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Earth Sciences Center, University of Toronto
22 Russell Str. , M5S 3B1, Toronto, Canada
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- Publications
- Abstracts and Presentations
Date of Birth: 1968---
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Iranian
Languages: Farsi, English, Swedish (under progress)
PhD in Geodynamics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, May 2003-June 2007.
Master of Philosphy in Geodynamics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 2003 - 2006.
Master of Science in Geodesy, K. N. Toosi Technical University, Tehran, Iran, 1991-1996.
Bachelor of Science in Surveying Engineering, K. N. Toosi Technical University, Tehran, Iran, 1986 -1991.
Diploma of Mathematics and Physics, Harati School, Esfahan, Iran, 1983 - 1986.
- Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Geology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, since November 2008.
- Guest Researcher, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, October 2007- November 2008.
- Field geophysist, Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU), North of Sweden, June-October 2007.
- Principal Investigator (PI, ESA) of InSAR research Project (Measuring deformation rates of active structures in the Zagros Mountains (Iran) using SAR Interferometry) at Uppsala University (2006- )
- Co-Investigator of InSAR research Project "InSAR studies of kinematics and dynamics of salt extrusions in Iran and gravity-driven overturns in Iran & the Danakil Depression" at Uppsala university (2005- )
- Head of Geodynamics Department, National Cartographic Center (NCC), Tehran , Iran (1998-2003).
-Surveying
Engineer
- Working in different GPS and Gravity Projects: Establishment of permanent GPS stations, processing and analyzing of the GPS networks, deformation and displacement studies, establishment of local Geodynamic networks (ZAGROS, ALBORZ, Tehran Fault, Musha Fault, Iran Global and Asia-Pacific), Absolute Gravity network measurements with FG5, ... (1992-2003).
- Experienced with different Surveying Instruments EDM’s, Levels, Total Stations, GPS receivers (Ashtech Z12, Trimble 4000SSI, Leica System 200) and Softwares (MATLAB, SURFER, GEOLAB, GPSURVEY, SKI, GPPS, BERNESE, GAMIT/GLOBK, GMT, DORIS, ... ).
- Researcher, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France. Working on Deformation analysis of Iran-Global GPS Network. (Feb. 2002- April 2002)
- Researcher, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, GPS data processing and Analysis of Iran-Global GPS Network. (May 2000- Aug. 2000)
- Contact person in Iran for:
ASIA and Pacific (AUSLIG Project) at NCC, Tehran, IRAN ( 1999- 2003)
hosting a DORIS station in Iran at NCC, Tehran, IRAN (2000-2003)
- Member of:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
International Association of Geodesy (IAG)
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
European Geophysical Society (EGS) (2002-2003)
Iranian Construction Engineers Organization, Tehran-Iran
Scientific committee of RINCC (Research Institute of National cartographic Center of Iran)
- November 2007, Teaching assistant, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Tectonics course.
-October 2003, NTNU University, Trondheim, Norway, GAMIT/GLOBK software.
-March 2003, Zabol University, Zabol, Iran. GPS (theory and practice).
-July 2001- Apr. 2001, Elm-o-Sanat University, Tehran, Iran. Classical and Satellite Geodesy.
-Apr. 97- July 2001, Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Satellite Geodesy and Geodesy II (advanced).
-Jan. 98-July 98, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran. , Satellite Geodesy.
-Jan. 96- July 97, K.N. Toosi Technical University, Tehran, Iran. Satellite Geodesy.
-Mar. 93- July 95 Teaching assistant, K. N. Toosi Technical University, Tehran, Iran. was in charge of Computer center.
Project reports and Softwares:
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Nilforoushan,
F.,
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Nilforoushan, F.,
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Nilforoushan, F
- Nilforoushan, F., et al. 1993.A Software Toolbox for direct and inverse transformations between potential coefficients, K. N. Toosi University, Tehran, Iran (Satellite Gravimetric Geodesy course presented by Prof. Petr Vanicek)
Peer-reviewed articles in International Journals (ISI articles)
1- Nilforoushan
F., Masson
F., Vernant
P., Vigny
C.
, Martinod
J.
, Abbassi
M.
, Nankali
H., Hatzfeld
D., Bayer
R.
, Tavakoli
F., Ashtiani
A.,Doerflinger
E.
, Daignières
M., Collard
P., Chéry
J., 2003. GPS network monitors the Arabia-Eurasia collision deformation
in Iran,
Journal
2- Vernant P., Nilforoushan
F., Chery J. ,Bayer R. , Y. Djamour , Masson
F. ,H. Nankali, J.-F. Ritz, M. Sedighi, F. Tavakoli., 2004,
Deciphering oblique shortening of central Alborz in Iran using geodetic
data,
3- Vernant Ph., Nilforoushan
F., Hatzfeld D., Abbassi M. R., Vigny, C.,
Masson, F., Nankali, H., Martinod, J., Ashtiani, A., Bayer, R.,
Tavakoli, F. & Chéry, J., 2004, Present-day crustal deformation
and plate kinematics in the Middle East constrained by GPS measurements
in Iran and northern Oman,
4-
Hessami K., Nilforoushan F., Talbot CJ., 2006,
Active deformation within the Zagros Mountains deduced from GPS
measurements,
5-
Bayer R., Chery J., Tatar M., Vernant Ph., Abbassi M., Masson F,
Nilforoushan F., Doerflinger E., Regard
V. and Bellier O., 2006, Active deformation in Zagros-Makran transition
zone inferred from GPS measurements,
6- Walpersdorf´A.,
Hatzfeld
D., Nankali
H., Tavakoli
F., Nilforoushan
F., Tatar
M., Vernant
P., Chery
J., Masson
F., 2006, Difference in the GPS deformation pattern of North and
Central Zagros (Iran),
7- Nilforoushan F,
Koyi H., 2007, Displacement fields and finite strains in a sandbox
model, simulating a fold-thrust belt,
8- Nilforoushan F
, Koyi
HA., Swantesson
J.O.H., Talbot
CJ., 2008, Effect of basal friction on surface and volumetric
strain in models of convergent settings measured by laser scanner,
Journal of Structural Geology, 30, 366-379
9- Tavakoli, F., Walpersdorf A., Authemayou C., Nankali H.R., Hatzfeld D., Tatar M., Djamour Y., Nilforoushan F., Cotte N., Distribution of the right-lateral strike-slip motion from the Main Recent Fault to the Kazerun Fault System (Zagros, Iran): Evidence from present-day GPS velocities, 2008, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL), 275, 342-375, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.08.030.
See also my research profiles in ResearcherID.com
Chapter in Book
Theses
1 – Faramarz Nilforoushan, 1996, 3D Adjustment of First order GPS network of Iran, Master of Science Thesis. K. N. Toosi Technical University, Tehran, Iran, MSc Thesis. (Abstract)
2 -Faramarz Nilfouroushan, 2006, GPS study of active tectonics in Iran (focusing on the Zagros fold-thrust-belt, SW Iran), MPhil (filosofie licentiat) thesis, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
3- Faramarz Nilfouroushan, Ground movements in the Zagros fold-thrust belt of SW Iran measured by GPS and InSAR compared to Physical models, 2007, PhD thesis, Uppsala university, Uppsala, Sweden (Summary, pdf)
Papers in proceedings and others:
1- Khaled Hessami and Faramarz Nilforoushan, 2002, Seventeen months of deformation in the Zagros Mountains, southwest Iran, Manuscript in Tectonic History and Present-day deformation in the Zagros Fold-thrust Belt, Hessami's Ph. D. thesis, Uppsala University.
2- Nilforoushan, F., Masson, F., Chery, J., Nankali, H., Vernant, P., Tavakoli, F., Bayer, R., 2003. Present-day surface deformation in the Central Alborz (Iran) from GPS measurements, SEE4 proceedings, Tehran, Iran.
3- R. Bayer, E. Shabanian, V. Regard, P. Vernant, F. Nilforoushan, M. Abbassi, J. Chery, M. Tatar,E Doerflinger, M. Peyret, M. Daignières, O. Bellier, D. Hatzfeld, M. Mokhtari, 2003, Active deformation in Zagros-Makran transition zone Inferred from GPS measurements, Fourth International Conference on Seismology and earthquake Engineering SEE4, Tehran, Iran.
4- Masson, F. Nilforoushan, P. Vernant, M. Abbassi, D. Hatzfeld, C. Vigny, F. Tavakoli, R. Bayer, J. Chery, E. Doerflinger and J. Martinod, 2003. Tectonic implications of GPS measurements in Iran, SEE4 proceedings, Tehran, Iran.
5- Hinderer, J., Sedighi, M., Bayer, R., Ghazavi, K., Amalvict, M., Luck, B., Nilforoushan, F., Masson, F., Tavakoli, F., Peyret, M., Djamour, Y., Kouhzare, A. and Nankali, H., 2003, The absolute gravity network in Iran: an opportunity to analyse gravity changes caused by present-day tectonic deformation, Cahier du Centre Européen de Géodynamique et de Séismologie, volume 22, Luxembourg.
6- Nankali H., Tavakoli F., Nilforoushan F., Sedighi M. Djamour Y., 2004. Recent Progresses in Geodynamics field in Iran, Surveying Journal, 60, 10-19.
7- Faramarz Nilforoushan,
Christopher J. Talbot, Eric J. Fielding, 2006, Preliminary
investigation of Zagros thrust-fold-belt deformation using SAR
interferometry,
Abstracts and Presentations (Oral or Poster) :
1998
1- Nilforoushan, F., Establishment of Zero order geodetic network of Iran and 3D adjustment of First order Geodetic network, 4th meeting of the Permanent committee on GIS, Tehran, Iran.
2000
2- Nilforoushan, F. et al., First Results From GPS Measurements on Present-day Iranian Kinematics. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco USA.
2001
3- Nilforoushan, F., GPS and GEODYNAMICS ,2001, Iran-France Workshop at IIEES, Tehran, Iran
2002
4- Masson F., Sedighi M., Hinderer J., Bayer R. Nilforoushan F. , Luck M. Vernant P. Chery J. 2002, Present-day surface deformation and vertical motion in the central Alborz (Iran) from GPS and Absolute gravity Measurements; 27th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society , EGS XXVII, Nice, France.
5- Nilforoushan, F. et al., A GPS network to quantify Tectonic Deformation in IRAN, 27th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, EGS XXVII, Nice, France.
6- P. Vernant, F. Nilforoushan, F. Masson, D. Hatzfeld, M.Abassi, C. Vigny, F. Tavakoli, R. Bayer, J. Chéry and J. Martinod, Tectonic implications of GPS measurements in Iran, EGS XXVII, Nice , France.
7- Hinderer, J., Sedighi, M., Bayeer R.., Ghazavi, K., Amalvict, M., Luck, B., Nilforoushan, F., Masson F., Peyret, M., Djamour, Y. and Kouhzare, A., The Absolute gravity network in Iran: An opportunity to analyze gravity changes caused by present-day tectonic deformation, Workshop, IMG-2002, Luxembourg.
8- R. Bayer, E. Shabanian, V. Regard, F.Yaminifard, P. Vernant, F. Nilforoushan , M. Abbassi, J. Chery, M. Tatar, E. Doerflinger, M. Peyret, M. Daigniers, O. Bellier, D. Hatzfeld , M. Mokhtari, Active Deformation in the Zagros-Makran Transition Zone Inferred From GPS; Tectonic and Seismological Measurements, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco USA.
9- P. Vernant, F. Nilforoushan, F. Masson, D. Hatzfeld, M. Abbassi, C. Vigny, F. Tavakoli, R. Bayer, J. Martinod, M. Ashtiani, J. Chéry, Implications of GPS Measurements in Iran on the Contemporary Crustal Deformation and Plate Kinematics in Middle East. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
2003
10- Bayer, R.; Shabanian, E. ; Regard, V. ; Doerflinger, E.; Abbassi, M.; Chery, J. ; Nilforoushan, F.; Tatar, M.; Vernant, Ph.; Bellier, O., 2003, Active deformation in the Zagros-Makran transition zone inferred from GPS measurements in the interval 2000-2002, EGS-AGU-EUG, Nice, France.
11- F. Nilforoushan, et al., 2003, Present-Day Deformation in the Zagros Mountains Inferred from GPS measurements, IUGG, Sapporo, Japan.
12- M. Sedighi , J. Hinderer ,K. Ghhazavi, R. Bayer , F. Nilforoushan, B. Luck, F. Tavakoli ,M. Amalvicet, H. Nankali, Absolute Gravity Measurements in Iran results of Base Gravity Network & Alborz Project, , IUGG2003, Sapporo, Japan.
13- H. Nankali, A. Walpersdorf, D. Hatzfeld, F. Nilforoushan, F., Tavakoli, M. Tatar, First Measurement of the Kazerun Fault GPS Network (Central Zagros) 2003, IUGG, Sapporo, Japan.
14- M Ashtari Jafari, F. Tavakoli, H Nankali, F. Nilforoushan, Active Deformation in Central Alborz, 2003, IUGG, Sapporo, Japan.
15- Vernant, P.; Nilforoushan, F.; Bayer, R.; Sedighi, M.; Chery, J.; Tavakoli, F.; Masson, F., 2003, Present-day crustal deformation in central Alborz (Iran) inferred from GPS measurements, EGS-AGU-EUG, Nice, France.
2004
16- Vernant P., Masson F., Chery J., Bayer R., Doerflinger E., Peyret M., Walpersdrof, A., Hatzfeld D. Martinod J., Vigny C., Tavakoli F., Djamour Y., Nankali H., Nilforoushan F., Madad M., Abbasi M., Tatar, M., Ashtiani A. Contemporary Plate Kinematics and Crustal Deformation in Iran Constrained by Geodetic Measurements, 2004, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco USA (Invited Talk).
17- Koyi H., Nilfouroushan F., 2004, Modelling Results of an Analogue Benchmark (Compression), GeoMod 2004, Emmetten, Switzerland.
18- Walpersdorf, A.; Nankali, H.R.; Tavakoli, F.; Chery, J.; Hatzfeld, D.; Masson, F.; Nilfouroushan F.; Peyret, M.; Vernant, P. Oblique collision in the northern Zagros observed by GPS, EGU, Nice, France.
19- Tavakoli, F; Masson, F; Chery, J; Djamour, Y; Vernant, P; Nankali, H; Noir, J; Gillet, N; Ashtiani, M; Nilforoushan, F., A GPS network to monitor the continental deformation in NW Iran - Consequences on the seismic hazard along the Tabriz fault, EGU, Nice, France.
2005
20- Faramarz Nilforoushan, Khaled Hessami, Christopher J. Talbot; GPS measurements of active deformation in the Zagros Mountains'', TSG, Manchester University, Manchester, UK. (talk)
21- F. Nilforoushan, C.J. Talbot, E.J. Fielding; Investigation of Zagros Thrust-fold-belt deformation using SAR interferometry, Fringe 2005 workshop, European Space Agency, Frascati, Italy.
22- F. Tavakoli, A.Walpersdorf, H.R. Nankali, D.Hatzfeld, M.Tatar, F. Nilforoushan, N.Cotte, "First evaluation of the present day strike-slip rate on the Kazerun fault system in the Zagros", European Geosciences Union (General Assembly), Vienna, Austria.
23- F. Nilforoushan, Hessami khaled, Talbot Christopher, Active Deformation in the Zagros Mountains (SW Iran) deduced from GPS measurements, IAG/IUGG Joint Capacity Building Workshop on Deformation Measurements and Understanding Natural Hazards in developing Countries, ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
2006
24- Faramarz Nilfouroushan, Hemin Koyi; Dependence of surface and volumetric strain on basal friction in model fold-thrust-belts determined using Laser-scanner data and digital images, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting, San Francisco USA.
25- G Schreurs, S J H Buiter, D Boutelier, G Corti, E Costa, A R Cruden, J -M Daniel, S Hoth, H A Koyi, N Kukowski, J Lohrmann, A Ravaglia, R W Schlishe, M O Withjack, Y Yamada, C Cavozzi, C Delventisette, J A Elder Brady, A Hoffmann-Rothe, J -M Mengus, D Montanari and F. Nilforoushan, Comparison of Numerical and Analogue Models of Thrust Wedges, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting, San Francisco USA (Invited talk).
26- Faramarz Nilforoushan, Hemin Koyi; Quantifying progressive surface strain in a shortened sand model, 2006, TSG 2006, Manchester University, Manchester, UK (selected as the 2nd best Poster of the meeting).
2007
27 - Nilforoushan F. 2007, GPS Measurements of Active Tectonics in Iran (Focusing on the Zagros Mountains), Lanmäteriet (National Land Survey of Sweden), Gävle, Sweden (Invited talk).
28- Nilforoushan F. 2007, Contemporary deformation within the Zagros fold-thrust belt (SW Iran) inferred from GPS campaigns, GFZ, Potsdam, Germany (Invited talk).
2008
29- Shahpasandzadeh M., Koyi H., Nilforoushan F., An experimental approach to active tectonics of the Alborz Mountains, northern Iran, European Geosciences Union (General Assembly), Vienna, Austria.
30-CM
Burberry, H Koyi, F Nilfouroushan, JW Cosgrove,
Modelling the Deformation Front of a Fold-Thrust Belt: the Effect of an
Upper Detachment Horizon,
American
Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco USA
2009
31-F.Nilfouroushan, R. Pyskltwec, A. Cruden,
petroleum geologists, Annual Convention & Exhibition,
Denver, Colorado, USA
- Postdoctoral fellowship for University of Toronto, 2008-2010, funded by Research Council of Sweden
- PhD scholarship 2003-2007; funded by Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Research grant, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, 2002-02 till 2002-04
- Research grant, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, 2000-05 till 2000-08
- Titled as the best presentation at third student civil Engineering Conference at K. N. Toosi University, Tehran, Iran, 1996
- Ranked first in Master of Science degree, K. N. Toosi University, Tehran, Iran, 1996