Earth Sciences

School of Earth & Environmental Sciences

Research Papers Published

• "Tectono-geomorphic study of the Karewa Basin of Kashmir Valley" Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 92(0): 143 -156 {ISSN: 1367-9120} Impact Factor= 2.38
• "Morphometry and Land Cover Based Multi-Criteria Analysis for Assessing the Soil Erosion Susceptibility of the Western Himalayan Watershed" Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186(12): 8391 -8412 {ISSN: 0167-6369} Impact Factor= 1.68
• "Are the Himalayan glaciers retreating?" Current Science,, 106(7): 1008 -1013 {ISSN: 0011-3891} Impact Factor= 0.94
• ". Determining the Suitability and Accuracy of Various Statistical Algorithms for Satellite Data Classification." International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences, 4(4): 585 -599 {ISSN: 0976-438} Impact Factor=
• "Assessing the impacts of changing land cover and climate on Hokersar wetland in Indian Himalayas." Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 7(1): 143 -160 {ISSN: 1866-7511} Impact Factor= 1.038
• "Recent Variation of Temperature, Trends in Kashmir Valley (India)." Journal of Himalayan Ecology & Sustainable Development, 8(0): 42 -63 {ISSN: 0973-7502} Impact Factor=
• "Implications of Shrinking Cryosphere under Changing Climate on the Stream flows of the Upper Indus Basin." Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research,, 47(4): 634 -646 {ISSN: 1938-4246} Impact Factor= 1.67
• "Projected Climate Change Impacts on Vegetation Distribution over Kashmir Himalaya." Climatic Change, 132(4): 601 -613 {ISSN: 1573-1480} Impact Factor= 4.62
• "Micromorphological investigations of the Late Quaternary loess-paleosol sequences of Kashmir Valley, India." Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. DOI:10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.07.004 (IF: 2.741), 111(1): 328 -338 {ISSN: 1367-9120} Impact Factor= 2.741
• "Assessing the influence of watershed characteristics on the flood vulnerability of Jhelum basin in Kashmir Himalaya." Natural Hazards, 78(1): 1 -5 {ISSN: 1573-0840} Impact Factor= 1.96
• "Reply to the comment by Shah on “Isotopic and micromorphological studies of Late Quaternary loess-paleosol sequences of the Karewa Group: inferences for palaeoclimate of Kashmir Valley" Quarternary International., 374(1): 200 -202 {ISSN: 1040-6182} Impact Factor= 2.128
• "Paddy crop yield estimation in Kashmir Himalayan rice bowl using remote sensing and simulation model." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,, 187(6): DOI No. 10.1007/s {ISSN: 1573-2959} Impact Factor= 1.68
• "New vegetation type map of India prepared using satellite remote sensing: Comparison with global vegetation maps and utilities." International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 39(1): 142 -159 {ISSN: 0303-2434} Impact Factor= 2.54
• "Assessing the influence of wateshed characteristics on the flood vulnerability of Jhelum basin in Kashmir Himalayas." Natural Hazards,, 77(1): 153 -175 {ISSN: 0921-030X} Impact Factor= 1.96
• "Isotopic and micromorphological studies of Late Quaternary Loess-paleosolSediments of Karewa Group: implication to paleoclimate of Kashmir Valley." Quarternary International., 371(1): 122 -134 {ISSN: 1040-6182} Impact Factor= 2.218
• "Recent Glacier Changes in the Kashmir Alpine Himalayas, India." Geocarto International, 31(8): 1 -18 {ISSN: 1010-6049} Impact Factor= 1.38
• "Massive land system changes impact water quality of Jhelum River in Kashmir Himalaya." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 188(3): 175 -188 {ISSN: 1573-2959} Impact Factor= 1.69
• "Response to “No major active backthrust bounds the Pir Panjal Range near Kashmir basin, NW Himalaya” by Shah." Journal of Asian Earth Sciences., 123(3): 58 -60 {ISSN: 1367-9120} Impact Factor= 2.75
