[ report an error in this record ] Mestdagh, Thomas ORCID Expertise Thesaurus term: Marine geoscience   Institute  Top | Institute | Publications | Projects | Datasets  Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more Function: Senior Researcher Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +32-(0)59-33 61 91 GSM: +32-(0)496-29 18 11 E-mail: Previous institute  Top | Institute | Publications | Projects | Datasets  Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Geologie; Renard Centre of Marine Geology (RCMG), more Projects (4)  Top | Institute | Publications | Projects | Datasets  Boost Applied munition detection through Smart data inTegration and AI workflows, more Influence of clay tectonics in the North Sea on offshore wind foundation design and installation, more Testerep - Evolution of the Flemish seascape 5000 BP - present, more Where are All the (proglacial) Lake seDiments in the NOrth Sea Basin?, more Datasets (13)  Top | Institute | Publications | Projects | Datasets  Mestdagh, T.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2024): Clay Tectonics - Belgica Cruise 2023-23 AUV-SBP data. Marine Data Archive., more Mestdagh, T.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2024): Clay Tectonics - Belgica Cruise 2023-23 AUV-SSS data. Marine Data Archive., more Mestdagh, T.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2024): Clay Tectonics - Belgica Cruise 2023-23 TOPAS data. Marine Data Archive., more Mestdagh, T.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2024): Clay Tectonics - Multi Channel Sparker Data - Block A. Marine Data Archive., more Mestdagh, T.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2024): Clay Tectonics - Multi Channel Sparker Data - Block B. Marine Data Archive., more Mestdagh, T.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2024): Clay Tectonics - Multi Channel Sparker Data - Block C. Marine Data Archive., more Mestdagh, T.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2024): Clay Tectonics - Parametric Sub-bottom Profiling Data - Block A&B. Marine Data Archive., more Mestdagh, T.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2024): Clay Tectonics - Parametric Sub-bottom Profiling Data - Block C. Marine Data Archive., more Mestdagh, T.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2024): Clay Tectonics - Parametric Sub-bottom Profiling Data - Block D. Marine Data Archive., more Mestdagh, T.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2024): Clay Tectonics - Single Channel Sparker Data - Block A. Marine Data Archive., more Mestdagh, T.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2024): Clay Tectonics - Single Channel Sparker Data - Block B. Marine Data Archive., more Mestdagh, T.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2024): Clay Tectonics - Single Channel Sparker Data - Block C. Marine Data Archive., more Mestdagh, T.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2024): Clay Tectonics - Single Channel Sparker Data - Block D. Marine Data Archive., more Publications (36)  Top | Institute | Publications | Projects | Datasets  A1 Publications (9) [show] Luján, M.; Jose Lobo, F.J.; Mestdagh, T.; Carrión-Torrente, A.; Vázquez, J.T.; Fernández-Puga, M.C.; Van Rooij, D. (2025). Pliocene-Quaternary deformational structures in the eastern Algarve continental shelf, Gulf of Cadiz. Tectonophysics 908: 230773. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2025.230773, more Waajen-Labee, I.; Plets, R.; Cartelle, V.; Cuperus, M.; Donders, T.; Van Heteren, S.; Mestdagh, T.; Wagner-Cremer, F.; Wallinga, J.; Wesselingh, F.; Busschers, F. (2025). Sedimentary architecture of the Brown Bank Formation (Dutch sector of the North Sea) reveals consecutive shallow marine depositional phases during the MIS 5-4 transition. Quat. Sci. Rev. 365: 109442. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109442, more Song, X.; Nian, T.; Mestdagh, T.; De Batist, M. (2023). Long- and short-term dynamic stability of submarine slopes undergoing hydrate dissociation. Gas Science and Engineering 111: 204934. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgsce.2023.204934, more Praet, N.; Van Daele, M.; Moernaut, J.; Mestdagh, T.; Vandorpe, T.; Jensen, B.J.L.; Witter, R.C.; Haeussler, P.J.; De Batist, M. (2022). Unravelling a 2300 year long sedimentary record of megathrust and intraslab earthquakes in proglacial Skilak Lake, south‐central Alaska. Sedimentology 69(5): 2151-2180. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sed.12986, more Beerten, K.; Meylemans, E.; Kasse, C.; Mestdagh, T.; Van Rooij, D.; Bastiaens, J. (2021). Networks of unusually large fossil periglacial polygons, Campine area, northern Belgium. Geomorphology (Amst.) 377: 107582. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107582, more Mestdagh, T.; Lobo, F.J.; Llave, E.; Hernández-Molina, F.J.; García Ledesma, A.; Puga-Bernabéu, A.; Fernández-Salas, L.-M.; Van Rooij, D. (2020). Late Quaternary multi-genetic processes and products on the northern Gulf of Cadiz upper continental slope (SW Iberian Peninsula). Mar. Geol. 427: 106214. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106214, more Mestdagh, T.; Lobo, F.J.; Llave, E.; Hernández-Molina, F.J.; Van Rooij, D. (2019). Review of the late Quaternary stratigraphy of the northern Gulf of Cadiz continental margin: new insights into controlling factors and global implications. Earth-Sci. Rev. 198: 102944. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102944, more Praet, N.; Van Daele, M.; Moernaut, J.; Mestdagh, T.; Vandorpe, T.; Haeussler, P.J.; De Batist, M. (2019). Landslide and megaturbidite records reveal a 2.5 kyr history of seismic shakingin Skilak Lake, Alaska. Seismological Research Letters 90(2B): 921-922, more Mestdagh, T.; Poort, J.; De Batist, M. (2017). The sensitivity of gas hydrate reservoirs to climate change: perspectives from a new combined model for permafrost-related and marine settings. Earth-Sci. Rev. 169: 104-131. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.04.013, more Peer reviewed publication [show] Luján, M.; Lobo, F.J.; Mestdagh, T.; Vázquez, J.T.; Fernández-Puga, M.C.; Van Rooij, D. (2020). Pliocene-Quaternary deformational structures in the eastern Algarve continental shelf, Gulf of Cadiz. Geogaceta 67: 3-6, more Book [show] Mestdagh, T.; De Batist, M.; Versteeg, W.; Dewaele, S.; Pirlet, H. (2023). Diffraction hyperbolae on seismic profiles in the Kortrijk Formation (Princess Elisabeth zone, Belgian part of the North Sea) - preliminary findings. Clay Tectonics project – short note. Flanders Marine Institute: Ostend. 8 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/42, more Book chapters (3) [show] Saritas, H.; Mestdagh, T.; Andikagumi, H.; Plets, R.; Missiaen, T.; De Batist, M.; Stuyts, B.; Pirlet, H. (2025). Pseudo-3D seismic imaging of shallow structural deformations for the development of new windfarms offshore Belgium, in: EAGE Annual 86th Conference and Exhibition, 2-5 June 2025, Toulouse, France. pp. 1-4, more Stuyts, B.; Devriendt, C.; Pirlet, H.; Mestdagh, T.; Andikagumi, H.; De Batist, M. (2025). Geotechnical characterisation of faulted Paleogene clays, in: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG). pp. 1-6, more Andikagumi, H.; Mestdagh, T.; Saritas, H.; Plets, R.; Missiaen, T.; De Batist, M.; Stuyts, B.; Pirlet, H. (2024). Tectonics and deformations of the Kortrijk Clay Formation in the Princess Elisabeth Zone, Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Geologica Belgica Luxemburga International Meeting 2024: Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the “Société Géologique de Belgique”, 11-12-13 September 2024. Abstract book. pp. 368-369, more Theses (2) [show] Mestdagh, T. (2020). Late quaternary stratigraphic and sedimentary evolution of the northern Gulf of Cadiz continental margin: new perspectives from shelf-to-slope correlation and borehole-seismic integration. PhD Thesis. Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences: Ghent. xxviii, 180 pp., more Mestdagh, T. (2015). Evaluation and modelling of the response of gas hydrate reservoirs to changing environmental conditions across a high-latitude continental margin. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. viii, 95 pp., more Abstracts (16) [show] Andikagumi, H.; Mestdagh, T.; Saritas, H.; Plets, R.; Missiaen, T.; De Batist, M.; Stuyts, B.; Pirlet, H. (2025). Faulting in the Kortrijk Clay Formation in the Princess Elisabeth Zone, Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 5 March 2025, Brugge. VLIZ Special Publication, 94: pp. 40, more Andikagumi, H.; Mestdagh, T.; Saritas, H.; Plets, R.; Missiaen, T.; De Batist, M.; Stuyts, B.; Pirlet, H. (2024). Clay tectonics and deformations of the Kortrijk Formation in the Princess Elisabeth Zone, Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 48, more Kyriakoudi, D.; Vervoort, M.; Plets, R.; Mestdagh, T.; Missiaen, T.; De Batist, M. (2024). Searching for seismic and sedimentary evidence for proglacial lakes during the last glaciation: First observations in the areas south of Dogger Bank and Oyster Ground (southern North Sea), in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 81, more Mestdagh, T.; Plets, R.; Missiaen, T.; Saritasa, H.; Andikagumi, H.; De Batist, M.; Stuyts, B.; Pirlet, H. (2024). Clay Tectonics: Investigating the influence of clay tectonic deformations on offshore windfarm development on the Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Regnéll, C. et al. 36th Nordic geological winter meeting, Göteborg, January 10–12 2024, Abstract volume. Geologiska Föreningen Specialpublikation , 5: pp. 284, more Saritas, H.; Mestdagh, T.; Andikagumi, H.; Plets, R.; Missiaen, T.; De Batist, M.; Stuyts, B.; Pirlet, H. (2024). 3D imaging of clay tectonic deformations in the Kortrijk Formation through (ultra-)high-resolution acoustic and seismic reflection profiling in the Princess Elisabeth Zone, offshore Belgium, in: Geologica Belgica Luxemburga International Meeting 2024: Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the “Société Géologique de Belgique”, 11-12-13 September 2024. Abstract book. pp. 327-328, more Vervoort, M.; Kyriakoudi, D.; Plets, R.; Mestdagh, T.; Missiaen, T.; De Batist, M. (2024). Understanding the paleogeographic evolution of the North Axial Channel, Southern North Sea, in: EGU General Assembly 2024. Vienna, Austria & Online, 14-19 April 2024. pp. EGU24-9993. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-9993, more Vervoort, M.; Kyriakoudi, D.; Plets, R.; Mestdagh, T.; Missiaen, T.; De Batist, M. (2024). Understanding the paleogeographic evolution of the North Axial Channel, Southern North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 129, more Cartelle, V.; Plets, R.; Mestdagh, T.; Missiaen, T.; Van Wesemael, W.; Vanbiervliet, Z.; Vervust, S.; Deckers, P. (2023). Buried landscapes offshore Belgium: investigating the drowned Testerep peninsula, in: XXI Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA): "Time for change", Rome 13-20 July 2023. , more Kyriakoudi, D.; Vervoort, M.; Plets, R.; DeBatist, M.; Mestdagh, T.; Missiaen, T. (2023). Analysis of a buried post-Eemian erosional feature in the Southern North Sea, in: XXI Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA): "Time for change", Rome 13-20 July 2023. , more Mestdagh, T.; Plets, R.; De Clercq, M.; Missiaen, T. (2023). New insights into the palaeolandscape of the Scheur, a hotspot for Late Pleistocene fossils off the Belgian coast, in: XXI Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA): "Time for change", Rome 13-20 July 2023. , more Plets, R.; Reyniers, P.; Waajen, I.; De Batist, M.; Missiaen, T.; Mestdagh, T. (2023). Refining the offshore Quaternary stratigraphy of the Southern North Sea – an example from the Brown Bank Formation/Member, in: XXI Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) 2023), Rome 14-20 July 2023. , more Vervoort, M.; Kyriakoudi, D.; Plets, R.; Mestdagh, T.; Missiaen, T.; DeBatist, M. (2023). In search of seismic and sedimentary evidence for proglacial North Sea lakes: Insights into their distribution and role during the Elsterian and Saalian glaciations, in: XXI Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA): "Time for change", Rome 13-20 July 2023. , more Cartelle, V.; Plets, R.; Mestdagh, T.; Missiaen, T.; Vanbiervliet, Z.; Vervust, S.; Deckers, P. (2022). Palaeo-landscapes offshore Belgium: the search for the former Testerep peninsula, in: 3rd International NEPTUNE Workshop. Reconstructing Coastal paleo-landscapes: shelf to shore, data to mode, 27 and 28 September, 2022 Naples, Italy. pp. 2 pp, more Plets, R.; De Batist, M;; Missiaen, T.; De Clercq, M.; Garcia, D.; Mestdagh, T.; Versteeg, W.; Fitch, S.; Harding, R.; Gaffney, V.; Busschers, F.; Van Heteren, S. (2022). Quaternary seismic stratigraphy of the Flemish Bight (southern North Sea): a re-evaluation, in: EGU General Assembly 2022. Vienna, Austria & Online, 23–27 May 2022. pp. EGU22-7244. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7244, more Barradas, J.F.; Mestdagh, T.; Missiaen, T. (2021). New methods for the detection of old munition in the sea, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 3 March 2021. VLIZ Special Publication, 85: pp. 28, more Mestdagh, T. (2016). Evaluation and modelling of the response of gas hydrate reservoirs to changing environmental conditions across a high-latitude continental margin, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 5-7, more Reports (3) [show] Mestdagh, T.; Plets, R.; Missiaen, T.; Pirlet, H. (2025). Clay Tectonics Project: D1.1 Report on the selection of study areas based on available geophysical datasets and literature. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 16 pp., more Mestdagh, T.; Plets, R.; Missiaen, T.; Pirlet, H. (2025). Clay Tectonics Project: D1.2 Report on the acquisition and processing of geophysical data for the detection and characterisation of clay tectonic features in the Princess Elisabeth Zone (Belgian Continental Shelf). Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 121 pp., more Rondelez, J.; Vermaere, S.; Mestdagh, T.; Pirlet, H. (2025). Clay Tectonics Project: D5.2 Report on the geophysical data system. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 10 pp., more Other publication [show] Missiaen, T.; Mestdagh, T.; Plets, R.; De Clercq, M. (2022). Walrussen, mammoeten en oerwalvissen op wetenschappelijke safari voor onze kust, in: De Grote Rede 55. De Grote Rede: Nieuws over onze Kust en Zee, 55: pp. 9-14, more All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy  Top | Institute | Publications | Projects | Datasets