subduction zone (AASZ) is one of the world's most seismically active plate boundaries and the source of the 1964 Mw 9.2 Great Alas…
www.sciencedirect.com

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Our #land2sea shaking studies workshop in #Taiwan was a success! Many great discussions on the way forward for subaquatic #paleoseismology, inspiring talks and a fantastic field trip showing the impacts of the devastating 1999 Chi-Chi #earthquake.

@ecord.bsky.social
@paleopizer.bsky.social

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🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 In a new #SRL paper, scientists link coseismic deposits in lakes in Chile with instrumentally recorded megathrust quakes. In this way, they bridge the gap between sedimentology and seismology. ⚒️

pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

Nth day of @ialipa2025.bsky.social in Aix-les-Bains… and I have no explanation for this

Fourth day of @ialipa2025.bsky.social in Aix-les-Bains… and RCMG and @GeologyUGent are presenting again.
Part 10: Stijn again (for the third time)

Fourth day of @ialipa2025.bsky.social in Aix-les-Bains… and RCMG and @GeologyUGent are presenting again.
Part 9: Katleen again

Third day of @ialipa2025.bsky.social in Aix-les-Bains… team RCMG takes a tour on and around Lac du Bourget, the lake on which @GeologyUGent’s limnogeological research started… way back in 1991.

First day of @ialipa2025.bsky.social in Aix-les-Bains… and full action for RCMG and @GeologyUGent.
Part 8: Kamill

First day of @ialipa2025.bsky.social in Aix-les-Bains… and full action for RCMG and @GeologyUGent.
Part 7: Stijn again

First day of @ialipa2025.bsky.social in Aix-les-Bains… and full action for RCMG and @GeologyUGent.
Part 6: Katleen

First day of @ialipa2025.bsky.social in Aix-les-Bains… and full action for RCMG and @GeologyUGent.
Part 5: Maarten

First day of @ialipa2025.bsky.social in Aix-les-Bains… and full action for RCMG and @GeologyUGent.
Part 4: Huitong

First day of @ialipa2025.bsky.social in Aix-les-Bains… and full action for RCMG and @GeologyUGent.
Part 3: Sebastien

First day of @ialipa2025.bsky.social in Aix-les-Bains… and full action for RCMG and @GeologyUGent.
Part 2: Stijn

First day of @ialipa2025.bsky.social in Aix-les-Bains… and full action for RCMG and @GeologyUGent.
Part 1: Kimberly