Earth Sciences

School of Earth & Environmental Sciences

Research Papers Published

• "Hydrogeochemical assessment of River Jhelum and its tributaries for domestic and irrigation purposes, Kashmir valley, India" Current Science, 109(2): 311 -322 {ISSN: 0011-3891} Impact Factor= 0.782
• "Variation of d18O, dD and 3H in karst springs of south Kashmir, western Himalayas (India)" Hydrological Processes, 29(4): 522 -530 {ISSN: 1099-1085} Impact Factor= 2.497
• "Textural characteristics of sediments and Weathering in the River Jhelum basin located in Kashmir Valley, Western Himalaya" Journal Geological Society of India, 86(4): 445 -458 {ISSN: 0016-7622} Impact Factor= 0.695
• "Hydrogeochemistry of Dal Lake and the potential for present, future management by using facies, ionic ratios, and statistical analysis" Environmental Earth Sciences, 74(4): 3301 -3313 {ISSN: 1866-6299} Impact Factor= 1.445
• "Spatio-temporal patterns and factors controlling the hydrogeochemistry of the River Jhelum basin, Kashmir 188(7):1-24." Himalaya. Environ. Monit. Assess., 188(7): 1 -24 {ISSN: 0167-6369} Impact Factor= 1.633
• "Estimation of snow and glacial melt contribution to Liddar stream in a mountainous catchment, western Himalaya: an isotopic approach" Isotopes in Environment and Health Studies, 52(8): 1 -18 {ISSN: 0260-3055} Impact Factor= 0.935
• "Estimation of snow and glacial melt contribution to Liddar stream in a mountainous catchment, western Himalaya: an isotopic approach" Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 53(1): 18 -35 {ISSN: 0253-4126} Impact Factor= 0.93
• "Influence of southwest monsoons in Kashmir Valley, Western Himalaya" Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 53(3): DOI No. 1 {ISSN: 0253-4126} Impact Factor= 0.932
• "Estimating mean residence time of karst groundwater in glacierized catchments of Western Himalaya, India." Hydrological Sciences Journal, 62(3): DOI No. 1 {ISSN: 0262-6667} Impact Factor= 2.182
• "Stable isotope dynamics of basin scale hydrological processes of the western Himalayas" Hydrogeology Journal, 25(6): DOI No. 10.1007/s10040-017-1666-1 {ISSN: 1431-2174} Impact Factor= 2.109
• "Dishtinguishing and estimating the recharge in kArst springs inwestern Himalaya. 550: 239-252" Journal of Hydrology, 550(1): 239 -252 {ISSN: 0022-1694} Impact Factor= 3.04
• "Evaluating the sensitivity of glacier to climate by using stable water isotopes and remote sensing" Environmental Earth Sciences, 76(17): DOI No. 598 {ISSN: 1866-6299} Impact Factor= 1.569
• "Geochemical, isotopic and hydrological mass balance approaches to constrain the lake water–groundwater interaction in Dal Lake, Kashmir Valley." Environmental Earth Sciences, 76(15): DOI No. 533 {ISSN: 1866-6299} Impact Factor= 1.569
• "Isotope fingerprinting of precipitation associated with western disturbances and Indian summer monsoons across the Himalayas" Earth System Science, 126(8): 1 -13 {ISSN: 0253-4126} Impact Factor= 0.96
• "Stable Isotope variation of precipitation across the Himalayas: implications to moisture source" Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics., 18(12): DOI No. 8789 {ISSN: 1680-7316} Impact Factor= 5.509
• "Quantification of groundwater - surface water interactions using environmental isotopes: A case study of Bringi Watershed, Kashmir Himalayas, India" Earth System Science, 127(5): DOI No. 63 {ISSN: 0253-4126} Impact Factor= 0.955
• "Stable isotope dynamics of basin scale hydrological processes of the western Himalayas" Hydrogeology Journal, 26(2): 615 -628 {ISSN: 1431-2174} Impact Factor= 2.109
• "Application of water isotopes to identify the sources of groundwater recharge in a karstified landscape of western Himalaya" Journal of Climate Change, 4(1): 37 -47 {ISSN: 2395-7697} Impact Factor= 0.4
• "Karst Geomorphology, Cave Development and Hydrogeology in the Kashmir Valley, Western Himalaya, India." Acta Carsologica, 47(1): 5 -21 {ISSN: 0583-6050} Impact Factor= 0.959
• "Quantification of groundwater - surface water interactions using environmental isotopes: A case study of Bringi Watershed, Kashmir Himalayas, India" Earth System Science, 127(5): DOI No. 63 {ISSN: 0253-4126} Impact Factor= 0.955
• "Geogenic groundwater arsenic in high altitude bedrock aquifers of upper Indus river basin (UIRB), Ladakh." Applied Geochemistry, 113(1): 104497 -104508 {ISSN: 0883-2927} Impact Factor= 2.894
• "Assessing the hydrological controls on spatio-temporal patterns of stream water in glacierized mountainous Upper Indus River Basin, Western Himalayas" Journal of Hydrology, https://d(2): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhyd Impact Factor= 6.7
• "Estimation of Lacustrine Groundwater Discharge (LGD) to an urban Himalayan Lake using environmental tracers (222Rn, d18O, EC)" Journal of Hydrology, doi.org/1(1): DOI No. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023 Impact Factor= 6.7

Books Published

• "Delineation of point sources of recharge in Karst settings. "Trends in Environmental Science and Technology"". Capital New Delhi/ Springer Verlag. {ISBN: 978-93-81891-28-5} pp 15
• "Assessment of groundwater in karst system of Kashmir Himalayas". Springer, Singapore. {ISBN: 978-981-10-3888-4} pp 36

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