Paco Gomez's Publications

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In Review

• Nemer, T., F. Gomez, S. Haddad, & C. Tabet, 2007.  Coseismic growth of sedimentary basins along the Yammouneh strike-slip fault (Lebanon), Geophysical Journal International, in review.
• Yang, Y., & F. Gomez, 2007.  The role of basal shear in the western Mediterranean geodynamic framework, in preparation for submission to Geophysical Journal International.
  

Published

• Gomez, F., T. Nemer, C. Tabet, M. Khawlie, M. Meghraoui, & M. Barazangi, 2007.  Strain partitioning of active transpression within the Lebanese Restraining Bend of the Dead Sea fault (Lebanon and SW Syria), in:  D. Cunningham & P. Mann (eds), Tectonics of Strike-Slip Restraining & Releasing Bends in Continental & Oceanic Settings, Geological Society Special Publication, 290, p. 285 - 303.  (view abstract)
• Gomez, F., G. Karam, M. Khawlie, S. McClusky, R. Reilinger, R. Jaafar, C. Tabet, K. Khair, & M. Barazangi, 2007.  GPS measurements of present-day crustal deformation within the restraining bend of the Dead Sea fault system in Lebanon, Geophysical Journal International, 168, p. 1021 –  1028.  (view abstract)
• Brooks, B. A., M. Merrifield, J.Foster, C.L. Werner, F. Gomez, & M. Bevis, 2007.  Space Geodetic Determination of Spatial Variability in Relative Sea Level Change, Los Angeles Basin, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L01611.
• Al-Tarazi, E., E. Sandvol, & F. Gomez, 2006.  The February 11, 2004 Dead Sea Earthquake ML=5.2 in Jordan and its Tectonic Implications, Tectonophysics, 442, p. 149 – 158.
• Reilinger, R., S. McClusky, P. Vernant, S. Lawrence, S. Ergintav, R. Cakmak, F. Kadirov, I. Guliev, R. Stepanyan, S. Mahmoud, K. Sakr, A. ArRajehi, D. Paradissis, A. Al-Aydrus, E. Evren, A. Dmitrotsa, S.V. Filikov, F. Gomez, R. Al-Ghazzi, G. Karam, 2006.  GPS Constraints on Continental Deformation in the Africa-Arabia-Eurasia Continental Collision Zone and Implications for the Dynamics of Plate Interactions, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, doi:10.1029/2005JB004051.
• Fadil, A.. P. Vernant, S. McClusky, R. Reilinger, F. Gomez, D. Ben Sari, T. Mourabit, K. Feigl, & M. Barazangi, 2006.  Active Tectonics of the western Mediterranean: Geodetic evidence for roll back of a delaminated subcontinental lithospheric slab beneath the Rif Mountains, Morocco, Geology, 34, p. 529 – 532.
• Gomez, F., M. Khawlie, C. Tabet, K. Khair, A. N. Darkal, & M. Barazangi, 2006.  Neotectonics of the northern Dead Sea fault system in Lebanon and Syria based on SAR imagery and high resolution DEM data, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 241, p. 913-931.  (view abstract)
• Gomez, F., M. Meghraoui, A. N. Darkal, F. Hijazi, M. Mouty, Y. Suleiman, R. Sbeinati, R. Darawcheh, R. Al-Ghazzi, & M. Barazangi, 2003.  Holocene faulting and earthquake recurrence along the Serghaya branch of the Dead Sea fault system in Syria and Lebanon, Geophysical Journal International, 153, p. 658-674.
• Meghraoui, M., Gomez, F., Sbeinati, R., Van der Woerd, J., Mouty, M., Hijazi, F., Darkal, A. N., Darawcheh, R., Radwan, Y., Al-Najjar, H., Layous, I., Al-Ghazzi, R., Barazangi, M., 2003, Evidence for Eight Centuries of Seismic Quiescence from Paleoseismology, Archeoseismology and Historical Seismicity Along the Northern Dead Sea Fault in Syria, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 210, p. 35-52.
• Gomez, F., M. Meghraoui, A. N. Darkal, R. Sbeinati, R. Darawcheh, C. Tabet, M. Khawlie, M. Charabe, K. Khair, & M. Barazangi, 2001.  Coseismic displacements along the Serghaya fault:  An active branch of the Dead Sea fault system in Syria and Lebanon, Journal of the Geological Society (London) , 158, p. 405-408.
• Gomez, F., M. Barazangi, & W. Beauchamp, 2000. The Role of the Atlas Mountains (Northwest Africa) within the African-Eurasian Plate Boundary Zone, Geology, 28, p. 775-778.
• Gomez, F., M. Barazangi, & A. Demnati, 2000. Structure and evolution of the Neogene Guercif Basin at the junction of the Middle Atlas Mountains and the Rif Thrust Belt, Morocco, AAPG Bulletin, 84, p. 1340-1364.
• Mohamad, R., Darkal, A. N., Seber, D., Sandvol, E., Gomez, F., & Barazangi, M. , 2000.  Remotely Triggered Earthquakes Along the Dead Sea Fault System Following the Aqaba Earthquake, 22 November 1995 (Ms=7.3), Seismological Research Letters, 71, p. 47-52.
• Gomez, F., R. Allmendinger, M. Barazangi, A. Er-Raji, & M. Dahmani, 1998.  Crustal shortening and vertical strain partitioning in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Tectonics, 17, p. 520-533.
• Calvert, A. S., F. Gomez, D. Seber, M. Barazangi, N. Jabour, A. Iben Brahim, & A Demnati, 1997. An integrated geophysical investigation of recent seismicity in the Al Hoceima region of north Morocco, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 87, p. 637-651.
• Gomez, F., M. Barazangi, & M. Bensaid, 1996. Active Tectonism in the intracontinental Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco: Simultaneous crustal shortening and extension, Journal of the Geological Society (London), 153, p. 389-402.

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last updated March 5, 2007.