EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Prof. Dr. Halim MUTLU
Ankara University, Department of Geological Engineering, Türkiye
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ORCID 0000-0002-4100-1363
Research Topics: Geochemistry, fluid-mineral equilibria, stable isotopes
EDITORIAL BOARD
Assoc. Prof. Orhan R. ABBASOV
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Azerbaijan
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ORCID 0000-0003-2135-7984
Research Topics: Petroleum geology and geochemistry, geochemistry and mineralogy, oil shale, mud volcanism
Assoc. Prof. Sinan AKISKA
Ankara University, Department of Geological Engineering, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0001-8262-7349
Research Topics: Metallic ore deposits, stable ısotopes, orebody modeling, geostatistics
Prof. Dr. Ali Cemal BENIM
Center of Flow Simulation (CFS), Faculty of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Duesseldorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-8642-2225
Research Topics: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Combustion, Biofluid Dynamics
Assoc. Prof. Andrea BROGI
Department of Earth and Geoenvironmental Sciences, University of Bari, Italy
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ORCID 0000-0002-3386-3609
Research Topics: Brittle deformation and fluid flow, Tectonic control on ore deposition, neotectonic and seismotectonic, extensional tectonics.
Oğuz ALTUN
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Mining Analysis and Technology, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0003-1687-0812
Research Topics: Minarel processing
Dr. Xi-Jie CHEN
Development and Research Center of China Geological Survey, China
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ORCID 0000-0003-4109-9134
Research Topics: Tethys evolution, mafic magmatism and crust-mantle interactions, bimodal volcanic rocks, alkaline magmatic rocks.
Buğra ÇAVDAR
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Mineral Research and Exploration, Türkiye
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ORCID 0000-0002-3384-1215
Research Topics: Mineral deposits, mineral exploration, geochemistry, economic geology, ore geology, vms deposits
Prof. Dr. Dornadula CHANDRASEKHARAM
Izmir Institute of Technology, Türkiye
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ORCID 0000-0003-1534-4319
Research Topics: Geothermal resources, hydrogeology, petrology
Dr. Aydın ÇİÇEK
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Energy Raw Materials and Research, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0001-7111-6295
Research Topics: Earth sciences, geothermal energy, structural geology, geodynamics, geological processes, tectonics, active tectonics, neotectonics, exploration geology, field geology, geological mapping
Assoc. Prof. Okay ÇİMEN
Munzur University, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-1727-9939
Research Topics: Rare earth elements, critical raw minerals, carbonatites, geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology, geochronology, isotope geochemistry, regional geology
Dr. İsmail DEMİRCİ
Ankara University, Department of Geophysical Engineering, Türkiye
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ORCID 0000-0002-9234-4841
Research Topics: Modelling, ınversion, joint ınversion, mining geophysics, geothermal, applied geophysics, numerical methods, cpu and gpu computing, archeo-geophysics
Dr. Kıymet DENİZ
Ankara University, Department of Geological Engineering, Türkiye
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ORCID 0000-0003-3208-1354
Research Topics: Alkaline igneous rocks, petrography, geochemistry, petrogenesis, geochronology, industrial minerals, instrumental analysis techniques, archeometry
Assoc. Prof. Fuat ERKÜL
Akdeniz University, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-4918-3042
Research Topics: Granite petrology, core complexes, shear zones
Prof. Dr. Ranjith Pathegama GAMAGE
Monash University, Civil, Resources and Environmental Engineering, Australia
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0003-2864-7669
Research Topics: Shale gas, tunneling in soft and hard ground, slope stability of large deep, open cut mines, underground longwall mining, storage of chemical/nuclear waste in underground cavern, deep geothermal works, and hydrogen storage in geological formations
Dr. Recep GÜNEY
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Geophysical Research, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-0732-4759
Research Topics: Seismic reflection, seismic data processing, image processing, seismic interpretation
Assoc. Prof. Şule GÜRBOĞA
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Geological Research, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-5225-5895
Research Topics: Structural geology, active tectonics, neotectonics, field geology, paleoseismolgy, marine paleoseismolgy
Doç. Dr. Alper GÜRBÜZ
Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Department of Geological Engineering, Türkiye
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ORCID 0000-0002-2539-0493
Research Topics: General geology, geodynamics, geological teachnig, geomorphology, clastic sedimentology, quaternary geology, plate tectonics, neotectonic, paleogeography, paleoclimate, sedimentology, seismotect
Dr. Doğan KALAFAT
Boğaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-4888-3311
Research Topics: Seismicity, seismic networks and monitoring, seismicity patterns, moment tensors and focal mechanism
Dr. Ferhat KAYA
Department of Geosciences and Geography, Evolutionary Palaeontology group, University of Helsinki, Finland
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0003-0900-3390
Research Topics: Biological Antropology, geology, paleontology, paleoclimatology
Dr. Sándor KELE
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-8607-7636
Research Topics: Travertines, tufa, stable and clumped isotope thermometry of carbonates, paleoclimatology
Prof. Dr. Timothy KUSKY
China University of Geosciences Wuhan, National Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-4553-620X
Research Topics: Tectonics, structural geology, Precambrian, geoheritage
Prof. Dr. David LENTZ
University of New Brunswick, Canada
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0003-0516-7654
Research Topics: minerals, exploration geology, field geology, geology, tectonics, geological mappinggeochemistry, ısotope geochemistry, ıgneous petrology, geological processes
Prof. Dr. Kotha MAHENDER
Goa University, School of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, India
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ORCID 0000-0002-5165-6726
Research Topics: Quantitative and data-mining approaches on the Sedimentology, Geochemistry and Depositional Environments of Proterozoic and Mesozoic sequences; Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Prof. Dr. Mustapha MEGHRAOUI
University of Strasbourg EOST-Institut Terre et Environnement de Strasbourg, France
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-3479-465X
Research Topics: Neotectonics, sismotectonic, paleosismology, tectonics, geomorphology
Prof. Dr. Robert MORITZ
University of Geneva, Department of Earth Sciences, Switzerland
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Research Topics: Neotectonics, sismotectonic, paleosismology, tectonics, geomorphology
Prof. Dr. Roland OBERHAENSLI
University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Germany
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-8071-8236
Research Topics: Structural geology, collision orogeny and ductile, shear-zone tectonics.
Dr. Neşe OYAL
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Şehit Cuma DAĞ Natural History Museum, Türkiye
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ORCID 0000-0001-5746-0778
Research Topics: Giant rhinoceroses, vertebrate paleontology, paleostratigraphy, paleogeography, petroleum geology.
Dr. Semiha ÖNCÜ
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Mineral Research and Exploration Department, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-6616-6084
Research Topics: Ore deposits, geochemistry, economic geology, fluid ınclusion, vms deposits, metallogeny
Assoc. Prof. Selim ÖZALP
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Geological Research, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-6755-4206
Research Topics: Active tectonics, paleoseismology, neotectonics
Assoc. Prof. Ayşe ÖZDEMİR
Van Yüzüncüyıl University, Department of Geophysical Engineering, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0003-0660-3139
Research Topics: Carbonate sedimentology, conodont, foraminifera, micropaleontology, Paleozoic, paleogeography, stratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy
Prof. Dr. Şafak Gökhan ÖZKAN
Turkish-German University, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-7770-7480
Research Topics: Mineral processing, flotation, ındustrial minerals, borates, coal
Assoc. Prof. Eren PAMUK
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Geophysical Research, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-9511-7951
Research Topics: Engineering seismology, airborne magnetic and radiometric survey, applied geophysics
Prof. Dr. Spyridon PAVLIDES
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Geology, Greece
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-1690-2581
Research Topics: Paleoseismology, Earthquake Tectonics, Geodynamics, Neotectonics, Seismotectonics
Prof. Dr. Franco PIRAJNO
School of Earth Sciences, Centre for Exploration Targeting, The University of Western Australia
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0003-1082-3548
Research Topics: Tectonics, ore deposit geology and mineral exploration
Prof. Dr. Mavinakere Eshwaraiah RAGHUNANDAN
Monash University Malaysia, School of Engineering, Malaysia
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-3212-0352
Research Topics: Geotechnical Engineering, hazard assessment, investigating and developing ground improvement solutions under various loading and environmental conditions
Assoc. Prof. Ökmen SÜMER
Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Geological Engineering, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0003-3168-8728
Research Topics: General geology, tectonics, sedimentology
Prof. Dr. Orlando VASELLI
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence, Italy
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0001-8121-4438
Research Topics: Fluid geochemistry, Environmental geochemistry, volcanology, geothermics
Prof. Dr. Lu WANG
China University of Geosciences, State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-4526-5366
Research Topics: Mineralogy, Petrology, Geology
Prof. Dr. Ergül YAŞAR
İskenderun Technical University, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineer, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-1290-749X
Research Topics: Drilling, well control, geothermal investigations
TECHNICAL EDITORS
Ayşe CEBE
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Geological Research, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-9789-3196
Research Topics: Mining and environment, environmental pollution
Sevda DEMİR
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Environmental Research, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0003-4610-9960
Research Topics: Geophysical reseacrhes
Başra Bihter DEMİRCİ
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Geophysical Research, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0001-7021-3739
Research Topics: Geophysics, seismic data processing, seismic data interpretation, seismic data acquisition, ground penetrating radar (gpr), inversion, seismic refraction, seismic tomography
Olcay İNANÇ
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Environmental Research, Türkiye
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ORCID 0009-0002-3423-6508
Research Topics: Nuclear raw materials, lignite, sedimentary units, engineering geology
Dr. Cumhur Özcan KILIÇ
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Mining Analysis and Technology, Türkiye
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ORCID 0000-0001-5783-4311
Research Topics: Mineralogy, petrology, petrography, geochemistry, experimental geology
Dr. Onur Eser KÖK
İskenderun Technical University, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineer, Türkiye
E-mail:
ORCID 0000-0002-7061-2921
Research Topics: Drilling, drilling fluids, clay minerals, rheology, well control