1. Dept. of Civil Engineering, McMaster Univ., 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S4L7 (corresponding author). ORCID: .
2. Professor, Jointly in School of Geography and Earth Sciences and Dept. of Civil Engineering, McMaster Univ., 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S4K1.
3. Professor, School of Environmental Engineering, Technical Univ. of Crete, Chania 73100, Greece.