Recent publications (since 2008)

Recent PhD’s of ORBit collaborators:

Nicolas Note: “Prospecting World War One conflict landscapes with non-invasive soil sensing techniques : geophysical exploration of the former Western Front in Belgium”, defense: 31/01/2019 ISBN: 978-946357-169-2

Ellen Van De Vijver: "Proximal soil sensing in the context of urban (re)development : an evaluation of multi-receiver electromagnetic induction and stepped-frequency ground penetrating radar at landfills and industrial sites", defense 21/09/2017. ISBN: 978-94-6357-025-1
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Samuël Delefortrie: "Optimizing reliability of small-loop frequency domain electromagnetic survey data", defense 16/05/2017.

Jeroen Verhegge: "Spatial and chronological prehistoric landscape reconstruction using geoarchaeological methods in the Lower Scheldt floodplain (NW Belgium)", defense 29/06/2015.

Eef Meerschman: "Multiple-point geostatistics for the reconstruction of complex spatial patterns in soil science", defense: 04/07/2013. ISBN: 978-9-0598963-1-4 download

Philippe De Smedt: "Reconstructing human-landscape interactions through multi-receiver electromagnetic induction survey", defense: 16/05/2013. ISBN: 978-9-05989611-6 download

Mohammad Monirul Islam: "Ability of a non-invasive sensor to improve soil management of paddy rice fields", defense: 19/11/2012. ISBN: 978-9-0598956-2-1 download

Timothy Saey: “Integrating multiple signals of an electromagnetic induction sensor to map contrasting soil layers and locate buried features”, defense: 11/3/2011. ISBN: 978-90-5989-426-6 download

Liesbet Cockx: “High resolution soil inventory using a dual signal electromagnetic induction sensor”, defense: 26/2/2010. ISBN: 978-90-5989-359-7 download

David Simpson: “Geoarchaeological prospection with multi-coil electromagnetic induction sensors”, defense: 8/12/2009. ISBN : 978-90-5989-344-3 download

Meklit Tariku: “Techniques for the inventory of soil pollution on a regional scale”, defense: 3/7/2009. ISBN: 978-90-5989-311-5 download

Willem de Clercq (Univ. of Stellenbosch, Rep. of South Africa): “Space-time variability of soil salinity in irrigated vineyards of South Africa”, defense: 23/1/2009. ISBN: 978-90-5989-276-7 download

Vitharana Wellewatte Arachchige Udayakantha (Univ. of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka): “Spatial inventory techniques in support of site-specific soil management”, defense: 11/12/2008. ISBN: 978-90-5989-262-0 download


Our full biography, containing other types and earlier publications, can be found at:https://biblio.ugent.be/person/801000627123

 

2018

VAN DEN BERGHE H., GHEYLE W., STICHELBAUT B.,  SAEY T., NOTE N., VAN MEIRVENNE M., BOURGEOIS J., and VAN EETVELDE V. 2018. “Using the Past to Indicate the Possible Presence of Relics in the Present-day Landscape : the Western Front of the Great War in Belgium.” Landscape Research.

STICHELBAUT, BIRGER, NICOLAS NOTE, JEAN BOURGEOIS, MARC VAN MEIRVENNE, VEERLE VAN EETVELDE, HANNE VAN DEN BERGHE, and WOUTER GHEYLE. 2018. “The Archaeology of World War I Tanks in the Ypres Salient (Belgium) : a Non-invasive Approach.” Archaeological Prospection.

TRACHET, JAN, WARD LELOUP, SAMUËL DELEFORTRIE, JAN DUMOLYN, ERIK THOEN, MARC VAN MEIRVENNE, and WIM DE CLERCQ. 2018. “Modelling Monnikerede : the Topographical Reconstruction of a Deserted Medieval Outport Near Bruges.” Medieval Low Countries: 91–130.

NOTE, NICOLAS, WOUTER GHEYLE, HANNE VAN DEN BERGHE, TIMOTHY SAEY, JEAN BOURGEOIS, VEERLE VAN EETVELDE, MARC VAN MEIRVENNE, and BIRGER STICHELBAUT. 2018. “A New Evaluation Approach of World War One’s Devastated Front Zone : a Shell Hole Density Map Based on Historical Aerial Photographs and Validated by Electromagnetic Induction Field Measurements to Link the Metal Shrapnel Phenomenon.” Geoderma  310: 257–269.

