Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

May 14, 2020

Full Name : Mohamed K. Salah Position : Ass. Prof. & Chairperson Department : Geology Faculty : Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) University : American University of Beirut (AUB) Date of Appointment: August 15, 2014 E-mail : [email protected]

University Degrees

. PhD degree in March 24, 2004, in Seismology, Seismological Laboratory, Geodynamics Research Center (GRC), Ehime University, Japan. . M. Sc. “Excellent with Honors” in July, 1997, in Geophysics (Petrophysics), Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. . B. Sc. “Excellent with Honors”, May, 1992, Special Degree in Geology, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.

Positions Held

. Chairperson of the Department of Geology, FAS, AUB (Sept. 1, 2018 – present). . Associate Professor of Geophysics (15/8/2014 – present), Department of Geology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon. . Visiting Professor (2011 – 2012) Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. . Associate Professor of Geophysics (29/92009 – 15/8/2014), Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. . Assistant Professor of Geophysics (30/5/2004 – 29/9/2009) Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. . Assistant Lecturer of Geophysics (25/8/1997 – 30/5/2004), Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. . Demonstrator of Geology (12/1/1993 – 25/8/1997), Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.

Research Grants

. A total fund of $12,500 from the University Research Board (URB); the American University of Beirut (AUB) starting July 2019 as a renewal of the project entitled: “Petrophysical, Mechanical, and Sedimentological Characterization of Jurassic Rocks from Northern Lebanon”. Award Number: 103782; Project Number: 24687. . A total fund of 12,500$ from the University Research Board (URB); the American University of Beirut (AUB) for the 2018-19 funding cycle. Proposal title: “Petrophysical, mechanical, and sedimentological characterization of Jurassic rocks from northern Lebanon”. Award number: 103603; Project number: 24687. . Periodic Research Leave grant from FAS/AUB in the spring of the academic year 2017/2018. Destination: University of Cergy-Pontoise, France. . K. Shair research grant from FAS/AUB for the academic year 2017/2018 with a research fund of $3,400. . A total fund of 16,500$ from the University Research Board (URB); the American University of Beirut (AUB) for the academic years 2015-16 and 2016-17. Proposal title: “Active faults and Large Destructive Earthquakes around Lebanon: a seismological evidence”. . A total of 5,000$ granted by the Undergraduate Research Experience (URE) review committee for the two academic years 2015-16 and 2016-17. . Startup fund ($5,000) from the University Research Board (URB); the American University of Beirut (AUB) for the academic year 2014/2015. . Postdoctoral fellowship (August 2008 – August 2009) for research work and training specialization in the field of crustal and upper mantle structure at IST (Instituto Superior Tecnico), Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. . JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (August, 2005 – August, 2007), Division of Global Dynamics, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. . Complete PhD Scholarship from the Ministry of Scientific Research and Higher Education of Egypt to conduct PhD studies at the Seismological laboratory, Geodynamics Research Center (GRC), Ehime University, Japan, Sept. 2000 – March, 2004. Research Awards

. The Most Cited Author 2003-2007Award from ELSEVIER Science Publication for the paper entitled: “3-D seismic structure of Kii Peninsula in southwest Japan: Evidence for slab dehydration in the forearc”, by M. K. Salah and D. Zhao, Tectonophysics, vol. 364, Iss. 3-4 (2003), Pages 191-213. . International scientific publication awards from Tanta University (2007 - 2014; 8 awards).

Projects

. Seismological studies around the North and East Anatolian Fault Zones, Anatolia, Turkey. . Seismological and Geodynamic studies off the Western Margin of South Iberia around the Tagus Abyssal Plain (TAPOBS; completed). . Seismological studies beneath the Eastern Mediterranean region. . Petrophysical assessment of the Mesozoic rocks of Lebanon.

Training and Workshops

. SEGJ (Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Japan) one-day seminar on shallow exploration (April 23, 2019), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. . Second ORFEUS Workshop on ‘Seismic Tomography’, Utrecht, The Netherlands (July 2-3, 2009). . The 3rd workshop on the: “Subsurface Geology of the Nile Delta: Basin Analysis and Petroleum Systems”, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Egypt (April 5 - 6, 2008).

