World Multidisciplinary Earth Sciences Symposium – WMESS 2018
Marian Drusa1, Isik Yilmaz2, Marian Marschalko3, Ibolya Torok4, Oznur Karaca5, Anna Maria Ferrero6
1University of Zilina, Univerzitna 8215/1, 010 26 Zilina, Slovakia
2Cumhuriyet University of Sivas, 581 40 Sivas, Turkey
3VSB TU Ostrava, 708 33 Ostrava – Poruba, Czech Republic
4Babes-Bolyai University, Str. Clinicilor Nr.5-7, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
5Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Terzioglu Campus, 17020 Canakkale, Turkey
6University of Turin, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 101 25 Torino, Italy
editor@wmess.org
Preface
Dedicated volume of IOP conference series journal IOP Earth and Environmental Sciences contains the papers presented in the third "World Multidisciplinary Earth Sciences Symposium", which was held in Hotel Duo in the city of romance Prague (Czech Republic) during 3-7 September 2018. The World Multidisciplinary Earth Sciences Symposium (WMESS) has become a popular international event with participants from more than 50 countries, where experienced scientists, experts, university teachers and young researchers have the opportunity to discuss topics related to geosciences. Traditionally, this year's symposium had a very interesting scientific program supplemented with rich social events and a geological field trip to the historical city Písek.
The World Multidisciplinary Earth Sciences symposium has created unique opportunities of presenting and sharing research works in a friendly atmosphere in the following topics: Tectonics & Structural Geology – Engineering Geology – Geotechnics – Hydro & Hydrogeological Sciences – Natural Hazards – Oil, Gas & Coal – Geothermal Energy – Geomorphology – Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology – Stratigraphy, Sedimentology & Palaeontology – Geophysics & Seismology – Geodesy, Photogrammetry & Cartography – Geoinformatics & Remote Sensing – Mining Engineering – Mineral Processing – Blasting & New Technologies – Natural Resources – Environmental Sciences – Energy, Resources & Pollution & the Environment – Environmental Legislation – Biogeosciences – Geological Heritages & Geoparks – Urban Planning – Climatology – Glaciology – Occupational Health and Safety, Modelling and Soft Computing Techniques in Earth Sciences.