Editor-in-chief and Associate Editors

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Prof. Dr. Halim MUTLU Ankara University, Department of Geological Engineering, Türkiye

E-mail: halimmutlu26@gmail.com
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

E-mail: ortal80@bk.ru
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: akiska@eng.ankara.edu.tr
ORCID: 0000-0001-8262-7349
Research Topics: Metallic ore deposits, stable ısotopes, orebody modeling, geostatistics

Oğuz ALTUN General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Mining Analysis and Technology, Türkiye 

E-mail: oguz.altun@mta.gov.tr
ORCID: 0000-0003-1687-0812
Research Topics: Minarel processing

Prof. Dr. Ali Cemal BENIM Center of Flow Simulation (CFS), Faculty of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Duesseldorf University of Applied Sciences Germany

E-mail: alicemal@prof-benim.com
ORCID: 0000-0002-8642-2225
Research Topics: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Combustion, Biofluid Dynamics

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andrea BROGI Department of Earth and Geoenvironmental Sciences, University of Bari Italy

E-mail: andrea.brogi@uniba.it
ORCID: 0000-0002-3386-3609
Research Topics: Brittle deformation and fluid flow, Tectonic control on ore deposition, neotectonic and seismotectonic, extensional tectonics.

Dr. Xi-Jie CHEN Development and Research Center of China Geological Survey, China

E-mail: xijiechen2020@163.com
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

E-mail: bugra.cavdar@mta.gov.tr
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

E-mail: dchandra50@gmail.com
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: aydincicek2003@gmail.com
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. Dr. Okay ÇİMEN Toya Holding, Türkiye

E-mail: okaycimen@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0002-1727-9939
Research Topics: Rare earth elements, critical raw minerals, carbonatites, geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology, geochronology, isotope geochemistry, regional geology

Dr. İsmail DEMİRCİAnkara University, Department of Geophysical Engineering, Türkiye

E-mail: idemirci@eng.ankara.edu.tr
ORCID: 0000-0002-9234-4841
Research Topics: Modelling, inversion, joint ınversion, mining geophysics, geothermal, applied geophysics, numerical methods, cpu and gpu computing, archeo-geophysics

Dr. Kıymet DENİZAnkara University, Department of Geological Engineering, Türkiye

E-mail: kdeniz@eng.ankara.edu.tr, deniz.kiymet@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0003-3208-1354
Research Topics: Alkaline igneous rocks, petrography, geochemistry, petrogenesis, geochronology, industrial minerals, instrumental analysis techniques, archeometry

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fuat ERKÜLAkdeniz University, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Türkiye

E-mail: fuaterkul@akdeniz.edu.tr
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: ranjith.pathegama.gamage@monash.edu
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

Prof. Dr. Candan GÖKÇEOĞLU Geological Engineering, Hacettepe University, Turkey

E-mail: candan.gokceoglu@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0003-4762-9933
Research Topics: Geological Engineering, Applied Geology, Engineering Geology foundations, earthquakes, dams, reservoirs, Engineering and Technology

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şule GÜRBOĞAGeneral Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Geological Research, Türkiye

E-mail: sule.gurboga@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0002-5225-5895
Research Topics: Structural geology, active tectonics, neotectonics, field geology, paleoseismolgy, marine paleoseismolgy  

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alper GÜRBÜZ Ankara University, Department of Geological Engineering, Türkiye

E-mail: gurbuzae@gmail.com
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 KALAFATBoğaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory, Türkiye

E-mail: kalafato@boun.edu.tr
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: ferhat.kaya@helsinki.fi
ORCID: 0000-0003-0900-3390
Research Topics: Biological Antropology, geology, paleontology, paleoclimatology

Prof. Dr. Kamil KAYABALI Department of Geological Engineering, Ankara University, Turkey

E-mail: kayabaliK@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0002-0228-0777
Research Topics: Geological Engineering

Dr. Sándor KELEHungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

E-mail: kele.sandor@csfk.org
ORCID: 0000-0002-8607-7636
Research Topics: Travertines, tufa, stable and clumped isotope thermometry of carbonates, paleoclimatology

Prof. Dr. Timothy KUSKYChina University of Geosciences Wuhan, National Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources China

E-mail: tkusky@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0002-4553-620X
Research Topics: 
Tectonics, structural geology, Precambrian, geoheritage

Prof. Dr. David LENTZ University of New Brunswick, Canada

E-mail: dlentz@unb.ca
ORCID: 0000-0003-0516-7654
Research Topics: minerals, exploration geology, field geology, geology, tectonics, geological mappinggeochemistry, isotope geochemistry, igneous petrology, geological processes

Prof. Dr. Kotha MAHENDERGoa University, School of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences India

E-mail: kotha.mahender@gmail.com
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 MEGHRAOUIUniversity of Strasbourg EOST-Institut Terre et Environnement de StrasbourgFrance

E-mail: m.meghraoui@unistra.fr
ORCID: 0000-0002-3479-465X
Research Topics: Neotectonics, sismotectonic, paleosismology, tectonics, geomorphology

Prof. Dr. Robert MORITZUniversity of Geneva, Department of Earth Sciences, Switzerland 

E-mail: robert.moritz@unige.ch
ORCID: ---
Research Topics: Metallogeny, economic geology, ore deposits, geodynamics, fluids in the earth’s crust

Prof. Dr. Soumyajit MUKHERJEE Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology India

E-mail: soumyajitm@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0003-2247-8526
Research Topics: Extrusion, rheology, structural geology, geodynamics, tectonics

Prof. Dr. Roland OBERHAENSLIUniversity of Potsdam, Institute of Earth & Environmental Sciences Germany

E-mail: roob@geo.uni-potsdam.de
ORCID: 0000-0002-8071-8236
Research Topics: Structural geology, collision orogeny and ductile, shear-zone tectonics

Dr. Neşe OYALGeneral Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Şehit Cuma DAĞ Natural History Museum, Türkiye

E-mail: nese.oyal@mta.gov.tr, neseoyal@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0001-5746-0778
Research Topics: Giant rhinoceroses, vertebrate paleontology, paleostratigraphy, paleogeography, petroleum geology

Dr. Semiha ÖNCÜGeneral Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Mineral Research and Exploration Department, Türkiye

E-mail: semiha.ilhan@mta.gov.tr
ORCID: 0000-0002-6616-6084
Research Topics: Ore deposits, geochemistry, economic geology, fluid ınclusion, vms deposits, metallogeny

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selim ÖZALPGeneral Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Geological Research, Türkiye

E-mail: selim.ozalp@mta.gov.tr
ORCID: 0000-0002-6755-4206
Research Topics: Active tectonics, paleoseismology, neotectonics

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşe ÖZDEMİRVan Yüzüncüyıl University, Department of Geophysical Engineering, Türkiye

E-mail: aozdemir@yyu.edu.tr
ORCID: 0000-0003-0660-3139
Research Topics: Carbonate sedimentology, conodont, foraminifera, micropaleontology, Paleozoic, paleogeography, stratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy

Prof. Dr. Şafak Gökhan ÖZKANTurkish-German University, Türkiye

E-mail: safak.ozkan@tau.edu.tr
ORCID: 0000-0002-7770-7480
Research Topics: Mineral processing, flotation, industrial minerals, borates, coal

Assoc. Prof. Eren PAMUKGeneral Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Geophysical Research, Türkiye

E-mail: eren.pamuk@mta.gov.tr
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 GeologyGreece

E-mail: pavlides@geo.auth.gr
ORCID: 0000-0002-1690-2581
Research Topics: Paleoseismology, Earthquake Tectonics, Geodynamics, Neotectonics, Seismotectonics

Prof. Dr. Franco PIRAJNOSchool of Earth Sciences, Centre for Exploration Targeting, The University of Western Australia

E-mail: franco.pirajno@uwa.edu.au
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: mavinakere.raghunandan@monash.edu
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. Rossana SANFILIPPOUniversity of Catania, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BIOMLG), Italy

E-mail: sanfiros@unict.it
ORCID: 0000-0001-6154-8027
Research Topics: Systematics and ecology of Serpulids and other tube-dwelling polychaetes; Palaeoecology; (Palaeo)biodiversity; Submarine cave associations; Marine bioconstructions; Coralligenous; Taphonomy; Molluscs; Palaeoenvironmental amnd palaeoclimatic reconstructions

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ökmen SÜMERDokuz Eylül University, Department of Geological Engineering, Türkiye

E-mail: okmen.sumer@deu.edu.tr
ORCID: 0000-0003-3168-8728
Research Topics: General geology, tectonics, sedimentology

Dr. Deniz TİRİNGAŞimşek Group Construction and Mining Company, Türkiye

E-mail: tiringadeniz@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0002-3022-0704
Research Topics: Ore geology, iron ores, base and precious metals, mineral exploration, geochemistry

Prof. Dr. Orlando VASELLI Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence Italy

E-mail: orlando.vaselli@unifi.it
ORCID: 0000-0001-8121-4438
Research Topics: Fluid geochemistry, Environmental geochemistry, volcanology, geothermics

Prof. Dr. Lu WANGChina University of Geosciences, State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral ResourcesChina

E-mail: wanglu@cug.edu.cn
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: ergul.yasar@iste.edu.tr
ORCID: 0000-0002-1290-749X
Research Topics: Drilling, well control, geothermal investigations

TECHNICAL EDITORS

Hasret Ozan AVCIGeneral Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Geological Research, Türkiye

E-mail: hasretozanavci07@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0003-2142-5035
Research Topics: Active tectonics

Selim CAMBAZOĞLU Assystem Enerji ve Çevre A.Ş., Türkiye

E-mail: selimcambaz@gmail.com
ORCID: 0009-0007-8655-2314
Research Topics: Geological engineering.

Ayşe CEBE General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Geological Research, Türkiye

E-mail: ayse.cebe@mta.gov.tr
ORCID: 0000-0002-9789-3196
Research Topics: Mining and environment, environmental pollution

Sevda DEMİRGeneral Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Environmental Research, Türkiye

E-mail: sevda.demir@mta.gov.tr
ORCID: 0000-0003-4610-9960
Research Topics: Geophysical reseacrhes

Büşra Bihter DEMİRCİ General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Geophysical Research, Türkiye

E-mail: bbihter.demirci@mta.gov.tr
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

Şahin DOĞAN General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Geophysical Research, Türkiy

E-mail: sahin.dogan@mta.gov.tr
ORCID: 0000-0002-2541-5187
Research Topics: Geophysics

Olcay İNANÇGeneral Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Environmental Research, Türkiye

E-mail: olcay.inanc@mta.gov.tr
ORCID: 0009-0002-3423-6508
Research Topics: Nuclear raw materials, lignite, sedimentary units, engineering geology

Cumhur Özcan KILIÇGeneral Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Mining Analysis and Technology, Türkiye

E-mail: cumhurozcan.kilic@mta.gov.tr, cokilic@eng.ankara.edu.tr
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: oeser.kok@iste.edu.tr
ORCID: 0000-0002-7061-2921
Research Topics: Drilling, drilling fluids, clay minerals, rheology, well control