The presence of medium-grade organic matter confirmed by Raman spectroscopy is reported for the first time from the Zor diamictite of the Ramsu Formation, Tethyan Himalaya. The organic matter has undergone overmature thermal evolution. The sediment shows low total organic carbon (TOC) and low total sulfur (TS) values of <0.25% and <0.01%, respectively. Low TS/TOC < 0.08 suggests oxic bottom waters

With the increasing urbanization, agriculture, industrial activities along the coastal stretches of India, more and more people depend on ground water due to which there are cases of large scale decline in both quantity and quality. One of the State which is facing a critical change in its geomorphology and land use/land cover is Goa which is known for its tourism industry. Therefore, the water management

Palynological study of intertrappean sediments of Mahurzari in Nagpur district, Maharashtra, a known megaflora rich locality, has indicated presence of diverse pollen and spore assemblage. The palynoassemblage includes six genera and six species of pteridophytes dominated by Cyathidites and Lygodiumsporites and four genera and four species of angiosperms. The presence of palynomorphs such as Azolla

The surface and groundwater resources are depleting over time, therefore, it becomes essential to monitor and preserve these resources and also to protect their quality. Remote sensing and GIS has become an important tool of hydrological studies in recent times which helps in assessing and mapping of ground-water resources. The remote sensing and GIS approach are well known and widely used techniques

In this research paper, morphometric analysis and prioritization were carried out for upper Patiala-Ki-Rao catchment lying on Shivalik hills of SAS Nagar district of Punjab and Panchkula district of Haryana state, India. Morphometric parameters were classified into three categories such as linear, areal and relief aspects. Remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) was used to quantify

Quaternary sediments are preserved in disconnected patches along the middle and lower reaches of major river valleys like Damanganga, Par, Ratakhadi and Dongarkhadi in the Dadra and Nagar Haveli region of Konkan coastal belt, Western India. These deposits mainly consist of stratified sand, silt, clay and gravel beds. The study area has been earlier affected by moderate earthquakes. The identified soft-sediment

Discs/discoidal body fossils, an important constituent of Ediacaran biota, are reported from the sandstone unit of the Hotpet Formation of the Bhima Group, South India. Nine specimens preserved as circular to ovate structures are described and attributed to Ediacaran discs and are akin to Fermeuse-style preservation of Ediacaran fossils. These discs, occur as impressions on the bedding planes, are

Cauvery shear zone of the southern granulite terrane, India, is sandwiched between the amphibolite to granulite transition zone in the north and the Neoproterozoic granulite belt in the south. Two massifs of this shear zone consist of charnockitic rocks of tonalitic to granodioritic composition and include hornblende-mafic granulite enclaves. Petrology and geochemistry clearly indicate dehydration

Groundwater is the most vulnerable, exploited natural resource which is a key source of freshwater in the world. Its regular decline in both quality and quantity are an important concern of research. The focus of the present study is to understand the important hydrogeochemical processes involved in the groundwater evolution of Vishwamitri River Basin (VRB), Gujarat, India, using Principal Component

The RM (Li, Be, Ti, Zr, Nb, Ta, Th and U) and REE (Light Rare Earths and Heavy Rare Earths including Yttrium) are strategic and critical for sustaining a variety of industries such as nuclear, defence, information technology (IT) and green energy options (wind, solar, electric vehicles and others). The 2010 ‘Rare Earth’ crisis of the world, following China’s monopoly with over 80% share and export

Ghataprabha is an auxiliary of river Krishna and flows over Chandgad taluk of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra. Bauxite mining was one of the major issues in this part of the sub-basin, in the early’ 90s due to which there was a strong public protest about the quality of water. Accordingly, a survey was conducted to get the public perception on water pollution in the headwater catchment of Ghataprabha

Parts of the coastal tracts of southern Kerala, India are among the well-known High Background Radiation Areas (HBRA) of the world, attributed to the presence of radionuclides in the monaziterich beach sand deposits. A comparative study of the radon concentrations in groundwater in the high and normal background radiation areas in the coastal tract has been taken up using analytical data of 24 ground

This study focuses on hydrogeological processes and subsurface geological activities. The basin area measured is 11,161 km2 with NW-SE sloping trend. Sinuosity Index is 2.7 which show meandering nature. The drainage density, stream frequency and drainage intensity values were 0.62 km−1, 0.23km−1 and 0.37 respectively which implies that low surface runoff, high permeable alluvium, high infiltration

Uranium is a naturally occurring radioactive element present throughout the environment, atmosphere, food, soil, rocks, and natural waters along with Pb, Cr, As, Zn & Fe. The exposure to the elements may rise in the cases wherever potable water is obtained directly from geogenically affected ground water sources. The uranium impacts are primarily from its chemical activities, instead of long-run tomographical

This study is aimed to analyse the impacts of Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) to Land Surface Temperature (LST) and water level fluctuation in Raipur city, for which pre- & post-monsoon data for four years 2000, 2008, 2014 and 2018 have been analysed. By this study, it has been observed that changing LULC has its direct impact on surface temperature as it is increasing with rapid urbanization. Also due

The identification of ground water potential zones in the Chinhat block, district Lucknow, U.P. has been carried out based on the scientific investigation of drainage, gydro-geomorphology, lithology, soil, land use and land cover, geo-resistivity data and their inter-relationship. Thematic layers of drainage, canal, surface water body, geomorphology, lithology, lineament, soil, and land use and land

The eastern parts of the Sistan and Baluchistan province, southeast Iran is a tectono-magmatically active zone that continues to witness numerous small and large earthquakes. The volcanism in this region is related to the subduction of the Oman plate below the Eurasian plate. The study of the spatial distribution of the epicenter and focus of the earthquakes suggests close association with the numerous

Remote sensing, geophysical, geological and hydrogeological methods were used to characterise the aquifer of a proposed uranium mining and tailings pond area in India. Examination of lithologs show uranium occurrence at the Eparchaean unconformity at a depth of about 50 to 60 m below the surface. Resistivity studies showed four distinct zones- top soil, highly weathered, moderately weathered/fractured

The Ranikot sandstone Formation was investigated using TOC and Rock-Eval pyrolysis measurements. Ranikot Formation encountered in Bijnot well, Fort Abbas has been evaluated, which lies in Bahawalpur, middle Indus basin, particularly in Punjab platform. Analysis has been performed on sandstones, twenty well cutting samples of Ranikot Formation has been evaluated. Formation is predominantly sandstone

Sub-surface coal mine fires burn valuable resources and give rise to great threat in the local environs and people’s health. Jharia coal field is one of utmost fire affected coal fields in India. This paper deals with the study of sub-surface coal fire using self-potential (SP) method, a cost-effective and non-invasive passive geophysical technique. SP method in coal fire mapping works based on redox

Sub-surface water contamination has become a topic of main concern due to anthropogenic activities. MSTs were performed to appraise the seasonal and spatial variations in quality of sub-surface water and to trace the sources in NE Haryana. WQI was computed to analyse the quality of overall groundwater for domestic purposes during pre-and post-monsoon periods. The post-monsoon season water samples were

A protocol is presented to perform Broad Ion Beam Polishing (BIBP) of rock thin sections to obtain a surface that can yield high quality crystallographic preferred orientation data using SEM-EBSD. The modus operandi, referred to as Mamtani’s Fabric Analysis Lab (MFAL) protocol, involves flat milling of a rotating rock thin section using a triple ion beam milling system (Leica EM TIC 3X) in which tilt

In this research paper runoff induced soil erosion and its impact on the quality of water of upper Patiala-Ki-Rao catchment located on Shivalik hills of Punjab and Haryana states of India were quantified. The selected ungauged basin is divided into two sub-watersheds and there are four gauged micro-watersheds nested within it. The simultaneous calibration is carried out for selected ungauged watershed