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Doctor of Science, Chronologie des sédiments kaoliniques à faciès wealdien (Barrémien moyen à Albien supérieur ; Bassin de Mons) et de la saprolite polyphasée (Crétacé inférieur et Miocène inférieur) de la Haute-Lesse (Belgique) : implications géodynamiques et paléoclimatiques, Université de Paris-Sud
Award Date: 30 Jun 2003
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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REE-REG: Processus d'altération et mobilité des terres rares dans les régolithes issus de carbonatites, sous différentes conditions climatiques
Desclez, M. (PI), Yans, J. (Supervisor), Pourkhorsandi, H. (Co-supervisor) & Dekoninck, A. (Support role)
5/01/26 → 7/01/30
Project: PHD
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REE-CLIM: RWeathering processes and rare earth element mobility in carbonatite-derived regolith under contrasting climatic conditions
Desclez, M. (PI), Yans, J. (Supervisor) & POURKHORSANDI, H. (CoI)
31/12/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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CAVeRNA: Geological, biological and colorimetrical characterization of colored speleothems in European caves by an integrative multidisciplinary approach
Vlieghe, M. (PI), Yans, J. (Supervisor) & Lima Mendez, G. (CoI)
1/10/25 → 30/09/27
Project: Research
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Framework Agreement on Collaboration between the University of Namur and the Free University of Brussels
Yans, J. (PI)
1/09/25 → 31/08/28
Project: Research
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Textural and Geochemical characterization of parageneses related to low-temperature alterations
Bouvart, T. (PI) & Yans, J. (Supervisor)
1/10/21 → 30/09/27
Project: Research
Research output
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Biostratigraphy, palaeoenvironments and palaeogeography of the Cretaceous–Paleogene succession in the Oudiksou Basin, Central Middle Atlas of Morocco
Amelieh, A., Oukassou, M., Guinot, G., Zafaty, O., Mhamdi, H. S., Yans, J., Charrière, A. & Tabuce, R., 1 Feb 2026, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 683, 113451.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characterization and timing of weathering processes of the polymetallic Cu-Fe-Zn-As Tassrirt deposit (Kerdous inlier, Anti-Atlas, Morocco)
Poot, J., Verhaert, M., Caterina, B., Dekoninck, A., Bouvart, T., Bouabdellah, M., Maacha, L., Rochez, G., Fagel, N. & Yans, J., 16 Jun 2026, In: Journal of African Earth Sciences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralization in the Atlasic Beni Snassen Belt (Northeastern Morocco): Petrography and C-O-S-Pb Isotopic Evidence for Basin Evolution Linked to Africa–Europe Collision
Bouabdellah, M., Boukirou, W., Idbaroud, M., Levresse, G., Potra, A., Zaid, K., Boudchiche, L., Yans, J., Margoum, D. & Melchiorre, E., Apr 2026, In: Minerals. 16, 4, 376.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Timing of the telescoped sediment-hosted Cu-(Ni) and Pb-Zn-Ba mineralization at the Oumjrane vein system (Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco) and its relevance to Pre-Cretaceous Central Atlantic and Maghrebian Tethys geodynamics
Idbaroud, M., Bouabdellah, M., Levresse, G., Mouguina, E. L. M., Mathur, R., Melchiorre, E., Yans, J. & El Guedou, A., Jan 2026, In: Gondwana Research. 149, p. 351-372 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Utilization of spent bleaching earth as a partial clay substitute in the production of sustainable lightweight aggregates
Fakhfakh, E., Moussi, B., Yans, J., López-Galindo, A. & Jamoussi, F., 1 Sept 2026, In: Applied Clay Science. 289, 108218.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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Laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectrometry trace element chemistry of sulfides from the Aouli Ag-Pb-Zn-(Cu) vein system (Upper Moulouya district, Morocco)
Zaid, K. (Contributor), Bouabdellah, M. (Contributor), Frenzel, M. (Contributor), van Schijndel, V. (Contributor), Levresse, G. (Contributor), Idbaroud, M. (Contributor) & Yans, J. (Contributor), GFZ Data Services, 2025
Dataset
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Data from: Chemical preservation of tail feathers from Anchiornis huxleyi, a theropod dinosaur from the Tiaojishan Formation (Upper Jurassic, China)
Anquetil, C. (Creator), Cincotta, A. (Contributor), Carleer, R. (Creator), Derenne, S. (Creator), Colaux, J. (Contributor), Yans, J. (Contributor), Nguyen Tu, T. T. (Creator), Godefroit, P. (Creator) & Terwagne, G. (Contributor), University of Namur, 29 Apr 2020
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1281jm4, https://zenodo.org/record/3961982 and one more link, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.1281jm4 (show fewer)
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Supplementary data for "Pterosaur melanosomes support signalling functions for early feathers."
Cincotta, A. (Contributor), Nicolaï, M. (Contributor), Nascimento Campos, H. B. (Contributor), McNamara, M. (Contributor), D'Alba, L. (Contributor), Shawkey, M. D. (Contributor), Kischlat, E.-E. (Contributor), Yans, J. (Contributor), Carleer, R. (Contributor), Escuillié, F. (Contributor) & Godefroit, P. (Contributor), Zenodo, 16 Apr 2022
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Activities
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Les ressources naturelles du sous-sol et leur utilité/implication dans notre quotidien
Poot, J. (Contributor), Yans, J. (Contributor), Dehon, J. (Contributor) & Storme, J.-Y. (Contributor)
24 Apr 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Conférence-Débat - La Tunisie: un pays d'avenir pour l'approvisionnement en ressources géologiques stratégiques au Maghreb et en Europe ? L'apport d'une collaboration fructueuse entre la Tunisie et le WBI.
Poot, J. (Participant), Yans, J. (Contributor), Fontana, I. (Organiser) & Jamoussi, F. (Contributor)
29 Sept 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Late Miocene to Quaternary mixed hydrothermal/weathering processes in the Nefza-Sejnane polymetallic mining district (Tunisia) viewed by new goethite (U-Th)/He dating
Verhaert, M. (Speaker), Gautheron, C. (Speaker), Jamoussi, F. (Speaker), Moussi, B. (Speaker), Chaftar, R. (Speaker), Decrée, S. (Speaker), HATIRA, N. (Speaker), Dekoninck, A. (Speaker) & Yans, J. (Speaker)
26 Oct 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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The unexpected presence of supergene Cu-Pb-Ca-Zn-Fe arsenates and vanadates in Agoujgal Cu-mine (Anti-Atlas, Morocco)
Verhaert, M. (Speaker), Maacha, L. (Speaker), Madi, A. (Speaker), Elbasbas, A. (Speaker), Elharkaty, M. (Speaker), Oummouch, A. (Speaker), Oumohou, L. (Speaker) & Yans, J. (Speaker)
14 Sept 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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14th Society of Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits Congress
Dekoninck, A. (Contributor) & Yans, J. (Contributor)
20 Aug 2017 → 23 Aug 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Thesis
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Chronologie des sédiments kaoliniques à faciès wealdiens (Bassin de Mons) et de la saprolite polyphasée (Crétacé inférieur et Miocène inférieur) de la Haute-Lesse (Belgique). Implications géodynamiques et paléoclimatiques.
Yans, J. (Author), 2003Student thesis: Doc types › Doctor of Sciences