Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

The Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment is the official journal of the IAEG and is published by Springer-Verlag from June 1998.

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Editor in Chief

Louis Wong
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Editor in Chief

Arindam Basu
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur, India

Co-Editor

Jean-Alain Fleurisson
Mines ParisTech – Centre de Géosciences
35 rue Saint Honoré
77305 Fontainebleau, France

Editorial Board Members

Biljana Abolmasov

University of Belgrade
Faculty of Mining and Geology
Belgrade, Serbia
biljana.abolmasov@rgf.bg.ac.rs

Sohail Akram

Institute of Geology
University of the Punjab Quaid-e-Azam Campus
Lahore, Pakistan
sohail.geo@pu.edu.pk

Ulrich Burbaum

Department of Civil Engineering
University of Applied Sciences
Darmstadt, Germany
ulrich.burbaum@h-da.de

Manuela Cecconi

Department of Engineering
University of Perugia, Italy
manuela.cecconi@unipg.it

Hongey Chen

Department of Geosciences
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
hchen@ntu.edu.tw

Yi-Feng Chen

Wuhan University
Wuhan, P. R. China
csyfchen@whu.edu.cn

Zhiyi Chen

Department of Geotechnical Engineering
Tongji University
Shanghai, China
zhiyichen@tongji.edu.cn

Siau Chen Chain

National University of Singapore
Singapore
sc.chain@nus.edu.sg

John Cripps

Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
University of Sheffield, UK
j.c.cripps@sheffield.ac.uk

Sabatino Cuomo

Department of Civil Engineering
University of Salerno
Salerno, Italy
scuomo@unisa.it

Ranjan Kumar Dahal

Central Department of Geology
Tribhuvan University
Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
ranjan@tugeology.edu.np

Feng Dai

School of Water Resource & Hydropower
Sichuan University
Sichuan, P. R. China
fengdai@scu.edu.cn

Angelo Doglioni

Department of Science, Civil Engineering and Architecture
Politecnico di Bari
Bari, Italy
angelo.doglioni@poliba.it

Jean-Louis Durville

Ministère de l’Equipement
CETE de Lyon
Bron, France
jean-louis.durville@equipement.gouv.fr

Lifeng Fan

College of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Beijing University of Technology
Beijing, China
fanlifeng@bjut.edu.cn

Xuanmei Fan

State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection
Chengdu University of Technology
Chengdu,China
18202308@qq.com

Maria Ferentinou

School of Civil Engineering and the Built Environment
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool, UK
M.Ferentinou@ljmu.ac.uk

Isabel Fernandes

Department of Geology
University of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal
mifernandes@fc.ul.pt

Stefano Luigi Gariano

Research Institute for Geo-hydrological Protection (IRPI)
Italian National Research Council (CNR)
Perugia, Italy
stefano.luigi.gariano@irpi.cnr.it

Daniele Giordan

Research Institute for Hydrogeological Protection (IRPI)
National Research Council
Torino, Italy
daniele.giordan@irpi.cnr.it

Wenping Gong

Glenn Department of Civil Engineering
Clemson University
Clemson, USA
wenping@clemson.edu

Salvo Grasso

Università degli Studi di Catania
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Architettura
Catania
Sicily, Italy
sgrasso@dica.unict.it

Yunjin Hu

School of Civil Engineering
Shaoxing University
Shaoxing, P. R. China
huyunjin@zju.edu.cn

Yu Huang

Department of Geotechnical Engineering
Tongji University
Shanghai, P. R. China
yhuang@tongji.edu.cn

Nejan Huvaj

METU Civil Engineering Department
Ankara, Turkey
@nejan@metu.edu.tr

Chao Kang

College of Civil Engineering and Architecture
China Three Gorges University
Yichang, China
ckang3@ualberta.ca

Julian Kwan

Geotechnical Engineering Office
Hong Kong
juliankwan@cedd.gov.hk

Suseno Kramadibrata

Bumi Resources Minerals
Jakarta, Indonesia
sueno.kramadibrata@brm.co.id

Hengxing Lan

State Key Laboratory of Resource and Environment Information System
Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research
Beijing, P. R. China
lanhx@igsnrr.ac.cn

Valentina Lentini

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
University of Enna “Kore”
Enna, Italy
valentina.lentini@unikore.it

Andy YF Leung

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
andy.yf.leung@polyu.edu.hk

Biao Li

Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Concordia University
Canada
biao.li@concordia.ca

Bing Li

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Western Ontario
University of Utah
Ontario, Canada
bing.li@uwo.ca

Dennis Yanrong Li

AGECON Ltd.
Hong Kong, China
li.dennis@hotmail.com

Dian-Qing Li

School of Water Resources & Hydropower Engineering
Wuhan University
Wuhan, China
dianqing@whu.edu.cn

