'Securities litigation' – questions de droit international privé

Conference (2010, April)

Cette présentation, destinée à un événement privé, tente d'offrir une synthèse des règles de droit international privé pertinentes dans le contexte des litiges intéressant les marchés financiers. L'accent ... [more ▼]

Cette présentation, destinée à un événement privé, tente d'offrir une synthèse des règles de droit international privé pertinentes dans le contexte des litiges intéressant les marchés financiers. L'accent est mis en particulier sur les litiges relatifs aux offres de titres. Les questions classiques de droit international privé (compétence internationale, droit applicable) sont étudiées en prenant appui sur les règles européennes de droit international privé. La perspective choisie est celle d'une application en Belgique de ces règles. La perspective se veut pédagogique plus que scientifique. [less ▲]

Sedation and locoregional Anesthesias of the head in the horse

Conference (2010, September 25)

Sede vacante. La vacance du pouvoir dans l’Église du Moyen Âge

Book published by Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis (2001)

Le sédiment urinaire: pourquoi et comment?

Conference (1997, September 20)

Sedimentary and Diagenetic processes related to Mid-Paleocene exposure surface, effects on the carbonate reservoirs properties: southeastern Pyrenean carbonate platform, Spain.

in IAS meeting Abstract book (2011)

Sedimentary development and correlation of Mid-Late Devonian fore-reef deposits from Central Europe

Conference (2012, September 12)

INTRODUCTION: Despite the interest for the reconstruction of environmental changes over a long period of time, long-term successions have been relatively poorly investigated using a mutli-disciplinary ... [more ▼]

INTRODUCTION: Despite the interest for the reconstruction of environmental changes over a long period of time, long-term successions have been relatively poorly investigated using a mutli-disciplinary approach compared to short-term intervals such as Kačák, Taghanic, punctata, Kellwasser and Hangenberg events. Recently, BOULVAIN et al. (2010) compared two km-thick Eifelian-Frasnian sections from Belgium and Czeck Republic using magnetic susceptibility (SM) technique. Regardless the very different background of palaeogeography, sedimentary rate, facies and local sea-level changes history, a remarkable similarity in the MS trends can be observed between these two sections. These similarities brought questions on the nature of the long-term forcing parameters that were active at the inter-regional scale. In order to get a better understanding of the factors responsible of the inter-regional forcing, a detailed records of microfacies observations, MS measurements, selected trace and major elemental concentrations and conodonts biostratigraphy have been performed on two Middle to Upper Devonian successions from Germany (Sauerland, Burgberg) and Austria (Carnics Alps, Freikofel). CONODONT BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: In the Burgberg section, conodont biostratigraphy allowed us to confirm that the studied section extend from the Middle Givetian to the Lower Carboniferous. In the Freikofel section, it allowed to precisely identify the Eifelian-Givetian and the Frasnian-Famennian boundaries. SEDIMENTOLOGY: The field and microfacies observations allowed us to reconstruct the sedimentary environment and to highlight several major variations of this environment. In the Middle Devonian, both sections are mainly characterized by fore-reef sediments. In the Burgberg section, those fore-reef sediments, mainly correspond to bioclastic grainstone and rudstone related to gravity flow deposits derived from the shallow-water area. In the Freikofel section, the fore-reef area is dominated by breccia sediments suggesting a strong debris flow influence. Through the Upper Devonian the sedimentary setting evolves to an off-reef pelagic environment in both sections and even a basinal setting in the Burgberg section. Sediments are then dominated by thin-bedded and nodular limestone. In this Upper Devonian part, locally both sections, debris coming from the shallow-water area are still observed (suggestion: Even in the Upper Devonian, occasionally debris deriving from shallow water areas has been observed in both sections. MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND GEOCHEMISTRY: The mean MS values for the Burgberg and Freikofel sections are respectively 1,88x10-8m³/kg and 7,72x10-9m³/kg. Compared to the MSmarine standard of 5.5x10-8m³/kg defined by ELLWOOD et al. (2011) on the basis of ~11,000 marine rocks samples, our values are low, mostly in the Freikofel section, which could indicate a low terrestrial influx seaward during the Middle and Upper Devonian. Regarding the magnetic susceptibility curves from these two sections, several large-scaled trends can be highlighted. The evolution curves of some selected clastic input proxies such as Zr, Si, Al, Ti, Sr display similar large-scaled trends. This indicates that clastic input proxies and MS are inherently linked and MS techniques can thus be used here as a proxi for changes in source or amount or type of weathering (RIQUIER et al. 2010). Most of the long-term MS variations occurring in both sections are interpreted as being related to second order eustatic variations (T-R Cycles). Through this multi-disciplinary investigation, we would like to get a better idea on the causes of long-term trends in MS variations and to document the sedimentary changes in response to these long-term variations. Further aim is to develop the application of MS techniques as a correlation tools. BOULVAIN, F., DA SILVA, A-C., MABILLE, C., HLADIL, J., GERSL, M., KOPTIKOVA, L., SCHONABL P., 2010. Magnetic susceptibility correlation of km-thick Eifelian-Frasnian sections (Ardennes and Moravia). Geologica Belgica, 13/4, 309-318. ELLWOOD, B.B., ALGEO, T.J., EL HASSANI, A., TOMKIN, J.H., ROWE, H.D., 2011. Defining the timing and duration of Kačák Interval within the Eifelian/Givetian boundary GSSP, Mech Irdane, Morocco, using geochemical and magnetic susceptibility patterns. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 304, 74-84. RIQUIER, L., AVERBUCH, O., DEVLEESCHOUWER, X., TRIBOVILLARD, N., 2010. Diagenetic versus detrital origin of the magnetic susceptibility variations in some carbonate Frasnian-Famennian boundary sections from Northern Africa and Western Europe: implications for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 99, 57-73. [less ▲]