Fields of Interest

. Seismotectonics near plate boundaries. . Crustal and uppermost mantle structure using seismic tomography, seismic anisotropy, and receiver functions techniques. . Petrophysical and acoustic properties of sedimentary rocks.

Skills

. Seismological data analysis and interpretation using 3-D models. . Seismic waveform analysis (SAC software). . Experience with UNIX/LINUX systems and Fortran programming language. . Different processing, graphic and presentation programs (Generic Mapping Tools-GMT, Corel Draw, Grapher, Photoshop, and Microsoft Office). . ICDL Certificate.

Teaching Experience

. Teaching the courses of Marine Geology, Natural Disasters, Physical Geology; Planetary Geology, Introduction to Geophysics, Well Logging for Petroleum Systems; Petrophysics and Reservoir Characterization, Geophysics I and II at the Department of Geology; Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon (2014 – present). . Teaching the courses of Earthquake Seismology, Seismic Waves and Velocities; Seismic Exploration Methods (1) and (2), Seismic Field methods; Seismic Data Processing and Interpretation; Introduction to Geophysics, and Petrophysics to undergraduate geophysics and geology students (The Credit Hour System) at the Department of Geology; Faculty of Science, Tanta University (2004-2014). . Teaching the courses of Earthquake Seismology, Seismic Exploration Methods, General Geophysics, and physical Geology to undergraduate geophysics and geology students at the Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman (2011-2012). . Teaching seismic prospecting, seismology and geophysics for geophysics and civil engineering students at Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST), Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (2008-2009). . Teaching Introduction to Geophysics, seismology, and seismic prospecting methods for both under- and postgraduate geology and geophysics students at Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Egypt (2004-2014). . Wide teaching experience of several geological and geophysical courses (both theoretical and practical) for the undergraduate level for the students of the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Education. These include seismic prospecting, hydrogeology, gravity prospecting, magnetic prospecting, electrical prospecting, petroleum geology, well logging and subsurface geology, physical geology, volcanology, plate tectonics and geotectonics, geological mapping, structural geology, geological surveying and field geology (1993-2000). . Teaching training courses of hydrogeology in the First Symposium of Underground Water in the Middle Delta Area, held at the Faculty of Science, Tanta University, June – July, 1999. Field Work Experience

. Field experience and knowledge of the stratigraphy and tectonic setting of the Lebanese Mesozoic and Cenozoic rocks. . Practical experience in the stratigraphy and tectonic setting of the sedimentary succession of the Eastern Desert of Egypt. . Practical experience in the facies characteristics and hydrocarbon potentialities of the Cretaceous – Tertiary sequence in the Gulf of Suez and Sinai, Egypt. . Regular participant in the undergraduate student field trips to Sinai, Eastern Desert and the Western Desert of Egypt. . Member in the research group of geophysicists responsible for deploying and maintaining broadband seismic stations in Portugal and Morocco (January - March, 2009). . Member in the research group of seismic reflection surveying of the Nagamachi-Rifu Fault, Sendai, Northeastern Japan, June 11 – 19, 2001. . Member in the seismology group installing and maintaining portable seismic stations following the 6th Oct., 2000 western Tottori earthquake, Nov. 27 – 30, 2000, Tottori Prefecture, Western Japan. . Training periods in the oil fields of the General Petroleum Company in Ras Gharib and Khalda Petroleum Company in the Western Desert of Egypt (1991, 1997).

Scientific Affiliations

. Member of European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) . Member of the European Geological Union (EGU). . Member of the Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ). . Member of the Egyptian Geophysical Society. . Member of the Egyptian Geological Society. . Member of the Egyptian Syndicate of Scientific Professions.

Scientific Activities

. Reviewer in several Geoscience Journals (e.g., Arabian Journal of Geosciences, African Journal of Earth Sciences, Oceanologia, etc.). . Regular participant in the EGU General Assembly. . Member in the Quality Assurance Team, both in the Department of Geology, and the Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt (2004 - 2014). . Coordinator of academic and student affairs, Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University (2012 – 2014). . Regular participant and organizer in the International Symposium on Geophysics (ISG) held biannually at the Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt (1998 - 2014). . Regular participant in the scientific seminars, lectures and discussions held periodically at the Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt (1993 - 2014). . Regular participant in the Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Geophysical Society (1993 - 2012). . Participant in the Symposium of Environmental Problems in El Gharbiya Governorate and the Role of the University in their Solving, Feb. 21, 2000. . Regular participant in the Japan Earth and Planetary Science Joint Meeting, 2001 – 2007, Tokyo, Japan. . Regular participant in the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of Japan (ZISIN), 2001 – 2007.

Languages

. Arabic (Mother Language). . English (Excellent). . Knowledge of some French. . Knowledge of some German. . Knowledge of some Japanese.

List of Publications in Peer-reviewed International Journals

1. Abd El-Aal, A. K., Salah, M. K., Ansari, M. Kh., Ahmad, M., Singh, T. N., Integrated geophysical and geotechnical assessment of subsurface hazardous karsts in Ar-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, under revision. 2. Salah, M. K., Janjuhah, H. T., Sanjuan, J., Analysis and Characterization of Pore System and Grain Sizes of Carbonate Rocks from Southern Lebanon. Journal of Earth Science, under revision. 3. Salah, M. K., Alqudah, M., David, C., Transport and acoustics of microporous Carbonate Rocks, Zahle, Central Lebanon: implications on capillarity and elasticity. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, under revision. 4. Salah, M. K., Alqudah, M., David, C., Petrophysical, petrographical and paleontological investigations on some Late Cretaceous carbonate rocks, north Central Lebanon. Journal of African Earth Sciences, under revision. 5. Janjuhah, H. T., Sanjuan, J., Alqudah, M., Salah, M. K., Biostratigraphy, Depositional and Diagenetic Processes in Carbonate Rocks from Southern Lebanon: Impact on Porosity and Permeability. Acta Geologica Sinica, in press. 6. Aydin, U., Sahin, S., Salah, M. K., 2020. Upper crustal Poisson’s ratio and coda-wave attenuation beneath Eastern Anatolia. Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Vibration, 19: 335-347. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-020-0565-y 7. Salah, M. K., Alqudah, M., Monzer, A., David, C., 2020. Petrophysical and acoustic characteristics of Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks from Central Lebanon. Carbonates and Evaporites, 35:12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-019-00536-w. 8. Abd El-Aal, A. K., Salah, M. K., Khalifa, M. A., 2020. Acoustic and strength characterization of Upper Cretaceous dolostones from the Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt: The impact of porosity and diagenesis. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 187, 106798.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2019.106798 9. Salah, M. K., 2019. Seismological evidence for lithospheric low-velocity anomalies beneath the Eastern Mediterranean: Impact of tectonics. Geotectonics, 53(5), 617-633. DOI: 10.1134/S0016852119050054 10. Janjuhah, H. T., Sanjuan, J., Salah, M. K., 2019. An Overview of the Porosity Classification in Carbonate Reservoirs and Their Challenges: An Example of Macro-Microporosity Classification from Offshore Miocene Carbonate in Central Luconia, Malaysia. World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology, Int. J. Geol. Env. Eng., 13(5), 308-316. 11. Salah, M. K., Sahin, S., 2019. 3D Crustal velocity and Vp/Vs structures beneath Southeast Anatolia and their geodynamic implications. Geophys. J., 41(2), 122-140. DOI: 10.24028/gzh.0203-3100.v41i2.2019.164460 12. Salah M. K., Abd El-Aal, A. K., Abdel-Hameed, A. T., 2019. Influence of dеpositional and diagеnеtic procеssеs on the pеtrophysical and mеchanical propеrtiеs of Lowеr Miocеnе sandstonеs, Qattara Dеprеssion, Northwеstеrn Еgypt. J. Petrol. Sci. Eng., 177, 1114-1133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2019.02.058 13. Alqudah, M., Monzer, A., Sanjuan, J.; Salah, M. K., Alhejoj, I. K., 2019. Calcareous nannofossil, nummulite and ostracod assemblages from Paleocene to Miocene successions in the Bekaa Valley (Lebanon) and its paleogeographic implications. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 151, 82-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2018.12.001 14. Salah M. K., Alqudah, M., El-Al, A.A., Barnes, C., 2018. Effects of porosity and composition on seismic wave velocities and elastic moduli of Lower Cretaceous rocks, central Lebanon. Acta Geophysica, 66(5), 867-894. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-018-0187-1 15. Karaoğlu, Ö., Browning, J., Salah, M. K., Elshaafi, A., Gudmundsson, A., 2018. Depths of magma chambers at three volcanic provinces in the Karlıova region of Eastern Turkey. Bulletin of Volcanology, 80:69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-018-1245-x. 16. Salem Z. E., Al Temamy A. M., Salah M. K., Kassab M., 2018. Evaluation of Water Resources Qualities for Agriculture Irrigation in Abu Madi Area, Northern Middle Nile Delta. In: Negm, A. M. (ed.), Conventional Water Resources and Agriculture in Egypt, The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2018_273 17. Tawfik, H. A., Salah, M. K., Maejima, W., Armstrong-Altrin, J. S., Abdel‐ Hameed, A‐M. T., El Ghandour, M. M., 2018. Petrography and geochemistry of the Lower Miocene Moghra sandstones, Qattara Depression, north Western Desert, Egypt. Geological Journal, 53:1938–1953. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.3025 18. Salah, M. K., 2017. 3D Seismic Velocity Structure around Plate Boundaries and Active Fault Zones; http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/65512. Book Chapter in Earthquakes – Tectonics, Hazards, and Risk Mitigation, Zouaghi, T. (ed.), InTech Pub.; ISBN 978-953-51-2886-1 19. Lemnifi, A. A., Elshaafi, A., Karaoğlu, Ö., Salah, M. K., Aouad, N., Reed, C. A., Yu, Y., 2017. Complex seismic anisotropy and mantle dynamics beneath Turkey. Journal of Geodynamics, 112, 31-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2017.10.004 20. Karaoğlu, Ö., Elshaafi, A., Salah, M. K., Browning, J., Gudmundsson, A., 2017. Large-volume lava flows fed by a deep magmatic reservoir at Ağrı Dağı (Ararat) volcano, Eastern Turkey, Bulletin of Volcanology, 79:15, doi: 10.1007/s00445-016-1098-0 21. Salah, M. K., 2017. Lithospheric structure of southeast Anatolia from joint inversion of local and teleseismic data, Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 61, 703-727, doi: 10.1007/s11200-016-1240-7 22. Salem, Z. E., Al Temamy, A. M., Salah, M. K., Kassab, M., 2016. Origin and characteristics of brackish groundwater in Abu Madi coastal area, Northern Nile Delta, Egypt, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 178, 21-35, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2016.05.015 23. Salah, M. K., El Ghandour, M. M., Abdel-Hameed, A. T., 2016. Effect of diagenesis on the petrophysical properties of the Miocene rocks at the Qattara Depression, North Western Desert, Egypt. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 9:329, DOI: 10.1007/s12517-015-2275-8 24. Salah, M. K., 2014. Upper crustal structure beneath southwest Iberia north of the convergent boundary between the Eurasian and African plates. Geoscience Frontiers 5; 845-854, DOI:10.1016/j.gsf.2013.10.002 25. Salah, M. K., Sahin, S., Soyuer, D., 2014. Crustal velocity and Poisson’s ratio structures beneath northwest Anatolia imaged by seismic tomography. European International Journal of Science and Technology, v. 3, 133-157. 26. Salah, M. K., Sahin, S., Topatan, U., 2014. Crustal velocity and Vp/Vs structures beneath central Anatolia from local seismic tomography. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 7, 4101-4118, DOI 10.1007/s12517-013-1038-7 27. Salah, M. K., 2013. Crustal structure beneath northeastern Egypt from analysis of local and regional travel times. Egyptian Journal of Geology, v. 57, 145-161. 28. Salah, M. K. (2013): Constraints on the crustal structure beneath central and southern Sinai from analysis of local and regional travel times. Geoscience Frontiers 4, 213-222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2012.09.004 29. Salah, M. K. (2013): Seismic anisotropy structure beneath the southeastern Mediterranean from shear-wave splitting. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 6, 1717-1730, doi: 10.1007/s12517-011-0480-7 30. Salah, M. K. (2012). A seismological evidence for the northwestward movement of Africa with respect to Iberia from shear-wave splitting. Geoscience Frontiers, 3 (5), 681-696, doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2012.01.005 31. Salah, M. K. (2011): Crustal structure beneath Kottamiya broadband station, northern Egypt, from analysis of teleseismic receiver functions. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 60, 353-362, doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.04.002. 32. Salah, M. K., S.-J. Chang, J. F. Fonseca (2011): Crustal structure beneath the lower Tagus Valley, southwestern Iberia using joint analysis of teleseismic receiver functions and surface-wave dispersion. Geophysical Journal International, 184, 919-933, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04891.x. 33. Salah, M. K., Sahin, S., Aydin, U. (2011): Seismic velocity and Poisson’s ratio tomography of the crust beneath east Anatolia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 40, 746-761, doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.10.021. 34. Salah, M. K., Seno, T., Iidaka, T. (2009): Seismic anisotropy in the wedge above the Philippine Sea slab beneath Kanto and southwest Japan derived from shear wave splitting. J. Asi. Earth Sci., 34, 61-75, DOI:10.1016/j.jseaes. 2008.04.004. 35. Salah, M. K., Seno, T., Iidaka, T. (2008): Upper mantle anisotropy beneath central and southwest Japan: an insight into subduction-induced mantle flow. J. Geodynamics, 46, 21-37, DOI:10.1016/j.jog.2008.04.002. 36. Salah, M. K., Seno, T. (2008): Imaging of Vp, Vs, and Poisson’s ratio anomalies beneath Kyushu, Southwest Japan: implications for volcanism and forearc mantle wedge serpentinization. J. Asi. Earth Sci., 31/4-6, 404-428, DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.07.003 37. Salah, M. K., Sahin, S., Kaplan, M. (2007): Seismic velocity structure along the western segment of the North Anatolian Fault zone imaged by seismic tomography. Bull. Earthq. Res. Inst., Univ. Tokyo, 82, 209-223. 38. Salah, M. K., Sahin, S., Destici, C. (2007): Seismic velocity and Poisson’s ratio tomography of the crust beneath southwest Anatolia: an insight into the occurrence of large earthquakes. J. Seismology, 11, 415-432, DOI: 10.1007/s10950-007-9062-2. 39. Salah, M. K., Zhao, D., Lei, J., Abdelwahed, M. F. (2005): Crustal heterogeneity beneath southwest Japan estimated from direct and Moho-reflected waves. Tectonophysics 395, 1-17. 40. Salah, M. K., Zhao, D. (2004): Mapping the crustal thickness in Southwest Japan using Moho reflected waves. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 141, 79-94. 41. Salah, M. K., Zhao, D. (2003): Three-dimensional attenuation structure beneath southwest Japan estimated from spectra of microearthquakes. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 136, 215-231. 42. Salah, M. K., Zhao, D. (2003): 3-D seismic structure of Kii Peninsula in southwest Japan: evidence for slab dehydration in the forearc. Tectonophysics, 364, 191-213.

List of Presentations and Conferences

1. Salah, M. K., Janjuhah, H. T., Sanjuan, J., 2020. Pore structure and Petrophysical Characterization of Carbonate Rocks from Southern Lebanon. Accepted Abst., EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 4-8 May (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic). 2. Salah, M. K., Alqudah, M., Monzer, A., David, C., 2019. Petrophysical and Geotechnical Evaluation of Mesozoic Rocks from Central Lebanon. Extended Abst., EAGE-GSM 2nd Asia Pacific Meeting on Near Surface Geoscience and Engineering, 22-26 April, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 3. Salah, M. K., Abdeldayem, A. L., Gad, M., Hussein, H., 2017. 3-D Seismic Structure around Abu Dabbab Area, Southcentral Eastern Desert, Egypt: Geodynamic Implications, Geophys. Res. Abstracts, 19, EGU2017-311, EGU General Assembly, 23-28 April, Vienna. 4. Salah, M. K., Abdeldayem, A. L., Gad, M. A., Hussein, H. M., 2016. 3-D Seismic Structure around Abu Dabbab Area, Southcentral Eastern Desert, Egypt: Geodynamic Implications. The 9th Int. Sympos. Geophys., 21-22 Nov., Tanta Univ., Egypt. 5. Salah, M. K., Salem, Z. E., Al Temamy, A. M., Kassab, M., 2016. Hydrogeochemical and geophysical evaluation of groundwater resources in Abu Madi coastal area, Northern Nile Delta, Egypt. International water Conference on “Water Resources in Arid Areas: The Way Forward”, March 13-16, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. 6. Salem, Z. E., Al Temamy, A. M., Salah, M. K., Kassab, M. 2014. Origin and Characteristics of Low Salinity Brackish Groundwater in Abu Madi coastal area, Northern Nile Delta, Egypt. Proc. 8th Int. Sympos. Geophys., 18-19 Nov., Tanta Univ., Egypt. 7. Salah, M. K., Abdelhameed, A. T., El Sayed, A. A., El Ghandour, M. M. (2013). Influence of diagenesis on the petrophysical properties of Miocene rocks, Qattara Depression, northwestern Desert, Egypt. 7th International Conference on the Geology of Africa, Geol. Dept., Assiut Univ., 24-26 Nov. 8. Salah, M. K., Sahin, S., Soyuer, D. (2012): Crustal velocity and Poisson’s ratio structures beneath northwest Anatolia imaged by seismic tomography. The third Arab Conference on Astronomy and Geophysics (ACAG-3), National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, 8-11 Oct., 2012. 9. Abdel Sattar, M., Tawfik, H. A., Salah, M. K., Abdel Hameed, A. T., Maejima, W., 2012. Sedimentology, geochemistry and petrophysical characteristics of the Miocene rocks, Qattara Depression, Western Desert, Egypt. 7th Int. Sympos. Geophys., 23-24th April, Tanta Univ. 10. Salah, M. K., Sahin, S., Soyuer, D. (2012): Crustal structure along northwest Anatolia from seismic tomography. International Conference on the Geology of the Arabian Plate and the Oman Mountains, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, 7-9 January. 11. Salah, M. K. (2011): Seismic anisotropy of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath southeastern Mediterranean from shear-wave splitting. 9th Meeting of the Saudi Society of Geosciences, 26-28 April, King Saud Univ., Riyadh. 12. Salah, M. K. (2010): Constraints on the crustal structure beneath central and southern Sinai from analysis of local and regional travel times. Sinai International Conference on Geology and Development, 6-8 Oct., Saint Katherine. 13. Salah, M. K., S. Chang, J. F. Fonseca (2009): Crustal structure of the Lower Tagus Valley, SW Iberia from joint receiver function and surface wave dispersion analysis. EOS Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall. Meet. Suppl., Abstract T44A-07. 14. Salah, M. K., S. Chang, J. F. Fonseca (2009): Crustal structure beneath the Lower Tagus Valley region, southwestern Iberia from analysis of teleseismic receiver functions. IASPEI2009 General Assembly, 10-16 Jan., Cape Town, South Africa. 15. Salah, M. K. (2007): Tomographic imaging of Poisson’s ratio anomalies beneath Japan: an insight into subduction-related processes. Proc. 5th. Int. Symp. Geophys., Tanta Univ., Nov. 27 - 28. 16. Salah, M. K., T. Seno, T. Iidaka (2007): Upper mantle seismic anisotropy structure beneath central and southwestern (SW) Japan subduction zone. The XXIV IUGG General Assembly, 2-13 July, Perugia, Italy. 17. Salah, M. K. (2007): 3-D seismic structure of the crust of the Gulf of Aqaba and the surrounding regions. EGS Journal, vol. 6, 1-16. 18. Salah, M. K., T. Iidaka, T. Seno (2006): Crustal and upper mantle anisotropy beneath the southwest Japan subduction zone from analysis of shear wave splitting. The Six General Assembly ASC and Symposium on Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation, 7-10 Nov., Bangkok, Thailand. 19. Salah, M. K., T. Seno, T. Iidaka (2006): Seismic anisotropy beneath the southwest Japan forearc from analysis of shear wave splitting. Seismol. Soc. Japan, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, Nagoya, Japan. 20. Salah, M. K., D. Zhao (2006): P-wave velocity structure beneath Japan Islands: implications to seismic and volcanic activity. Proc. 4th. Int. Symp. Geophys., Tanta Univ., 133-150. 21. Salah, M. K. (2006): Imaging S-wave velocity anomalies beneath Japan: seismological evidence for arc volcanism and fluid distribution. Proc. 4th. Int. Symp. Geophys., Tanta Univ., 151-164. 22. Salah, M. K., T. Seno (2006): Vp, Vs, and Poisson’s ratio anomalies beneath Kyushu, Southwest Japan: implications for volcanism and forearc mantle wedge serpentinization. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting, May 14 - 18, Makuhari, Chiba, Japan. 23. Salah, M. K., D. Zhao, J. Lei, M. F. Abdelwahed (2004): Crustal heterogeneity beneath southwest Japan estimated from direct and Moho-reflected waves. Japan Earth and Planetary Science Joint Meeting, May, Makuhari, Chiba, Japan. 24. Salah, M. K. (2004): A seismological study of structure and dynamics of southwest Japan. PhD Thesis, Seismological Laboratory, Geodynamics Research Center (GRC), Ehime Univ., Japan, pp. 158. 25. Salah, M. K., D. Zhao, J. Lei (2003): Crustal structure and Moho topography beneath southwest Japan as estimated from crustal reflected waves. Seismol. Soc. Japan, Oct. 6-8, Kyoto, Japan. 26. Salah, M. K., D. Zhao (2003): Seismological structure beneath southwest Japan and its tectonic and geodynamic implications. Japan Earth and Planetary Science Joint Meeting, May 26 - 29, Makuhari, Chiba, Japan. 27. Salah, M. K., M. F. Abdelwahed, D. Zhao (2002): Estimation of Moho depth in Southwest Japan using reflected waves identified with waveform modelings. Seismol. Soc. Japan, Nov. 11-13, Yokohama, Japan. 28. Salah, M. K., D. Zhao (2002): Attenuation structure beneath Southwest Japan. Japan Earth and Planetary Science Joint Meeting, May 27 - 31, Tokyo, Japan. 29. Salah, M. K., D. Zhao (2001): Vp, Vs and Poisson’s ratio images beneath Japan Islands and their relationship to seismic and volcanic activity. Japan Earth and Planetary Science Joint Meeting, June 4-8, Tokyo, Japan. 30. El Sayed, A. M. A., M. M. El Awady, A. L. Abdeldayem, M. K. Salah (1998): An experimental investigation of formation resistivity factor – acoustic velocity relation for some Upper Cretaceous rock samples, Southwestern Sinai, Egypt. Proc. 1st Int. Symp. Geophys., Tanta Univ., 325-335. 31. El Sayed, A. M. A., M. M. El Awady, M. M., A. L. Abdeldayem, M. K. Salah (1997): Lithologic discrimination using both acoustics and storage properties: Upper Cretaceous, Southwest Sinai, Egypt. EGS Proc. of the 15th Ann. Mt., 225-247. 32. Abdeldayem, A. L., M. M. El Awady, A. M. A. El Sayed, M. K. Salah (1997): Enhanced magnetic fabric of some Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, Southwest Sinai, Egypt. EGS Proc. of the 15th Ann. Mt., 201-224. 33. Salah, M. K. (1997): Petrophysical properties of some Upper Cretaceous rocks, Western Sinai, Egypt. M. Sc. Thesis, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, pp. 110.