"Rocks of the Jodhpur Group which forms the lowermost
stratigraphic unit of the Marwar Supergroup (Proterozoic to Lower
Cambrian?), occur as flat-topped hills on the eastern fringes of
the Thar desert in Western Rajasthan. ...
"The Thar desert in India occupies about 155,000 sq.km
of western Rajasthan. During recent times it has attracted
investigators with varied types of problems including those
of defence, traction and geomorphology. ...
"Theoretical analysis of the electromagnetic
induction in conducting models of simple geometry and
scale-model experimental investigation over relatively
more realistic and analytically intractable models have
been ...
"Pend S-wave travel times from shallow earthquakes with epicenters
in the northwestern, southwestern and southern directions free, India as
recorded hy Indian ohservatorles have heen studied with the objective of
determining ...
"Investigations of earthquake hazards to important
engineering projects in seismically active regions of India
have been gaining increased imoortance. The Koyna Hydro
electric Project in the Peninsular Shield, in the ...
"In the present thesis the importance of the observational surface wave group velocity dispersion studies of
the fundamental mode of Rayleigh and Love waves has been
emphasised. Specifically*
a) group velocity dispersion ...
"The thesis incorporates results on the stratigraphy,structure \nd sedi
mentation in an approximately 900 sq.km. of the Lesser Himalayan terrain along
BhagiratM river,districts Utt-rkashi and Tehri.U.P. On the basis of ...
The present work includes a scientific study of the structure,
petrology and the chromlte deposits of the Pauni-Bhivapur area comprised
largely of the Pre-Cambrian rocks of the Sakoli series. Interrelations
of different ...
The work presented in this thesis consits
of two parts: the first part includes studies of the seismicity
of India both as a single unit as well as region-wise,
whilst the second relates to the study of energy released ...
"In the words of Dana 'Pegmatites are the museum of
nature'. Moreover, they have a unique economic importance
and are recognised the world over, as the store house of
nuaerous valuable minerals. ?he 3hil*ara pegnatltes ...
"Amongst the five elements which are so basic to man*s
existence in the Universe, water is considered the •Elan Vital'.
This natural resource occurs both as surface and ground water
**>dies. Keeping in view the plentiful ...
The present thesis reports the results of magnetotelluric (MT) investigations in the
Uttarakhand (Garhwal-Kumaon) Himalaya where very limited geophysical imaging of
deep structures exists and it is a major knowledge gap ...
Morphotectonics combines topography and tectonic activity to explain landforms
and allows studying the direct effect of earth movements on landform evolution. A
valuable means in evaluating the morphotectonics of a region ...
The Kangra-Chamba region of NW Himalaya is seismo-tectonically active and
geologically one of the most complex region of the world. Fresh compilation of seismic
catalogue of NW Himalaya reveals that though Kangra-Chamba ...
The most fundamental problem in carrying out Performance Based Seismic Design (PBSD)
is to grasp the nature of seismic loading on building structures. In this context, energy
concept has been considered as the principal ...
Earthquakes are the most unexpected and devastating natural phenomenon
occurring on Earth. Uncertainty involved in time and place of their occurrence has
intrigued scientists globally but still years of research have ...