Note: Intro -- About the 2nd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-2), Tunisia 2019 -- Proceedings Volume 1: New Prospects in Environmental Geosciences and Hydrogeosciences -- Proceedings Volume 2: Advances in Geophysics, Tectonics and Petroleum Geosciences -- Proceedings Volume 3: Recent Research on Geomorphology, Sedimentology, and Geochemistry -- Proceedings Volume 4: Research developments in Geotechnics, Geo-Informatics and Remote Sensing -- About the Conference Steering Committee -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Geomorphology, Soil Science, Landslides, Coastal Processes, and Geoarchaeology (T9): Geomorphology: Fault Slip and Incision Rates -- 1 Cosmogenic Surface Exposure Dating Applications from Turkey -- Moraines, Alluvial Fans, Fluvial Terraces, Lava Flows and Incision Rates -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Glacial Deposits and Surfaces -- 3.2 Alluvial Fans, Landslides and Faults -- 3.3 Fluvial Terraces -- 3.4 Lava Flows -- 3.5 Erosion Rates -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 2 Tectonic Geomorphology and Paleoseismology of the Muğla-Yatağan Fault (SW Turkey) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Slip Rate Estimation on the North Anatolian Fault Using Geomorphology and Paleoclimate Chronology: The Ganos Fault, Turkey -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geomorphological Setting and Drainage Development -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 4 Energy Relief Analysis of the Northern Marche-Romagna Region, Northern Apennine, Central Italy -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Study Area -- 3 Data and Method -- 4 Results -- 5 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Geomorphology, Soil Science, Landslides, Coastal Processes, and Geoarchaeology (T9): Soil Science. , 5 Evaluation of Electromagnetic Induction Method to Map Soil Salinity in Semiarid Tunisia -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Soil Properties -- 3.2 Calibration of EM38 Readings -- 3.3 Spatial Variation of Soil Salinity -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6 Comparison of Organic Carbon Stock of Regosols Under Two Different Climates in Tunisia -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Particle Size, Bulk Density, Organic Carbon, and pH of Both Soils -- 3.2 Soil Organic Carbon Stocks of Both Soils -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 7 Organic Carbon Stocks Evaluation After Three Years of No-Tillage Practice in a Vertisol, Northern Tunisia -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 8 Spectral Characteristics of Soil Types in Northwestern Jordan Considering Iron Oxides Effects and Colors -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Settings, Methods, and Materials -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Soil Chemical and Color Properties -- 3.2 Spectral and Chemical Characteristic -- 3.3 Correlation of Soil Colors with Chemical and Spectral Parameters -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Examining Wind-Eroded Sediment Especially the Content of Toxic Elements, Southern Hungary -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sample Area and Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 10 Time-Scale Variation of Organic Carbon in Paddy Soil in Sanjiang Plain, China -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Location of Sanjiang Plain -- 2.2 Test Soil and Sample Collection -- 2.3 Measurement Item and Method -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Soil Carbon Variance Analysis -- 3.2 Soil Carbon-Level Regression Analysis. , 3.2.1 Relationship Between Organic Carbon of Different Soils and Rice-Cultivation Time -- 3.2.2 Effect of Rice-Cultivation Time on Carbon Content in Different Soil Components -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Geomorphology, Soil Science, Landslides, Coastal Processes, and Geoarchaeology (T9): Landslides and Debris Flows -- 11 Stability Assessment of a Cliff and Hazard Characterization Methodology of the "Landslide": Application to Korbous Cliff (Cap-Bon, Tunisia) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Slope -- 3.2 Rainfall -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 12 Landslide Susceptibility Modeling Using GIS and MAUT Combined with Artificial Neural Network Models -- Case of Aghribs Watershed (Neogen Basin of Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Location of the Study Area -- 2.2 Inventory Map -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Land Slide Risks Map Applying MAUT -- 3.2 ANN Results -- 3.3 Interpolation by Using Thiessen's Polygons -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 13 Landslide Distribution Analysis in the Foglia River Basin, Northern Apennines, Italy -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Landslides and Lithology -- 3.2 Landslides and Land Use -- 3.3 Landslides and Slope -- 3.4 Landslides and Altitude -- 3.5 Landslides and Orientation of the Slope -- 4 Discussion and Concluding Remarks -- References -- 14 Spatial Distribution of Debris Flow-prone Catchments in Hengduan Mountainous Area in Southwestern China -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Study Area -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Spatial Distribution of Debris-Flow Catchments in Different Units -- 3.2 Distribution of Debris Flow Catchments with Annual Rainfall Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References. , Geomorphology, Soil Science, Landslides, Coastal Processes, and Geoarchaeology (T9): Coastal Processes -- 15 Evolution of Shoreline Kinematics at the Bejaia Bay (East Algeria) from 1989 to 2017 -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Study Area -- 3 Materials and Methods -- 4 Results -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- 16 Impact of Beach Surface Moisture on Aeolian Sand Transport Rate and Vertical Mass Flux