Research activities

Our main research themes (non-exhaustive list):

  • Characterisation of reservoirs and deep geothermal resources
  • Geological and hydrogeological map of Wallonia
  • Study, characterisation and valorisation of clayey materials
  • Geological expertise of the soil and subsoil
  • Applied geophysics: application to deposit delimitation, hydrogeology and karst
  • Hydrogeology: aquifers, pumping wells, catchment areas, pollutant transfers
  • Applied karstology, karst risk
  • Mineral materials. Deposit recovery
  • Geographic information system (3D modelling), geostatistics.

Our unit is also associated with the following UMONS research institutes :