Organized by IFP

Meeting "Thrust Belts and Foreland Basins"

14-16 December 2005
IFP/Rueil-Malmaison

Thrust belts and foreland basins record both the main phases of orogenic evolution and the coupled influence of deep (flexure, plate rheology and kinematics) and surficial (erosion, sedimentation) geological processes, at different time scales. They constitute important targets for scientists interested in both fundamental and applied (fluids, hydrocarbons) aspects. The meeting, hold in December, 2005, jointly sponsored by the Société Géologique de France and the Sociedad Geologica de España offered the opportunity for geologists from various domains of our community to discuss and understand new data sets on high resolution seismicity, high-frequency sequential stratigraphy, geochemistry and provenance studies, geodesy and vertical motions. These modern aspects were combined with (more) classical field studies and analogue/numerical modelling in order to provide a timely comprehensive overview of processes governing the evolution of orogenic belts and adjacent forelands.

Scientific committee

E. BUROV (UPMC, Paris, France)
S. CLOETINGH (VU-Amsterdam)
M. FORD (ENS Géologie, Nancy, France)
C. FRANCE-LANORD (CRPG, Nancy, France)
D. GARCIA-CASTELLANOS (CSIC, Barcelona, Spain)
R. GRAHAM (Amerada-Hess, London)
F. GUILLOCHEAU (Rennes Univ., France)
F. LUCAZEAU (IPG Paris, France)
F. METHIVIER (IPG Paris, France)
F. MOUTHEREAU (UPMC, Paris, France)
C. PUYGDEFABREGAS (Barcelona, Spain)
P. VAN DER BEEK (LGCA, Grenoble, France)
J. VERGES (Barcelona, Spain)
S. VIOLETTE (UPMC, Paris, France)
T. WATTS (UK)

Co-sponsors

IFP (hosting the meeting)
- ConocoPhillips
- European Region of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- International Lithosphere Program (ILP)
- Laboratoire de Géodynamique des Chaînes Alpines (LGCA)
- Laboratoire de Tectonique Cergy - Paris - Orsay
- Shell
- Total
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie

Program of the Meeting
(see the PDF file available to download hereunder)

Contacts
For scientific questions :

• Olivier Lacombe (olivier.lacombe@lgs.jussieu.fr)
• Jérôme Lavé (Jerome.Lave@ujf-grenoble.fr)
• François Roure (Francois.ROURE@ifp.fr)