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(1): 143 -156 {ISSN: 1367-9120} Impact Factor= 2.38
• "Isotopic and micromorphological studies of Late Quaternary Loess-paleosol sequences of Karewa Group: implication to paleoclimate of Kashmir Valley (Accepted and in press)." Quaternary International,, 0(0): 0 -0 Impact Factor= 2.130
• "Micromorphological investigations of the Late Quaternary loess-paleosol sequences of Kashmir Valley, India," Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 111(1): 328 -338 {ISSN: 1367-9120} Impact Factor= 2.85
• "Isotopic and micromorphological studies of Late Quaternary Loess-paleosol sequences of Karewa Group: Inference for paleoclimate of Kashmir Valley," Quaternary International,, 371,(1): 122 -134 {ISSN: 1040-6182} Impact Factor= 2.13
• "Reply to the comment by Shah on “Isotopic and micromorphological studies of Late Quaternary Loess-paleosol sequences of Karewa Group: Inference for paleoclimate of Kashmir Valley”" Quaternary International,, 374(1): 200 -204 {ISSN: 1040-6182} Impact Factor= 2.13
• "Response to “No major active backthrust bounds the Pir Panjal Range near Kashmir basin, NW Himalaya” by Shah" Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 123(1): 58 -60 {ISSN: 1367-9120} Impact Factor= 2.83
• "Pedostratigraphy and Geochemistry of Loess-Paleosol Sediments of Karewa Basin: Implications for Chemical Weathering and Paleoclimatic Reconstruction of Kashmir Valley," In: Future Challenges in Earth Sciences for Energy and Mineral Resources, special publication of Geological Society of India,, 4(1): 38 -54 {ISSN: 0016-7622} Impact Factor= 0.54
• "Geochemical characterization of granitoids of the Panamik-Sasoma section of eastern Karakoram Axial Batholith from the Nubra Valley, Ladakh, India" Journal of Himalayan Geology, 38(1): 68 -77 {ISSN: 09718966} Impact Factor= 0.35
• "Evaluation of environmental status and geochemical assessment of sediments, Manasbal Lake, Kashmir, India." Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 10(4): 1 -18 {ISSN: 1866-7511} Impact Factor= 1.224
• "Crustal Structure beneath the Kashmir Basin Adjoining the Western Himalayan Syntaxis" Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107(5): 2443 -2458 {ISSN: 1943-3573} Impact Factor= 1.70
• "Tree-ring analysis of Cedrus deodara in Pahalgam, Kashmir valley, India: influence of climate and regional linkages." Himalayan Research Journal, 2(3): 1 -8 {ISSN: 2278-280X} Impact Factor=
• "Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Late Quaternary Loess-Paleosol sediments of Kashmir Valley." Journal of Applied Geochemistry, 20(1): 59 -90 {ISSN: 0972-1967} Impact Factor=
• "Seismic hazard and probability assessment of Kashmir valley, northwest Himalaya, India" Natural Hazarads, 94(1): 1 -27 {ISSN: 1573-0840} Impact Factor= 1.901
• "High resolution 14C AMS ages (~50 ka) of organic matter associated with the loess-palaeosol Holocene-Late Pleistocene (8–130 ka) sediments of Dilpur Formation, Karewa Group, Kashmir, India" Quaternary Geochronology, 47(1): 170 -179 {ISSN: 1871-1014} Impact Factor= 2.853
• "A winter temperature reconstruction for the Lidder Valley, Kashmir, Northwest Himalaya based on tree-rings of Pinus wallichiana." Climate Dynamics, 1(1): DOI No. 1 {ISSN: 0930-7575} Impact Factor= 3.774
• "Environmental Infrasound and Its Impact on Public Health in the Kashmir Region." Open Journal of Earthquake Research, 8(1): 165 -190 {ISSN: 2169-9631} Impact Factor= 0.67
• "Micromorphological study of Kashmir loess-paleosols sediments: as a tool for stratigraphic and paleoclimatic reconstruction" e-Journal Earth Science India,, 12(1): 83 -104 {ISSN: 0974- 8350} Impact Factor=
• "Pedogenically degenerated illite and chlorite lattices aid to palaeoclimatic reconstruction for chronologically constrained (8–130 ka) loess-palaeosols of Dilpur Formation, Kashmir, India" Geoscience Frontiers, 1(1): DOI No. 1 {ISSN: 1674-9871} Impact Factor= 4.16
• "Pedogenically degenerated illite and chlorite lattices aid to palaeoclimatic reconstruction for chronologically constrained (8-130 ka) loess-palaeosols, Dilpur Formation, Kashmir, India" Geoscience Frontiers, 11(4): 1353 -1367 {ISSN: 1674-9871} Impact Factor= 4.202
• "Site Effects Investigation in Srinagar City of Kashmir Basin Using Microtremor and Its Inversion." Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 24(12): 1 -22 {ISSN: 1363-2469} Impact Factor= 2.779
• "Crustal deformation rates in Kashmir valley and adjoining regions from continuous GPS measurements from 2008 to 2019." Scientifc Reports,, 10(17927): 1 -11 {ISSN: 2045-2322} Impact Factor= 4.576
• "Landscape and Landform Mapping in the Rongdo Basin, Eastern Karakoram, Ladakh, India. Journal of Geological Society of India" Jour. Geol. Soc. India, 100(5): 683 -691 {ISSN: 0016-7622} Impact Factor= 1.4
• "Glacier inventory and five decadal glacier response: A case study of Rongdo basin, Eastern Karakoram, Ladakh." J. Earth Syst. Sci., 133(245): 1 -18 {ISSN: 0973-774X} Impact Factor= 1.6
• "Insight from rock engravings: unveiling the potential Geo-heritage site at the village of Kehnusa, Kashmir Valley, India" History Today: Journal of Histroy and Archeology, 25(1): 123 -130 {ISSN: 2249-748X} Impact Factor= .6

Books Published

• "Petrological evidence for metasomatism in mafics of Shyok Ophiolites, Shyok Suture Zone, Ladakh Trans-Himalaya". Excel india Publishers 91A, Pratik Market, Munirka, New Delhi 110067. {ISBN: 978-93-91355-95-1} pp 9

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