Vrije Universiteit Brussel


Staff

Prof. dr. Matthieu Kervyn

Professor

Address

Department of Geography
Faculty of Sciences
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Building F - Room 6F318
Pleinlaan 2
B-1050 Brussel
Belgium

Phone: +32-2-629 36 61

Fax: +32-2-629 33 78

makervyn@vub.ac.be

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Current and past research

  • Geomorphology and spatial distribution of volcanic edifices
  • Characterization of volcano-related instability processes through remote sensing and analogue modelling
  • Remote sensing monitoring of eruptive processes At african volcanoes
  • Risk analysis, mapping and communication in volcanic regions

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Key Publications

  • Kervyn M., Ernst G.G.J., Vaughan R.G., Keller J., Klaudius J., Pradal E., Belton F., Mattsson H., Mbede E., Jacobs P., 2010. Fundamental changes in the activity of the natrocarbonatite volcano Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania: II. Eruptive behaviour. 72: 913-931.
  • Kervyn, M., Ernst, G.G.J., van wyk de Vries, B., Mathieu, L., Jacobs, P.2009. Volcano load control on dyke propagation and vent distribution: Insights from analogue modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B03401, doi: 10.1029/2008JB005653.
  • Vaughan R.G., Kervyn M. , Realmuto V., Abrams M., Hook S.J., 2008. Satellite measurements of recent volcanic activity at Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 173: 196-206.
  • Bonne, K., Kervyn, M., Cascone, L., Njome, S., Van Ranst, E., Suh, E., Ayonghe, S., Jacobs, P., Ernst, G.G.J. 2008. A new approach to assess long-term lava flow hazard and risk using GIS and low cost remote sensing: The case of Mount Cameroon, West Africa. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 29: 6539-6564.
  • Kervyn, M., Ernst, G.G.J., Harris, A., Mbede, E., Belton, F., Jacobs, P. 2008. Thermal remote sensing of the low-intensity carbonatite volcanism of Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 29: 6467-6499.

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Teaching activities

In Dutch

  • Globale Geomorfologie (2 BA Geografie)
  • Excursie Fysische Geografie (1-2 BA Geografie)

In English

  • Applied Geomorfologie (3 BA Geografie – 2 MA PHYLARES)
  • Excursion Physcial Geography (3 BA – 1 MA - 2 MA Geografie)
  • Landscape analysis (1 MA Geografie)

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