COURSES
Course 1
François Roure
Scientific Committee Chair
Chief Editor – Track 15
Arabian Journal of Geosciences
IFP – Energies Nouvelles, France
Sami Khomsi
Guest Editor & Former Associate Editor
Arabian Journal of Geosciences
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
FORMATION, DEFORMATION and GEO-RESOURCES of SEDIMENTARY BASINS
01 November 2020
08:30 to 18:30 (GMT+0)
Participation Fee:
0 Euros (student)
50 Euros (academic)
100 Euros (professional)
Mantle tomographies and crustal imagery have provided a better understanding of the lithosphere dynamics and its controls on sedimentary basins and orogens. To illustrate the Wislson cycle and both extentional and compressional tectonic styles, crustal scale and industry seismic profiles will be used by the participants to unravel the architecture of sedimentary basins, from rift basins to passive margins and foothills domains. Case studies selected mainly in the Mediterranean-Middle East realms will be also used to document a basin modeling workflow developed to reconstruct the kinematics and thermicity and evaluate the overall petroleum potential of foreland fold-and-thrust belts. Last but not least, post-orogenic lithospheric deformations and their impact on the petroleum systems will be also documented.
Instructor:
François Roure is a Doctor of Structural Geology (1984, Paris VI), a professor and member of the Scientific Board of the French Petroleum Institute. He was also Extraordinary Professor of the IFP (French Petroleum Institute) at the VU Amsterdam University (2004-2014). Having joined CNRS in 1980, François Roure joined IFP Energies Nouvelles in 1984 as a project manager, became “Emirates” project manager in 2002 and manager of the JIP Tell-Offshore project (North Algeria Petroleum Reassessment with Sonatrach, Repsol-YPF and CNPC) in 2005. Since 2000, François Roure has been Professor and Expert at the French Petroleum Institute. He is the author of more than one hundred publications and communications. His scientific coordination work at the IFP was extensive, supervising many theses there. François Roure received the Charles Jacob prize from the Académie des Sciences (1996), the AAPG European Distinguished Lecturer award (1997) and the EAGE Wegener prize (2010).
Sami Khomsi is a structural-petroleum geologist. He works in the Department of petroleum geology and sedimentology, and in the Geoexploration departments in the faculty of Earth Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He worked also in different universities in Tunisia and France and was previously employed in Past in academia (research and teaching) and in the oil exploration industry.
Workshops
Workshop 1
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Sami Khomsi
Guest of Editorial Board
Arabian Journal of Geosciences
FST, University Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia -
Hakim Gabtni
Guest of Editorial Board
Arabian Journal of Geosciences
CERTE, Technopark Borj Cedria, University of Carthage, Tunisia -
François Roure
Scientific Committee Chair
Chief Editor – Track 15
Arabian Journal of Geosciences
IFP – Energies Nouvelles, France
From basin-scale to the crustal and lithospheric architecture of the Maghrebides and their Atlasic-Saharan foreland: The need for coupled deep seismic soundings and tomography
05 November 2020
08:30–12:30 (GMT+0)
Since the mid 80s, national and international deep seismic reflection profiles have provided unique surveillance of the Moho and crustal architecture beneath sedimentary basins, tectonic wedges and adjacent forelands, mostly in North America and Europe. More recently, ongoing 3D mantle and crustal tomography programs based on 3D passive seismic recordings have also documented lateral seismic anisotropies and vertical seismic reversals in tectonic wedges and adjacent forelands. They provide accurate velocity models which can also be used for depth conversion and the processing of more conventional reflection profiles. Mantle tomography has been successful in documenting the vertical and lateral extent of lithospheric slabs and crustal delamination. The lack of such deep surveillance of North African tectonic wedges and adjacent forelands precludes any prospection of deep plays. For instance, profiles of deep seismic soundings would be of immense benefit to better monitor the geodynamic and thermal evolution of North African sedimentary basins, to identify new exploration objectives, and to better document the deep architecture of active fault systems. Therefore, the aim of this roundtable is to stimulate interest by both national and international research teams, agencies and companies in these topics, and to investigate the possibility of launching ambitious North African crustal imagery projects.
This workshop is supported by The International Lithosphere Program (ILP).
Workshop 2
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Afroz Ahmad Shah
Associate Editor of AJGS
Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Gadong, Brunei Darussalam
Structure of a typical scientific research article & how to write one with ease
01 November 2020
08:30–12:30 (GMT+0)
05 November 2020
08:30–12:30 (GMT+0)
Research publications are one of the most important components of a researcher because they facilitate the process of communication with the editors and reviewers, and subsequently with the audience. When we submit a paper, first, it goes to the editor whose job is to rigorously examine the scientific vigor and writing and decide if it should be sent to the reviewers. A large number of articles do not pass this crucial stage, and the reasons are not always about scientific content related but the structure of writing. Therefore, the workshop is to facilitate the process of scientific writing so that it helps you to write a well-structured article that follows a clear pattern to separate each section of the paper. It will demonstrate the contents that form the Abstract, Introduction, Methodology, Results, Interpretations, Discussion, and Conclusion, and how to make these sections appealing to a reader.