Distribution, the Case of Atlantic Coast, Southern Morocco -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Settings and Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 17 Relative Sea-Level Changes on the Southwestern Arabian Gulf since the Last Glacial Maximum -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Method and Material -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 18 Shoreline Change Analysis Using Digital Shoreline Analysis System along Southeast Romanian Coast -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 19 Lithogolical and Geochemical Analysis of Mainland and Spit Sandy Beach Sediments: SE Baltic Sea (Lithuania) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Study Area and Methodology -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 20 Modeling of Lithodynamic Processes in the Area of Sea Port (Russia) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Geomorphology, Soil Science, Landslides, Coastal Processes, and Geoarchaeology (T9): Geoarchaeology and Geoheritage -- 21 Geophysical Investigations of the Bronze Age Archaeological Site in the Trans-Urals, Russia -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Survey Methodology and Initial Analysis of Measurements -- 3 Results of Geophysical Investigation -- 3.1 Results of Magnetic Survey. , 3.2 Results of GPR Survey -- 4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 22 Reconstruction of Roman Aqueduct Route that Supplied the Ancient City of Tomis -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods. -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 23 The Usefulness of Geomorphology for Finding the Landscapes Drawn by Leonardo Da Vinci in the Montefeltro Region (Central Italy) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 24 Landscape as a Cultural Resource: Science, Poetry, and Ancient Music for the Enhancement of the Marche Region, Central Italy -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- Reference -- Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Paleontology, and Marine Geosciences (T14): Sedimentology-Environmental, Tectonic and Diagenetic Processses -- 25 Sedimentology and High-Frequency Cycles of the Upper Pleistocene of the Bizerte Coast (N-E Tunisia) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Results -- 3 Discussion -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 26 On the Presence of Halokinetic Sequences, from Latest Aptian to Late Albian, NW Salt Province of Tunisia -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 27 Geological Processes Enhancing the Reservoir Quality of Aptian "Tight" Proven Reservoirs in Northwestern Tunisia -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 28 Petrophysics and Reservoir Properties of the Turonian-Coniacian Bireno and Douleb Carbonate Members in Northern-Central Tunisia -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 The Turonian-Coniacian Sedimentological Characteristics -- 3.2 Petrophysical Properties. , 3.3 Diagenesis Influence on the Porosity.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- About the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018 -- About the Conference Steering Committee -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Keynote -- 1 Phanerozoic Global Sea-Level Changes: Evidences from Tunisia Illustrating how Eduard Suess' Concepts (Gondwana, Tethys, Eustasy) are Still Relevant -- Abstract -- 1 Why Tunisia Can Be Considered as Good Example Supporting Eduard Suess's Concepts? -- 2 Henceforth Tunisia Is a Key Part of the Northern Gondwana Supercontinent as Inferred from Paleontological New Finds -- 3 Tunisia Is Part of the Vanished Tethyan Ocean Which Presence Was Hypothesized by Eduard Suess in 1893 -- 4 Sea Level Changes as Recorded in the Ghadames Basin, the Saharan Platform and Atlas Tunisia  (Third Suess' Concept) -- 2 Facies Architecture in Carbonate Ramps: Learned Lessons from Jurassic Cases Studies in the Iberian Basin -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Case Studies -- 2.1 Upper Sinemurian Ramp -- 2.2 Bajocian Ramp -- 2.3 Upper Kimmeridgian Homoclinal Ramp -- 3 Learned Lessons -- References -- 3 An Early Anthropocene Analog: The Geomorphology and Hydrology of the Rio Bravo Watershed in the Belize Tropics -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Settings, Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Palaeontology-Systematics -- 4 Similarity Analysis of Ostracoda Faunas in West-Tethyan During the Upper Pliensbachian-Lower Toarcian -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Cladistic approach for phylogenetic reconstruction testing the subfamily Reineckiinae (Saida, western Algeria) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Rudists in the Revised Bivalvia 'Treatise Online'. , Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Progress with Publication to Date -- 3 Future Publication Tasks -- References -- 7 Morphological variability of Polyconites hadriani (Hippuritida, Bivalvia) in the Aptian carbonate platforms of the western Maestrat Basin, eastern Iberia -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- References -- 8 Description of a New Genus of Radiolitidae (Bivalvia, Hippuritida) with Canals in the Calcitic Shell Layer -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Similarities and Differences of Orbitoides & -- Omphalocyclus Microspheric Forms with Selected Examples from Northern Iraq and Turkey and Their New Morphometric Data -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Comparison of Microspheric Forms of Orbitoides and Omphalocyclus -- 3.2 Morphometric Data on the Orbitoides Genus -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 10 Cretaceous Paleodictyon Trace Fossils: Evolutionary Mimicry Tactic Versus Burrowing: Examples from the Kurdistan Region, Northeastern Iraq -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology and Materials -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Paleodictyons and Coral in the Same Basin -- 3.2 Corals in the Neo-Tethys (Present Western Zagros) -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 11 First Titanosauriform Teeth from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geographical and Geological Settings -- 3 Materials and Institutional Abbreviations -- 4 Systematic Palaeontology -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 12 Mesopelagic Fish Size Reduction in Response to the Messinian Salinity Crisis -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References. , 13 Middle Miocene Giraffokeryx (Giraffidae) with Marks of Enamel Hypoplasia from Dhok Bun Amir Khatoon, Punjab, Pakistan -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Systematic Palaeontology -- 3.1 Description -- 3.2 Comparison -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 14 Dental Morphology and Palaeoecological Implications of Brachypotherium (Rhinocerotidae) of the Middle Miocene Siwaliks (Pakistan) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Comparison with Reported Literature -- 4.2 Palaeoecological Implication -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 15 Systematic Study of the New Remains of Propotamochoerus Hysundricus (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Middle Siwaliks (Pakistan) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Upper Dentition -- 3.2 Lower Dentition -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 16 Systematics and Palaeo-Environmental Implications of Hexaprotodon Sivalensis (Hippopotamidae, Mammalia) from the Plio-Pleistocene Upper Siwaliks (Pakistan) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Comparison with the Reported Literature -- 4.2 Palaeo-Environmental Implications -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Biostratigraphy -- 17 Bajocian Ostracods from the Krachoua Formation (Beni Kheddache, Southern Tunisia): Implications for Biostratigraphy and Paleoecology -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Stratigraphical Implication -- 3.2 Paleoecologic Implication -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 18 Paleobathymetric Influence on the Distribution of Ammonite and Foraminifer Settlements in the Callovian of the Saïda Region (Western Algeria) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion. , 5 Conclusion -- References -- 19 First Calpionellid Biozonation of the Berriasian Reference Section of Jebel Ben Younes (Gafsa Basin, South Central Tunisia): Updated Age Attribution and Geodynamic Consequences -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Settings -- 3 Materials and Methods -- 4 Results: Calpionellid Biozonation and Age of the Study Sections -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 20 Berriasian Ammonite and Calpionellid Associations from the North-South Range of Central Tunisia: Updated Biozonation, Regional Geodynamic Context and Paleobiogeography -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods and Materials -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Biozonations -- 3.2 Regional Correlations and Geodynamic Context -- 3.3 Paleobiogeography -- 3.4 Discussion -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 21 Barremian-Albian (Lower Cretaceous) Rudist Chronostratigraphy, Caribbean Province North America -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 22 Mid-Cretaceous Rudist Assemblage from the Lhasa Block, Tibet (China) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geological Setting -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 23 Tethyan Non-rudist Associations from the Cretaceous Rudist Formations in Northern Egypt -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 24 New Biostratigraphic Scheme from the Cenomanian-Turonian of South Algeria -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Biostratigraphic Scheme -- 2.1 Zone C1-Neolobites vibrayeanus Total-Range Zone -- 2.2 Zone C2-Nigericeras gadeni Interval Zone -- 2.3 Zone C3-Vascoceras cauvini Interval Zone -- 2.4 Zone T1-Pseudotissotia nigeriensis-Choffaticeras sinaiticum Interval Zone -- 3 Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary -- References. , 25 Ostracods of the Cenomanian-Turonian Transition (Whiteinella archaeocretacea Zone) in the Ksour and Amour Mountains (Saharan Atlas, Algeria): Paleobiogeographic Implication -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Ostracod Distribution in the Study Basins -- 3.2 Qualitative Comparison of the Taxonomic Composition Between Basins -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 26 Cenomanian Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the Aures Basin (Northeastern Algeria) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geographical and Geological Settings -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 27 An Integrated Biostratigraphy of the Cenomanian-Turonian Transition at Kasserine Area in Central Tunisia: Implication from Khanguet Esslougui Section -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 28 Micropaleontological Study of the Contact Between Kometan and Shiranish Formations from Dokan Area, Northern Iraq -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 29 Planktonic Foraminiferal Evidence of Upper Cretaceous in the Well "A" (Gulf of Hammamet Area, Northeastern Offshore Tunisia) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 30 Paleocene Benthic Foraminifera and Neoeponides duwi Event from Dineigil Area, South-Western Desert, Egypt -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geological Setting, Lithology, Studied Section, and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Southern Tethyan Neoeponides duwi Bio-Event -- 4.2 Paleoenvironmnets -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 31 Upper Eocene (Priabonian) Larger Foraminifera from the Deh-Rashti Section, Rafsanjan City, Southeastern Iran -- Abstract. , 1 Introduction.