Bin Liu

Shandong University
Jinan, P.R China
liubin0635@163.com

Enlong Liu

College of Water Resources and Hydropower
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
liuenlong@scu.edu.cn

Xiaolei Liu

Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Geological Engineering
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
xiaolei@ouc.edu.cn

Francisco Locati

CICTERRA
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Córdoba, Argentina
flocati@efn.uncor.edu

Susana Lopez-Querol

Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
University College London
Chadwick Building
London, UK
s.lopez-querol@ucl.ac.uk

Renato Macciotta

University of Alberta
Canada
macciott@ualberta.ca

Silvina Marfil

Universidad Nacional del Sur
Bahia Blanca
Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
smarfil@uns.edu.ar

Vassilis Marinos

Department of Geotechnical Engineering
National Technical University of Athens
Athens, Greece
marinosv@civil.ntua.gr

Maria Massimino

Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture
University of Catania
Catania
Sicily, Italy
mmassimi@dica.unict.it

Brijes Mishra

Department of Mining Engineering
University of Utah
Utah, USA
Brijes.Mishra@utah.edu

José Muralha

Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Lisbon, Portugal
jmuralha@lnec.pt

İbrahim Ferid Öge

Department of Mining Engineering
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
Kötekli, Turkey
feridoge@mu.edu.tr

Mario Parise

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali
Università Aldo Moro,
Bari, Italy
mario.parise@uniba.it

Hyeong-Dong Park

Department of Energy Systems Engineering
Seoul National University
Seoul, South Korea
hpark@snu.ac.kr

Krishna Kanta Panthi

Trondheim, Norway
krishna.panthi@ntnu.no

Richard Prikryl

Charles University in Prague
Prague, Czech Republic
richard.prikryl@natur.cuni.cz

Shengwen Qi

Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, P. R. China
qishengwen@mail.iggcas.ac.cn

Ali M. Rajabi

Engineering Geology Department
University of Tehran
Tehran, Iran
amrajabi@ut.ac.ir

Paola Revellino

Department of Sciences and Technology
University of Sannio
Benevento, Italy
paola.revellino@unisannio.it

Mohammad Rezaei

Department of Mining Engineering
University of Kurdistan
Sanandaj, Iran
m.rezaei@uok.ac.ir

Irene Rocchi

Civil Engineering Department
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark
ireroc@byg.dtu.dk

Haris Saroglou

Department of Geotechnical Engineering
National Technical University of Athens
Athens, Greece
saroglou@central.ntua.gr

Gianvito Scaringi

Univerzita Karlova Priodovedecka fakulta
Czech Republic
scaringg@natur.cuni.cz

Ali Shafiei

Department of Petroleum Engineering
Nazarbayev University
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
ali.shafiei@nu.edu.kz

Anh Minh Tang

Ecole des Ponts
Paris Tech, Paris, France
anh-minh.tang@encp.fr

Chao-Sheng Tang

Nanjing University, China,
tangchaosheng@nju.edu.cn

Alessandro Tarantino

University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, U.K
alessandro.tarantino@strath.ac.uk

Abbas Taheri 

The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining
Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
abbas.taheri@queensu.ca

Berna Unutmaz

Hacettepe University
Ankara, Turkey
berna.unutmaz@hacettepe.edu.tr

Giovania Vessia

Department of Engineering and Geology
University ‘G. d’Annunzio’ of Chieti-Pescara
Chieti Scalo, Italy
g.vessia@unich.it

Jui-Pin Wang

Department of Civil Engineering
National Central University, Taiwan
jpwang@ncu.edu.tw

Lei Wang

Glenn Department of Civil Engineering
Clemson University
South Carolina, USA
lwang6@g.clemson.edu

Shanyong Wang

Civil, Surveying and Environmental Engineering
The University of Newcastle,
Australia
shanyong.wang@newcastle.edu.au

Zhijun Wu

School of Civil Engineering
Wuhan University
Wuhan,China
wuzh0013@e.ntu.edu.sg

Ryan Yan

AECOM
Hong Kong
ryan.yan@aecom.com

Jianhong Ye

Institute of Rock & Soil Mechanics
Chinese Academy of Science
Wuhan, China
yejianhongcas@gmail.com

Weimin Ye

Office of Educational Administration
Tongji University
Shanghai, China
ye_tju@tongji.edu.cn

Isik Yilmaz

Department of Geological Engineering
Cumhuriyet University
Sivas, Turkey
iyilmaz@cumhuriyet.edu.tr

Lulu Zhang

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, P. R. China
lulu_zhang@sjtu.edu.cn

Jia-wen Zhou

State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain Engineering
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
jwzhou@scu.edu.cn