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View article: The Epidemiology of Scrub typhus in Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu
The Epidemiology of Scrub typhus in Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu Open
National Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) under the National Center for Vector Borne Diseases Control (NCVBDC), Govt. of India, Delhi has put forth efforts to combat diseases transmitted by vectors, under the overarching umb…
View article: Utilization Rate of Bronchoscope in Tertiary Care Hospital: An Evaluation from the Perspective of Operational Management
Utilization Rate of Bronchoscope in Tertiary Care Hospital: An Evaluation from the Perspective of Operational Management Open
Introduction: A bronchoscope is important medical equipment used for bronchoscopy, a procedure that allows visualization of the upper and lower respiratory tract. Utilization of equipment is an important aspect for optimal patient handling…
View article: Insecticide resistance status and bar-coding of dengue vectors in three districts of Tamil Nadu, India
Insecticide resistance status and bar-coding of dengue vectors in three districts of Tamil Nadu, India Open
Background & objectives: Occurrence and distribution of vector population are crucial for entomological study in context of prevention, control and elimination of vector-borne diseases. To update some entomological aspects the study was un…
View article: Sea Level-Influenced Sedimentation in the Lower Brahmaputra Foreland Basin: Unraveling Dynamics and Provenance
Sea Level-Influenced Sedimentation in the Lower Brahmaputra Foreland Basin: Unraveling Dynamics and Provenance Open
The climate-tectonic-sea level relationship in an active mountain belt, like the Himalayas and its foreland, can be better understood by delving into the sedimentary stratigraphy of the alluvial tracts developed in the foreland basins. All…
View article: Design and modelling of photobioreactor for the treatment of carpet and textile effluent using Diplosphaera mucosa VSPA
Design and modelling of photobioreactor for the treatment of carpet and textile effluent using Diplosphaera mucosa VSPA Open
View article: A need to integrate metagenomics and metabolomics in geosciences and develop the deep-time digital earth-biome database of India
A need to integrate metagenomics and metabolomics in geosciences and develop the deep-time digital earth-biome database of India Open
This article presents applications of metagenomics and metabolomics in geosciences. It emphasizes the significance of biomolecular proxies in palaeoclimatology, the evolution of life, the genesis of hydrocarbons and the role of biological …
View article: Late Quaternary Deformation, Strain Partitioning and Growth of Fold-Thrust Belt in the Siang-Mishmi Range, Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis
Late Quaternary Deformation, Strain Partitioning and Growth of Fold-Thrust Belt in the Siang-Mishmi Range, Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis Open
View article: Automated Crater detection from Co-registered optical images, elevation maps and slope maps using deep learning
Automated Crater detection from Co-registered optical images, elevation maps and slope maps using deep learning Open
View article: Evaluating the use of Petrography, zircon U–Pb ages and Sr–Nd isotopes in tracking provenance: A case study from Tsangpo-Siang-Brahmaputra Basin
Evaluating the use of Petrography, zircon U–Pb ages and Sr–Nd isotopes in tracking provenance: A case study from Tsangpo-Siang-Brahmaputra Basin Open
<p>The occurrence of catastrophic events i.e. floods has proven to play a key role in the rapid sediment delivery from the source area to depocenters and in understanding the focused erosion zones in highland areas. Tracking the prov…
View article: Late Quaternary floods and their control on aggradation and incision in the Indus River, Ladakh Himalaya
Late Quaternary floods and their control on aggradation and incision in the Indus River, Ladakh Himalaya Open
<p>Rivers in the Himalaya have extensively been used as a tool to understand the mechanism of valley aggradation and incision resulting due to precipitation variability and ongoing deformation. The suture zone tectonics control the l…
View article: Flood induced channel morphodynamics variability of a braided river system in the lower Brahmaputra river basin, India
Flood induced channel morphodynamics variability of a braided river system in the lower Brahmaputra river basin, India Open
<p>The high and low flood events in a braided river system cause perpetual changes in the channel morphodynamics and make it difficult to understand a channel response.  Therefore, the management of braided channel morphodyn…
View article: Control on the Evolution of Ravines and Erosional Dynamics, Central Narmada Basin, India
Control on the Evolution of Ravines and Erosional Dynamics, Central Narmada Basin, India Open
View article: Why are the Builders and Operators of Dams and Hydels in The Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalaya so Poorly Prepared for Hydroclimatic Hazards?