2016

STICHELBAUT B., WOUTER G., SAEY T., VAN EETVELDE V., VAN MEIRVENNE M., NOTE N., VAN DEN BERGHE H., BOURGEOIS J. 2016  The First World War from above and below: historical aerial photographs and mine craters in the Ypres Salient.  Applied geography 66: 64-72

GHEYLE W., SAEY T., VAN HOLLEBEEKE Y., VERPLAETSE S., NOTE N., BOURGEOIS J., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VAN EETVELDE V. AND STICHELBAUT B. 2016 Historical Aerial Photography and Multi-receiver EMI Soil Sensing, Complementing Techniques for the Study of a Great War Conflict Landscape. Archaeological Prospection. doi: 10.1002/arp.1534

2015

Boerenbond - Management &Techniek 19 6/11/2015 download

VAN MEIRVENNE M. 2015 Advanced Electric and Electromagnetic Methods for the Characterization of Soil 343-359.

VAN DE VIJVER E., VAN MEIRVENNE M., SAEY T., DELEFORTRIE S., DE SMEDT P., DE PUE J. & SEUNTJENS P. 2015 Combining multi-receiver electromagnetic induction and stepped frequency ground penetrating radar for industrial site investigation. European Journal of Soil Science. online doi: 10.1111/ejss.12229

SAEY T., DE SMEDT P., DELEFORTRIE S., VAN DE VIJVER E., VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2015 Comparing one- and two-dimensional EMI conductivity inverse modeling procedures for characterizing a two-layered soil. Geoderma 241:12-23

SAEY T., VAN MEIRVENNE M., DE SMEDT P., STICHELBAUT B., DELEFORTRIE S.,BALDWIN E., GAFFNEY V. 2015 Combining EMI and GPR for non-invasive soil sensing at the Stonehenge World Heritage Site: the reconstruction of a WW1 practice trench. European Journal of Soil Science 66:166-178

2014

DELEFORTRIE S., SMEDT P., SAEY T., VAN DE VIJVER E., VAN MEIRVENNE M.,2014 An efficient calibration procedure for correction of drift in EMI survey data. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 110:115-125 download

MONIRUL ISLAM M., SAEY T., DE SMEDT P., VAN DE VIJVER E., DELEFORTRIE S., AND VAN MEIRVENNE M. 2014. Modeling within field variation of the compaction layer in a paddy rice field using a proximal soil sensing system. Soil use and management 30: 99-108 download

DE SMEDT P., VAN MEIRVENNE M., SAEY T., BALDWIN E., GAFFNEY C. AND GAFFNEY V., 2014. Unveiling the prehistoric landscape at Stonehenge through multi-receiver EMI. Journal of Archaeological Science, 50:16-23. download

PHILIPPE DE SMEDT, TIMOTHY SAEY, EEF MEERSCHMAN, JEROEN DE REU, WIM DE CLERCQ & MARC VAN MEIRVENNE.,2014. Comparing apparent magnetic susceptibility measurements of a multi-receiver EMI sensor with topsoil and profile magnetic susceptibility data over weak magnetic anomalies. Archaeological Prospection 21:103-112 download

ISLAM M.M., MEERSCHMAN E., SAEY T., DE SMEDT P., VAN DE VIJVER E., DELEFORTRIE S., VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2014. Characterizing compaction variability with an electromagnetic induction sensor in a puddled paddy rice field. Soil Science Society of America Journal 78:579-588 download

SAEY T., VAN MEIRVENNE M., DE PUE J., VAN DE VIJVER E. & DELEFORTRIE S., 2014. Reconstructing mole tunnels using frequency-domain ground penetrating radar. Applied Soil Ecology 80:77-83 download

NEUBAUER W., GUGL C., SCHOLZ M., VERHOEVEN G., TRINKS I., LÖCKER K., DONEUS M., SAEY T. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2014. The discovery of the school of gladiators at Carnuntum, Austria. Antiquity 88:173-190. download

SAEY, T., DELEFORTRIE, S., VERDONCK, L., DE SMEDT, P., VAN MEIRVENNE, M., 2014. Integrating EMI and GPR data to enhance the three-dimensional reconstruction of a circular ditch system. Journal of Applied Geophysics 101:42-50. download

DELEFORTRIE S., SAEY T., VAN DE VIJVER E., DE SMEDT P., MISSIAEN T., DEMERRE I. AND VAN MEIRVENNE M. 2014. Frequency domain electromagnetic induction survey in the intertidal zone: limitations of low-induction-number and depth of exploration. Journal of Applied Geophysics. 100: 14-22 download

LARK RM., MEERSCHMAN E., VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2014 A stochastic geometric model of the variability of soil formed in Pleistocene patterned ground. Geoderma 213: 533-543 download

DE REU J., DE SMEDT P., HERREMANS D., VAN MEIRVENNE M., PIETER LALOO P., CLERCQ W., 2014 On introducing an image-based 3D reconstruction method in archaeological excavation practice. Journal of Archaeological Science 41: 251-262. download

MEERSCHMAN E., VAN MEIRVENNE M., MARIETHOZ G., ISLAM M.M., DE SMEDT P., VAN DE VIJVER E. & SAEY T., 2014. Using bivariate multiple-point statistics and proximal soil sensor data to map fossil ice-wedge polygons. Geoderma. 213: 571-577 download

2013

SAEY T.,VAN MEIRVENNE M.,DE SMEDT P.,NEUBAUER W.,TRINKS I.,VERHOEVEN G. & SEREN S., 2013 Integrating multi-receiver electromagnetic induction measurements into the interpretation of the soil landscape around the school of gladiators at Carnuntum European Journal of Soil Science 64: 716-727 download

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ROMBÉ P., DE SMEDT P., DAVIES N.S., GELORINI V., ZWERTVAEGHER A., LANGOHR R., VAN DAMME D., VAN STRYDONCK M., ANTROP M., BOURGEOIS J., DE MAEYER P., DE REU J., FINKE P.A., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VERNIERS J., 2013 Hunter-gatherer responses to changing environment in the Moervaart palaeolake(NW Belgium) during the Late Glacial and Early Holocene. Quaternary International 308:162-177. download

ZWERTVAEGHER, A., FINKE P., DE SMEDT P., GELORINI V., VAN MEIRVENNE M., BATS M., DE REU J., ANTROP M., BOURGEOIS J., DE MAEYER P., VERNIERS J. & CROMBÉ P. 2013. Spatio-temporal modeling of soil characteristics for soilscape reconstruction. Geoderma, 207-208:166-179 download

DE SMEDT P., SAEY T., LEHOUCK A., STICHELBAUT B., VAN DE VIJVER E., ISLAM M.M., MEERSCHMAN E. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2013. Exploring the potential of multi-receiver EMI survey for archaeological prospection: a 90 ha dataset. Geoderma, 199: 30-36. download

VAN MEIRVENNE M., ISLAM M.M., DE SMEDT P., MEERSCHMAN E., VAN DE VIJVER E. & SAEY T., 2013. Key variables for the identification of soil management classes in the aeolian landscapes of north-west Europe. Geoderma, 199: 99-105. download

SAEY T., DE SMEDT P., DE CLERCQ W., MEERSCHMAN E., ISLAM M.M. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2013. Identifying soil patterns at different spatial scales with a multi-receiver EMI sensor. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 77: 382-390. download

SAEY T., STICHELBAUT B., BOURGEOIS J., VAN EETVELDE V. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2013. An interdisciplinary non-invasive approach to landscape archaeology of the Great War. Archaeological Prospection, 20: 39-44 download

MEERSCHMAN E., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VAN DE VIJVER E., DE SMEDT P., ISLAM M.M., & SAEY T., 2013. Mapping complex soil patterns with multiple-point geostatistics. European Journal of Soil Science, 64: 183-191. download

DE SMEDT P., VAN MEIRVENNE M., HERREMANS D., DE REU J., SAEY T., MEERSCHMAN E., CROMBÉ P. & DE CLERCQ W., 2013. The 3-D reconstruction of medieval wetland reclamation through electromagnetic induction survey. Scientific Reports, 3
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ZWERTVAEGHER A., FINKE P.A., DE REU J., LEBBE L., BATS M., DE SMEDT P., GELORINI V., ANTROP M., BOURGEOIS J., DE MAEYER P., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VERNIERS J. & CROMBÉ P., 2013. Reconstructing phreatic palaeogroundwater levels in a geoarchaeological context, a case study in Flanders, Belgium. Geoarchaeology. An International Journal, 28:170-189. download

DE REU J., BOURGEOIS J., BATS M., DE SMEDT P., GELORINI V., ZWERTVAEGHER A., ANTROP M., DE MAEYER P., FINKE P., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VERNIERS J. and CROMBÉ P. 2013, Beyond the unknown: understanding prehistoric patterns in the urbanized landscape of Flanders. Journal of Historical Geography 40: 1-15 DOI:10.1016/j.jhg.2012.12.004 download