Sedimentary development of a continuous Middle Givetian to Lower Carboniferous section from the fore-reef fringe of the Brilon reef-complex (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge, Germany)

Poster (2012, June 25)

Sedimentation and active faulting in the western tip of the Gulf of Corinth, Greece

Conference (2013, March 06)

The Gulf of Corinth is one of the fastest-spreading intracontinental rift on Earth, a 120km long E-W structure propagating westward toward the Aegean subduction zone. Present day kinematics (GPS data ... [more ▼]

The Gulf of Corinth is one of the fastest-spreading intracontinental rift on Earth, a 120km long E-W structure propagating westward toward the Aegean subduction zone. Present day kinematics (GPS data) indicates an opening direction oriented NNE-SSW and an opening rate increasing westward from 11 mm y-1 in the central part to 16 mm y-1 in the westernmost part. The high extension rate in the western part of the rift would imply a high seismic hazard if faults are not creeping. Our work concerns this western extremity of the Gulf of Corinth, for which we propose an accurate map of submarine faults as well as first chronostratigraphic interpretations. The map is based on two high-resolution seismic reflection surveys (single channel sparker) performed aboard HCMR’s R/V ALKYON, within the frame of SISCOR ANR Project. About 600 km of seismic lines were acquired, with a 200 msTWTT maximum penetration. We identified last glacial maximum (LGM) lowstand erosion surfaces along the northern coast. They made possible the mapping of post-LGM sediment thickness as well as estimates of subsidence rates. Depocenters location is controlled by river deltas where up to 75m of post-LGM sediments are stored. Numerous, up to 15m thick, mass transport deposits fill the central and eastern parts. Seafloor erosion is observed on 7.5 km2 in the western part, involving action of marine currents. The northern coast is subsiding between 1.7 and 2.2 mm y-1. We also mapped the following fault network described from east to west. In the eastern part, the sedimentary infill is faulted by the known North Eratini, South Eratini and West Channel faults. At the longitude of the Trizonia Island, the seafloor is mainly horizontal and the only fault is the south dipping Trizonia fault. Between the Trizonia Island and the Mornos Delta, the shallower northern part of the gulf shows a diffuse pattern of deformation with faults striking mainly E-W and ESE-WNW. In the southern part of the rift, no fault has been observed between the Psatopyrgos fault bounding the southern side of the Gulf and the Mornos Delta. To the West, between the Mornos Delta and the Rion Straits, three main south dipping, normal and oblique faults have been identified. This NE-SW striking fault system could be part of a local transfer zone linking the Patras and the Corinth Basins, or of the NE-SW right-lateral slip fault system interconnecting the Gulf of Corinth to the Kephalonia transform Fault and the Hellenic subduction. [less ▲]

La sédimentation récente du Golfe de Tarente (Italie méridionale): aspects mineralogiques et micropaléontologiques.

in Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège (1982), 11-12

Sedimentological fingerprints of paleoseimic activity revealed from lake sediments: a case study from the North Anatolian Fault (NAF), Turkey

in Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America (2010, October)