Status
Professor, University of Strasbourg
Main Interests in Research
Oceanic accretion : oceanic ridges (Mid Atlantic Ridge, Indian Ocean Ridges), ophiolites (French Alps, California, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Oman) ;
Subduction (Lau Basin, California,Turkey, Iran) ;
Five recent papers
Shafaii Moghadam, H., Rahgoshay, M., Whitechurch, H., (2008). The Mesozoic back-arc extension in the active margin of Iranian continental block: constraints from age and the geochemistry of the mafic lavas. Ofioliti, 23(2), 95-103.
Omrani J., Agard P., Whitechurch H., Benoit M., Prouteau G., Jolivet L., (2008) Arc magmatism and subduction history beneath Zagros: New report of adakites and geodynamic consequences, Lithos 106 (3-4), 380–398.
Shafaii Moghadam H., Whitechurch H., Rahgoshay M., Monsef I. (2009).Significance of Nain-Baft ophiolitic belt (Iran): short-lived, transtensional Cretaceous back-arc oceanic basins over the Tethyan subduction zone. Comptes Rendus Geosciences, 341, 12, 1016-1028.
Agard P., Omrani J., Jolivet L., Whitechurch H., Vrielynck B., Spakman W., Monié P., Meyer B., Wortel R. (2011). Zagros orogeny: a subduction-dominated process, Geological Magazine, 148, pp 692-725.
Whitechurch H., Omrani J., Agard P., HumbertH., Montigny R. L., JolivetL (in press). Evidence for a Paleocene-Eocene Back-Arc to Arc evolution at the foot of the Eurasian margin (Kermanshah ophiolite, SW Iran): implications for regional geodynamics and obduction. Lithos
Bibliometrics
77 papers
104 scientific communications in international meetings ;
One textbook for advanced students : « Plate Tectonic » (2000) - Gordon and Breach eds, 307p. ;
Chaptersin Encyclopedia.
Others
Numerous responsabilities in teaching and university organization
General manager in Metal Industry (5 years)
Contact
Adresse:
Université de Strasbourg (UdS)
Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre (EOST)
Institut de Physique du Globe (IPGS) (UMR CNRS/UdS 7516)
Institut de Géologie
1 rue Blessig
67084 Strasbourg Cedex
France
Telephone:
+33 3 68 85 04 79
Fax
+33 3 68 85 04 02
Email:
hubert.whitechurch[at]unistra.fr