On Significant Applications of Geophysical Methods

This edited volume is based on the best papers accepted for presentation during the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018. This special volume is of interest to all researchers practicing geosphysicists/seismologists, students of PG and UG in the fields of multifaceted Geoscience. Major applications with relevant illustrations presented in the volume are from Middle East. And therefore, this book no doubt would serve as a reference guide to all geoscientists and students in the broad field of Earth Science. This volume covers significant applications of gravity and magnetic methods, electrical and electromagnetic methods, refraction and reflection seismic methods besides a large number of study on earthquakes, tectonics and geological settings etc. The salient features of this volume are the interpretation andmodeling of geophysical data of different nature. Main topics include: 1. Applications of gravity and magnetic methods.2. Electrical and Electromagnetic methods in mineral and groundwater exploration.3. Case studies on refraction and reflection seismic methods.4. Integrated geoscience applications in the exploration of subsurface resources.5. Hydrocarbon and petrophysical studies6. Earthquakes and seismic hazard assessment.7. Tectonics

A comprehensive understanding of geophysical applications with particular reference to Middle East and Mediterranean region Covers various aspects of recent earthquakes and earthquake hazard assessment Provides a simplified interpretation and analyses to various geophysical case studies Offers an appropriate choice for integration of geoscientific methods for geoinvestigation Discusses briefly hydrocarbon potentail in the MENA region

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Dr. Giroux holds a B.Sc.A. in engineering physics (1992) from Laval University (Canada) and a M.Sc.A. (1994) and Ph.D. (2001), both in applied geophysics from École Polytechnique de Montréal (Canada). He is currently associate professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Eau-Terre-Environnement in Quebec city (Canada). His research interests include geophysical monitoring, near-surface geophysics, numerical modelling, geophysical inversion and data assimilation. Over the last years, his work focused largely on improving methods for quantitative interpretation and monitoring of CO2 storage. In 2016 Dr. Giroux joined the AJGS as an Associate Editor responsible for evaluating submissions in Applied Geophysics.

Dr. Saibi holds a B. Sc. in Geology (2000) and a M. Sc. in Hydrogeology (2003) from University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (Algeria) along with a Ph.D. degree in Earth ResourcesEngineering (2007) from Kyushu University (Japan). He is currently an Associate Professor at Geology Department, United Arab Emirates University (UAE). From 2007 to 2009, he was a Post-Doctoral fellow (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) at Kyushu University, Japan. In 2009, he received a business degree at the Innovation Training Program for R'' & ''D and Business Leaders of Kyushu University and completed training at The Matsushita Institute of Government and Management in Kanagawa, Tokyo. From 2010 to 2016, he was an Associate Professor at the Department of Earth Resources Engineering at Kyushu University in Japan, where he developed new courses in Geophysics, Physics and supported students in their international internships. He developed international connections between Japanese universities and north African universities and helped in organizing international conferences on Earth sciences. His research interests focus on exploration geophysics in general and developing new 2D and 3D geophysical codes for gravity and magnetic methods specially, 2D/3D Magnetotelluric for geothermal exploration, geothermal reservoir simulation, Artificial Neural Network in geophysics, volcanology, GIS and remote sensing and hydrochemistry.
Dr. Al-Garni holds a B.Sc. (1993) in Geophysics from King Abdulaziz University (KAU, Saudi Arabia), a M.Sc. (1996) in Geophysics from Colorado School of Mines (Colorado, USA), and a Ph.D. (2001) in Geophysics from Texas A & M University (TAMU, College Station, USA). In 1993, he worked as a Geophysicist at the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, United States Geological Survey in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), and as a Demonstrator of Geophysics at KAU, where he became in 2002 an Assistant Professor of Geophysics. He has been promoted to an Associate Professor in 2006 and to a full Professor of Geophysics in 2010. Furthermore, he has been assigned as the Chairman of Geophysics Department (20032011), Vice Dean (2014), and Vice Dean for graduate studies and scientific research (2015Now). His research interests cover controlled-source electromagnetic induction, electrical methods, gravity and magnetic methods, near-surface applied Geophysics, forward and inverse modeling, environmental and engineering Geophysics, environmental site characterization, ground penetrating radar, Hydrogeophysics, and mining Geophysics: theory, data processing and interpretation. Dr. Al-Garni has reviewed a lot of academic works and has been in many committees including those of M.Sc. and Ph.D. examinations. His remarkable efforts in the establishment and development of various projects were reflected in valuable academic and professional successes and achievements. He has conducted more than 15 research projects, the most recent of which involved EM, DC resistivity, SP, IP, and magnetic methods for mineral exploration in the Arabian Shield. He has published more than 50 research articles in international indexed and refereed journals. He has been listed in the "Marquis Who's who in the World" as one of the worlds foremost achievers in the field of Geophysics in the 28th Edition (2011). In 2015 Dr. Al-Garni joined the AJGS as an Associate Editor responsible for evaluating submission in the fields of Theoretical and Applied Exploration Geophysics.
Dr. Eshagh received his B.Sc. in Surveying Engineering 1999 from Islamic Azad University, South of Teheran branch, M.Sc. in Geodesy 2002 from KNToosi University of Technology, and PhD in Geodesy 2009 from Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden. In October 2010 he was appointed as Docent/Associate Professor of Physical Geodesy / Space Geodesy at KTH and since September 2013 as professor of Geodesy at University West, in Sweden. He has been teacher of a variety of courses in Surveying Engineering at different levels of education from high school to PhD programmes since 1999. His research interests are mainly in the fields of Physical Geodesy specially geoid and gravity field determination, satellite gravimetry and gradiometry, adjustment theory, satellite orbit determination, geodetic network optimisation and design, theories of isostasy, Moho and density contrast determination, sub-lithospheric stress modelling using gravimetric data. He has published and co-authored about 150 original articles, monographs, text-books, edited books, special issues, and conference abstracts. Dr. Eshagh is the founder and senior managing editor of Journal of Geodetic Science. Also, he is cooperating as editor of Journal Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering, Geodynamics Research International Bulletin, Journal of Applied Engineering Sciences, and Journal of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering. In 2017 Dr. Eshagh joined the AJGS as an associate editor responsible for evaluating submissions in the fields of Geodesy and Solid Earth Geophysics.
Dr. Meghraoui completed his Ph.D. (1988) at the University of Paris XI-Orsay (France) on the Seismotectonics and Paleoseismology of the Tell Atlas in Algeria. He is a senior scientist at the Institut de Physique du Globe at the University of Strasbourg (France). His working group has achieved major strides, releasing pioneering studies on the identification of active faults in intrap…