Geological Behavior (GBR)
Our world is made of rock. Although much of the Earth’s surface is covered by vegetation, concrete or water, if one digs down far enough solid rock will always be found. Rocks are the foundations of the landscape and the origin of the soil. They even affect the weather. For example, the coastal mountains of the Tropics trap rain-laden clouds from the moist ocean breezes. Over the ages, rain erodes the rocks at an imperceptible rate creating the lofty crags, ridges, valleys, gorges and spectacular waterfalls which form the dramatic landscape. These eroded fragments Rock fragments accumulate on lower slopes to form a variety of soils which in turn support a range of forest types. Those who live in a landscape where rock outcrops are obvious will have wondered about the kind of rocks they are looking at and how they came to be where they are now. Geological Behavior (GBR) explains in simple terms what geology can tell us about the world. Many objects of great beauty and which excite our curiosity, such as crystals or fossils, are to be found by examining rocks.
Editor in Chief
ASSOC PROFESSOR DR. RODEANO ROSLEE
Faculty of Science and Natural Resources
University Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
PROF. DR. M. HASSAAN AWAD
Professor of Sedimentary Geology
X. Vice President for Graduate
Studies and Research Al-Azhar University
Cairo, Egypt
Editorial Team
PROFESSOR DR. PINXIAN WANG
School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
DR. MOHD ROZI UMOR
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
DR. SADAF NASEEM
Department of Geology University of Karachi Main University Road Karachi, Pakistan
ASSOC. PROFESSOR DR. MOHAMMAD FIRUZ RAMLI
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
ABBASS ADEBAYO ADETONA
Department of Geophysics
Federal University of Technology Minna
Niger State, Nigeria
MISBAH FIDA
School of Water and Environment, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Chang’an University Xi’an, China
DR. CHUNG WEI KIAT
Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia.
MUHIB ULLAH KHAN
Institute of Mountain Hazard and Environment Chengdu, Chinese Academy of Sciences
DR.TEMITOPE D. TIMOTHY OYEDOTUN
Department of Geography, Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Guyana
DR ANIWETALU EMMANUEL UDE
Department of Applied Geophysics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
DR. MUHD NUR ISMAIL B. ABDUL RAHMAN
Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia