Mustapha MEGHRAOUI

 

 

Grade : Physicien (2ème classe)

·         Education

·         Positions held

·         Scientific contributions

• Projects

·         Honours

• Selected publications

 

Education

B.Sc. in Neotectonics, University of Paris 7 (1982).
Ph.D. in Neotectonics and Paleoseismology, University of Paris 11 (1988).

 

Position held

Associate Researcher, Geophysical and Astronomical Centre of Algiers (1988-1993).
Associate Researcher, University of Paris 11 and Cergy_Pontoise (1994-1995).
Research Fellow, Royal Observatory of Belgium (1995-1996).
Associate Researcher, National Research Council of Italy (1996-1999).
Senior Researcher, Head of the Active Tectonics Laboratory, Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg (1999 - 2009).

Senior Researcher, Member of the Laboratory of Global Geodynamics and Active Deformation, Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg (1999 - 2009)

 

Scientific contribution

(1) Active tectonics and paleoseismological study along the El Asnam thrust fault (associated with M 7.3 earthquake in 1980) which is among the first analyses of thrust-related surface faulting and folding in the Mediterranean regions.
(2) Pioneering works in the identification of active faults in intraplate Europe and the Rhine graben with development of paleoseismic studies in regions with low-level of seismicity. In particular, combined the use of micro-topography, shallow geophysics and trenching in active faulting studies.
(3) Development of paleoseismic studies in different tectonic domains (intraplate: Europe; interplate: North Anatolian fault and Dead Sea fault) and comparison between regions with slow active deformation and regions with fast seismic slip release. Conceptual framework for the understanding of the long-term faulting behavior in earthquake-prone regions. Studies of faults in regions with the potential for large or moderate earthquakes and related physical characteristics.

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Projects

In addition of several projects with the INSU (Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers) in France, Turkey and Algeria, main projects are:

a – SAFE : Partner of the European Project entitled: « Slow Active Faults in Europe. Assessing fundamental Input for seismic risk in regions of low seismicity » (SAFE. Contrat EVG1 2000-2005). Collaboration with ETH Zuirch to the identification of the active fault associated with the 1356 earthquake. Initiation February 2001

b – RELIEF: Reliable Information on Earthquake Faulting. Coordinator of the project « LARGE EARTHQUAKE FAULTING AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT IN EUROPE, THE 1999 IZMIT-DUZCE EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE (MW 7.3 - 7.1, TURKEY) “, EC contract EVG1-2002-00069. Initiation December 2002.

c – APAME: Coordinator of the project entitled « Archeo-Paleoseismology for the protection of cultural sites in the Middle East », European Commission project INCO-MED, ICA3-CT2002-10024. Initiation March 2003.

d - "Alps-GPS-Quakenet" : Programme Interreg Alpine Space III-B, partenariat du projet avec la région Alsace pour l’installation de stations GPS permanentes sur les Vosges et Fossé Rhénan et responsable du programme de Tectonique Active et Paléosismologie (Mars 2004 - Mars 2007 ; coordinateur A. Aoudia, Université de Trieste).

e -  TRANSFER: Partner of the project on the Tsunami hazards in the Mediterranean (Tsunami Risk ANd Strategies For the European Region, Contract no.: 037058). Initiation: 1^er octobre 2006 (duration 3.5 years).

f - Projet ACI Catastrophes Naturelles intitulé "FAILLES ACTIVES EN ZONES A SISMICITE ACTUELLE MODEREE EN DOMAINE MONTAGNEUX EN FRANCE: Recherche sur un modèle de comportement de faille sismogène" . Initiation du projet le 1^er septembre 2003. Fin du contrat septembre 2005.

g - Projet ACI « Action transversale Marmara : Paléosismologie le long de la faille Nord Anatolienne », initié en 2003. Projet en cours dans le cadre du financement d’une bourse en co-tutelle (Ersen Aksoy).

h - Projet ACI Catastrophes Naturelles intitulé "Risque sismique de la région d'Alger". Initiation le  1^er Septembre 2003.

 

Other projects

• Projet du TUBITAK (CNRS, Turquie) ( “Characteristics and seismic parameters of the Buyuk Menderes normal fault (SW Turkey) from archeo-paleoseismology and geophysical prospecting”. Projet initié en juillet 2006.
• Projet "Assessing Future Earthquake Risk in Algeria" initié en collaboration avec Ross Stein (USGS, Menlo Park), financé par l’Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). Projet initié en juillet 2006.
• Projet European Space Agency (ESA) - Catégorie 1 N° 2532 « Crustal deformation along major continental faults : A combined study in paleoseismology, archeoseismology and space geodesy ». Crédit images SAR en cours (depuis 2004).
• Projet CMEP (EGIDE) en coopération avec l’Université de Constantine (Algérie) intitulé « Impact des risques naturels dans les zones urbaines à travers l’Est algérien », projet N° 04 MDU 620. Initié en 2005 (durée 4 ans).

