Recent Research on Environmental Earth Sciences, Geomorphology, Soil Science and Paleoenvironments

This book is based on the accepted papers for presentation at the 2nd MedGU Annual Meeting, Marrakesh 2022. The book presents a series of newest research studies that are nowadays relevant to Middle East, Mediterranean region, Africa, and surrounding areas. The book gives a general overview on current research, focusing on geoenvironmental issues and challenges in environmental management in these regions. It offers a broad range of recent studies that discuss the latest advances in geography, geomorphology, landslides, and soil science, in addition to geoarchaeology and geoheritage. It also shares insights on some glaciology studies. The book also enhances the understanding of paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental changes based on research studies from the fields of marine geosciences, historical geology, and paleoceanography and paleoclimatology.

Attila Ciner Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Attila Çiner is a sedimentology and quaternary geology professor at the Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. After graduating from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara (1985), he obtained his M.Sc. degree at the University of Toledo, USA (1988), and his Ph.D. at the University of Strasbourg, France (1992). He works on the tectono-sedimentary evolution of basins and quaternary depositional systems such as moraines, fluvial terraces, alluvial fans, and deltas. He uses cosmogenic nuclides to date these deposits. He primarily focuses on the glacial deposits and landscapes and tries to understand palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental changes since the Last Glacial Maximum. Lastly, he was part of the Turkish Antarctic Expedition. He spent two months working on the site recognition and decision of the future Turkish scientific research station to be implemented on the continent. Maurizio Barbieri University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy Maurizio Barbieri is a skilled geologist (B.Sc., Ph.D.) with over 27 years of experience and a full professor of Geochemistry at the Department of Chemical, Materials and Environmental Engineering (DICMA) of the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Presently, he is a fellow of the Association of Applied Geochemists and European Chair (Italy) of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health. He has been on the editorial board of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Chemie der Erde, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, Water, Geofluids, and Discover Water. In addition, he is an editor-in-chief (Hydrogeology Section) for Geosciences MDPI. Md Firoz Khan North South University, Malaysia Dr. Firoz Khan is an associate professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University in Dhaka.  He was a former senior lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, Malaysia, and a professor (Visiting) at the China University of Mining and Technology, China. He received Ph.D. from the Yokohama National University, Japan, in 2010 as a Japanese Government scholar in Environmental Science and Risk Management. He received his M.Sc. in Air Pollution from the University of Birmingham, UK, in 2005. He leads an “Aerosol Lab” and focuses research on aerosol sciences, particularly aerosol source apportionment, aerosol-health interaction, and aerosol–meteorology interaction. He is an author or co-author of about 135 peer-reviewed research articles, books, and book chapters. Veysel Turan Bingol University, Turkey Veysel Turan is currently an associate professor at the Faculty of Agriculture, Bingöl, Türkiye. His research focuses on the interactions among soil science, environmental remediation, food chemistry, and climate change.   His Google Scholar H index is 38, Web of Science ESI top papers (13 as “highly cited papers” and 4 as “h