Xavier Devleeschouwer

Dr. Xavier Devleeschouwer

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O.D. Earth and History of Life, Geological Survey of Belgium, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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Academic Career Length

25Years (2002-Present)

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1 September 2006 in Chemical Geology
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LRLaurent Riquier
Laurent Riquier
NTNicolas Tribovillard
Nicolas Tribovillard
OAOlivier Averbuch
Olivier Averbuch
XDXavier Devleeschouwer
Xavier Devleeschouwer
ARArmelle Riboulleau
Armelle Riboulleau

1 June 2002 in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
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GRGrzegorz Racki
Grzegorz Racki
MRMaria Racka
Maria Racka
HMHanna Matyja
Hanna Matyja
XDXavier Devleeschouwer
Xavier Devleeschouwer

1 February 2005 in Terra Nova
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OAO. Averbuch
O. Averbuch
NTN. Tribovillard
N. Tribovillard
XDXavier Devleeschouwer
Xavier Devleeschouwer
LRL. Riquier
L. Riquier
BMB. Mistiaen
B. Mistiaen
BVB. Van Vliet‐Lanoe
B. Van Vliet‐Lanoe

1 October 2004 in Terra Nova
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NTN. Tribovillard
N. Tribovillard
OAO. Averbuch
O. Averbuch
XDXavier Devleeschouwer
Xavier Devleeschouwer
GRG. Racki
G. Racki
ARA. Riboulleau
A. Riboulleau


26 January 2023 in Remote Sensing
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PDPierre-Yves Declercq
Pierre-Yves Declercq
MDMichiel Dusar
Michiel Dusar
EPEric Pirard
Eric Pirard
JVJeffrey Verbeurgt
Jeffrey Verbeurgt
ACAtefe Choopani
Atefe Choopani
XDXavier Devleeschouwer
Xavier Devleeschouwer
Spatio-temporal ground-movement measurements and mappings have been carried out in the Campine coalfield in Belgian Limburg since the closure of the mines to document post-mining effects. MT-InSAR measurements are compared to groundwater head changes in the overburden and to height data from the closest GNSS stations. Radar interferometry is used to estimate the extension and the velocity of ground movements. In particular, the MT-InSAR technique has been applied to SAR acquisitions of the satellites ERS-1/2 (1991–2005), ENVISAT (2003–2010), COSMO-SkyMed (2011–2014), and Sentinel-1A (2014–2022). The images were processed and used to highlight a switch from subsidence to uplift conditions in the western part of the coal basin, while the eastern part had already been affected by a rebound since the beginning of the ERS-1/2 acquisitions. Following the closure of the last active colliery of Zolder in 1992 and the subsequent cease of mine-water pumping, a recharge of mine-water aquifers occurred in the western part of the basin. This process provoked the change from subsidence to uplift conditions that was recorded during the ENVISAT period. In the center of the coal-mining area, measured uplift velocities reached a maximum of 18 mm/year during the ENVISAT period, while they subsided at −12 mm/year during the ERS-1/2 period. Mean velocities in the western and eastern parts of the coalfield area have decreased since the last MT-InSAR measurements were performed using Sentinel-1A, while the Zolder coal mine continues to rise at a faster-than-average rate of a maximum of 16 mm/year. The eastern part of the coalfield is still uplifting, while its rate has been reduced from 18 mm/year (ERS-1/2) to 9 mm/year (Sentinel-1A) since the beginning of the radar–satellite observations. Time-series data from the two GNSS stations present in the study area were used for a local comparison with the evolution of ground movements observed by MT-InSAR. Two leveling campaigns (2000, 2013) were also used to make comparisons with the MT-InSAR data. The station’s measurements and the leveling data were in line with the MT-InSAR data. Overall, major ground movements are obviously limited to an extension of the actual underground-mining works and rapidly diminish outside of them.