An Introduction to the Geology of Jordan

Ikhlas Alhejoj is an associate professor at the Department of Geology of the University of Jordan. She gained her PhD in paleontology and geology in 2013 from the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Karlsruhe University of Technology (KIT), Germany. Her research interests focus on Quaternary paleo lake deposits, applied to the paleoclimate and paleo environment, and the use of floral and faunal species as bio indicators of environmental conditions. She is a member of the European Society for Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics, the Jordanian Geologists Association, the Scientific and Technical Research Association and the Association of Jordanian Women Academics. Elias Salameh is Professor of Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry at the University of Jordan. He obtained his doctorate and MSc in applied geology from the Technical University of Munich, and another MSc in geophysics from Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich. He founded the Water Research and Study Center at the University of Jordan and headed it from 1983 to 1992. From 2004 to 2005, headed the Founding Committee of the German /Jordanian University, and served on the Royal Committee on Water from 2007 to 2015 and the Board of Trustees of Balqa Applied University from 2008 to 2015. Professor Salameh was decorated with the First-Class Order of Merits from the President of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2006.