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Honours

• Member of the “European Union of Geosciences" (EUG),
• Member of the "American Geophysical Union" (AGU).
• Member of the l"European Geophysical Society" (EGS),

• Co-president of the working group "Records of historical and pre-historical earthquakes » of the European Seismological Commission (ESC).
• Member of the editorial board of Natural Hazards et Annali di Geofisica.
• Vice-President of the European Centre of Geodynamics and Seismology (E.C.G.S., Luxembourg).
• Citizenship of the city of El Asnam (Algeria) for the scientific contribution following the El Asnam earthquake of 10/10/1980 (Ms 7.3)

• Honour Diploma from the Italian Ministry of the Interior for the scientific contribution following the seismic sequence of Umbria-Marche in September-October 1999.

• Honour Diploma from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) in acknowledgement of the scientific contribution on earthquake faults of the eastern Mediterranean regions (April 2004).

 

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Selected publications

Ouyed, M., M. Meghraoui and others, (1981), Seismotectonics of the El Asnam earthquake, Nature (London), vol.292, 5818, p.26-31.
Philip, H, and M. Meghraoui, (1983), Structural analysis and interpretation of the surface deformations of the El Asnam earthquake, Tectonics (Washington), 2, p.17-49.
Meghraoui, M., A. Cisternas,, and H. Philip, (1986), Seismotectonics of the Cheliff basin: Structural background of the El Asnam earthquake, Tectonics (Washington), 5, p.809-836.
Meghraoui, M., H. Philip, F. Albarede, and A. Cisternas, (1988a), Trench investigations through the trace of the 1980 El Asnam thrust fault: evidence for paleoseismicity, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer. (San Francisco), vol.78, 2, p.979-999.
Morel, J. L., and Meghraoui, M., (1996), The Goringe-Alboran-Tell (GALTEL) tectonic zone, a transpression system along the Africa-Eurasia plate boundary, Geology, 24, 755-758.
Meghraoui, M., and F. Doumaz, (1996), Earthquake-induced flooding and paleoseismicity of the El Asnam (Algeria) fault-related fold, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 17617-17644
Camelbeeck, T. et Meghraoui, M., (1998), Geological and geophysical evidence for large paleoearthquakes with surface faulting in the Roer Graben (northwest Europe), Geophys. Journal International, 132, 347 - 362.
Meghraoui, M., Outtani, F., Choukri, A., and Frizon de Lamotte, D., (1998), Coastal tectonics across the South Atlas thrust front and Agadir active zone, Morocco, in Coastal Tectonics (Eds. I. Stewart and C. Vita Finzi), Geological Soc. Special Pub. London, 146, 239 - 253.
Meghraoui, M., Bosi, V., and Camelbeeck, T., (1999) Fault fragment control in the 1997 Umbria-Marche earthquake sequence, Geophys. Res. Letters., 26, 8, 1069-1072.
Meghraoui, M., Camelbeeck, T., Vanneste, K., Brondeel, M., and Jongman, D., (2000) Active faulting and paleoseismology along the Bree fault zone (lower Rhine graben, Belgium), J. Geophys. Research, 105, 13809-13841.
Gomez, F., Meghraoui, M., Darkal, A., Sbeinati, R., Darawcheh, R., Tabet, C., Khawlie, M., Charabe, M., Khair, K., and Barazangi, M., (2001) Coseismic displacements along the Serghaya Fault: an active branch of the Dead Sea Fault System in Syria and Lebanon, J. Geol. Soc. London 158, 405 – 408.
Basili, R. and Meghraoui, M., (2001) Coseismic and postseismic displacements related with the 1997 Umbria-Marche (Italy) earthquake sequence, Geophys. Res. Letters. 28, 2695-2698.
Meghraoui, M., B. Delouis, M. Ferry, D. Giardini, P. Huggenberger, I. Spottke, and M. Granet, (2001), Active normal faulting in the upper Rhine graben and paleoseismic identification of the 1356 Basel earthquake, Science 293, 2070-2073.
Meghraoui, M., and A. Crone, (2001), Earthquakes and their preservation in the geological records, Journal of Seismology 5, 281-285.
Meghraoui, M., Failles actives et trace des séismes en surface: l’approche paléosismologique, (2001), C. R. Acad. Sciences 333, 495-511.
Atakan, K., Ojeda, A., Meghraoui, M., Barka, A., Erdik, M., & Bodare, A., (2002) Seismic Hazard in Istanbul Following the August 17, 1999 Izmit and November 12, 1999 Düzce Earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer. , 92, 466-482.
Gomez, F., Meghraoui, M., Darkal, A., Hijazi, F., Mouty, M., Sulaiman, Y., Sbeinati, R., Darawcheh, R., Al-Ghazzi, R. & Barazangi, M., (2003) Holocene faulting and earthquake recurrence along the Serghaya branch of the Dead Sea fault system in Syria and Lebanon, Geophys.J.Int. 153, 658-674.
Meghraoui, M., Gomez, F., Sbeinati, R., Van der Woerd, J., Mouty, M., Darkal, A., Radwan, Y;, Layyous, I., Najjar, H., M., Darawcheh, R., Hijazi, F., Al-Ghazzi, R., & Barazangi, M., (2003) Evidence for 830 years of seismic quiescence from paleoseismology, archeoseismology and historical seismicity along the Dead Sea fault in Syria, Earth. Planet. Sci. Letters 210, 35-52.
Ayadi, A., S. Maouche, A. Harbi, M. Meghraoui, H. Beldjoudi, F. Oussadou, A. Mahsas, D. Benouar, A. Heddar, Y. Rouchiche, A. Kherroubi, M. Frogneux, K. Lammali, F. Benhamouda, A. Sebaï, S. Bourouis, P. J. Allasset, A. Aoudia, Z. Cakir, M. Merahi, O. Nouar, A. Yelles, A. Bellik, P. Briole, O. Charade, F. Thouvenot, F. Semane, & (2003) Strong Algerian earthquake strikes near capital city, Eos, Transactions, AGU, 84, 50, 561 & 568.

