Arabian Plate and Surroundings: Geology, Sedimentary Basins and Georesources / Regional Geology Reviews (PDF)

same university, dealing with the geodynamic evolution of the North American Cordillera in northern California and Oregon during the Mesozoic. After 4 years spent with CNRS (1980-1984), he joined the French Institute of Petroleum (IFP) in 1984, and was still senior geosciences advisor at IFP Energies nouvelles (http://www.ifpenergiesnouvelles.fr), the current name of former IFP, from 2000 to 2016, extraordinary professor at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, from 2012 to 2016, and member of the CNE2 (French assessment board for research and the studies into the management of radioactive waste and materials, http://www.cne2.fr) from 2010 to 2016. Together with Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth from GFZ, François was also leading from 2005 till 2015 the Task Force 6 on Sedimentary basins from the International Lithosphere Program (ILP, with support form IUGS and IUGG, http://www.scl-ilp.org/). Until 1995, his main research topic was the crustal architecture of the Alps and Pyrenees (Ecors program), and the petroleum systems of foreland fold-and-thrust belts in the Apennines, Carpathians, Albania, Sicily, Alaska and Venezuela. After a sabbatical year spent at the USGS in Menlo-Park, California (1994-1995), François initiated numerous international joint industry projects for reservoir appraisal (SubTrap, Sub-thrust reservoir appraisal) in the Himalayan foothills in Pakistan, in sub-Andean basins in Venezuela and Colombia, as well as in the North American Cordillera (Mexico and Canadian Rockies). More recently, he was also involved in the study of the crustal architecture of the Northern Emirates and North Algeria (Tellian and offshore domains). . Charles Jacob prize from the French Academy of Sciences (1996) . Distinguished Lecturer for the AAPG (1998) . Alfred Wegener prize from the EAGE (2010) . André Dumont medal from Geologica Belgica (2012)


Prof. Dr. Mansour A. Al-Garni received a BS (1993) in geophysics from King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Saudi Arabia, an MS (1996) in geophysics from Colorado School of Mines (CSM), Golden, Colorado, United States (USA), and a PhD (2001) in geophysics from Texas A&M University (TAMU), College Station, Texas, United States (USA). In 1993, he worked as a geophysicist at the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, United States Geological Survey (USGS), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and as a demonstrator of geophysics at KAU, where in 2002 he became an assistant professor of geophysics. He has been promoted to an associate professor of geophysics in 2006 and then promoted to a full professor of geophysics in 2010. Furthermore, he has been assigned as the chairman of geophysics department (2003-2011), vice dean (2014), and vice dean for graduate studies and scientific research as well as the chairman of the geoexploration department (2015-2018). Recently, he joined the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) as an advisor as well as the deputy general director for the National Center for Water Research and Studies (NCWRS). His research interests are controlled-source electromagnetic induction, electrical methods, gravity and magnetic methods, near-surface applied geophysics, forward and inverse modeling, environmental & engineering geophysics, environmental site characterization, ground penetrating radar, hydrogeophysics, and mining geophysics: theory, data processing and interpretation. Prof. Al-Garni has reviewed hundreds of academic works and has been in many committees including those of M.Sc and Ph.D examinations. His remarkable efforts in the establishment and development of various projects have been reflected in valuable academic and professional successes and achievements. He has conducted more than 15 research projects, the most recent of which involved electromagnetic (EM), direct-current (DC) resistivity, self-potential (SP), induced polarization (IP), and magnetic methods for mineral exploration in the Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia. He has published more than 50 research articles in international indexed and refereed journals. In 2015, Prof. Al-Garni joined the AJGS as Associate Editor where he is responsible for evaluating submission in the fields of theoretical and applied exploration geophysics. Prof. Al-Garni has been listed in the "Marquis Who's Who in the World" as one of the world's foremost achievers in the field of geophysics in the 28th Edition (2011).


(1) Geophysics Department, King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, P.O. Box 80206, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia



(2) National Center for Water Research and Studies (NCWRS), Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ammar Amin, professor of Geological Hazards got his Phd at East Anglia University, U.K. August 1994. Since 2010, he works as a Dean of the faculty of Earth Sciences, King Abdulaziz University (KAU) , Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. During his career in KAU he had involved in several administrative and academic positions. He worked as vice dean for development, vice dean for postgraduate studies, head of geoengineering department, KAU Supervisor General of the Co-supervision of Graduate Studies, Chairman of KAU central laboratories. Currently in addition to his responsibility as a dean, he is a member of several important committees such as KAU Scientific Council and KAU Council. Prof. Ammar collaborated with major institutions within Saudi Arabia and the globe on earth sciences studies, academic development, accreditation, scientific donations, communities services programs, e-learning and female Co-supervision of Graduate Studies. He has also experience in Engineering Geology for roads, bridges, dams, tunnels, environmental regulations and evaluate disaster plans, environmental geological hazards and cracks resulting from the melting of ground limestone.