The Arabian Journal of Geosciences (AJGS) is the official journal of the Saudi Society for Geosciences and publishes peer-reviewed original and review articles on the entire range of Earth Science themes, focused on, but not limited to, those that have regional significance to the Middle East and the Euro-Mediterranean Zone.

The AJGS invites submissions across 15 research tracks:

Track 1. Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Climatology, Oceanography
Track 2. Biogeochemistry, Geobiology, Geoecology, Geoagronomy
Track 3. Earthquake Seismology and Geodesy
Track 4. Environmental Earth Sciences
Track 5. Applied & Theoretical Geophysics
Track 6. Geo-Informatics and Remote Sensing
Track 7. Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology, Volcanology
Track 8. Geological Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering
Track 9. Geomorphology, Geography, Soil Science, Glaciology, Geoarchaeology, Geoheritage
Track 10. Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Hydrochemistry
Track 11. Marine Geosciences, Historical Geology, Paleoceanography, Paleoclimatology
Track 12. Numerical and Analytical Methods in Mining Sciences and Geomechanics
Track 13. Petroleum and Energy Engineering, Petroleum Geochemistry
Track 14. Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Geochronology
Track 15. Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geodynamics, Petroleum Geology

The AJGS publishes 24 issues throughout the year following the Continuous Article Publishing (CAP). This ensures that articles are made available online as soon as they are ready to avoid unnecessary delays in getting content publicly available.

All manuscripts are subject to a single-blind peer review process during at least 2 rounds coordinated by a Chief Editor responsible for the respective submission track.

The AJGS is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) the journal will follow the COPE guidelines on how to deal with potential acts of misconduct. Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage the trust in the journal and ultimately the entire scientific endeavor. Maintaining integrity of the research and its presentation can be achieved by following the rules of good scientific practice as detailed at https://www.springer.com/us/editorial-policies.

FOUNDER of AJGS
Abdullah Al-Amri: King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Abdullah Al-Amri: King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Email: alamri.geo@gmail.com


TOPICAL CHIEF EDITORS

T 1. Zhihua Zhang: Shandong University, Jinan, China
T 2. Haroun Chenchouni: University of Tebessa, Algeria
T 3. Jianxiong Chen: Anadarko Petroleum, Houston, TX, USA
T 4. Amjad Kallel: ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia
T 5. Narasimman Sundararajan: Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
T 6. Biswajeet Pradhan: University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
T 7. Domenico Doronzo: Spanish National Research Council, Spain 
T 8. Zeynal Abiddin Erguler: Dumlupinar University, Kutahya, Turkey
T 9. Stefan Grab: School of Geography, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
T 10. Broder J. Merkel: TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany
T 11. Marina Rabineau: Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Brest, France
T 12. Murat Karakus: University of Adelaide, Australia
T 13. Santanu Banerjee: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
T 14. Beatriz Bádenas: University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
T 15. François Roure: IFP – Energies Nouvelles, France



COVERED TOPICS and ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Topic 1. Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Climatology, Oceanography
Chief Editor: Zhihua Zhang, China

Ali Al-Dousari: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat, Kuwait
Daniele Contini: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of Italy, Lecce, Italy
Muhammad Jawed Iqbal: University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
Abdelkader Mezghani: Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norway
Zhien Zhang: The Ohio State University, US
Huakun Zhou: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China

Topic 2. Biogeochemistry, Geobiology, Geoecology, Geoagronomy
Chief Editor: Haroun Chenchouni, Algeria
Md. Saiful Islam: Patuakhali Science and Technology University(PSTU), Patuakhali, Bangladesh
Topic 3. Earthquake Seismology and Geodesy
Chief Editor: Jianxiong Chen, USA

Mohamed Amrouche: Schlumberger, Tokyo, Japan
Ali Dehghani: University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Longjun Dong: Central South University, Changsha, China
Mehdi Eshagh: University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
Jianping Huang: China University of Petroleum, Dongying, China
Lun Li: Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Mustapha Meghraoui: University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France


Topic 4. Environmental Earth Sciences
Chief Editor: Amjad Kallel, Tunisia

Paromita Chakraborty: SRM Inst. of Science and Technology, Chennai, India
Sudip Chakraborty: University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
Eric D. van Hullebusch: Inst. de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France
Md Firoz Khan: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Mahjoor A. Lone: National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Atiqur Rahman: Jamia Millia Islamia, Urban Environ. & Remote Sensing Div., New Delhi, India
Amirhomayoun Saffarzadeh: Kyushu University, Japan
Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi: COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan


Topic 5. Exploration & Theoretical Geophysics, Seismic & Well Logging Methods, Mathematical Geosciences
Chief Editor: Narasimman Sundararajan, Oman

Mansour Al-Garni: King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Li Zhen Cheng: Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
Cesare Comina: University of Turin, Italy
Gordon Cooper: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Hesham El-Araby: King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Farfour: Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Bernard Giroux: Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Québec, Canada
Hakim Saibi: United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Maxim Smirnov: Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Dikun Yang: University of British Columbia, Canada


Topic 6. Geo-Informatics and Remote Sensing
Chief Editor: Biswajeet Pradhan, Australia

Joseph L. Awange: Curtin University, Australia
Hesham M. El-Askary: Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, USA
Hongchao Fan: Wuhan University, China & Heidelberg University, Germany
Hyung-Sup Jung: University of Seoul, South Korea
Michel Kasser: School of Business and Engineering Vaud, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Mahesh Kumar Jat: Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India
Saro Lee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, South Korea
Nilanchal Patel: Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Genyun Sun: China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, China
Marouane Temimi: Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Erhan Tercan: Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Gongwen Wang: China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China


