Research themes

My research activities cover a broad field of investigations, with structural geology and continental geodynamics as a central theme while my Ph.D thesis was devoted to the investigation of organic matter geochemistry applied to petroleum exploration. I have worked in Private, University and governmental research centers. Research themes: Intracontinental deformation (converging, wrench, diverging); Intraplate tectonic stress in time and space (from geological fault-slip data and earthquake focal mechanisms); Geodynamics of rifting; Structural control of sedimentary basins (rifts, intra mountain depressions, platforms); Tectonic inheritance and reactivation (control of deformation by pre-existing structures); Active tectonics, paleosismology and sismotectonics Relations between tectonics, volcanisms and climate in lacustrine systems Risks induced by active geodynamic processes (earthquakes, volcanisms, landslides); Hydrocarbon systems in sedimentary basins Relations between faulting and mineralization Methodologies of investigation: Modern methods in structural geology, neotectonics and paleoseismology; Fault kinematics and tectonic stress reconstruction; Ductile and brittle tectonics; Structural morphology; Remote sensing, DTM, air photos processing and interpretation, GIS data integration; Collaboration with laboratories and individuals in geochronology, thermochronology, paleomagnetism, sismo-tectonics, geodesy, geothermalism, hydrology, paleobotany, organic matter analysis,… Software development in structural geology: Win-Tensor Fault kinematics and tectonic stress reconstruction (2004-2010, Visual Basic 6) Tensor - Fault kinematics and tectonic stress reconstruction (1990-1998, Quick Basic for DOS) Convers - Basic processing of structural orientation data (1989-1999, Quick Basic)