Natural Laboratories

Most of my work is related to intracontinental deformation in a large variety of geodynamic contexts, with case studies in Central and east Africa, Central Asia, Middle-East and Western Europe, using a series of techniques combining structural geology, remote sensing, neotectonics and active tectonics. Geotectonic regions: Cuvette Centrale / Congo Basin (RDCongo) East African Rift System (Tanzania, RDCongo, Rwanda, Zambia, Uganda) Lufilian Arc (RDCongo, Zambia) Baikal rift system (Russia, Mongolia) Altai-Sayan transpressional to transtensional belts in Central Asia (Russie, Kazakhstan, Mongolie, Chine) Tien-Shan active compressional belt (Kyrgyzstan) Dead Sea - Gulf of Aden transcurrent fault zone (Jordania, Israël) West African Passive Margin (RDC, Angola) North Variscan front (French and Belgian Ardennes). As scientific support, I participated also to the installation of seismic stations and geodetic GPS as a contribution to capacity building, in collaboration with the AfricaArray initiative. Geophysical observatories Mbeya - Masoko (Tanzania) Lubumbashi - UNILU (RDCongo) Kamina - UNIKAM (RDCongo) Pweto - Lake Mwero (RDCongo) Bobandana - Lake Kivu (RDCongo) Kigali - KIST (Rwanda)