Landslides are the most common type of mass wasting process in hilly terrain. Planning civil constructions has always been considered challenging due to occurrence of such geoenvironmental hazards. Among the physiographic ...

The Kumaun Himalayan lakes, Nainital Bhimtal, Sattal and Naukuchiatal, situated in the administrative state of Uttarakhand, are one of the major tourist attractions in the northern part ofIndia. The increasing tourism ...

The Indo-Gangetic Plains, the land where our civilization has been nurtured, is a land of fertile soil, moderate climate and abundant water. These factors have combined to make this aregion ofplenty for human settlement. ...

In the established framework of continent-continent collision between the Indian and the Eurasian plates two suture zones are usually recognized, viz., Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone (ITSZ) and Shyok Suture Zone (SSZ). The ...

Though a fair amount of work on the Quaternary soils/sediments of the Upper Gangetic has been carried out (Srivastava et al., 1994; Kumar et al., 1996; Singh et al., 2006; Bhosle et al., 2008), only limited studies ...

The thesis presents a detailed account of the analysis of an ASTER dataset of a mineralized region in northwest India, the Khetri Copper Belt. ASTER acquires data in the geologically important wavelength regions of the ...

In India, the early Tertiary sequences (late Paleocene-Eocene) are well developed on the western peninsular margin in the Kutch (also spelt Kachchh) and Cambay basins of Gujarat state. This interval, marked by the ...

Platinum Group of Elements (PGE), Os, Ir, Ru, Pt, Pd and Rh, along with gold (Au) and silver (Ag) are collectively known as noble/precious metals sub-grouped into: i. IPGE (Os, Ir, Ru) and PPGE (Rh, Pt, Pd). PGE behaves as ...

Rivers are the most important geological agents on the surface of the continents and are the major pathways for transfer of continental materials to the oceans, in the form of water, dissolved and suspended loads. River ...

Himalaya is the youngest and evolving active mountain belt in the world displaying various geodynamic processes with the development of distinct tectonic units. This mountain belt extending laterally about 2500 km from ...