Editorial Preface

It is my great pleasure to launch this inaugural issue of the Jordan Journal of Earth and EnvironmentalSciences (JJEES) with the intent of providing an international forum for the researchers and scientists of the variousfields of Earth and environmental sciences to publish their scientific contributions and to disseminate their knowledge.The JJEES is an International Refereed Research Journal hosted by the Hashemite University and sponsored andapproved by Jordan s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The journal covers diverse areas ofresearch and development in Earth and environmental sciences