DE REU J., BOURGEOIS J., BATS M., ZWERTVAEGHER A., GELORINI V., DE SMEDT P., WEI CHU, ANTROP M., DE MAEYER P., FINKE P., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VERNIERS J., CROMBÉ P., 2013. Application of the topographic position index to heterogeneous landscapes. Geomorphology, DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.015 download

MEERSCHMAN E., PIROT G., MARIETHOZ G., STRAUBHAAR J., VAN MEIRVENNE M. & RENARD P. 2013. A practical guide to performing multiple-point statistical simulations with the Direct Sampling algorithm. Computers & Geosciences 52: 307-324 DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.09.019 download

DE REU J., PLETS G., VERHOEVEN G., De SMEDT P., BATS M., CHERRETTE B., DE MAEYER W., DECONYNCK J., HERREMANS D., LALOO P., VAN MEIRVENNE M. & DE CLERCQ W., 2013. Towards a three-dimensional cost-effective registration of the archaeological heritage, Journal of Archaeological Science 40:1108-1121. DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.08.040 download

DE SMEDT P., VAN MEIRVENNE M., S. DAVIES N , BATS M., SAEY T. , DE REU J., MEERSCHMAN E., GELORINI V., ZWERTVAEGHER A., ANTROP M., BOURGEOIS J., DE MAEYER P., A. FINKE P., JACQUES VERNIERS J., CROMBÉ P., 2013. A multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing Late Glacial and Early Holocene landscapes, Journal of Archaeological Science 30: 1260-1267. DOI:10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.004 download

2012

SAEY T., DE SMEDT P., ISLAM M.M., MEERSCHMAN E., VAN DE VIJVER E., LEHOUCK A. AND VAN MEIRVENNE M. 2012. Depth slicing of multi-receiver EMI measurements to enhance the delineation of contrasting subsoil features. Geoderma, 189-190:514-521. download

CROMBÉ P., VAN STRYDONCK M., BOUDIN M., VAN DEN BRANDE T., DERESE C., VANDENBERGHE D.A.G., VAN DEN HAUTE P., COURT-PICON M., VERNIERS J., BOS J.A.A., VERBRUGGEN F., ANTROP M., BATS M., BOURGEOIS J., DE REU J., DE MAEYER P., DE SMEDT P., FINKE P.A., VAN MEIRVENNE M., ZWERTVAEGHER A., 2012. Absolute dating (14C and OSL) of the formation of coversand ridges occupied by prehistoric man in NW Belgium. Radiocarbon 54:715-726 download

DE CLERCQ W., DE SMEDT P., DE REU J., HERREMANS D., MASTERS P., SAEY T., STICHELBAUT B. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2012. Towards an integrated methodology for assessing rural settlement landscapes in the Belgian lowlands. Archaeological Prospection. 19: 141-145. DOI: 10.1002/arp.1418. download

SAEY T., ISLAM M.M., DE SMEDT P., MEERSCHMAN E., VAN DE VIJVER E., LEHOUCK A. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2012. Using a multi-receiver survey of apparent electrical conductivity to reconstruct a Holocene tidal channel in a polder area. Catena, 95: 104-111. DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.02.001 download

SAEY T., DE SMEDT P., MEERSCHMAN E., ISLAM M.M., MEEUWS F., VAN DE VIJVER E., LEHOUCK A. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2012. Electrical Conductivity Depth Modelling with a Multireceiver EMI Sensor for Prospecting Archaeological Features. Archaeological Prospection, 19: 21-30. DOI: 10.1002/arp.425 download

ISLAM M.M., MEERSCHMAN E., SAEY T., DE SMEDT P., VAN DE VIJVER E. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2012. Comparing apparent electrical conductivity measurements on a paddy field under flooded and drained conditions. Precision Agriculture. 13: 384-392 DOI: 10.1007/s11119-011-9253-2 download

2011


DE REU J., DEWEIRDT E., CROMBÉ P., BATS M., ANTROP M., DE MAEYER P., DE SMEDT P., FINKE P., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VERNIERS J., ZWERTVAEGHER A., BOURGEOIS J., 2011. Les tombelles de l'âge du bronze en Flandre sablonneuse (nord-ouest de la Belgique) : un status quaestionis. Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt, 41: 491-505. download

