Frontiers of Earth Science : A Festschrif for Dr. Harsh Kumar Gupta

Contents: Preface. I. Mineral Deposits: 1. A New Type of Uranium Deposit Prospects in The Indian Desert/K.L. Shrivastava. 2.  Kerguelen Plume Induced Mantle Derived Early Cretaceous Ultramafic-Alkaline-Carbonatite Complexes from the Shillong Plateau, North-Eastern India: Evidence for Multiple Magmatic Intrusions/Rajesh K. Srivastava. 3. Adoption of United Nations Framework Classification of Mineral Resources in India: Current Status, Constraints and the Way Forward/K.L. Rai. 4. Malanjkhand Polymetallic Copper Sulhide Porphyry Deposit, Madhya Pradesh, India: Review and Future Prospects/B.K. Sahu. 5. Prospects of Mineral Prospecting in India/Pratap Singh Parihar. 6. The Malani Supercontinent/Naresh Kochhar. 7.  Economic Deposition of Emerald Near village Kaliguman, Tehsil Amet, District Rajsamand of Rajasthan, India/Neeraj Kochhar.  8. Geophysical Investigations of Panihar Iron Ore Mine in Gwalior District of Madhya Pradesh, India: A Case Study/P.K. Jain and R.K. Agrawal. 9. BIF-hosted Iron Ores of the Paleo-Mesoarchean Iron Ore Group, Singhbhum Craton: An Insight into the Recent Advances in the Understanding of Iron Ore Genesis/Joydip Mukhopadhyay. 10. Issues Pertaining to Sand Mining In  India/P.K. Jain. 11. Prospect and Constrain of Small Scale Mines of Rajasthan,   India/Neeraj Srivastave, Shiv Kumar Lakhara and Vandana Mehra. 12. Heat Capacity at Constant Volume of NaCl Crystal Under High Pressure/Arun Kumar Khan. 13.  Phosphorous Problem in the Iron Ores with Special Reference to Donimalai Iron Ore Deposits of Bellary District, Karnataka State, India/P.S.N. Murthy. 14. An Overview on the Geological Attributes of the Barmer Basin, Western Rajasthan, India: Implication for Hydrocarbon Prospects and Economic significance/S.C. Mathur, V.S. Parihar, S.L. Nama, Kapil Gehlot, S.D. Gour, Saurabh Mathur, Akashdeep, Snehlata Mathur, Lokesh Mathur, N.S. Shekhawat and C.P. Khichi. 15. Thermo-elastic Properties of (Mg1-xFex) SiO3 Perovskite under High Pressure/Seema Gupta. 16. Hydrocarbon Generation Potential of Selected Borehole Coal and Shale Samples from Jharia Basin, Jharkhand/Atul Kumar Varma, Piyush Ranjan Das, Vinod Atmaram Mendhe, Bodhisatwa Hazra, Suresh Kumar Samad and John Burgohain. II. Climate Change and environment: 17. Geological Challenges in Permanent Disposal of Radioactive Wastes in India: An overview/R.K. Bajpai. 18. Himalayan Speleothems as Proxy for the Past Climatec Change and Paleomonsoon/Vindo Chnadra Tewari. 19. Characteristic Study of Solar Activity During Solar Cycle 23/A.K. Singh and Amarendra Kumar. 20. Indigenous Knowledge for Weather Forecasting in Dhule District of Maharashtra (India)/B.C. More, H.I. Shaikh, P.K. Bagul and S.S. Patole. 21. Hydropower Development in the Himalaya : Constraints and Challenges, with Emphasis on Geological Investigations/Trilochan Singh. 22. Change in Land Use Land Cover Dynamics in Indira Gandhi Canal Command Area - A Case Study of Anupgarh and Vijayanagar tehsils/Sandhya. 23. Dynamics of Human Rights and The Environment/R.N. Sharma and Nitesh Saraswat. 24. Fluoride Contamination in Groundwater of Nagaur District, Rajasthan and Health Hazards: A Review/Arun Vyas. 25. Hydro-geochemical Study of High Fluoride in Ground Water with Help of GIS Application: A Case Study of Kishangarh, District Ajmer, Rajasthan/Manoj Panwar, Madan P. Jha Devesh Khandelwal and Kalpana Khandelwal. 26. Study of Irrigation Water Quality with Reference to Coastal Andhra Pradesh, India/Sudhakr Gummadi, Swarnalatha, G.P. Brahmaji Rao and V. Venkatarathnamma. 27. Village and Social Transformation/T.M. Varat. III: Remote Sensing: 28. Early Warning of  Desertification/Rimjhim Bhatnagar Singh and Ajai. 29. Geomorphometric Analysis Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques in Some Part of Wardha River Basin, Maharashtra, India/B.S. Manjare. 30. Snowmelt Runoff Modeling and its Implications in Hydropower Potential Assessment in Dhauliganga Catchment of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand/B.K. Bhadra, G. Arun, Sagar S. Salunkhe and A.T. Jeyaseelan. 