1. MSc Graduate, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran,
2. M.Sc. Graduate, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran,
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran,
4. Senior Geotechnical Engineer, TREK Geotechnical Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Formerly Research Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's-RMC, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Canada,(corresponding author)