Ferry, M., Meghraoui, M., Rockwell, T.K., Kozaci, Ö., Akyüz, S., Girard, J.-F. & Barka, A., (2003) GPR investigations along the North Anatolian fault near Izmit (Turkey): Constraints on the right-lateral movement and slip history, Geology, v. 32; no. 1; p. 85–88, 2004.

Ferry M., M. Meghraoui, B. Delouis and D. Giardini, Evidence for Holocene Paleoseismicity along the Basel-Reinach Active Normal Fault (Switzerland): A Seismic Source for the 1356 Earthquake in the Upper Rhine Graben, Geophys. J. Int., 158, 1-21, 2004.

Meghraoui, M., S. Maouche, B. Chemaa, Z. Cakir, A. Aoudia, A. Harbi, P.-J. Alasset, A. Ayadi, Y. Bouhadad and F. Benhamouda, (2004), Coastal uplift and thrust faulting associated with the Mw=6.8 Zemmouri (Algeria) earthquake of 21 may 2003, Geophys. Res. Letters, Vol. 31, L19605, doi:10.1029/2004GL020466, 2004

Delouis, B., M. Vallée, M. Meghraoui, E. Calais, S. Maouche, K. Lamalli, A. Mahsas, P. Briole, F. Benhamouda, and A. Yelles, (2004), Slip distribution of the Mw=6.9 Algeria earthquake of May 21, 2003 constrained by teleseismic and ground displacement data, Geophys. Res. Letters, Vol. 31, L18607, doi:10.1029/2004GL020687, 2004.

Wicks, C.W., M. Meghraoui, Z. Lu, J. Lin, Z. Cakir, R. Stein, and S. Belabbes, InSAR measurements of ground deformation related to the 2003, May 21 Mw = 6.8 Zemmouri, Algeria earthquake, EOS, Trans. AGU, 85 (47), Fall. Meet. Suppl. Abstract G21A-0116, 2004.

Bounif, A., C. Dorbath, A. Ayadi, M. Meghraoui, H. Beldjoudi, N. Laouami, M. Frogneux,  A. Slimani,  P. J. Alasset, A. Kharroubi, F. Ousadou, M. Chikh, A. Harbi, S. Larbes and  S. Maouche, (2004), The 21 May, 2003 (Mw 6.8) Zemmouri (Algeria) earthquake relocation and aftershock sequence analysis, Geophys. Res. Letters, Vol. 31, L19606, doi:10.1029/2004GL020586, 2004.

Altunel, E., Meghraoui, M., Akyüz, S., & Dikbas, A., Characteristics of the 1912 co-seismic rupture along the North Anatolian Fault Zone (Turkey): Implications for the expected Marmara Earthquake, Terra Nova, 16, 198-204, 2004.

