Earth Sciences

School of Earth & Environmental Sciences

Research Papers Published

• "Response to ‘‘No major active backthrust bounds the Pir Panjal Range near Kashmir basin, NW Himalaya” by Shah" Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 123(2016): 58 -60 {ISSN: 1367-9120} Impact Factor=
• "Hydrochemical characterization and pollution assessment of groundwater in Jammu Siwaliks, India" Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 189(3): DOI No. DOI 10.1007/s10661-017-5860-3 Impact Factor= 1.633
• "Glacial-geomorphic study of the Thajwas glacier valley, Kashmir Himalayas, India" Quaternary International, 444(1): 157 -171 Impact Factor= 2.19
• "Climatic, geomorphic and anthropogenic drivers of the 2014 extreme flooding in the Jhelum basin of Kashmir, India" Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 9(1): 224 -248 {ISSN: 1947-5705} Impact Factor= 1.710
• "Influence of geomorphic and anthropogenic activities on channel morphology of River Jhelum in Kashmir Valley, NW Himalayas" Quaternary International, 1(9): DOI No. /doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018 {ISSN: 1040-6182} Impact Factor= 2.19
• "Phytoliths as proxies of the past" Earth Science Reviews, 154(2019): 234 -250 Impact Factor= 7.49
• "Loess-Palaeosol Sequences in the Kashmir Valley, NW Himalayas: A Review" Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 8(1): DOI No. 10.3389/feart.2020.00113 Impact Factor= 2.89
• "Glacial geomorphology and recent glacial recession of the Harmukh Range, NW Himalaya" Quaternary International, 0(1): DOI No. doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020. {ISSN: 1040-6182} Impact Factor= 2.003
• "Paleo-glacial and paleo-equilibrium line altitude reconstruction from the Late Quaternary glacier features in the Pir Panjal Range, NW Himalayas" Quaternary International, 0(1): DOI No. doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021. Impact Factor= 2.003
• "Local mineral dust transported by varying wind intensities forms the main substrate for loess in Kashmir" E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 70(1): 19 -195 Impact Factor=
• "Current glacier status and ELA changes since the Late Pleistocene in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan" Elsevier, 219(1): 1 -10 Impact Factor= 3.44
• "Cirque development in the Pir Panjal Range of North Western Himalaya, India" Catena, 213(1): DOI No. 1 Impact Factor= 6.36
• "Environmental reconstruction potentials of Loess-Paleosol-Sequences in Kashmir through high-resolution proxy data" Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 601(1): DOI No. 1 Impact Factor= 3.3
• "Debris-cover impact on glacier melting in the Upper Indus Basin" Polar Science, 33(1): DOI No. 1 Impact Factor= 2.35
• "Paleo-glacial reconstruction of the Thajwas glacier in the Kashmir Himalaya using 10Be cosmogenic radionuclide dating" Geoscience Frontiers, 13(6): DOI No. 1 Impact Factor= 7.48
• "Silicon Fertilization Increases Carbon Sequestration by Augmenting PhytOC Production in Wheat" Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 1(1): DOI No. 1 Impact Factor= 3.6
• "Paleo-glacial and paleo-equilibrium line altitude reconstruction from the Late Quaternary glacier features in the Pir Panjal Range, NW Himalayas" Quaternary International, 642(1): 5 -16 Impact Factor= 2.4
• "Ladakh Himalayan Ophiolites (LHO): A Geological Heritage of Northwestern India" Geoheritage, 15(1): 1 -17 {ISSN: 1867-2485} Impact Factor= 2.9
• "Geological Heritage of the Kashmir Valley, North-Western Himalaya, India" Geoheritage, 15(26): 1 -23 {ISSN: 1867-2485} Impact Factor= 2.9
• "Causes, concerns and hazards of sinkhole formation in Brengi stream catchment of Upper Jhelum basin, Kashmir Himalaya. Environment, Development and Sustainability, pp.1-28." Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1(1): 1 -28 {ISSN: 1573-2975} Impact Factor= 4.9
• "Phytolith particulate matter and its potential human and environmental effects" Environmental Pollution, 327(1): Pub Med ID. 121541 {ISSN: 1873-6424} Impact Factor= 8.9
• "Sedimentological perspective on phytolith analysis in palaeoecological reconstruction" Earth Science Reviews, 244(1): Pub Med ID. 104549. {ISSN: 1872-6828} Impact Factor= 12.1
• "Fate of an oceanic plate material in the Neo-Tethys intra-oceanic subduction system: Evidence from elemental and Rb/Sr-Sm/Nd isotopic systematics" Gondwana Research, 125(1): 266 -283 {ISSN: 1878-0571} Impact Factor= 6.1
• "Paleoclimate, productivity and anthropogenic eutrophication: Drawing inferences from paleolimnological proxy records of the Kashmir Valley, northwestern Himalaya" Quaternary Science Advances, 13(1): DOI No. 1 {ISSN: 2666-0334} Impact Factor= 4.5
• "Impact of climate change and anthropogenic activities on lacustrine ecosystems of the Kashmir Valley, NW Himalaya, India" Environmental Quality Management, 1(1): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1002/tqem. {ISSN: 1520-6483} Impact Factor= 0
• "Response of the River Jhelum to Active Tectonics, NW Himalaya" Rivers of India: Past, Present and Future, 1(1): 53 -67 {ISSN: 978-3-031-} Impact Factor= 0
• "Paleoclimatic reconstruction of the Karewa deposits of Kashmir Valley, northwest Himalaya: A review" Quaternary International, 1(1): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quai {ISSN: 1873-4553} Impact Factor= 2.2
• "Paleoclimatic reconstruction of the Karewa deposits of Kashmir Valley, northwest Himalaya: A review" Quaternary International, 688(1): 16 -28 {ISSN: 1873-4553} Impact Factor= 1.9
• "Influence of debris cover on the glacier melting in the Himalaya" Cold Regions Science and Technology, 222(1): DOI No. 104204 {ISSN: 1872-7441} Impact Factor= 3.8
• "Phytolith based paleoecological reconstruction from a loess-paleosol sequence in the Kashmir Himalaya, India" Catena, 245(1): DOI No. 108318 {ISSN: 1872-6887} Impact Factor= 5.4
• "Assessing phytolith preservation in a Late Quaternary loess-paleosol sequence from the Kashmir Valley, Northwest Himalaya, India" Quaternary Science Advances, 16(1): DOI No. 100238 {ISSN: 2666-0334} Impact Factor= 2.9
• "Surficial geomorphic expressions along the Zanskar shear zone (ZSZ), NW Himalaya, India" Quaternary Science Advances, 17(1): DOI No. 100258 Impact Factor= 2.9

Books Published

• "9 Late Quaternary Glacial Geomorphology of Kashmir Valley, NW Himalayas: A Case Study of the Sind Basin". Springer. pp 13

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