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Omar Saddiqi is affiliated with the University of Hassan II Casablanca in Morocco. Their primary research focus lies within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular specialization in Geophysics among other related subfields.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics including:

  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

Omar Saddiqi's recent publications demonstrate active engagement with geological and tectonic research. Notable papers include:

  • "The Variscan belts of North-West Africa: An African legacy to the Wilson Cycle concept" (2023), published in the Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • "Comment on "The Mesozoic Margin of the Maghrebian Tethys in the Rif Belt (Morocco): Evidence for Polyphase Rifting and Related Magmatic Activity" by Gimeno-Vives et al." (2020), published in Tectonics
  • "The Beni Bousera marbles, record of a Triassic-Early Jurassic hyperextended margin in the Alpujarrides-Sebtides units (Rif belt, Morocco)" (2021), published in Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
  • "Intraplate orogenesis as a driver of multistage karst-hosted mineralization: the Imini manganese case (Atlas, Morocco)" (2023), published in Mineralium Deposita
  • "Late extension of a passive margin coeval with subduction of the adjacent slab: The Western Alps and Maghrebides files" (2023), published in Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Omar Saddiqi include:

  • André Michard
  • Aboubaker Farah
  • Ahmed Chaloüan
  • Moulley Charaf Chabou
  • Youssef Driouch

Their works are often published in well-established scientific venues, notably:

  • Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
  • Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • Tectonics
  • Mineralium Deposita
  • Journal of Human Evolution

Best Publications

  • Mesozoic and Cenozoic vertical movements in the Atlas system (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia): An overview

    Dominique Frizon de Lamotte;Pascale Leturmy;Yves Missenard;Sami Khomsi

  • Continental Evolution: The Geology of Morocco

    André Michard;Omar Saddiqi;Ahmed Chalouan;Dominique Frizon De Lamotte

  • The South-Western Branch of the Variscan Belt: Evidence from Morocco

    A. Michard;A. Soulaimani;C. Hoepffner;H. Ouanaimi

  • Crustal versus asthenospheric origin of relief of the Atlas Mountains of Morocco

    Yves Missenard;Hermann Zeyen;Dominique Frizon de Lamotte;Pascale Leturmy

  • The Rif Belt

    A. Chalouan;A. Michard;Kh. El Kadiri;F. Negro

  • The Rif mountain building (Morocco); a new tectonic scenario

    Ahmed Chalouan;Andre Michard;Hugues Feinberg;Raymond Montigny

  • Pressure–temperature–time constraints on the Maghrebide mountain building: evidence from the Rif–Betic transect (Morocco, Spain), Algerian correlations, and geodynamic implications

    André Michard;François Negro;Omar Saddiqi;Mohamed L. Bouybaouene

  • Thermal structure of the Alboran Domain in the Rif (northern Morocco) and the Western Betics (southern Spain). Constraints from Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material

    F. Negro;O. Beyssac;B. Goffé;O. Saddiqi

  • Late Ediacaran–Cambrian structures and their reactivation during the Variscan and Alpine cycles in the Anti-Atlas (Morocco)

    A. Soulaimani;A. Michard;H. Ouanaimi;L. Baidder

  • Apatite fission-track analyses on basement granites from south-western Meseta, Morocco: Paleogeographic implications and interpretation of AFT age discrepancies

    O. Saddiqi;F.-Z. El Haimer;A. Michard;J. Barbarand

  • The Anti-Atlas Pan-African Belt (Morocco): Overview and pending questions

    Abderrahmane Soulaimani;Hassan Ouanaimi;Omar Saddiqi;Lahssen Baidder

  • Fission-track thermochronology of the Oman Mountains continental windows, and current problems of tectonic interpretation

    Omar Saddiqi;André Michard;Bruno Goffe;Gérard Poupeau

  • A serpentinite ridge in a collisional paleomargin setting: the Beni Malek massif, External Rif, Morocco

    André Michard;Hugues Feinberg;Driss El-Azzab;Mohamed Bouybaouene

  • Late Hercynian–Mesozoic thinning in the Alboran domain: metamorphic data from the northern Rif, Morocco

    André Michard;Bruno Goffé;Mohamed Bouybaouene;Omar Saddiqi

  • Late Cretaceous exhumation of the Oman blueschists and eclogites: a two-stage extensional mechanism

    A. Michard;B. Goffé;O. Saddiqi;R. Oberhänsli

  • Late thermal evolution of the Oman Mountains subophiolitic windows: Apatite fission-track thermochronology

    Gérard Poupeau;Omar Saddiqi;André Michard;Bruno Goffé

  • An Outline of the Geology of Morocco

    A. Michard;D. Frizon de Lamotte;O. Saddiqi;A. Chalouan

  • Tectonic and metamorphic evolution of the Temsamane units, External Rif (northern Morocco): implications for the evolution of the Rif and the Betic–Rif arc

    F. Negro;F. Negro;Philippe Agard;B. Goffé;O. Saddiqi

  • From central Atlantic continental rift to Neogene uplift - western Anti-Atlas (Morocco)

    G. M. H. Ruiz;S. Sebti;F. Negro;O. Saddiqi

  • Thick-skinned tectonics in a Late Cretaceous-Neogene intracontinental belt (High Atlas Mountains, Morocco): The flat-ramp fault control on basement shortening and cover folding

    A. Fekkak;H. Ouanaimi;A. Michard;A. Soulaimani

  • Quelques developpements récents sur la géodynamique du Maghreb

    Dominique Frizon de Lamotte;André Michard;Omar Saddiqi

Frequent Co-Authors

André Michard
André Michard University of Paris-Saclay
Bruno Goffé
Bruno Goffé Aix-Marseille University
Alain Bernard
Alain Bernard Université Libre de Bruxelles
Dominique Frizon de Lamotte
Dominique Frizon de Lamotte CY Cergy Paris University
Cécile Gautheron
Cécile Gautheron University of Paris-Saclay
Fernando Bea
Fernando Bea University of Granada
Gilles Ruffet
Gilles Ruffet University of Rennes
Pilar Montero
Pilar Montero University of Granada
Christian Chopin
Christian Chopin École Normale Supérieure
Igor M. Villa
Igor M. Villa University of Milano-Bicocca

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