• "Assessing Changes in the Above Ground Biomass and Carbon Stocks of Lidder Valley, Kashmir Himalaya, India" Geocarto International, 32(7): DOI No. 10.1080/10106049.2016.1188164 {ISSN: 1010-6049} Impact Factor= 1.38
• "Soil Erosion Estimation of Lidder Watershed, Kashmir Himalaya India Using Morgan-Morgan-Finney Model in GIS Environment" Journal of Himalayan Ecology and Sustainable Development, 11(1): 23 -35 {ISSN: 0973-7502} Impact Factor=
• "A Semi-Automated Approach for Mapping Geomorphology in Mountainous Terrain, Ferozpora watershed" Journal of Geological Society of India, 88(2): 206 -212 {ISSN: 0974-6889} Impact Factor= .547
• "Management of Nymphoides peltatum using water level fluctuations in freshwater lakes of Kashmir Himalaya" Limnology, 18(3): DOI No. 10.1007/s10201-016-0503-x {ISSN: 1439-8621} Impact Factor= 0.745
• "Linking Human-Biophysical Interactions with the trophic status of Dal lake" Limnologica: Ecology and Management of Inland Waters, 62(1): 84 -96 {ISSN: 0075-9511} Impact Factor= 1.541
• "Dimensional changes in the Kolahoi Glacier from 1857 to 2014" Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 189(5): DOI No. 10.1007/s10661-016-5703-7 {ISSN: 1573-2959} Impact Factor= 1.69
• "Hydrochemical Characterization and Pollution Assessment of Groundwater in Jammu Siwaliks, India." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment., 189(3): DOI No. 10.1007/s10661-017-5860-3 {ISSN: 1573-2959} Impact Factor= 1.68
• "Assessing linkages between spatial facies changes and dimensional variations of glaciers in Upper Indus Basin, Western Himalaya" Geomorphology, 289(2017): DOI No. 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.005 {ISSN: 0169-555X} Impact Factor= 3.82
• "Variations in particulate matter over Indo-Gangetic Plains and Indo-Himalayan Range during four field campaigns in winter monsoon and summer monsoon: Role of pollution pathway." Atmospheric Environment, 154(2017): 200 -224 {ISSN: 1352-2310} Impact Factor= 3.841
• "Linking Human-Biophysical Interactions with the trophic status of Dal lake" Limnologica- Ecology and Management of Inland Waters,, 62(2017): 84 -96 {ISSN: 0075-9511} Impact Factor= 1.541
• "The Recent Deglaciation of Kolahoi Valley in Kashmir Himalayas, India in response to the Changing Climate." Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 138(2017): 38 -50 {ISSN: 1367-9120} Impact Factor= 3.245
• "Crustal Structure beneath the Kashmir Basin Adjoining the Western Himalayan Syntaxis" Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107(5): 224 -248 {ISSN: 1943-3573} Impact Factor= 2.469
• "Black carbon aerosol over a Himalayan urban city, Srinagar, India: Seasonality, sources and meteorological influences" Atmospheric Environment, 165(2017): 336 -348 {ISSN: 1352-2310} Impact Factor= 3.948
• "Geoinformatics based approach for estimating the sediment yield of the mountainous watersheds in Kashmir Himalaya, India" Geocarto International, 33(3): DOI No. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1010 {ISSN: 1752-0762} Impact Factor= 1.646
• "and Shakil A Romshoo (2017). Glacial-geomorphic study of the Thajwas glacier valley, Kashmir Himalayas, India." Quaternary International, 444(2017): 157 -171 {ISSN: 1040-6182} Impact Factor= 2.470
• "Surge of Hispar Glacier, Pakistan, between 2013 and 2017 detected from remote sensing observations" Geomorphology, 330(2017): 410 -416 {ISSN: 0169-555X} Impact Factor= 3.82

Books Published

• "Living Rivers Dying Rivers/A Snapshot of the Changing Environment in the Jhelum Basin: a tributary of Indus". Oxford University Press. {ISBN: 0-19-945622-4} pp 475
• "Monitoring snow and glaciers of Himalayan Region". Chandrika Corporation, Ahmedabad. {ISBN: 978 – 93 – 82760 -24 -5} pp 427

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