31. Geological Investigation and Mapping of Basaltic Terrain of Shirpur Taluka, Dhule district, Maharashtra using High Resolution Cartosat-I Data/A.K. Joshi, P. Kundal and Mamta S. Mishra. 32. Application of Remote Sensing Technology for Assessment of Landuse and Land Cover Change Analysis for Sustainable Development : A Case Study of Sandur Taluk of Bellary District of Karnataka/S.S. Hangaragi. IV: Stratigraphy and  Palaeobiology: 33. An overview on the discordant Radiochronology and Biochronology, Lower Vindhayn Supergroup (LVS), Central India/P.K. Kathal and D.R. Patel. 34. New report of Arumberia banksi (Ediacaran affinity) Mat Structures from the Girbhakar Sandstone of Marwar Supergroup, Bhopalgarh area, Jodhpur, Western Rajasthan, India/V.S. Parihar, V. Gaur, S.L. Nama and S.C. Mathur. 35. Lithostratigraphy, Deformation History and Tectonic Framework of Imbricate Zones in The Frontal Part of Kashmir Nappe, Doda Area of  Kashmir/Beena Tripathi. 36. Speleothems from Krem Mawsmai, Meghalaya, India: Some Biogenic Evidences/Sushmitha Baskar and Ramanathan Baskar. 37. Thalassinoides and its Associated Trace Fossils from Girbhakar Sandstone of Marwar Supergroup, Bhopalgarh Area, Jodhpur, Rajasthan/V.S. Parihar, V. Gaur, S.L. Nama and S.C. Mathur. 38. Basin Analyis of Neo- Proterozoic Sandstone Around Bidasar (Churu), Rajasthan, India/Jakhar Sukesh and Sharma Shishir. 39. Introducing Microbiology in the Indian Earth System Science Curriculum: A Game Changing Decision/Ramanathan Baskar and Sushmitha Baskar. V: Petrology: 40. Homogenization Experimental Studies of Alkali Feldspars from the Northwestern Himalayan Granites, India/R.S. Rawat, T.N. Jowhar and Kalpana Bhandari. 41. Regional metamorphism and zonal division of Darjeeling-Mangpu Region, Eastern Himalaya, West Bengal/Divya Prakash and Suparna Tewari. 42. P-T paths from Gibbs Method and its Applications/T.N. Jowhar. 43. Modern Trends and Challenges of Classification and Genesis of Granitic Rocks/M.E.A. Mondal. 44. Petrographic Make up in Deciphering Depositional Environment of Damodar Valley Coal Basins/Atul Kumar Varma, Debadatta Sen, Divya Kumari Mishra, Satabdi Misra, Anwita and Piyush Ranjan Das. VI: Groundwater: 45. Deciphering Groundwater Quality for Irrigation and Domestic Purposes – A GIS based case study of Suri I and II Blocks, Birbhum District, West Bengal, India/S.K. Nag and Shreya Das. 46. Groundwater Resource Development and Management in Suketi River Basin, Himachal Himalaya, India/Anil M. Pophare and Umesh S. Balpande.
47. Journey of the Jodhpur City Since its Foundation through Water Impounding Structures/Shiv Singh Rathore and Suresh Chandra Mathur. 48. Quality of Groundwater and F- contamination in the Granitoids of Chhindwara District (M.P.), Central India/Jemini Khatik, P.K. Kathal and R.K. Trivedi. 49. Assessment of Wetland Resources for Sustainable Development of Belgaum District of Karnataka: Using Multispectral Satellite Data/Sunanda and I. Kittali. 50. Quantitative and Spatial Assessment of Fluvial Erosion in Relation to Morphometric Properties:A Case Study of Parvati River Basin/Padmini Pani. 51. Vertical Electrical Sounding Technique to Delineate Aquifer Zones in The Hard Rock Terrain Around Jowai Town, West Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya/Edmund K. Mawkhiew and Devesh Walia. 52. Geomorphological Evolution of the Rushikulya Basin/D. Panda and M. Devi. VII : Seismology and Tectonics: 53. The Seismic Scenario of Mumbai/V. Subramanyan. 54. Crustal Velocity Structure of the Dharwar Craton by Seismic Refraction Studies and its Tectonic Implications/A.S.N. Murthy and V. Vijaya Rao. 55. Moon Forms When Axis Tilts/Krishna Mohan Agrawal. 56. Formation of Mother Earth/R.S. Muduli. 57. Radon and Active Tectonics in the Shillong Area/Devesh Walia, Y. Sharma, A. Saxena, D. Maibam, A. Lyngdoh and P. Wahlang.
58. Tunnelling in the Soft Rocks of Manipur, India: A Case Study/Dolendro Thingujam and Yogesh Verma. 59. Evaluation of Seismic Hazard Potential Along Active Naga-Disang Thrust Belt in NE India/Arun Kumar.
60. Geodynamic Evolution of Himalaya/Ram S. Sharma.

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