Research
Forty years of work along six themes. Each links through to the publications attached to it.
01
Active faults and seismotectonics
Mapping of active structures in the Rif, the Atlas and north-eastern Morocco. Palaeostress reconstruction and kinematics of the Africa-Europe convergence.
- Field areas
- Central and Eastern Rif, Middle and High Atlas, Meseta, Beni Snassen
02
Seismic hazard and earthquake engineering
Homogeneous earthquake catalogues, source zone identification, acceleration and velocity maps. Design coefficients for structures and building codes.
- Field areas
- Morocco, Maghreb, Western Mediterranean
03
Landslides and slope instability
Landslide inventory and susceptibility mapping using AHP, logistic regression and weights of evidence. Multi-scale modelling applied to land-use planning.
- Field areas
- Tangier, Tetouan, Chefchaouen, Al Hoceima, Bujumbura (Burundi)
04
Erosion and environment
Quantification of soil loss at catchment scale and environmental issues linked to geological hazards.
- Field areas
- Nakhla and Tessaoute catchments, Central High Atlas
05
Remote sensing and GIS
Landsat and SPOT imagery, SAR-ERS radar data and digital photogrammetry for fracture analysis, land cover mapping and monitoring of recent deformation.
- Field areas
- Rif, Beni Snassen, Al Hoceima
06
Applied geophysics
Refraction seismics and near-surface geophysical methods: mapping of shallow structures, static corrections and reinterpretation of velocity variations, detection of underground cavities in salt series for infrastructure projects.
- Field areas
- Essaouira basin, road and rail alignments in Morocco