MESF CYBER JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES ,VOLUME 4, 2006

GSFIII/2006
PRESENTATION PROGRAM
FEBRUARY 19th -22nd 2006
THE THIRDGULF SEISMIC FORUM 2006 / GSFIII
SULTANQABOOSUNIVERSITY
CONFERENCE HALL
MUSCAT,
SULTANATE OF OMAN
INTRODUCTION
One of the most important tectonic events on the Arabian plate is the closure of the Neo-TethysOcean along the north and northeast boundaries of Arabia , that began about Middle to Late Cretaceous. The Neo-Tethyan oceanic lithosphere was gradually consumed beneath Eurasia , while microplates were sutured to the Eurasian plate as the closure continued. Final continent-continent collision between Arabia and Eurasia led to the development of the Zagros Mountain Belt and the Eastern Anatolian Plateau. Furthermore, opening of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the Miocene-Pliocene times has set the initial stages of an Arabian plate separation from “mother” Africa plate. Continued motion of Arabia towards the north and northeast resulted in further separation of Arabia from Africa along the Dead Sea Fault System in the Pliocene times. Important to note, the closure of the Neo-Tethys is responsible for the emplacement of many ophiolite bodies, that currently lie along sides of the Eurasia-Arabia plate boundary.
Seismic activity recorded by networks within the Arabian plate and outside shows high concentration of earthquakes along Arabian plate boundaries, examples include the Zagros Mountain Belt and The Dead Sea Fault System. This pattern is strongly evident by recent and historic devastating earthquakes that claimed the lives of many hundreds to thousands of people, examples of those still resonate in our minds, such as the Dhamar Earthquake in Yemen, 1980, Aqaba Earthquake, 1985 and Bam Earthquake in Iran, 2003,.
Earthquakes do not recognize geo graphic or political borders, their damaging effects are regional, a perfect example is the earthquake generated tsunami that swept the Indian Ocean from Sumatra to India, to Somalia, to Oman where 2-4 meters run-up were measured in the Salalah coastal areas. Cooperation between countries is crucial in earthquake studies to asses their hazard and mitigate their possible effects. Hence, the cooperation leads to production of large scale seismic intensity and hazard maps and eventually arrives at a workable Seismic Code for the region and its surrounding, which is vital to future development.
This Forum is a venue for presenting ideas and recent research work on seismology, seismic hazards, and seismic engineering in and around the Arabian Peninsula . The forum is to cover discussions on earthquake related topics, and will provides a platform for the planning of region-wide collaborative seismological studies and exchange of seismic data between centers in the region.
Conference Topics
- Seismology and active tectonics
- Seismic networks: data processing, and analysis
- Seismic hazard, risk and mitigation
- Structural and earthquake engineering
Organizing Committee
Prof. Ali Yousif ( Chairman ) ;Dr. Ali Al-Lazki ;Dr. Issa El-Hussain;
Dr.AbdulrahmanAl-Harthi ;Dr. Omar Al-Jaaidi ;Dr. Abdul Nasser Darkal;
Dr. Salah Al-Khirbash ;Dr. Arthur Rodgers;Dr. Keith Nakanishi;
Mr.Khalfan Al-Tobi ;Mr. Salam Al-Hashmi; Mr. Yousuf Al-Shijbi ;
Mr.Majid Al-Saifi ;Mr. Khamis Rajab ;Mr. Mohammed Al-Bulushi
& Mr.Mohammed Al-Khalidi;
OPENING CEREMONY
Recital of the Holy Quran
Dr. Hamed Bin Suleiman Al-Salmi-Vice President, Sultan Qaboos University
Dr. Issa El-Hussain –The GSF2006 Organizing Committee
Morning Session
Chair: Keith Nakanishi & Hani M. Zahran
(1) Talk on Tsunami
Laura Kong, Director, IOC ITIC
(2)Seismotectonics of Arabia and its Surroundings
A.Al-Lazki,
(3)Spatial Variations in Microseismic Focal Mechanisms,
Yibal Field, Oman
A.AL-Anboori; M.Kendall, D.Raymer, R. Jones & Q. Fisher
(4)Focal Depth Determination from P and S Coda Waves at Regional Distances: A Time Reversed Acoustic Approach
M.Nafi Toksoz, R. Lu & M.E. Willis
Afternoon Session:
Part (1):
Chair: Andrzej Kijko & Arthur Rogers
(5)A Model for Comparative Seismic Risk Characterization in
Sharjah City, United Arab Emirates
Shanableh, S. Barakat, M. Omar, S. Al-Toubat, & A. I.H. Malkawi
(6)Long Period Ground Motion in the Gulf Region from Large Earthquakes along the Zagros Thrust and Makran Subduction Zone
Arthur Rogers
(7)Elements of an Earthquake Resistance Design Code for United Arab Emirates
J.A. Abdalla
(8)The IRIS Global Seismographic Network :An International Scientific Instrument
.P. Davis
Part (2):
Chair: Firyal Bou-Rabee & Jamal A. Abdalla
(10)Source Mechanisms of Earthquakes in Kuwait
R. Abdel-Fattah & A. Al-Enezi
(11)Yemen Seismological Networks
J.M. Sholan
(12)Microseismics in the Fahud Field, Sultanate of Oman
F. Al-Kindy, A. Al-Tahiti, P. Embers & P. Schafer
MONDAY FEBRUARY 20th 2006
Morning Session:
Part (1):
Chair: Naïf Toksoz & Abdullah Al-Amri
(13)Common Problems in Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis and Their Resolution
Andrzeji Kijko
(14)Seismic Hazard Assessment of Western Arabia and Red Sea Region
A.M.Al-Amri
(15)Microseismicity and Crustal Structure of the Zagros-Makran Transition Zone (Iran): Evidence for a Progressive Transition from Continental Collision to Oceanic Subduction.
E. Yamini-Fard & D. Hatzfeld
(16)Seismicity, Major Structural Elements and Required Tsunami Early Warning System for Makran (Sea of Oman) Region
Mohammed Mokhtari
Part (2):
Chair: Haydar Al-Shukri & Sahil Alsinawi
(17)The Role of The Middle East Seismological Forum in Cyber Publications and Training
Sahil Alsinawi
(18)Effect of Velocity Models on the Accuracy of Earthquake Hypocenters
S.Sarkar, Y. Sun and M.Nafi Toksoz
(19)Seismicity of Kuwait Oil Fields in Correlation with Oil Production Induced Subsidence Determined by Satellite Radarinterferometry
Al-Enezi, P. Lutz & R. Abdul Fatah
(20)Seismic Hazard Assessment of NW Himalayan Fold and Thrust Belt, Pakistan
MonaLiza & A. A. Khwaja
(21)Big Earthquake Can Occur in Unexpected Places
H.AL-Shukri, H. Mahdi & M. Tuttle
Afternoon Session
Part (1):
Chair: Abdullah Al Enezi & M0hammed Gheitanchi
(22)Imaging the Lithospheric Structure of a Young Passive Margin, Case of the Dhofar Area by Seismic Studies
C. Tiberi, S. Leroy, C. Ebinger, G. Stewart, E. D'Acremont,J. Autin & A. Pointu
(23)Seismic Activity in Dead Sea Region
A.F. Amrat
(24)Source Parameters of the Significant Earthquakes in Iranian Plateau, During 2005, Revealed by Local Seismic Networks
M.R. Gheitanchi
(25)Seismic Hazard Assessment in Kuwait and other Arabian Gulf Countries
Firyal Bou-Rabee
(26)Recent Tectonic Activity Along the Serghaya Fault, SW Syria
A. N. Darkal, F. Gomez, M. Meghraoui, R. Sbeinati, R. Darawcheh,
& M. Barazangi
Part (2)
Chair: Salah Al-Khirbash & Mohammad Mokhtari
(27)Installation of Dubai Seismological Network
Y. Al Marzooqi, H.Fashir, E. Al Khatib, F. Mathias & A.S. Megahed
(28)An Integrated Seismic Hazard Studies in the Area of Tehran (Iran)
D.Hatzfeld, 0.P. Ashtari, Y. Bard, R. Bayer, Y. Djamour, E. Hagshenas,H. Nazari,J.F. Ritz & S.Solaymani
(29)Disastrous Historical Earthquakes along the West Ash-Shaam Fault System in and around Syria, Northern Arabian Plate.
Ryad Darawcheh
(30)The Seismicity in Makran Coast Across the Gulf of Oman
M. Ali
(31)Induced Earthquake Location and Fracture Mapping Using Multiple Analyses
S. Michelet & M.N. Toksoz
(32)Maximum Considered Earthquake Spectral Acceleration Maps
M. Al Haddad
TUSEDAY FEBRUARY 21st 2006
Chair: Frank Vernon & Ogie Kuraica
DATA EXCHANGE WORKSHOP
(33)ROADNet: Sensor Networks to Virtual Networks
Frank Vernon
(34)Seismic Hazard Workshop (Computer Program)
Ogie Kuracia; Mohammed Idreesi ;Mladen Zivici
AFTERNOON FIELD TRIP
THE SEMAIL OPHIOLITES FIELD TRIP
Lead by Professor Hugh Rollinson
The Semail ophiolite in Oman exemplifies one of the most complete and intact oceanic lithosphere in the world. The Semail ophiolite sequences are well exposed and can easily be accessed. The field trip is intended to walk through the different sequences of Semail ophiolite, see and touch rocks that lie in the upper mantle, base of the oceanic crust (Moho), sheeted dike complex, and reach the very top of the sequence where the pillow lava lie.
(see the attach file on the field trip)
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22nd 2006
Morning Session:
SEISMIC HAZARD WORKSHOP
Chair: Mohammad Al Haddad & Andrzej Kijko
Afternoon Session:
Part (1)
Chair: Sahil Alsinawi & Mazin Al-Salim
(35)Seismicity and Improved Velocity Structure in Kuwait
A.Gok, A. Rogers & A. Al- Enezi
(36)Kashmir Earthquake 2005, Preliminary Observations on Tectonic and Geomorphic Processes
M. Haneef M.A. Khan
(37)An Earthquake Catalogue for Stable Continental Regions of the Arabian Plate
Emad A. Al-Heety
(38)Thickness of Lithosphere at the Dead Sea Transform
A.Mohsen, R. Kind &M. Weber
(39)Oman Seismological Network, Development, Status, and Recording
. Ali Al-Lazki . Issa El-Hussain;
Part (2):
Chair: Keith Nakanishi & Michael P. Foose
(40)Seismicity of Iraq
Sahil A. Alsinawi
(41)Revisiting the Historical Seismicity of the Arabian Plate Region-a Paleoseismological Approach.
Mazin Al-Salim
GULF SEISMIC FORUM CLOSING SESSION
Conclusions and Recommendations:
Chair: Keith Nakanishi & Issa El-Hussain
A number of participants presented their views and ideas for the coming
Fourth Gulf Seismic Forum 2007, which will be organized in Kuwait in Early March 2007.
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GSFII PARTICIPANTS LIST
Name / Institution / Address / E-mail
Ryad Darawcheh / Atomic Energy Commission of Syria / DamascusP.O. Box 6091, SyrianArabRepublic /

Jamal A. Abdalla / AmericanUniversity of Sharjah / Department of civil Engineering,
P. O. Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE. /
Ali Shaaban Ahmed Megahed / DubaiMunicipality / P.O.Box: 67
Survey Section,
Planning and Surveying Department,
Dubai, UAE. /
Eman Ahmed Al Khatib Al Falasi / DubaiMunicipality / P.O.Box: 67
Survey Section,
Planning and Surveying Department,
Dubai, UAE /
Yousuf AbdulRahman AlMarzooqi / DubaiMunicipality / P.O.Box: 67
Survey Section,
Planning and Surveying Department,
Dubai, UAE. /
Samer Barakat / University of Sharjah / University of Sharjah
Civil engineering Dept.
P.O. Box 27272
UAE /
Azm S. Al-Homoud / World Agency of Planetary and Earthquake Risk Reduction / World Agency of Planetary Monitoring and Earthquake Risk Reduction, Switzerland (WAPMERR)
c/o Professor Azm S. Al-Homoud (Representative of WAPMERR in the Middle East):
P. O. Box 17777
Dubai, UAE /

Abdallah Shanableh / Civil Engineering / University of Sharjah
P.O.Box 27272
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates /
Mohammed El-Idrissi / Kinemetrics Inc. / Z.I Le Tresi 3 1028 Preverenges Switzerland. /
Ogie Kuraica / Kinemetrics Inc. / 222 Vista Ave, Pasadena, CA 91107, USA /
Peter Davis / University of California, San Diego / 10530 Hermanos Court San Diego, California 92124 USA /
Haydar Al-Shukri / University of Arkansas at Little Rock / ArkansasEarthquakeCenter University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2801 South University Avenue Little Rock, Arkansas72204 USA /
Hanan Mahdi / University of Arkansas at Little Rock / ArkansasEarthquakeCenter University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2801 South University Avenue Little Rock, Arkansas72204 USA /
Keith Nakanishi / LawrenceLivermore National Laboratory / LawrenceLivermore National Laboratory
L-205
Livermore, CA94550 /

Arthur Rodgers / LawrenceLivermore National Laboratory / LLNL, L-205
7000 East Avenue
Livermore, CA94551USA /
Rengin Gok / LawrenceLivermore National Laboratory / Atmospheric, Earth and Energy Department, LawrenceLivermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA94550 /
Nafi Toksöz / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT,
42 Carleton St., E34-440
Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. /
Sophie Michelet / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT,
42 Carleton St., E34-342
Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. /
Sudipta Sarkar / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / MIT Earth Resources Laboratory
42 Carleton Street, E34-370
Cambridge, MA 02142
USA. /
Laura Kong / Unesco IOC International Tsunami Information Centre / 737 Bishop St., Ste. 2200
Honolulu, Hawaii96813
USA /
Frank Vernon / University of California at San Diego / IGPP
UCSD
La Jolla, CA 92093-0225 /
Michael P. Foose / USGS / Mail Stop 917
International Programs
U.S. Geological Survey
Reston, VA 22092
U.S.A. /
Sahil Al-Sinawi / MESF / Middle East Seismological Forum
Executive Council,
Washington, USA. /
Andrzej Kijko / Council for Geoscience, Pretoria / Private Bag X112, Pretoria, 0001
South Africa /
Tiberi Christel / University of Paris 6 / Laboratoire de Tectonique de Paris 6, UPMC, case 129, T46-00, 4 place jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France /
Denis Jean Nicolas Hatzfeld / Geosciences-UJF / Laboratoire de Dynamique de la Lithosphère, Montpellier, France /
Ayman Mohsen / GeoForschungsZentrum / Auf dem kiewitt 10
14473
Potsdam/Berlin
Germany /

Jamal Mohamed Sholan / National Seismological ObservatoryCenter / Yemen
National Seismological ObservatoryCenter,
Dhamar, P.O.Box:87175
Al-Jamarik Street /
Kamal Abdel-Rahman El-Sayed / National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG). / Seismology Department, National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Helwan, Cairo, Egypt. /
Emad A. M. Al-Heety / AnbarUniversity / Republic of Iraq
Anbar Governorate
Ramadi /

Mladen Zivčić / ARSO, Seismology and Geology Office / Dunajska 47/VII, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia /
Stuart Graham / University of Leeds / School of Earth Sciences
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
UK /
Mazin Al-Salim / Middle East Seismological Forum / 128 Glenmore Rd., Pakuranga
Auckland, New Zealand /
Abdullah Al-Enezi / Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research / Environmental and Urban Development Department,
Kuwait /
Reda Abdel-Fattah / Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research / Environmental and Urban Development Department,
Kuwait /
Firyal Bou-Rabee / KuwaitUniversity / KuwaitUniversity
Faculty of Science
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
PO BOX 5969 – 13060 Safat – Kuwait
State of Kuwait /
Mohammad Haneef / Department of Geology, University of Peshawar / Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, 25120, NWFP, Pakistan. /
MonaLisa / Quaid-i-AzamUniversityIslamabad, Pakistan / Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) Islamabad, Pakistan. /
Azam A. Khwaja / Quaid-i-AzamUniversity (QAU), IslamabadPakistan / Faculty Of Natural Sciences , Quaid-i-AzamUniversity (QAU), Islamabad. Pakistan /
Mohammad Reza Ghetanchi / Institute of Geophysics, The University of Tehran, Iran. / P.O. Box: 14155-6466, Tehran, Iran /
Mohammad Mokhtari / IIEES / International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES)
Address: No. 26, Arghavan St., North Dibajie, Farmanieh,
Tehran, 19537-14476, Iran /

Mohammad Dawud Fandi Naser / Jordan Seismological Observatory / Natural Resources Authority
Jordan Seismological Observatory
P. O. Box 7
11118, Amman – Jordan /
Abdel-Qader Fandi Abdallah / Natural Resources Authority / Jordan Seismological Observatory
Natural Resources Authority
P.O.Box 7
Amman 11118
Jordan /

Abdullah M. Al-Amri / Seismic StudiesCenter, KingSaudUniversity / Seismic StudiesCenter, KingSaudUniversity, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11451 /
Ali Awad Yousif / Postgraduate Studies & Research / SultanQaboosUniversity,College of Science ,Box 36-123 Alkhoud, Sultanate of Oman /
Mohammed Ramadan AL-Bulushi / Postgraduate Studies & Research / P. O. Box 340, AL-Khod 132 Oman /
Ali Ibraheem Al-Lazki / College of Science,
SultanQaboosUniversity / Earth Science Department,
PO Box 36
Postal Code Al-Khodh-123
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman /
Abdul Nasser Darkal / College of Science,
SultanQaboosUniversity / Earth Science Department,
PO Box 36
Postal Code Al-Khodh-123
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman /
Mubarik Ali / College of Science,
SultanQaboosUniversity / Earth Science Department,
PO Box 36
Postal Code Al-Khodh-123
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman /
Abdulrahman Al-Harthi / College of Science,
SultanQaboosUniversity / Earth Science Department,
PO Box 36
Postal Code Al-Khodh-123
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman /
Salah Al-Khirbash / College of Science,
SultanQaboosUniversity / Earth Science Department,
PO Box 36
Postal Code Al-Khodh-123
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman /
Sobhi Nasser / College of Science,
SultanQaboosUniversity / Earth Science Department,
PO Box 36
Postal Code Al-Khodh-123
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman /
Osman Abdullah / College of Science,
SultanQaboosUniversity / Earth Science Department,
PO Box 36
Postal Code Al-Khodh-123
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman /
Iftikhar Ahmed / College of Science,
SultanQaboosUniversity / Earth Science Department,
PO Box 36
Postal Code Al-Khodh-123
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman /
Mohammed Al-Wossabi / College of Science,
SultanQaboosUniversity / Earth Science Department,
PO Box 36
Postal Code Al-Khodh-123
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman /
Issa El-Hussain / Earthquake Monitoring Center, SultanQaboosUniversity / P.O.Box: 50 Al-Khod 123
Muscat, Oman. /
Salam Mabrook Al-Hashmi / Earthquake Monitoring Center, SultanQaboosUniversity / P.O.Box: 50 Al-Khod 123
Muscat,
Oman. /
Khalfan Ibrahim Al-Toubi / Earthquake Monitoring Center, SultanQaboosUniversity / P.O.Box: 50 Al-Khod 123
Muscat,
Oman. /
Yousuf Mohammed Al-Shijbi / Earthquake Monitoring Center, SultanQaboosUniversity / P.O.Box: 50 Al-Khod 123
Muscat, Oman. /
Majid Mohammed Al-Saifi / Earthquake Monitoring Center, SultanQaboosUniversity / P.O.Box: 50 Al-Khod 123
Muscat, Oman. /
Omar Al-Jaaidi / Virtual RealityCenter / Sultan Qaboos University, Oman /
Abdullah Al-Anbori / Petroleum Development Oman LLC / School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. /
Fahad Al-Kindy / Petroleum Development Oman LLC / P. O. Box: 81, Muscat
P. C. 113 Sultanate of Oman. /
Zahir Khalid Al- Sulaimani / General Manager
General Directorate of Water Resources Affairs / Ministry of RegionalMunicipalities, Environment and Water Resources, Muscat, Oman.
Mohammed Saif Al-Badawi / General Directorate of Water Resources Affairs / Ministry of RegionalMunicipalities, Environment and Water Resources, Muscat, Oman.
Khalid Saif Al-Kharoosi / General Directorate of Water Resources Affairs / Ministry of RegionalMunicipalities, Environment and Water Resources, Muscat, Oman.
Mohsen Abdullah Al-Shekaily / General Directorate of Water Resources Affairs / Ministry of RegionalMunicipalities, Environment and Water Resources, Muscat, Oman.
Ali Mohsen Al-Lawatia / General Directorate of Water Resources Affairs / Ministry of RegionalMunicipalities, Environment and Water Resources, Muscat,
Oman.
Amna Ismaeil Al-Bulushi / General Directorate of Water Resources Affairs / Ministry of RegionalMunicipalities, Environment and Water Resources,
Muscat,Oman.
Salem Hamed Al-Busaidi / Department of Geological Survey / Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Muscat, Oman.
Husain AbuBaker Al-Zubaidi / Department of Geophysical Survey / Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Muscat, Oman.
Mubarak Obaid Al-Hubaishi / The Executive Office of The National Committee for Civil Defence / Royal Oman Police Headquarters, Muscat, Oman.
Omar Hussein O. Afif / Saudi Geological Survey / P.O.Box: 1072
Jeddah: 21431
Saudi Arabia /

Faiq Jaffer Ali Al-Kanawi / Saudi Geological Survey / P.O. Box: 140411
Jeddah: 21333
Saudi Arabia /
Hani M. Zahran / National Earthquake and Geophysics Centre / Saudi Geological Survey
P.O. Box 54141
Jeddah 21514
Saudi Arabia /
Shadhan Al-Khalili / Royal Estates, Royal Court Affairs / P.O. Box: 949, PC 113, Sultanate of Oman. /
Masoud Al-Hashmy / Royal Estates, Royal Court Affairs / P.O. Box: 949, PC 113, Sultanate of Oman. /
Badr Al-Hadabi / Royal Estates, Royal Court Affairs / P.O. Box: 949, PC 113, Sultanate of Oman. /
Salim Awadh Al-Shanfari /
Mohammed Alhaddad / Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering / College of Engineering, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Hussein Abdullah Al-Akhali / The Geological Survey and Mineral Resources Organization / The Geological Survey and Mineral Resources Organization, Sana’a, Yemen./ NationalSeismologicalobservatoryCenter. Yemen /
Mansoor Khamis Al-Tamimi / Ministry of Energy / Petroleum and Minerals Sectors, Ministry of Energy, P.O. Box: 59 AbuDhabi, UAE. /
Abdullah Gahnoog Abdi / Ministry of Energy / Petroleum and Minerals Sectors, Ministry of Energy, P.O. Box: 59 AbuDhabi, UAE. /