Tectonic characterization of the western domains of the upper Hercynian crust during the onset of the Paris Basin through the isotopic dating and geochemical analysis of heavy minerals from the earliest Carboniferous to the Triassic.
Timing and reasons of the Variscan belt collapse through the investigation of the Italian Southalpine amphibolitic basement.
We aim to combine geochronological data (U-Pb and Rb-Sr respectively on ignous zircon, calcite and mica), Lu-Hf zircon isotopic composition together with the petrography of the felsic units that intruded the oceanic rocks obducted over the eastern margin of the Arabian peninsula, to provider tighter constraints on the Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the study area.
My research involves applying geochronology and isotope geochemistry to various problems in the geosciences. My current research interests include isotopic dating of sedimentation and quantifying the timing and rates of tectonic processes such as orogenesis (mountain building) and exhumation. My tectonics research includes investigating exhumation mechanisms in orogenic and rift settings by the aid of thermochronological data, and investigating the timing and causes of orogenesis in ancient orogenic belts.
