Selected Studies in Geotechnics, Geo-informatics and Remote Sensing

This book contains the best papers accepted for presentation at the 3rd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-3). The book is divided into three parts to distinguish research studies from the fields of (1) geological and geotechnical engineering, (2) geomechanical studies based on numerical and analytical methods, and (3) geo-informatics and remote sensing. The content of these papers provides new scientific knowledge for further understanding on landslides, new stabilization techniques, importance of geophysics for engineering geology investigations as well as new empirical approaches for easily predicting some physical and hydrogeomechanical properties of geomaterials. It also sheds the light on usage of different remote sensing technologies, mapping techniques in a geographic information systems environment along with some advanced signal processing, and deep learning approaches. The book is of interest to all researchers, practitioners, and students in thefields of geological and mining engineering, geotechnical engineering, hydrogeomechanics, engineering geology, geotechnologies, groundwater and natural hazards, and analyses of some emerging earth processes and environmental variabilities.

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Zeynal Abiddin Ergüler: Kutahya Dumlupinar University, Kutahya, Turkey Dr. Erguler is Full Professor at the geological engineering department at Kutahya Dumlupinar University (Turkey). He holds a B.Sc. (1998), an M.Sc. (2001), and a Ph.D. degree (2007) in Geological Engineering from Hacettepe University (Turkey). His research interests mainly focus on rock mechanics, engineering geology, environmental geology, and soil mechanics. His current investigation is to understand and model the thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of shale rocks in the area of shale gas production. In addition to performing many types of research and industry-funded projects, he has also been teaching and supervising undergraduate and graduate students. In 2017, he joined the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (AJGS) as Editor responsible for evaluating submissions in the fields of rock mechanics, engineering geology, environmental geology, and soil mechanics.

Riheb Hadji: University of Sétif 1, Setif, Algeria Prof Riheb Hadji is Professor in Geological Sciences in the Department of Earth Sciences, Institute of Architecture and Earth Sciences, Setif 1 University, Algeria. Specialized in Applied Geology, Geomatics and Environment, he does research in geomorphology, hydrogeology, and natural hazards. His current project is about risk management in North Africa. He is Head of the Laboratory of Applied Research in Engineering Geology, Geotechnics, Water Sciences, and Environment, Setif 1, University, Algeria, and Co-chairman of the International Association of Water Resources in the Southern Mediterranean Basin. He has published more than 100 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, edited 2 books on soil mechanics, and has an RG-score of 23.21, an H-index of 24, and an i10 of 34. Prof Hadji has also been involved in four international collaboration projects and several national projects. He is Editorial Board Member in peer reviewed journals, and he is Internationally Known Expert in RS-GIS, natural hazard and, environmental issues.

Helder I. Chaminé: School of Engineering (ISEP), Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal Helder I. Chaminé is Skilled Geologist and Professor of engineering geosciences at the School of Engineering (ISEP) of the Polytechnic of Porto, with over 32 years of experience in multidisciplinary geosciences research, consultancy, and practice. He studied geological engineering and geology (B.Sc., 1990) at the Universities of Aveiro and Porto (Portugal), respectively. He received his Ph.D. in geology at the University of Porto in 2000 and spent his postdoctoral research in applied geosciences at the University of Aveiro (2001-2003). In 2011, he received his Habilitation (D.Sc.) in geosciences from the University of Aveiro. Before joining the academy, he worked for over a decade on international projects for mining, geotechnics, groundwater industry and/or academia related to geodynamics and regional geology, hard rock hydrogeology and water resources, engineering geosciences and applied geomorphology, rock engineering, and georesources. He is currently on the organising and scientific committees of the 3rd International Workshop on Natural Hazards-NATHAZ'22 (Terceira Island, Azores, May 2022), supported by Springer.

Jesus Rodrigo-Comino: University of Granada, Granada, Germany Dr. Jesús Rodrigo Comino, graduated in Geography, currently works as Assistant Professor at the University of Granada. He carried out a thesis with an extraordinary degree award with the work: "The soils of the province of Malaga: Revision according to the classification criteria of FAO-WRB (2006)". He holds a Master's Degree in Territorial Planning and Geographic Information Systems (2013) from the University of Granada, whose final work was divided into 3 national publications and a monograph. During his predoc stage, he obtained three scholarships for doctoral studies: DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), La Caixa Foundation, and FPU (Ministry of Education, Spain). During this period, he completed his doctoral thesis between the University of Trier (Germany-2 years-) and Malaga (2 years). He was recently awarded with a Leonardo Grant (BBVA Foundation).

Amjad Kallel: ENIS, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia Dr. Amjad Kallel is currently Associate Professor of Environmental Geology in the Sfax National School of Engineers at the University of Sfax, Tunisia. He holds a B.Eng. in Georesources and Environment (1998) from the University of Sfax (Tunisia) and an M.Sc. degree and a Ph.D. degree in Georesources and Environment (2004) from Hokkaido University (Japan). He joined Venture Business Laboratory (VBL) at Akita University, Japan (2005-2006), as Researcher focusing on refining and recycling technologies for the recovery of rare elements from natural and secondary sources. Hehas co-organized many prestigious workshops, seminars, and international conferences. In 2016, he joined the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (Springer) and the Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration (Springer) as Chief Editor and Managing Editor, respectively.

Broder Merkel TUBAF, Freiberg, Germany Broder Merkel did Dissertation (PhD) Dr. rer.nat. as Hydrogeologist (TU München) and Habilitation (Dr. habil) Christian-Albrechts Universität Kiel. Broder Merkel is Full Professor for Hydrogeology at TUBAF (1993-2015) hydrogeology, hydrochemistry, modeling chemical thermodynamics and reactive transport, geo-statistics, GIS, and remote sensing; Dean of the Faculty Geoscience, Geotechnics and Mining; DFG Liaison Officer of TUBAF; Vice Rector of TUBAF; and Head of the Scientific Diving Center of TUBAF. Broder Merkel's field work was in Bolivia, China, Chile, Czech Republic, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Hungary, Mexico, Mozambique,Namibia, Palestine, Russia, Spain, and USA. Broder Merkel has organization of 7 International Conferences Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology.

Mehdi Eshagh University West, Sweden Mehdi Eshagh, 1977, born in Tehran, Iran, completed his M.Sc. degree in Geodesy from KNToosi University of Technology in Iran and Ph.D. in Geodesy at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) under supervision of Professor Lars E. Sjöberg in 2009. He became docent (habilitation) in Physical Geodesy and Space Geodesy at KTH and worked there as Senior Researcher until 2016 and since September 2013 as Professor of Geodesy at University West in the western part of Sweden. He have about 22 years of activities in teaching diversity of courses in Surveying Engineering and Geodesy, research, and supervision of students at all levels of educations. He is Author of 120 articles in peer-reviewed international journals and the book " Satellite Gravimetry and the Solid Ea…