Topic 7. Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology, Volcanology
Chief Editor: Domenico Doronzo, Spain

John S. Armstrong-Altrin: The National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Roberto Braga: Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane: Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco
Ciro Cucciniello: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
Shifeng Dai: China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
Fuat Erkül: Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Antalya, Turkey
Yalcin Ersoy: Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
Federico Lucci: Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
Emanuela Schingaro: Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro - Uni Ba, Italy 
Mehmet Sabri Çelik: Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Basem Zoheir: Benha University, Egypt & University of Kiel, Germany

Topic 8. Geological Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering
Chief Editor: Zeynal Abiddin Erguler, Turkey

Marco Barla: Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
Zhen-Dong Cui: China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
Dave Giles: University of Portsmouth, UK
Sanjay Kumar Shukla: School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
Giacomo Pepe: Universistà di Genova, Genova, Italy
Ahmed Salih Mohammed: University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan region, Iraq


Topic 9. Geomorphology, Geography, Soil Science, Glaciology, Geoarchaeology, Geoheritage
Chief Editor: Stefan Grab, South Africa

Davide Baioni: Università degli Studi "CarloBo" di Urbino, Italy
Paolo Billi: Tottori University, Japan
Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach: The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
Lisa Mol: University of West England, Bristol, UK
Kosmas Pavlopoulos: Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, UAE
Adriano Ribolini: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra,Università di Pisa, Italy


Topic 10. Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Hydrochemistry
Chief Editor: Broder J. Merkel, Germany

Maurizio Barbieri: University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy 
Helder I. Chaminé: School of Engineering - ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
Mingjie Chen: Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Lassâad Dassi: University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
Tajudeen Muhammad Iwalewa: Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
Ozgur Kisi: Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Pradeep Naik: Rajiv Gandhi National Ground Water Training & Research Institute, India
Fernando A.L. Pacheco: Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro University – UTAD, Portugal
Angela Vallejos: Polytechnic School, University of Almeria, Spain
Haw Yen: Blackland Research & Extension Center, Texas A&M University, USA
Lahcen Zouhri: Institut Polytechnique La Salle Beauvais, France


Topic 11. Marine Geosciences, Historical Geology, Paleoceanography, Paleoclimatology
Chief Editor: Marina Rabineau, France

Daniel Aslanian: IFREMER, Lab. LGS, Plouzané, France
Franck Bassinot: LSCE (CEA-CNRS-UVSQ), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Gurumurthy Gundiga: Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, India
Nadia Mhammdi: Institut Scientifique, Université Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
Dominico Ridente: University of Roma, Italy



Topic 12. Numerical and Analytical Methods in Mining Sciences and Geomechanics
Chief Editor: Murat Karakus, Australia

Khalid Amrouch: The University of Adelaide, Australia
Feng Dai: Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Sebnem Duzgun: Colorado School of Mines, USA
Wissem Frikha: National School of Engineers of Tunis, Tunisia
Ali Karrech: The University of Western Australia, Australia
Mehmet Kizil: UQ, Brisbane, Australia
Petr Konicek: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic Pinnaduwa Kulatilake: University of Arizona, USA
Rudrajit Mitra: Wits University, South Africa
Atsushi Sainoki: Kumamoto University, Japan
Jiayi Shen: Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, China
Erkan Topal: Curtin University, Australia
Guangcheng Zhang: China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China


Topic 13. Petroleum and Energy Engineering, Petroleum Geochemistry
Chief Editor: Santanu Banerjee, India

Reza Barati: The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
Roger Davies: Neftex Petroleum Consultants Ltd., UK
Salaheldin Elkatatny: KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Barry Jay Katz: Chevron Corporation, USA
Ray Rui: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Liang Xiao: China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China 
Tongwei Zhang: The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA


Topic 14. Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Geochronology
Chief Editor: Beatriz Bádenas, Spain

Peter Bengtson: Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Jaume Dinarès-Turell: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy 
Domenico Chiarella: Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK
Francesco Dela Pierre: University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Bruno Ferré: Independent geologist/paleontologist/stratigrapher, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France 
Piero Gianolla: University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Annette Goetz: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, UK
Bruno R.C. Granier: Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France
Pedro Huerta: Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro: Catalan Institute IPHES, Tarragona, Spain
Aitor Payros: Universidad del Pais Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Leioa, Spain
Pablo J. Pazos: Department of Geological Sciences, Buenos Aires University, Argentina
Idoia Rosales: Instituto Geologico y Minero de España, Madrid, Spain
Luisa Sabato: Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy
Topic 15. Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geodynamics, Petroleum Geology
Chief Editor: François Roure, France

Giovanni Barreca: University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Wilfried Bauer: German University of Technology in Oman, Athaibah, Oman
Eugenio Fazio: University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Vincenzo Festa: University of Bari, Bari, Italy
Dominique Frizon de Lamotte: Université de Cergy-Pontoise, Cergy-Pontoise, France
Christian Gorini: Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, ISTeP UMR 7193, Paris, France
Zakaria Hamimi: Benha University, Benha, Egypt
Yangwen Pei: School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, China Shahram H. Sherkati: National Iranian Oil Company, Tehran, Iran
Stefano Tavani: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Jaume Vergés: CSIC – Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera, Barcelona, Spain


JOURNAL EDITORIAL OFFICE (SUBMISSION SYSTEM & PRODUCTION)
Emery Joy Enarsao: JEO Assistant, SPi Global, Manila, Philippines
Joseph Villarosa: JEO Production Coordinator, SPi Global, Manila, Philippines

JOURNAL MANAGING EDITOR (SPRINGER)
Nabil Khélifi: Middle East & North African Program, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany