Biography

2005-

Junior Professur (Associate Professor), Universität Potsdam

2001-2005

Assistant, Mineralogical & Petrological Institute, Basel Universität (Switzerland)

1999-2001

Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. S.M. Schmid at the Geological Institute, Basel Universität (Switzerland)

1998-1999

Post-doc as Geologist and computer system manager for the oil companies consortium "DOTS" (CONOCO, ELF, EXXON, TOTAL, UNOCAL), Paris (France)

1998

Ph.D. University Paris XI - ENS Paris, France "Exhumation of high-pressure metamorphic rocks: from fieldwork to modelling. Study of the Engadine window and the Valaisan domain in the Central Alps" PDF-files: Part I (7.1 MB) in french. Part II (14.5 MB) in english.

1995-1998

Teaching assistant, Université de Versailles-St Quentin (France)

1994-1995

Research Asistant, Universität Mainz (Germany).

1993

DEA (M. Sc.) with highest honors, University Paris XI, France. "Thermal modelling of a mountain belts: Example of the Alps" Advisors: X. Le Pichon, B. Goffé & P. Henry

1991-1993

Study of Geology and Geophysics in the Magistère Interuniversitaire des Sciences de la Terre (Paris, France)

Research

My principal interests lie in the consequence of the petrological changes onto the geodynamic processes. My approach to this problem ranges from the microscopic scale such as equilibrium between minerals up to large scale (orogen scale), e.g. consequences of metamorphic reactions on orogenic processes, and on the changes of geophysical signal, particularly those that release and consume water. My research activity focuses, until now, on main themes:
Tectono-metamorphic petrology by describing, characterizing and quantifying metamorphic and tectonic processes during the evolution of metamorphic belts (Bousquet et al., 2002; Bousquet, 2008, Bousquet et al., 2008a, 2008b; Berger and Bousquet, 2008).
Quantification of rocks properties under transient conditions according metamorphic and the geodynamic evolution  (Bousquet et al., 1997, 2005).
Numerical modeling by investigating the influence of geochemistry, layering and phase transition on the dynamic of frontier regions (Bousquet et al., 1997; Goffé et al., 2003; Arcay et al., 2006, 2007, Wichura et al., 2010)

Teaching

Some of my recent courses

• Introduction to Geodynamics
• Petrology of Cement and aggregates
• Heatflow: Modelling and Applications
• Geology of the Alps
• Geology of North Africa
• Field mapping courses

Publications

A-Articles

39- Wichura H., Bousquet R., Oberhänsli R., Strecker MR. & Trauth M., 2010, The Mid-Miocene East African Plateau: pre-rift topographic inferred from the emplacement of the phonolitic Yatta lava flow, Kenya, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, accepted
38- Wiederkehr M., Bousquet R., Ziemann M., Berger A. & Schmid S. M., 2010, The Valais units in Savoy (France): a key area for understanding the paleogeography and the tectonic evolution of the Western Alps, International Journal of Earth Sciences, accepted
37-  Berger A. & Schmid S., Engi M., Bousquet R. & Wiederkehr M., A discussion on mass and heat transport during Barrovian metamorphism: An example from the Central Alps (Switzerland/N-Italy), Tectonics, in press