DE REU, J., BOURGEOIS, J., DE SMEDT, P., ZWERTVAEGHER, A., ANTROP, M., BATS, M., DE MAEYER, P., FINKE, P., VAN MEIRVENNE, M., VERNIERS, J., CROMBÉ, P. 2011. Measuring the relative topographic position of archaeological sites in the landscape, a case study on the Bronze Age barrows in northwest Belgium, Journal of Archaeological Science, 38:3435-3446. download

ISLAM, M. M., SAEY, T., MEERSCHMAN, E., DE SMEDT, P., MEEUWS, F., VAN DE VIJVER, E. and VAN MEIRVENNE, M., 2011. Delineating water management zones in a paddy rice field using a floating soil sensing system. Agricultural Water Management. 102:8-12. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.10.001 download

MEERSCHMAN E., VAN MEIRVENNE M., DE SMEDT P., SAEY T., ISLAM M.M., MEEUWS F., VAN DE VIJVER E. AND GHYSELS G. 2011 Imaging a polygonal network of ice-wedge casts with an electromagnetic induction sensor. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 75: 2095-2100. doi 10.2136/sssaj2011.0063 download

ISLAM M.M., COCKX L., MEERSCHMAN E., DE SMEDT P., MEEUWS F. AND VAN MEIRVENNE, M. 2011. A floating sensing system to evaluate soil and crop variability within flooded paddy rice fields. Precision Agriculture, 12: 850-859 doi: 10.1007/s11119-011-9226-5 download

DE SMEDT, P., VAN MEIRVENNE, M., MEERSCHMAN, E., SAEY, T., BATS, M., COURT-PICON, M., DE REU, J., ZWERTVAEGHER, A., ANTROP, M., BOURGEOIS, J., DE  MAEYER, P., FINKE, P., VERNIERS, J. & CROMBÉ, P. (2011). Reconstructing palaeochannel morphology with a mobile multicoil electromagnetic induction sensor. Geomorphology, 130(1-2): 136-141. download

MEERSCHMAN, E., COCKX, L., VANMEIRVENNE, M., 2011.
A geostatistical two-phase sampling strategy to map soil heavy metal concentrations in a former war zone. European Journal of Soil Science, 62 (3), 408-416. download

SAEY T., VAN MEIRVENNE, M., DEWILDE, M., WYFFELS, F., De SMEDT, P., MEERSCHMAN, E., ISLAM, M.M., MEEUWS, F., COCKX, L., 2011. Combining multiple signals of an electromagnetic induction sensor to prospect land for metal objects. Near Surface Geophysics, 9:309-317 download

MEERSCHMAN E., COCKX L., ISLAM M. M., MEEUWS F. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2011. Geostatistical Assessment of the Impact of World War I on the Spatial Occurrence of Soil Heavy Metals. AMBIO, 40:417-424 download

SAEY T., VAN MEIRVENNE M., DE SMEDT P., COCKX L., MEERSCHMAN E., ISLAM M.M., MEEUWS F., 2011. Mapping depth-to-clay using fitted  multiple depth response curves of a proximal EMI sensor.
Geoderma
162:151-158 download

WERBROUCK I., ANTROP M., VAN EETVELDE V., STAL C., DE MAEYER PH., BATS M., BOURGEOIS J., COURT-PICON M., CROMBÉ PH., DE REU J., DE SMEDT PH., FINKE P.A., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VERNIERS J., ZWERTVAEGHER A., 2011. Digital elevation model generation for historical landscape analysis based on LiDAR data, a case study in Flanders (Belgium). Expert Systems With Applications, 38:8178-8185. download

2010

ZWERTVAEGHER A., WERBROUCK I., FINKE P., DE REU J., CROMBE P., BATS M., ANTROP M., BOURGEOIS J., COURT-PICON M., DE MAEYER P., DE SMEDT P., SERGANT J. VAN MEIRVENNE M. & VERNIERS J., 2010. On the use of integrated process-models to reconstruct prehistoric occupation with examples from sandy Flanders, Belgium. Geoarchaeology: An International Journal 25:784-814. download

MERCKX B., VAN MEIRVENNE M., STEYAERT M., VANREUSEL A., VINCX M., VANAVERBEKE J., 2010.Mapping nematode diversity in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Marine Ecology-progress series 405:135-145. download

COCKX L., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VITHARANA U.W.A., VAN COILLIE F.B.M., VERBEKE L.P.C., SIMPSON D. & SAEY T. 2010. A Neural Network Approach to Topsoil Clay Prediction Using an EMI-Based Soil Sensor. In: R.A. Viscarra Rossel, A. Mc Bratney & B. Minasny (Eds.) Proximal Soil Sensing. Progress in Soil Science, Springer, pp. 245-254, ISBN: 978-90-481-8858-1.

SAEY T., VAN MEIRVENNE M., SIMPSON D., VITHARANA U.W.A., COCKX L. & VERMEERSCH H. 2010. Reconstructing Paleotopography at the Beginning of the Weichselian Glacial Stage Using an Electromagnetic Induction Sensor. In: R.A. Viscarra Rossel, A. Mc Bratney & B. Minasny (Eds.) Proximal Soil Sensing. Progress in Soil Science, Springer, pp. 423-434, ISBN: 978-90-481-8858-1.

SIMPSON D., VAN MEIRVENNE M., LÜCK E., RÜHLMANN J., SAEY T., BOURGEOIS J., 2010. Sensitivity of multi-coil frequency domain electromagnetic induction sensors to map soil magnetic susceptibility. European Journal of Soil Science 61 :469-478. download

SIMPSON D., VAN MEIRVENNE M., LÜCK E., BOURGEOIS J., RÜHLMANN J., 2010. Prospection of two circular Bronze age ditches with multi-receiver electrical conductivity sensors (North Belgium). Journal of Archeological Science 37:2198-2206. download

VAN MEIRVENNE M., MEKLIT T, 2010. Geostatistics for regional soil pollution assessment. Geographical Analysis 42:121-135. download

PLUE J., GOYENS G., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VERHEYEN K., HERMY M., 2010. Small-scale seed bank patterns in a forest soil. Seed Science Research 20 :13-22. download

2009

VERDOCK L., SIMPSON D., CORNELIS W.M., PLYSON A., BOURGEOIS J., DOCTER R., VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2009. Ground-penetrating radar survey over Bronze Age circular monuments on a sandy soil, complemented with electromagnetic induction and fluxgate gradiometer data. Archaeological Prospection 16 :193-202. download

SIMPSON D., VAN MEIRVENNE M., SAEY T., VERMEERSCH H., BOURGEOIS J., LEHOUCK A., COCKX L., VITHARANA U.W.A. 2009. Evaluating the multiple coil configurations of the EM38DD and DUALEM-21S sensors to detect archaeological anomalies. Archaeological Prospection 16 :91-102 download

UMAKANT M., LAL R., SLATER B., CALHOUN F., DESHENG LIU, VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2009. Predicting the soil organic carbon stock at different depth intervals using profile depth distribution and ordinary kriging. Soil Science Society of America Journal 73 :614-621 download

SIMPSON D., LEHOUCK A., VERDONCK L., VERMEERSCH H., VAN MEIRVENNE M., BOURGEOIS J., THOEN E., DOCTER R., 2009. Comparison between electromagnetic induction and fluxgate gradiometer measurements on the buried remains of a 17th century castle. Journal of Applied Geophysics 68 :294-300 download

SAEY T., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VERMEERSCH H., AMELOOT N. & COCKX L., 2009. A pedotransfer function to evaluate soil profile heterogeneity using proximally sensed apparent electrical conductivity. Geoderma 150 :389-395 download

MOUAZEN A. M. , MALEKI M. R., COCKX L., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VAN HOLM L. H. J., MERCKX R., DE BAERDEMAEKER J., RAMON H. 2009. Optimum three-point linkage set up for improving the quality of soil spectra and the accuracy of soil phosphorus measured using an on-line visible and near infrared sensor. Soil & Tillage Research doi:10.1016/j.still.2008.10.006. download

VERFAILLIE E., DU FOUR I., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VAN LANCKER V. 2009. Geostatistical modelling of sedimentological parameters using multi-scale terrain variables: application along the Belgian part of the North Sea. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 23 :135-50. download

PETERS J., VERHOEST N.E.C., SAMSON R., VAN MEIRVENNE M., COCKX L., De BAETS B., 2009. Uncertainty propagation in vegetation distribution models based on ensemble classifiers. Ecological modelling 220 :791-804. download

MEKLIT T., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VERSTRAETE S., BONROY J., TACK F., 2009. Combining marginal and spatial outlier identification to optimize the mapping of the regional geochemical baseline concentration of soil heavy metals. Geoderma 148 :413-420. download

VALCKX J., COCKX L., WAUTERS J., VAN MEIRVENNE M., GOVERS G., HERMY M. & MUYS B., 2009. Within field spatial variability of earthworm populations related to species interactions and soil apparent electrical conductivity. Applied Soil Ecology 41 :315-328. download

BALASOORIYA B.L.W.K., SAMSON R., MBIKWA F., VITHARANA W.A.U., BOECKX P. & VAN MEIRVENNE M. 2009. Biomonitoring of urban habitat quality by anatomical and chemical leaf characteristics. Environmental and Experimental Botany 65 :386-394. download

DE CLERCQ W.P., VAN MEIRVENNE M., FEY M. V., 2009. Prediction of the soil-depth salinity-trend in a vineyard after sustained irrigation with saline water. Agricultural Water Management, 96 :395-404. download

SAEY T., SIMPSON D., VERMEERSCH H., COCKX L. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2009. Comparing the the EM38DD and DUALEM-21S sensors for depth-to-clay mapping. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 73 :7-12. download

2008

VITHARANA U.W.A., SAEY T., COCKX L., SIMPSON D., VERMEERSCH H. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2008. Upgrading a 1/20000 soil map with an apparent electrical conductivity survey. Geoderma, 148 : 107-112. download

VITHARANA U.W.A., VAN MEIRVENNE M., SIMPSON D. & COCKX L., 2008. Agronomic consequences of potential management zones delineated on the basis of EM38DD measurements. Near Surface Geophysics, 6(5) : 289-296. download

SINDAYIHEBURA A., VAN MEIRVENNE M., VERSTRAETE S., NSABIMANA S., 2008. Accounting for shape reliability in modelling contours-derived topographic properties for use in soil-terrain correlation. Catena, 74 :165-174. download

SAEY, T., D. SIMPSON, U. VITHARANA, H. VERMEERSCH, J. VERMANG, and M. VAN MEIRVENNE. 2008. Reconstructing the paleotopography beneath the loess cover with the aid of an electromagnetic induction sensor. Catena, 74 :58-64. download

MEKLIT T., VAN MEIRVENNE M., TACK F., VERSTRAETE S., GOMMEREN E. & SEVENS E., 2008. Zinc Baseline Level and its Relationship with Soil Texture in Flanders, Belgium. In: Soares A., Pereira M.J. & Dimitrakopoulos R. (Eds.), geoENV VI - Geostatistics for Environmental Applications. Springer, pp. 373-383. ISBN: 978-1-4020-6447-0

VANDERLINDEN K., GIRÁLDEZ J.V., & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2008. Spatial estimation of reference evapotranspiration in Andalusia, Spain. Journal of Hydrometeorology 9: 242–255. download

VAN MEIRVENNE M., MEKLIT T., VERSTRAETE S., DE BOEVER M. & TACK F., 2008. Could shelling in the first World War have increased copper concentrations in the soil around Ypres? European Journal of Soil Science 59: 372-379. download

VERSTRAETE S. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2008. A multi-stage sampling strategy for the delineation of soil pollution in a contaminated brownfield. Environmental Pollution 154: 184-191. download

SIMPSON D., LEHOUCK A., VAN MEIRVENNE M., BOURGEOIS J., THOEN E. & VERVLOET J., 2008. Geoarchaeological prospection of a medieval manor in the Dutch Polders using an electromagnetic induction sensor in combination with soil augerings. Geoarchaeology, 23:1-14. download

VITHARANA U.W.A., VAN MEIRVENNE M., SIMPSON D., COCKX L. & DE BAERDEMAEKER J., 2008. Key soil and topographic properties to delineate potential management classes for precision agriculture in the European loess area. Geoderma, 143:206-215. download

Older frequently cited paper

DOUAIK A., VAN MEIRVENNE M. & TOTH T., 2007. Evaluating statistical methods to characterize the temporal stability of soil salinity spatial patterns. Soil Science Society of America Journal 71: 1629-1635 download

COCKX L., VAN MEIRVENNE M. & DE VOS B., 2007. Using the EM38DD soil sensor to delineate clay lenses in a sandy forest soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal 71:1314-1322 download

 

VITHARANA U.W.A., VAN MEIRVENNE M., COCKX L. & BOURGEOIS J., 2006. Identifying potential management zones in a layered soil using multiple sources of ancillary information. Soil Use and Management 22: 405-413 download

COCKX L., VAN MEIRVENNE M. & HOFMAN G., 2005. Characterization of nitrogen dynamics in a pasture soil by electromagnetic induction. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 42: 24-30. download

VAN MEIRVENNE M., MAES K. & HOFMAN G., 2003. Three-dimensional variability of soil nitrate N in an agricultural field. Biology and Fertility of Soils 37: 147-153. download

MEUL M. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2003. Kriging soil texture under different types of non-stationarity. Geoderma 112: 217-233. download

VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2003. Is the soil variability within the small fields of Flanders structured enough to allow precision agriculture ? Precision Agriculture, 4: 193-201. download

FAGROUD M. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2002. Accounting for soil spatial autocorrelation in the design of experimental trials on water-use efficiency. Soil Science Society of America Journal 66: 1134-1142. download

VAN MEIRVENNE M. & GOOVAERTS P., 2002. Accounting for spatial dependence in the processing of multi-temporal SAR images using factorial kriging. International Journal of Remote Sensing 23: 371-387. download

CORNELIS W.M., RONSYN J., VAN MEIRVENNE M. & HARTMANN R., 2001. Evaluation of pedotransfer functions for predicting the soil moisture retention curve. Soil Science Society of America Journal 65: 638-648. download

VAN MEIRVENNE M. & GOOVAERTS P., 2001. Evaluating the probability of exceeding a site specific soil cadmium contamination threshold. Geoderma 102: 75-100. download

BOGAERT N., VERMOESEN A., SALOMEZ J., HOFMAN G., VAN CLEEMPUT O. & VAN MEIRVENNE M., 2000. The within field variability of mineral nitrogen in grassland. Biology and Fertility of Soils 32: 186-193. download

BIESEMANS J., VAN MEIRVENNE M. & GABRIELS D., 2000. Extending the RUSLE with the Monte Carlo error propagation technique to predict long-term average off-site sediment accumulation. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 55: 35-42. download

BOUCNEAU G., VAN MEIRVENNE M. & HOFMAN G., 1998. Comparing pedotransfer functions to estimate soil bulk density in northern Belgium. Pedologie-Themata 5: 67-70 download

BOUCNEAU G., VAN MEIRVENNE M., THAS O. & HOFMAN G., 1998. Integrating properties of soil map delineations into ordinary kriging. European Journal of Soil Science 49: 213-229. download

VAN MEIRVENNE M., PANNIER J., HOFMAN G. & LOUWAGIE G., 1996. Regional characterization of the long-term change in soil organic carbon under intensive agriculture. Soil Use and Management 12: 86-94. download

VAN MEIRVENNE M., SCHELDEMAN K., BAERT G. & HOFMAN G., 1994. Quantification of soil textural fractions of Bas-Zaïre using soil map polygons and/or point observations. Geoderma 62: 69-82. download

VAN MEIRVENNE M. & HOFMAN G., 1989. Spatial variability of soil nitrate nitrogen after potatoes and its change during winter. Plant and Soil 40: 103-110. download

Van den Berghe, Hanne, Wouter Gheyle, Birger Stichelbaut, Timothy Saey, Nicolas Note, Marc Van Meirvenne, Jean Bourgeois, and Veerle Van Eetvelde. 2018. Using the Past to Indicate the Possible Presence of Relics in the Present-day Landscape: the Western Front of the Great War in Belgium.Landscape Research.

Stichelbaut, Birger, Nicolas Note, Jean Bourgeois, Marc Van Meirvenne, Veerle Van Eetvelde, Hanne Van den Berghe, and Wouter Gheyle. 2018. The Archaeology of World War I Tanks in the Ypres Salient (Belgium): a Non-invasive Approach.Archaeological Prospection.

Trachet, Jan, Ward Leloup, Samuël Delefortrie, Jan Dumolyn, Erik Thoen, Marc Van Meirvenne, and Wim De Clercq. 2018. Modelling Monnikerede: the Topographical Reconstruction of a Deserted Medieval Outport Near Bruges.Medieval Low Countries: 91130.

Note, Nicolas, Wouter Gheyle, Hanne Van den Berghe, Timothy Saey, Jean Bourgeois, Veerle Van Eetvelde, Marc Van Meirvenne, and Birger Stichelbaut. 2018. A New Evaluation Approach of World War Ones Devastated Front Zone: a Shell Hole Density Map Based on Historical Aerial Photographs and Validated by Electromagnetic Induction Field Measurements to Link the Metal Shrapnel Phenomenon.Geoderma  310: 257–269.