The book “Landslide Research- The DST’s Initiatives” is a compilation of over 21 Scientific articles on various aspects of Landslides viz: Overviews, Earth system processes and Landslides, Landslide hazard Zonation mapping, Geotechnical investigations, instrumentation and early warning of Landslides, Satellite based monitoring of Landslides, site specific investigations etc. These articles are the outcome of the studies carried by various academicians, researchers and the research institutions under the funding of NRDMS/DST in different geological provinces of Indian subcontinent. These articles provide wider and deeper spectrum of information on earth system processes like post collision tectonics of Shillong plateau, Churachandpur-Mao fault and up-warping of Tirumalai hills and the Landslides; different geo-spatial and geo-statistical techniques and optimisation of methods for Landslide hazard zonation mapping from Western Ghats of South India, BIS based methods of LHZ mapping and Geotechnical investigations encompassing RMR, SMR & Kinematic studies of landslides of northeastern region; instrumentation and forewarning of Jakhri Landslides, wireless sensor based Landslide monitoring of Munnar (Kerala); SAR interferometery based monitoring of Nainital and Mansadevi landslides; and site specific landslides studies of Kailasaur (Himalayas), Rawana slides (Himachal Pradesh), geophysical studies of Landslides of Mizoram region, Malin landslides (Maharashtra) , techniques of diagnosing active movements from Nilgiris etc.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bhoop Singh
Bhoop Singh, Director (NRDMS), Department of Science and Technology, government of India, has over 22 years of expertise in formulating a large number of research projects in the areas of disaster management and mitigation and natural resources management in India. He has visited a number of Asian and European Countries on scientific missions to imbible technology know-how in various research programmes on natural disasters in India. He is currently handling a bilateral programme on Geo-hazards (tsunami and landslide) in collaboration with International Centre for Geo-hazards, Oslo, Norway. How he is involved in promoting research programmes on geospatial databases for local level planning and in areas of natural disaster mitigation (especiallyon Tsunami and Landslide) in India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.M. Ramasamy
S M Ramasamy, an eminent field geologist and a known specialist in the field of remote sensing, has been actively engaged in geological studies in diverse settings across the country -- during the last one or two decades. His research findings have been published in the form of scientific papers in different national/international journals and conference volumes. This book is a compilation of a selection of 18 of his research papers dealing with various applications of remote sensing in the broad fields of structural geology, palaeotectonics, neotectonics and active tectonics. Most of the included studies are pertaining to Western and Southern India. After serving as a Geologist for over a decade with the Geological Survey of India, S M Ramasamy is currently, Prof and Director, Centre for Remote Sensing, Bharathidasan University, India.
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