Detailed geophysical and geological investigations to identify copper lead and zinc mineralization around Ambaji, Banaskantha district are in progress.
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Core competence
Crustal deformation, GPS geodesy, Active Tectonics, Paleoseismology, Quaternary Geology, palaeo tsunami, Remote Sensing, OSL Dating.
Significant contributions
- Establishment of a network of 22 GPS stations for long-term earthquake hazard assessment due to different geological faults of Gujarat.
- Long-term average uplift rates of South vagad fault, central Kachchh mainland fault and eastern Katrol hill fault.
- First evidence of bounder sized palaeo tsunami deposits from Diu Island, western India.
- Geological evidence of a 2m higher (than present) sea level along the Kachchh coast,during the middle Holocene period.
Current pursuits
- Reconstructing high energy marine events from Gujarat coast from last 6000 years.
- Active fault studies in western Segment of Kachchh mainland fault and Gedi Fault.
- Active fault mapping of Soan Dun between Bias and Satluj river basin Himalachal Himalaya.
- Aggradational-Incisional phases in the Fluvial sequences of Southern Saurashtra: Implications for Sea level / Tectonic forcings during the Late Quaternary.
- Documentation of aqueous and paraglacial features in and around equatorial region of Mars.
- Estimation of ongoing deformation along Katrol Hill Fault (KHF) in the central part of Kachchh using GPS.
- Continuous monitoring of crustal deformation in Gujarat using GPS.
- Identification of progressively growing crustal strain zones along MCT in Uttarakhand Himalaya using GPS.
- Geodynamic profiling along KMF.
Personnel
Dr.Pallabee Choudhury (PI)
Dr. Girish Kothyari
Dr Rakesh Dumka
Dr Falguni Bhattacharjee
Dr Siddarth Prizonwala
Dr. Archana Das
Mr.Tarun Solanki
Mr. Nisarg Makwana
Tenders
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20/04/2024
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02/04/2024
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30/03/2024
