Sex: Male

Education

  • Universite Pierre et Marie Curie and Institut fuer Angewandte und Geodaesie, Paris, France, M.S. in Geodynamics of Oceans and Continents, 1989
  • Universite Pierre et Marie Curie and Institut fuer Angewandte und Geodaesie, Paris, France, Ph.D. in Structural Geology and Tectonics, 1992
  • Universite Pierre et Marie Curie and Institut fuer Angewandte und Geodaesie, Paris, France and Frankfurt, Germany, Post Doctorate Fellowship in Space and Seismotectonics, 1994-1995
  • University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, B.S. Geology, 1985

Field of Specialization

Geology, Structural Geology, Earthquake Geology and Engineering, Geohazard Assessment, Environmental Geotechnics

Researches

Rangin, C. Pubellier, M. Chamot-Rooke, N. Vigny, C. Le Pichon, X. Aurelio, M. Quebral R., (1998) Quantitative estimation of plate convergence across the Sudaland/Philippine sea plate boundary from GPS results (GEODYSSEA.
Scientific Technical Reports STR98/14, Potsdam Germany. The GEODYNAMICS of S and SE Asia (GEODYSSEA)Project

Becker, M. Neumaier, P. Boonphakdee, C. Aurelio, M. Almeda, R. Kasser, M., (1998) Data evaluation of the 1994 Mindanao GPS campaign.
Scientific Technical Report STR98/14, Potsdam, Germany; The Geodynamics of S and E Asia (GEODYSSEA) Project (Wilson, P. and Michel, G. eds.)

Aurelio, M.A. et al., (1998) Present day plate motion in the Philippines from GEODYSSEA GPS Data.
Scientific Technical Report STR98/14, Potsdam, Germany; The Geodynamics of S and E Asia (GEODYSSEA) Project (Wilson, P. and Michel, G. eds.)

Aurelio, M.A., (2004) Engineering geological and geohazard assessment (EGGA) system for sustainable infrastructure development: The Philippine experience.
Bulletin of Geological Society (Hongkong) Volume 7:

Aurelio, M.A., (1992) Tectonics of the Central segment of the Philippine fault: structure, kinematics and geodynamics.
Doctoral Thesis, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, University of Paris VI Volume 1 & 2:

Aurelio, M.A, (1989) La faille Philippine: un exemple de decrochement a parriere d'une zone de subduction.
Memoire, Diplome d' etudes Approfondies: Geodynamique des continents et des Oceans. Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, University of Paris, France

Aurelio, M.A., (2000) Shear partitioning in an island arc setting: constraints from Philippine fault and recent GPS data.
Island Arc, Thematic Issue, Tokyo, Japan Volume 9:

Aurelio, M.A. Barrier, E. Gaulon, R. Rangin, C., (1997) Deformation and stress state evolution along the central segment of the Philippine fault: implications to wrench tectonics.
Journal of Asian Earth Science (Great Britain) Volume 15(3 & 4):

Aurelio, M.A. Barrier, E. Rangin, C. Muller, C., (1991) The Philippine fault in the late cenozoic evolution of the Bondoc-Masbate-N.Leyte Area, Central Philippines.
Journal of SE Asian Earth Science (Great Britain) Volume 6(3-4):

Aurelio, M.A., (1995) Plate motion and crustal deformation deduced from space geodetic measurements for the assessment of related natural hazards in Southeast Asian regions.
Final Report: European Community Post Doctoral Fellowship Grant FCC No. C11-Ct-93-0164, EC Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium

Barrier, E. Huchon, P. Aurelio, M.A, (1991) Philippine fault: A key for Philippine kinematics.
Geology, Colorado, USA Volume 19:

Duquesnoy, T. Barrier, E. Kasser, M. Aurelio, M.A. QuIon, R. Punongbayan, R.S. Rangin, C. and the French Philippines Cooperation Team, (1994) Detection of creep along the Philippine fault: First results of geodetic measurements in Leyte Island.
Geophysical Research Letters, Wash. D.C., U.S.A. Volume 21(11):

Rangin, C. Le Pichon, X, Mazzotti, S. Pubellier, M. Chamot-Rooke, N. Aurelio, M. Walpersdorf, A. Quebral, C., (1999) Plate convergences measured by GPS across the Sundaland/Philippine Sea Plate deformed boundary: the Philippines and Eastern Indonesia.
Geophysics Journal International, Holland Volume 139:

Aurelio, M.A. Rangin, C. Barrier, E. Muller, C., (1990) Tectonique du segment central de la faille philippine (region de Bondoc-Masbate): un decrochement recent.
Comptes Rendus, Academie de Science, Paris, tome 310, Serie II, France

Barrier, E. Aurelio, M.A. Muller, C. Pubellier, M. Quebral, R. Rangin, C., (1990) La faille philippine: un decrochement derrire une zone de convergence oblique.
Comptes Rendus, Academie de Science, Paris, tome 31, II, France

Aurelio, M.A., (2001) GPS velocities in Mindanao Island.
Journal of the Geological Society of the Philippines. Volume 56(3-4):

Aurelio, M.J..A., (2000) Tectonics of the Philippines revisited.
Journal of the Geological Society of the Philippines Volume 55 (3-4):

Aurelio, M.A., (1996) A review of mechanisms of ophiolite emplacement Philippine examples.
Journal of the Geological Society of the Philippines Volume 51(3-4):

Papers Presented

  • Deformation and stress states along the Philippine fault : implications to wrench fault tectonics., GEOSEA 95, Regional Conference on Geology and Mineral Resources of the Southeast Asian Region, Mandaluyong City, Philippines.
  • Geodetic survey of the Philippines fault , GEOSEA 95, Regional Conference on Geology and Mineral Resources of the Southeast Asian Region. Mandaluyong City, Philippines.
  • Present-day plate motions in the Philippines from GEODYSSEA data, Stratigraphy and Tectonic Evolution of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Mechanism and age of the Philippine Fault in the Masbate, Leyte and Surigao area, International Symposium: Geodynamic Evolution of Eastern Eurasian Margins, Paris, France.
  • The Philippine fault-a young or an inherited feature? , Orogenesis in Action, An International Interdisciplinary Meeting. London, Great Britain.
  • Tectonics and kinematics of the Philippines from seismicity, fault plane solutions and geological data, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
  • Tectonics of the Central segment of the Philippine fault: kinematics and regional geodynamics, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
  • The initiation and southward progression of the Philippine fault within a collision zone - strike strip transtion zone, GEOSEA 95, Regional Conference on Geology and Mineral Resources of the Southeast Asian Region, Mandaluyong City, Philippines.
  • Shear partitioning and Philippine Sea Plate Kinematics: new constraints from Philippine fault and GPS data, 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing, China.
  • Recent trends in Philippine tectonics: Implications to initial PGS results of GEODDYSSEA., Scientific Meeting of GEODYSSEA. Delft, The Netherlands
  • Status research on paleostress, neotectonics and geodynamics in the Philippines., 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing, China
  • New insights on Philippine tectonics in the light of new data on present-day plate motions around the Philippines., Tectonic Evolution on Eastern Asian Continent. Seoul, Korea
  • Plate motions and crustals deformation deduced from space geodetic measurements for the assessment of natural risks and hazards in the South and Southeast Asian Regions., GEODYSSEA Conference. Penang, Malaysia
  • Displacement rates and block rotation in and around the Philippines - results from GEODYSSEA data Part II., GEOSEA 98 - 9th Regional Congress and Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources of Southeast Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Present day plate motion in the Philippines. Part III. Convergence and internal rates., 12th Annual Geological Convention (GEOCON 99), Pasig City, Philippines
  • Distribution of compression and internal deformation in an oblique convergence environment, GPA 99 - International Workshop on Tectonics, Geodynamics and Natural Hazard in West Pacific - Asia
  • On-going studies in tectonics, geodynamics and geologic hazards in the Philippines, GPA 99 - International Workshop on Tectonics, Geodynamics and Natural Hazard in West Pacific - Asia
  • Active deformation and stress state in and around the Philippins: present-day crustal motion from GEODYSSEA., GPS 99 - The International Symposium on GPS. Tsukuba, Japan
  • Island arc shear partitioning constraints from Philippine fault and GPS data , Joint Meeting on Comparative Studies in Seismology and Volcanism in Western Pacific Region.
  • Recent GPS information on the Philippines under Mgb projects, Baguio Symposium on Tectonics, Magmatism and Mineralization
  • Present-day crustal deformation from GPS observations in Mindanao Island, Southern Philippines., International Symposium Celebrating 55th Anniversary of the Geological Society of Korea.
  • Evolution of stress in the Philippines from inversion of fault, earthquake and GPS data., 31st International Geological Congress. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • The Philippine fault: an active strike-slip fault in an oblique convergence zone, Hokudan International Symposium and School on Active Faulting, Hokudan, Japan.
  • Quantifying block rotation along active strike-slip boundaries and Visayas and Mindanao (Philippines) by GPS. GEODYSSEA Part IV , 13th Annual Geological Convention (GEOCON 2000), Pasig City, Philippines
  • Geology, geophysics and tectonics on selected Philippines offshore areas: their significance in defining continental margins and extended continentaql shelves, Defining an extended continental shelf for the Philippines under the UNCLOS. Institute of International Studies
  • Geological basis to the Philippine claim to the Spratlys., Strategic Studies Group Meeting. National Defense College of the Philippines
  • The Philippine Engineering Geological and Geohazard Assessment (EGGA) System: an institutional tool to safeguard urban development from geologic hazards, 5th Forum on Urban Geology in Asia and Pacific - FUGAP 5, United Nations Convention Center
  • Recent results of the GEODYSSEA Project in Mindanao, Philippines, 4th Workshop of the Asia-Pacific Space Geodynamics Program (APSG)
  • The model of strike-slip induced volcano deformation and instability and its application to Mount Bao, Philppines, EUG XI 11th Meeting of the European Union of Geosciences
  • Geology, geophysics, tectonics and econimic potential of selected Philippines offshore areas: their significance in defining continental margins and extended continental shelves, Defining an extended continental shelf for the Philippies under the UNCLOS
  • Geological basis to the Philippine clairn to the Spratyls, Strategic Studies Group Meeting.
  • Geology, geophysics, tectonics and economic potential of selected Philippines offshore areas, Briefing on the definition of an extended continental shelf for the Philippines under the UNCLOS. Office of the Vice-President of the Philippines, Philippine International Convention Center, Manila
  • Regional tectonics and its implications to natural disasters: Protecting urban development from hazards caused by active tectonics and other geologic phenomenon., Public Safety and Disaster Management Training Program.Diliman Science Foundation, Inc. UPD, Quezon City and Institute of Strategic and international Studies, Hawaii, USA
  • Recent developments in the geological professions in the Philppines., International Symposium Celebrating 55th Anniversary of Geological Society of Korea.Konju, Korea
  • Segmentation along the Philippine fault: mechanism, slip rates and earthquake behavior., International Workshop on the North Anatolian, East Anatolian and Dead Sea Fault Systems: Recent Progress in Tectonics and Paleoseismology and Field Training Course in Paleoseismology, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Disasters in the Philippines: Types and Characteristics. (Module 1), Designing a Safer Future: A National Course on Urban Disaster Mitigation, by the Development Academy of the Philippines and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Pasig City, Philippines.
  • Geologic hazards assessment and management (Module 2), Designing a Safer Future: A National Course on Urban Disaster Mitigation by the Development Academy of the Philippines and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Pasig City, Philippines.
  • Updates on the engineering geological and geohazard assessment system: policy clarifications and recent experiences., GRASP 2001- Geological Research Applications for Social Progress. Baguio City, Philippines
  • Slip mechanism and earthquake behavior along the Philippine Fault from recent geodynamic studies., 16th Annual Geological Convention (GEOCON 2003), Quezon City, Philippines
  • Off-trace normal faulting during the 1990 Luzon Earthquake: Insights to stress conditions around rupture terminations. , 16th Annual Geological Convention(GEOCON 2003), Quezon City, Philippines
  • Fault observations in and around the Ortigas Center, Metro manila: Insights to fault mechanism and chronology in the 0iliman Tuff. , 16th Annual Geological Convention(GEOCON 2003), Quezon City, Philippines
  • Transtensional deformation linking the Leyte and Mindanao branches of the Philippine Fault, 10th Annual Geological Convention, Makati City, Philippines.
  • Present-day plate motions in the Philippines, 9th Annual Geological Convention, Quezon City, Philippines.
  • Fault set analysis of reinjection areas in the Mahanagdong Geothermal Field, Leyte, Philippines. , GEOTHERMAL 96: 17th Annual PNOC-EDC Geothermal Conference. Makati, Philippines
  • The Lake Maughan Incident, South Cotabato: Breaching of a naturally-formed dam , 8th Annual Geological Convention, Quezon City, Philippines.
  • Mechanisms of ophiolite emplacement , Field Symposium on Ophiolites and Related Mineralizations, Iloilo City.
  • Fault kinematics and structural control on gold mineralization in NE Mindanao, Philippines: a case study in an area between the Lianga and Philippine Faults, 6th Annual Geological Convention, Quezon City, Philippines.
  • Kinematics of the Philippine fault system at the Tongonan geothermal field, 11th Meeting of ASEAN Power Utilities/Authorities on Geothermal Power Development, National Power Corporation, Manila.
  • Neotectonic map of Mindanao island: explanatory notes, 6th Annual Geological Convention, Quezon City, Philippines.
  • Deformation and stress state evolution along the central segment of the Philippine fault from slip-vectors and regional kinematics, 5th Annual Geological Convention, Quezon City, Philippines.
  • Estimating the dsplacement rate along the Philippine fault from slip-vectors and regional kinematics, 5th Annual Geological Convention, Quezon City, Philippines.
  • Block tilting in Dingalan Bay: evidence of transtensional tectonics along the, Philippine Fault. , 15th Annual Geological Convention, Quezon City, Philippines
  • Terra atosa soil response to static and earthquake loading. , 15th Annual Geological Convention, Quezon City, Philippines.
  • Protecting urban development from the hazards caused by active tectonics and other geologic phenomenon. , Delegate Manual: Public Safety and Disaster Management Training Program, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
  • Safeguarding urban development from geologic hazards: complying with Presidential EO No 45, Annual Conference of the National Institute of Geological Sciences; University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
  • Engineering Geological and Geohazard Assessment (EGGA) for ECC Applications: safeguarding development from geologic hazards. , Technical Seminar on Domestic Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Updates on Relevant Environmental Regulations, Manila, Philippines.
  • From island arcs to geological structures to 4-dimensional geodynamics to plate reconstructions, The Dr. Luis Santos-Ynigo Memorial Symposium, National Institute of Geological Sciences, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.
  • A structural study of the Southern Luzon - North Visayas Area , 4th Annual Geological Convention, Quezon City, Philippines.
  • The kinematics of the Philippine Fault of the Tongonan geothermal field, Central Leyte: preliminary microtectonic interpretations, 4th Annual Geological Convention, Quezon City, Philippines.
  • Polyphasc; tectonics in a region traversed by the Philippine Fault: a microtectonic study, 3rd Annual Geological Convention, December 5-7,1990, Quezon City, Philippines.
  • New insights on the tectonics of the Southern Luzon-Northern Visayas region: a preliminary report., 3rd Annual Geological Convention,Quezon City, Philippines.
  • Tectonic implications of the geologic and mineral resources of northern Sierra Madre, 1st Annual Geological Convention, Quezon City, Philippines.
  • The East Asia geotectonic map. , 1st Annual Geological Convention, Quezon City, Philippines

Awards

  • Outstanding Young Scientist (Structural Geology and Tectonics), NAST-DOST, 2005
  • The Contemporary Who's Who (for Career Achievement), American Biographical Institute, NC, USA, 2003-2004
  • Nominee for the Marquis Who's Who for Science and Engineering, Marquis Who's Who, NJ, USA , 2005-2006 Edition
  • DENR Who's Who, DENR, 2004
  • Best Paper in Geology, 11th MGB Annual Technical Seminar, Mines and Geosciences Bureau, Philippines, 2000
  • Achievement Award (Earth Sciences), NRCP-DOST, 1999
  • Best Paper, 12th Annual Geological Convention, Geological Society of the Philippines, 1999
  • Special Distinction Award (for garnering the highest distinction in a PhD. Dissertation), Centre National de Recherche Scientifique/Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, 1992
  • Best Paper, 5th Annual Geological Convention, Geological Society of the Philippines, 1992
  • Best Paper in Geology, 1st Mines and Geosciences Technical Seminar, Bureau of Mines and Geosciences, 1990
  • First Place, Leopoldo Faustino Award , Geology Licensure Examination, Geological Society of the Philippines and Philippine Regulation Commission, 1995