Cakir, Z., Ergintav, S., Murat Akoglu, A., Belabbes, S. and Meghraoui, M., Creeping along the North Anatolian Fault at Ismetpasa (Western Turkey) deduced from InSAR, Earth Planet. Science Lett., 238 (2005) 225– 234.

Alasset, P. J., Meghraoui, M., Active faulting in the western Pyrénées (France): Paleoseismic evidence for late Holocene ruptures, Tectonophysics 409 (2005) 39–54.

Cakir, Z., Meghraoui, M.,  Akoglu, A. M.,  Jabour, N., Belabbes, S., Ait-Brahim, L. Surface Deformation Associated with the Mw 6.4, February 24, 2004 Al Hoceima (Morocco) Earthquake Deduced From InSAR: Implications for the Active Tectonics Along North Africa, Bull Seism. Soc. Am. Vol. 96, No. 1, pp. 59–68, February 2006, doi: 10.1785/0120050108.

Alasset, P. J., Hébert, H., Calbini, V., Maouche, S., & Meghraoui. M.,  The tsunami induced by the 2003 Zemmouri earthquake (M_W=6.9, Algeria) : Modelling and results, Geophys. J. Int. (2006) doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02912.x

Nemer, T., and Meghraoui, M.,  Evidence of coseismic ruptures along the Roum fault (Lebanon): a possible source for the AD 1837 earthquake, Journal of Structural Geology 28 (2006), 1483-1495.

Akoglu, A. M., Z. Cakir, M. Meghraoui, S. Belabbes, S. O. El Alami, S. Ergintav, S. Akyüz, (2006), The 1994–2004 Al Hoceima (Morocco) earthquake sequence: Conjugate fault ruptures deduced from InSAR, Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett. 252  467–480.

Ferry, M., Meghraoui, M., Abou Karaki, N., Al-Taj, M. et Barjous, M., (2007) A 48-kyr-long slip rate history for the Jordan Valley segment of the Dead Sea Fault. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 260 (2007) 394–406.

Gomez, F., T. Nemer, C. Tabet, M.Khawlie, M. Meghraoui and M.Barazangi (2007), Strain partitioning of active transpression within the Lebanese restraining bend of the Dead Sea fault (Lebanon and SW Syria), J. Geol. Soc. London, Spec. Publ., 290, 285–303.

Nemer, T., Meghraoui, M.,  and Khair, K., The Rachaya-Serghaya fault system (Lebanon): Evidence of coseismic ruptures and the AD 1759 earthquake sequence, J. Geophys. Res. 113, B05312, doi:10.1029/2007JB005090, 2008.

Ayadi A., C. Dorbath, F. Ousadou, S. Maouche, M. Chikh, M. A. Bounif, M. Meghraoui (2008), Zemmouri earthquake rupture zone (M w 6.8, Algeria): Aftershocks sequence relocation and 3D velocity model, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B09301, doi:10.1029/2007JB005257.

Toda, S., Lin, J., Meghraoui, M., and Stein, R., (2008), 12 May 2008 M = 7.9 Wenchuan, China, earthquake calculated to increase failure stress and seismicity rate on three major fault systems, Geophys. Res. Letters 35, L17305, doi:10.1029/2008GL034903.

Belabbes, S., Meghraoui, M., Cakir, Z., and Bouhadad, Y., (2008), InSAR analysis of a blind thrust rupture and related active folding: the 1999 Ain Temouchent earthquake (Mw 5.7, Algeria) case study, J Seismol, DOI 10.1007/s10950-008-9135-x.

Belabbès, S., C. Wicks, Z. Çakir, and M. Meghraoui (2009), Rupture parameters of the 2003 Zemmouri (M_w 6.8), Algeria, earthquake from joint inversion of interferometric synthetic aperture radar, coastal uplift, and GPS, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B03406, doi:10.1029/2008JB005912.

Maouche, S., Morhange, C., Meghraoui, M., (2009), Large boulder accumulation on the Algerian coast evidence tsunami events in the western Mediterranean, Marine Geology, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.03.013.

Yalçiner, C., M. Bano, M. Kadioglu, V. Karabacak, M. Meghraoui, E. Altunel, (2009), New temple discovery at the archaeological site of Nysa (western Turkey) using GPR method, J. Archaeological Sci. 36 1680–1689.

Altunel,E., Meghraoui, M., Karabacak. V., Akyüz^, S. H., Ferry, M., Yalçıner, C. and Munschy, M., (2009), Archaeological Sites (Tell & Road) Offset by the Dead Sea Fault in the Amik Basin, Southern Turkey, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04388.x.

 

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