Recent Advances in Earth System Sciences

Golden Jubilee Memoir of The Geological Society of India

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Introduction/Harsh Gupta and Fareeduddin. 1. The origin and evolution of the moon in a planetary context/Stuart Ross Taylor. 2. Lunar regolith and Low-Ti Mare simulants JSC-1 and JSC-1A/James L. Carter. 3. Catastrophes, extinctions and evolution: 50 years of impact cratering studies/W. Uwe Reimold and Christian Koeberal. 4. Dharwar craton: an example of Archaean geodynamics/S.M. Naqvi. 5. Petroliferous basins of India-fifty years’ history and perspective/S.K. Biswas. 6. Geodynamic evolution of the Indian plate: consequences for dispersal and distribution of Biota/Ashok Sahni and G.V.R. Prasad. 7. Active tectonic of the Himalaya/V.C. Thakur. 8. Late quaternary evolution of the Ganga plains: myths and misconceptions, recent developments and future directions/S.K. Tandon, R. Sinha, M.R. Gibling, A.S. Dasgupta and Parvez Ghazanfari. 9. Deep seismic imaging of Indian continental crust and lithosphere/Harish C. Tewari. 10. Gravity studies in India and their geological significance/D.C. Mishra, V.M. Tiwari and B. Singh. 11. Major and great earthquakes and seismic gaps in the Himalayan arc/V.K. Gahalaut. 12. Artificial water reservoir triggered earthquakes, with special emphasis on Koyna earthquakes, India/Harsh Gupta. 13. Advances in Kimberlite geology and petrology South India/Roger H. Mitchell. 14. Recent advances in observing the Earth from space/Anny Cazenave. 15. Evolution, paleogeography and sediment provenance, Bay of Bengal Indian Ocean/Joseph R. Curray and Ruth Allen. 16. Antarctic Earth science–Indian effort/Rasik Ravindra. 17. Indian ocean drilling program/Manik Talwani. 18. Cosmogenic nuclides in the environment: a brief review of their applications/S. Krishnaswami and D. Lal. 19. Vagaries of the Indian summer monsoon/Sulochana Gadgil. 20. Population growth and climate change: their impact on planet Earth and its human societies/G. De Marsily. 21. Selected advances in geology and the Indian scenario/Balaram Chattopadhyay. List of contributors.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Fareed uddin

Fareeduddin, Ph D from Mysore University, is serving in Geological Survey of India since twenty five years. He has expertise in geological mapping, mineral exploration andPetrology. He has worked in different parts of India and his current research interest includes(i) Proterozoic fold belts and (ii) kimberlites and related rocks. He has published about 40 research papers in peer reviewed national and international journals. He is the recipient of National Mineral award and B.P Radhakrishan Prize. He has served the Geological Society of India as its Secretary, Editor of its Journal and currently serving as its Council Member.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Harsh Gupta

Gupta, Harsh, President geological Society of India, is deeply involved with the mitigation of natural hazards, particularly earthquakes. Currently he is the Vice President of IUGG, Member CSPR of the ICSU, and Chair of the ICSU Regional Office for Asia and Pacific’s Group on natural Hazards. He is well Known for his work on artificial water reservoir triggered earthquakes. He has authored over 150 scientific papers and four pioneering books (all published by Elsevier). For this volume Dr. Gupta has contributed a paper on Artificial water Reservoir Triggered Earthquakes, with Special Emphasis on koyna Earthquakes, India".