Why are the Builders and Operators of Dams and Hydels in The Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalaya so Poorly Prepared for Hydroclimatic Hazards? Open
The large and apparently increasing magnitude of losses of lives and property due to hydroclimatic hazards in the Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalaya (HKH), exemplified by the recent February, 2021 Rishiganga and 2013 Kedarnath floods, shows tha…
View article: Rapid response of silicate weathering rates to climate change in the Himalaya
Rapid response of silicate weathering rates to climate change in the Himalaya Open
Chemical weathering of continental rocks plays a central role in regulating the carbon cycle and the Earth’s climate (Walker et al., 1981; Berner et al., 1983), accounting for nearly half the consumption of atmospheric carbon dioxide globa…
View article: Vegetation History in a Peat Succession Over the Past 8,000 years in the ISM-Controlled Kedarnath Region, Garhwal Himalaya: Reconstruction Using Molecular Fossils
Vegetation History in a Peat Succession Over the Past 8,000 years in the ISM-Controlled Kedarnath Region, Garhwal Himalaya: Reconstruction Using Molecular Fossils Open
The Holocene epoch has witnessed several natural climate variations and these are well encoded in various geological archives. The present biomarker investigation in conjunction with previously published multi-proxy records was applied to …
View article: Report of the 2018 annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network Vector Control Working Group: harnessing skills and knowledge for malaria elimination across the Asia Pacific
Report of the 2018 annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network Vector Control Working Group: harnessing skills and knowledge for malaria elimination across the Asia Pacific Open
View article: Prof. Indra Bir Singh (1943 - 2021)
Prof. Indra Bir Singh (1943 - 2021) Open
In the early hours of 11 th February, 2021, we lost a stalwart of Geology as Prof. I.B.Singh left for his heavenly abode.We lost a loving teacher, a global proponent of indigenous scientific thoughts and a bold thinker.
View article: Supplemental Material: Late Pleistocene–Holocene flood history, flood-sediment provenance and human imprints from the upper Indus River catchment, Ladakh Himalaya
Supplemental Material: Late Pleistocene–Holocene flood history, flood-sediment provenance and human imprints from the upper Indus River catchment, Ladakh Himalaya Open
Figure S1: (A) Infrared Stimulated Luminescence (IRSL) of LD-1818 exhibiting feldspar contamination. (B) IRSL counts of all samples after complete etching including LD-1818 after re-etching. (C) Optical Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) decay …
View article: Supplemental Material: Late Pleistocene–Holocene flood history, flood-sediment provenance and human imprints from the upper Indus River catchment, Ladakh Himalaya
Supplemental Material: Late Pleistocene–Holocene flood history, flood-sediment provenance and human imprints from the upper Indus River catchment, Ladakh Himalaya Open
Figure S1: (A) Infrared Stimulated Luminescence (IRSL) of LD-1818 exhibiting feldspar contamination. (B) IRSL counts of all samples after complete etching including LD-1818 after re-etching. (C) Optical Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) decay …
View article: Establishing primary surface rupture evidence and magnitude of the 1697 CE Sadiya earthquake at the Eastern Himalayan Frontal thrust, India
Establishing primary surface rupture evidence and magnitude of the 1697 CE Sadiya earthquake at the Eastern Himalayan Frontal thrust, India Open
View article: Automated Crater Detection from Co-registered Optical Images, Elevation Maps and Slope Maps using Deep Learning
Automated Crater Detection from Co-registered Optical Images, