Active Tectonics Lab
Active Tectonics, Seismic Hazard,
​Quaternary Geochronology
​and Structural Geology
  • Introduction
  • Principal investigator
  • Lab members
  • Research
    • Active fault-related folds >
      • Chelungpu fault, Taiwan
      • Tainan anticline, Taiwan
    • Strike-slip fault kinematics, Dead Sea fault >
      • GPS vs Long-Term slip rate
      • Paleoseismology in the Wadi Araba
      • Paleoseismology in Lebanon
    • Quaternary geochronology
  • Publications
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  • Contact
  • Acknowledgements
  • The Rock of the Week

SCI Journal Articles

16. Huang, W.J., M.T. Fitrianto, C.C. Chen,  P. Y. Chang, I. C. Yen, M. Le Béon & S.T. Lu (2025). Complexity of near-surface deformation and subsurface structure of the Chihshang creeping fault-line scarp, eastern Taiwan: insights from integration of geological and geophysical data. Earth Planets Space, 77 (10), doi.org/10.1186/s40623-025-02135-7

15. Aleem, H., M. Le Béon, A.T.-S. Lin, K.-E. Ching, J. I. Soto, K.-F. Chen, & N.-T. Nguyen (2025). Structures in the active Western Foothills of southwestern Taiwan: Fault-related folding versus shale tectonics, Interpretation, 13 (2), doi.org/10.1190/int-2024-0030.1

14. Le Béon M., C.-C. Chen, W.-J. Huang, K.-E. Ching, J.-W. Shih, Y.-C. Tseng, Y.-W. Chiu, Y.-C. Liu, M.-L. Hsieh, E. Pathier, C.-H. Lu & B. Fruneau (2024). Aseismic deformation within fold-and-thrust belts: Example from the Tsengwen River section of southwest Taiwan, Geoscience Letters, 11 (57), doi.org/10.1186/s40562-024-00373-3

13. Ding, C., J.-J. Dong, M. Le Béon, C.-C. Lee, S.-K. Ho 
& S.-T. Wang (2024), Characterization of the active fault deformation zone of the Chegualin Fault in the alluvial plain of southwestern Taiwan, Engineering Geology, 342, 107740, doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2024.107740

12. Delcaillau, B., F. Graveleau, G. Rao, M. Le Béon & D. Delcaillau (2023), Fluvial styles during fold growth: An example from the eastern segment of the Qiulitage and Yakeng folds, southern Tian Shan, China, Geomorphology, 443, 108933, doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108933

11. Delcaillau, B., F. Graveleau, D. Saint Carlier, G. Rao, M. Le Béon, J. Charreau, & M. Nexer (2022). Geomorphic analysis of active fold growth and landscape evolution in the central Qiulitage fold belt, southern Tian Shan, China. Geomorphology, 398, 108063, doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.108063

10. Rao, G., Le Béon, M., Lu, R., Graveleau, F. & Delcaillau, B. (2021). Editorial: Active Fold-and-Thrust Belts: From Present-Day Deformation to Structural Architecture and Modelling. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.816157

9. Le Béon M., O. Marc, J. Suppe, M.-H. Huang, S.-T. Huang and W.-S. Chen (2019), Structure and deformation history of the rapidly growing Tainan anticline at the deformation front of the Taiwan mountain belt, Tectonics, 38, doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005510

8. Le Béon M., Y.-C. ​Tseng, Y. Klinger, A. Elias, A. Kunz, A. Sursock, M. Daëron, P. Tapponnier, and R. Jomaa (2018), High-resolution stratigraphy and multiple luminescence dating techniques to reveal the paleoseismic history of the central Dead Sea fault (Yammouneh fault, Lebanon), Tectonophysics, 738-739, 1-15, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2018.04.009  

7. Lefevre M., Y. Klinger, M. Al-Qaryouti, M. Le Béon and K. Moumani (2018), Slip deficit and temporal clustering along the Dead Sea fault from paleoseismological investigations, Scientific Reports, 8 (1): 4511, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-22627-9.

6. Le Béon M., M.-H. Huang, J. Suppe, S.-T. Huang, E. Pathier, W.-J. Huang, C.-L. Chen, B. Fruneau, S. Baize, K.-E. Ching and J.-C. Hu (2017), Shallow geological structures triggered during the Mw6.4 Meinong earthquake, southwestern Taiwan, Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 28, 663-681, doi: 10.3319/TAO.2017.03.20.02
We made the cover and received the TAO Young Scientist Award 2018 ! 

5. Klinger Y., M. Le Béon and M. Al-Qaryouti (2015), 5000 yr of paleoseismicity along the southern Dead Sea fault, Geophys. J. Int., 202 (1): 313-327, doi:10.1093/gji/ggv134.

4. Le Béon M., J. Suppe, M. K. Jaiswal, Y-G. Chen, M. E. Ustaszewski (2014), Deciphering cumulative fault slip vectors from fold scarps: relationships between long-term and coseismic deformation in central Western Taiwan, J. Geophys. Res., 119, doi:10.1002/2013JB010794. 
Selected for publication on the AGU EOS Research Spotlights ! [Rosen, 2015]

3. Le Béon M., Y. Klinger, A-S. Mériaux, M. Al-Qaryouti, R. C. Finkel, O. Mayyas and P. Tapponnier (2012), Quaternary morphotectonic mapping of the Wadi Araba and implications for the tectonic activity of the southern Dead Sea fault, Tectonics, 31, TC5003, doi:10.1029/ 2012TC003112.  

2. Le Béon M., Y. Klinger, M. Al-Qaryouti, A-S. Mériaux, R. Finkel, A. Elias, O. Mayyas, F. Ryerson and P. Tapponnier (2010), Early Holocene and Late Pleistocene slip rates of the southern Dead Sea Fault determined from 10Be cosmogenic dating of offset alluvial deposits, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B11414, doi:10.1029/2009JB007198.  

1. Le Beon M., Y. Klinger, A. Q. Amrat, A. Agnon, L. Dorbath, G. Baer, J. Ruegg, O. Charade, and O. Mayyas (2008), Slip rate and locking depth from GPS profiles across the southern Dead Sea Transform, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B11403, doi:10.1029/2007JB005280. 


Publication in Chinese

1. 邱奕維,藺于鈞,黃文正,顏一勤,波玫琳,李元希,臺灣西南部中寮隧道北端口旗山斷層帶構造特性研究,經濟部中央地質調查所特刊,第三十四號,第83-100頁,中華民國108年12月。Chiou Y.-W., Y.-C. Lin, W.-J. Huang, I.-C. Yen, M. Le Béon and Y.-H. Lee (2019), Characteristics of the Chishan Fault Zone Exposed around the North End of Zhongliao Tunnel, Southwestern Taiwan, Special Publication of the Central Geological Survey, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan, 34, 83-100. 

Thesis

Le Béon M. (2008), Cinématique d'un segment de faille décrochante à différentes échelles de temps : la faille du Wadi Araba, segment sud de la faille transformante du Levant. Paris, France, Institut de Physique du Globe, Ph.D. (in English with French introduction), 304 pp 


Selected Conference Abstracts 

33. Chen, K.F., Le Béon, M., Delorme, A., Klinger, Y., Rupnik, E., Zhang, L., Pathier, E., Ching, K.E. and Pierrot-Deseilligny, M., 2025, April. Measuring rapid aseismic ground deformation within the foothills of southwestern Taiwan using aerial image correlation and DSM time series. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (pp. EGU25-17661).

32. Le Béon, M., Chen, C.C., Huang, W.J., Ching, K.E., Shih, J.W., Tseng, Y.C., Chiou, Y.W., Liu, Y.C., Hsieh, M.L., Pathier, E. and Lu, C.H., 2025, April. Aseismic deformation within the fold-and-thrust belt in southwest Taiwan: Example from the Tsengwen River section. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (pp. EGU25-19314). 

31. Aleem, H.*, M. Le Béon, A. T.-S. Lin, K.-E. Ching, & J. I. Soto, Structural analysis in the actively deforming Western Foothills at the latitude of Erhjen River in southwestern Taiwan, 9th France-Taiwan Symposium in Earth Sciences, June 4-7 2024, Penghu, Taiwan.

30. Chen, K.-F.*, M. Le Béon, A. Delorme, Y. Klinger, E. Rupnik, L. Zhang, E. Pathier, K.-E. Ching, & M. Pierrot-Deseilligny, Measuring ground deformation across the Chegualin fault and Chishan fault, Southwestern Taiwan using aerial image correlation and DSM time series, 9th France-Taiwan Symposium in Earth Sciences, June 4-7 2024, Penghu, Taiwan.

29. Helmstetter, A., E. Pathier, M. Le Béon, S. Wen, L. Metral, K.-F. Chen, Y.-H. Gao, C.-N. Lai & J. Vandemeulebrouck, Mud volcanoes monitoring in SW Taiwan to investigate possible relationship with transient tectonic deformations, 9th France-Taiwan Symposium in Earth Sciences, June 4-7 2024, Penghu, Taiwan.

28. Le Béon M., C.-C. Chen*, J.-W. Shih*, W.-J. Huang, Y.-C. Tseng, Y.-W. Chiu, Y.-C. Liu, M.-L. Hsieh, C.-H. Lu, K.-E. Ching & E. Pathier, Aseismic fold growth and backthrusting within the foothills of southwestern Taiwan along the Tsengwen River, 9th France-Taiwan Symposium in Earth Sciences, June 4-7 2024, Penghu, Taiwan. 

27. Lee, F.-Y., F. Graveleau, M. Le Béon, Influence of foreland basin structural and stratigraphic inheritance on fold-and-thrust belt kinematic evolution in southwest Taiwan, 9th France-Taiwan Symposium in Earth Sciences, June 4-7 2024, Penghu, Taiwan. 

26. Nguyen, N.-T.*, M. Le Béon, N.-W. Huang, C. Ding, M.-L. Hsieh, K.-E. Ching, E. Pathier, C.-C. Shen, Active tectonics and evolution of the Gunshuiping mud volcano during the Holocene, southwest Taiwan, 9th France-Taiwan Symposium in Earth Sciences, June 4-7 2024, Penghu, Taiwan. 


25. Le Béon M., J.-W. Shih*, C.-C. Chen*, W.-J. Huang, Y.-C. Tseng, Y.-W. Chiu, Y.-C. Liu, M.-L. Hsieh, C.-H. Lu, E. Pathier, Active anticline and backthrust override a geological thrust: evidence from present and Holocene deformation rates within the foothills of southwestern Taiwan, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 2023/05, EGU-15525, DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-15525

24. Nguyen, N.-T.*, M. Le Béon, K.-E. Ching, E. Pathier, Near-surface structure and morphology of an offset mud volcano constrain the structure and Holocene kinematics of a reverse strike-slip fault in the Coastal Plain of southwestern Taiwan, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 2023/05, EGU-15198, DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-15198

23. Aleem, H.* and M. Le Béon, Structural analysis in the actively deforming Erhjen River Basin, southwestern Taiwan, 2023 Annual Conference of Chinese Taipei Geophysical Society & Geological Society Located in Taipei, May 17-18 2023, Longtan, Taiwan

22. Nguyen, N.-T.*, M. Le Béon, N.-W. Huang, C. Ding, K.-E. Ching,  Holocene kinematics and the structure of a reverse strike-slip fault revealed by morphologic displacement and near-surface geometry in relation to mud volcanoes at the Gunshuiping site, Southwestern Taiwan, 2023 Annual Conference of Chinese Taipei Geophysical Society & Geological Society Located in Taipei, May 17-18 2023, Longtan, Taiwan

21. Fang, H.-T.*, M. Le Béon, C.-Y. Chen, Investigating the morphotectonic evolution of Chiayi-Tainan area based on geomorphometry and fluvial terraces, 2023 Annual Conference of Chinese Taipei Geophysical Society & Geological Society Located in Taipei, May 17-18 2023, Longtan, Taiwan


20. Chen, K.-F.*, M. Le Béon, Y.-W. Chiou, Y.-C. Hsu and C.-C. Chen, A geological exploration of the unexpected normal faulting in the Zhongliao tunnel area, southwestern Taiwan, Taiwan Geosciences Annual Meeting, Taipei, November 2021, Abstract.

19. Le Béon, M., J. Suppe, Y.-H. Hsieh, M.-H. Huang, H.-H. Huang and C.T. Chen, Geological structure and active deformation in the fold-thrust belt of southern Taiwan in relation to crustal-scale structure, EGU General Assembly 2020, EGU2020-18768, Online, May 4-8, 2020, Abstract.

18. Huang, W.-J., Y.-C. Lin, Y.-W. Chiou, I.-C. Yen, M. Le Béon, Y.-H. Lee and K.-E. Ching, Characteristics of the Chishan "active" fault exposed around the northern end of Zhongliao tunnel, southwestern Taiwan, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 8-13, 2019, Abstract.

17. Le Béon, M., J. Suppe, M.-H. Huang, Y.-H. Hsieh, H.-H. Huang and C.T. Chen, Active tectonics and structural architecture at the piedmont of Southwestern Taiwan in relation to recent seismicity and orogeny, International Conference in Commemoration of 20th Anniversary of the Chi-Chi Earthquake, Taipei, Taiwan, September 15-19, 2019, Abstract.

16. Suppe, J., Y.-H. Hsieh, C.-S. Liu, H.-H. Huang and M. Le Béon, Massive subduction channels adjacent to Taiwan arc-continent collision, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington D.C., USA, December 10-14 2018, Abstract.

15. Hsieh, C.-E.*, M. Le Béon, W.-J. Huang, I.-C. Yen, P.-Y. Chang, Y.-H. Chen and S.-T. Lu, Structural complexity and Late Pleistocene tectonic activity near the junction between the Chelungpu and Sanyi thrusts, central western Taiwan, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington D.C., USA, December 10-14 2018, Abstract 

14. Poujol, A., M. Le Béon, A. Kunz, L. Siame, L.-W. Kuo, R.-F. Chen, W.-J. Huang and Y.-G. Chen, Luminescence ages from quartz and feldspar (post-IR IRSL) and 10Be exposure ages of Late Pleistocene terrace deposits at the deformation front of central Taiwan, 5th Asia-Pacific Luminescence and Electron-spin-resonance Dating conference, Beijing, China, October 15-17 2018, Abstract

13. Ulum, H.*, M. Le Béon, W.-J. Huang, K.-E. Ching, Holocene morphotectonic evolution in the Erhjen River, southwestern Taiwan, Taiwan Geosciences Assembly (2018年會暨學術研討會), Chia-Yi, Taiwan, May 2-3 2018, Abstract.

12. Suppe, J., Y.-H. Hsieh, C.-S. Liu, H.-H. Huang and M. Le Béon, Subducting of continental rise, slope and shelf basins in Taiwan oblique arc-continent collision, EGU2018-11916, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 8-13 2018, Abstract.

11. Le Béon, M., J. Suppe, M.-H. Huang, S.-T. Huang, H. S. H. M. Ulum, K.-E. Ching and Y.-H. Hsieh, Shallow Geological Structures Triggered During the Mw6.4 Meinong Earthquake and Their Significance in Accommodating Long-term Shortening Across the Foothills of Southwestern Taiwan, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, USA, December 11-15 2017, Abstract.  
 
10. Le Béon, M., M.-H. Huang, E. Pathier, J. Suppe, S.-T. Huang, B. Fruneau, Patterns and Mechanisms of Interseismic, Coseismic, Late Quaternary and Pliocene Deformation in the Foothills of Southwestern Taiwan Mountain Belt, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, December 12-16 2016, Abstract.  

9. Le Béon, M., M. Jaiswal, A. Kunz, M. Al-Qaryouti, G. Burr, Y. Klinger, K. Moumani, Y.-G. Chen, H.-C. Li, M. Abdelghafoor, and J. Suppe, Slip rate determination along the Southern Dead Sea fault: optically stimulated luminescence, 10Be cosmogenic radionuclide, and 14C ages brought face to face, XIX INQUA Congress, Nagoya, Japan, July 27 - August 2 2015, Abstract.

8. Le Béon, M., M. Jaiswal, A. Kunz, M. Al-Qaryouti, G. Burr, Y. Klinger, K. Moumani, Y.-G. Chen, M. Abdelghafoor, and J. Suppe, Slip rate determination along the Southern Dead Sea fault: optically stimulated luminescence, 10Be cosmogenic radionuclide, and 14C ages brought face to face, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16, EGU2014-9982, EGU General Assembly 2014.

7. Klinger, Y., M. Le Béon, N. Wechsler, T. Rockwell, Earthquake behavior along the Levant fault from paleo-seismology (Invited talk), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, December 9-13 2013, Abstract. 

6. Kali, E., J. van der Woerd, J. Liu-Zeng, M. Le Béon, P.-H. Leloup, G. Mahéo, P. Tapponnier, R. Thuizat, Active normal faults and river damming : the importance of tectonics and climate in shaping the landscape of the southern Tibetan Plateau, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 22-27 2012, Abstract. 

5. Klinger, Y., M. Le Béon, B. J. Meade, E. Hetland, From geodesy to geological, similar slip rates at different time scales: The Dead Sea Fault example (Invited talk), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, December 13-17 2010, Abstract. 

4. Marc, O.*, J. Suppe, S. Huang, M. Le Béon, M H. Huang, J. C. Hu, Deep structure and deformation history of the rapidly growing Tainan anticline, southwestern Taiwan, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, December 13-17 2010, Abstract. 

3. Suppe, J., F. Graveleau, M. Odin, S.-T. Huang, M. Le Béon, Advances in data-rich balancing for deep insight, with examples of rapidly growing structures in western Taiwan, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, USA, October 31-November 3 2010, Abstract. 

2. Gayer E., Le Béon M., Y. Klinger, M. Moreira, A-S. Mériaux, M. Al-Qaryouti, Cosmogenic 21Ne and 10Be  dating on offset fans along the Dead Sea Transform, Jordan, Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, June 21-26 2009, Abstract. 

1. Khatib, F., LeBeon, M., Rockwell, T., Lindvall, S., Cadena, A., Verdugo, D., Rubin, C., Horner, J., Seitz, G. and Bowman-Weaver, C., Earthquakes and Triggered Slip Events on the Lenwood Fault at Fry Mountain Playa: Is the Northern Lenwood Due for a Shake-Up?, SSA Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, USA, April 14-16 2004, Abstract. 
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Seminars

23 seminars at university departments and research institutes in Taiwan, France, China, Singapore, United-States and online.

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