36- Loprieno A., Bousquet R., Bucher S., Ceriani S., Dalla Torre F.H, Fügenschuh, B. & Schmid S.M., 2011, The Valais units in Savoy (France): a key area for understanding the paleogeography and the tectonic evolution of the Western Alps, International Journal of Earth Sciences, doi 10.1007/s00531-010-0595-1
35- Wichura H., Bousquet R., Oberhänsli R., 2010, Emplacement of the mid-Miocene Yatta lava flow, Kenya: implications for modelling long, channelled lava flows, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.09.017
34- Handy MR., Schmid S.M., Bousquet R., Kissling E. & Bernoulli D., 2010, Reconciling plate tectonic reconstructions of Alpine Tethys with the geological-geophysical record of spreading and subduction in the Alps, Earth Review, 102, 121-158
33- Oberhänsli, R., Candan, O., Bousquet, R., Rimmele, G., Okay, A. & B. Goff, J, 2010, Alpine HP Evolution of the eastern Bitlis complex, SE Turkey, in Sedimentary basins, tectonics from Black Sea an Caucasus to the Arabian plateform Eds Sosson M., Kaymakci N., Stephenson R., Strarostenko V. & Bergerat F., Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 340, 461-483
32- Wichura H., Bousquet R., Oberhänsli R., Strecker MR. & Trauth M., 2010, Evidence for Mid-Miocene uplift of the East African Plateau, Geology, 38, 6; 543–546
31-Wiederkehr M., Sudo M., Bousquet R., Berger A. & Schmid S., 2009, Alpine orogenic evolution from subduction to collisional thermal overprint: The Ar-40/Ar-39 age constraints from the Valaisan Ocean, central Alps, Tectonics, 28, TC6009
30- Schmitz S., Möller A., Wilke M., Malzer W., Kanngiesser B., Bousquet R., Berger A. & Schefer S., 2009, Chemical U-Th-Pb dating of monazite by 3D-Micro X-ray fluorescence analysis with synchrotron radiation, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 5, 927-945
29- Moazzen M., Oberhansli R., Hajialioghli R., Möller A., Bousquet R., Droop G. & Jahangiri A., 2009, Peak and post-peak P-T conditions and fluid composition for scapolite-clinopyroxene-garnet calc-silicate rocks from the Takab area, NW Iran, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 1, 149-162
28- Sebti S., Saddiqi O., El Haimer F.Z., Michard A., Ruiz G., Bousquet R., Baidder L. & de Lamotte D.F., 2009, Vertical movements at the fringe of the West African Craton: First zircon fission track datings from the Anti-Atlas Precambrian basement, Morocco, Comptes Rendus Geosciences, 341, 1, 71-77
27- Wiederkehr M., Bousquet R., Schmid S. M., & Berger A. 2008, From subduction to collision: Thermal overprint of HP/LT meta-sediments in the north-eastern Lepontine Dome (Swiss Alps) and consequences regarding the tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Alpine orogenic wedge, Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 101(S1), 127-155.
26-Altenberger, U., Wilke, M., Bousquet, R., Oberhänsli, R. Scherbaum, F. 2008 Pseudotachylytes: Coseismic source parameterization from petrology and fabrics. Geotectonics Research, 8-11.
25- Çetinkaplan, M., Oberhaensli, O., Candan, O. & Bousquet, R., Pressure – temperature evolution of lawsonite eclogite in Sivrihisar; Tavþanlý Zone - Turkey, Lithos, 104, 12-32
24- Bousquet R., Oberhänsli R., Goffé B., Wiederkehr M., Koller F., Schmid S. M., Schuster R.,   Engi M., Berger A. & Martinotti G., 2008 Metamorphism of metasediments in the scale of an orogen: A key to the Tertiary geodynamic evolution of the Alps. in Tectonic Aspects of the Alpine-Dinaride-Carpathian System Eds Siegesmund, S., Fügenschuh, B. & Froitzheim, N. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 298, 393-412
23- Berger, A., & Bousquet R. 2008 Subduction related metamorphism in the Alps: Review of isotopic ages based on petrology and their geodynamic consequences. in Tectonic Aspects of the Alpine-Dinaride-Carpathian System Eds Siegesmund, S., Fügenschuh, B. & Froitzheim, N. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 298, 117-144
22- Bousquet, R., El Mamoun, R., Saddiqi, O. & Goffé, B., 2008 Mélanges and ophiolites during the Pan-African orogeny: the case of the Bou-Azzer ophiolite suite (Morocco), in “The Boundaries of the West African Craton” Eds Ennih, N. & Liégois, J.-P., Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 297: 233-247.
21- Bousquet R., 2008, Metamorphic heterogeneities within a single HP unit: overprint effect or metamorphic mix?, Lithos, 103, 46-69.
20-Altenberger U., Wilke M., Bousquet R., Oberhänsli R. & Scherbaum F. 2008 Pseudotachylytes: Coseismic source parameterization from petrology  and fabrics. Geotectonics Research, 8-11
19- Oberhänsli, R., Bousquet, R., Moinzadeh, H., Moazzen M., Arvin, M., 2007, Stability field and colour of blue jades: a case study from a new occurrence (Sorkhan, Iran), Canadian Mineralogist, 45, no. 6; p. 1501-1509
18- Bucher S., & Bousquet R., 2007 Metamorphic evolution of the Briançonnais units along the ECORS-CROP profile (Western Alps): New data on metasedimentary rocks, Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 100(2), 227-242
17- Hajialioghli, R, Moazzen, M, Droop G.T.R, Oberhänsli R,  Bousquet R, A. Jahangiri A, & Ziemann, M, 2007, Serpentine polymorphs and P-T evolution of meta-peridotites  and serpentinites in the Takab area, northwest of Iran, Mineralogical Magazine, 71(2), 155–174
16- Arcay, D., Doin, M.-P., Tric E., Bousquet, R., 2007, Influence of the precollisional stage on subduction dynamics and the burried crust thermal state: Insights from numerical simulations, Tectonophysics, 441, 27-45
15- Hackney, R., Bousquet, R., Götze, H.-J., Mahatsente, R., Jahr, T., Jentzsch, G. & Oberhänsli, R., 2007, Geophysical and petrological applications of new-generation satellite-derived gravity data: What can  and needs to be done? European Space Agency Special Publication 627 3rd International GOCE User Workshop ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy 6-8 November 2006 p. 191-197
14- Arcay, D., Doin, M.-P., Tric E., Bousquet, R., & D Capitani, C., 2006, Overriding Plate Thinning in Subduction Zones: Localized Convection Induced by Slab Dehydration, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3), 7, Q02007, doi:10.1029/2005GC001061
13- Bousquet, R., Goffé, B., de Capitani, C., Chopin, C., Le Pichon, X. & Henry, P., 2005, Comment on “Subduction factory 1. Theoritical mineralogy, densities, seismic wave speeds and H2O contents” by Bradley R. Hacker, Geoffrey A. Abers and Simon M. Peacock, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, B02206
12-Chamot-Rooke, N., Rangin, C., Le Pichon, X., Rabaute, A., Laurent, O., Ego, F., Lallemant, S., Nielsen, C., Pagot, P., Tsang Hin Sun, D., Walcott, R. & Bousquet, R., 2005 DOTMED : Deep Offshore Tectonics of the Mediterranean. A synthesis of deep marine data in the eastern Mediterranean. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France., n°: 177, 64 p., 9 pl
11- Bucher S., Ulardic, C., Bousquet R., Ceriani, S., Fügenschuh B. & Schmid, S. M., 2004, Tectonic evolution of the Briançonnais units along the ECORS-CROP transect through the Italian-French Western Alps, Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae, 97, 321-345.
10- Oberhänsli R., Bousquet R, & Goffé B., 2003, Comment to „Chloritoid composition and formation in the eastern Central Alps: a comparison between Penninic and Helvetic occurrences“, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrologische Mitteilungen, 83, 3, 341-344
9- Bucher S., Schmid, S. M., Bousquet R. & Fügenschuh B., 2003, Late stage deformation in a collisional orogen (Western Alps): Nappe refolding, back-thrusting or normal faulting? Terra Nova, 15, 109-117
8- Goffé B., Bousquet R., Henry P. & Le Pichon X., 2003, Effect of the chemical composition of the crust on the metamorphic evolution of orogenic wedges. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 21, 123-141
7- Bousquet R., Goffé B., Vidal O., Patriat M., & Oberhänsli R., 2002. The tectono-metamorphic history of the Valaisan domain from the Western to the Central Alps: New constraints for the evolution of the Alps. GSA Bulletin, 114, 207-225
6- Vidal O., Goffé B., Bousquet R. & Parra T, 1999. An empirical chloritoid-chlorite Mg-Fe exchange thermometer and thermodynamic data for daphnite. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 17, 25-39
5- Bousquet R., Oberhänsli R., Goffé B., Jolivet L. & Vidal, O., 1998. High pressure-low temperature metamorphism and deformation in the „Bündnerschiefer“ of the Engadine window: Implications for the regional evolution of the eastern Central Alps. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 16, 653-674
4- Jolivet L., Goffé B., Bousquet R., Oberhänsli R. & Michard A., 1998. The tectono-metamorphic signature of detachments in high-pressure mountain belts, Tethyan examples. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 160, (1-2), 31-47
3- Bousquet R., Goffé B., Henry P., Le Pichon X. & Chopin C., 1997. Kinematic, thermal and petrological model of the Central Alps: Lepontine metamorphism in the upper crust and eclogitisation of the lower crust. In: Collision Orogens: Zones of Active Transfers between Crust and Mantle (eds. Touret, J. R. L. & Austrheim, H.) Tectonophysics, 273, n°1-2, 105-127
2- Goffé B. & Bousquet R., 1997. Ferrocarpholite, chloritoïde et lawsonite dans les métapelites des unités du Versoyen et du Petit St Bernard (zone valaisanne). Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrologische Mitteilungen, 77, 137-147
1- Oberhänsli R., Goffé B. & Bousquet R., 1995. Record of a HP-LT metamorphic evolution in the Valais zone: geodynamic implications. In: Studies on metamorphic rocks and minerals of the Western Alps. A volume in Memory of Ugo Pognante. B. Lombardo (Ed.) Bolletino del Museo Regionale dei Scienze Naturali. Torino, vol. 13, suppl. 2, 221-239

B- Books

1- Robert C. & Bousquet R., 2011, Introduction aux Sciences de la Terre (Textbook in french), Belin, Paris

C- Maps

3- Bousquet R., Oberhänsli R., Goffé B., Schuster R. & Zeillinger G., 2011, Metamorphic structure of the Alps (1:1’000’000) 2d Edition, Commission for the Geological Map of the World (UNESCO), Paris, in press
2- Bousquet R., Schmid S.M. & Zeillinger G., 2011, Structural map of the Alps-Apennines system (1:1’000’000), Commission for the Geological Map of the World (UNESCO), Paris, in press
1- Oberhänsli, R., Bousquet, R., Engi, M., Goffé, B., Gosso, G., Handy, M., Höck, V., Koller, F., Lardeaux, J.-M., Polino, R., Rossi, P., Schuster, R., Schwarz, S., Spalla, M. I., 2004, Metamorphic structure of the Alps (1:1’000’000), Commission for the Geological Map of the World (UNESCO), Paris

D- Excursion Guides

3- Bousquet, R., Bertlé, R., Goffé, B, Höck, V., Koller, F. & Oberhänsli, R., 2004, The Engadine Window at the border of the eastern and central Alps. In: Thermo-mechanical evolution of the Alpine Belt, from Engadine Window to the Matterhorn (eds. Gosso, G., Engi, M., Koller, F., Lardeaux, J.-M., Oberhänsli, R. & Spalla, M. I.) Field Trip Guide Book, 32nd International Geological Congress, B29, 17-18
2- Höck, V., Koller, F., Bertlé, R. & Bousquet, R., 2004, Fimber unit and the Idalp ophiolite (South pennic unit, Lower Engadine Window; Austria-Switzerland) In: Thermo-mechanical evolution of the Alpine Belt, from Engadine Window to the Matterhorn (eds Gosso, G., Engi, M., Koller, F., Lardeaux, J.-M., Oberhänsli, R. & Spalla, M. I.) Field Trip Guide Book, 32nd International Geological Congress, B29, 17-18
1- Bousquet, R., Bertlé, R., Goffé, B, Koller, F. & Oberhänsli, R., 2004, HP/LT metamorphism within the North Penninic ocean (Lower Engadine Window; Austria-Switzerland). In: Thermo-mechanical evolution of the Alpine Belt, from Engadine Window to the Matterhorn (eds. Gosso, G., Engi, M., Koller, F., Lardeaux, J.-M., Oberhänsli, R. & Spalla, M. I.) Field Trip Guide Book, 32nd International Geological Congress, B29, 22-27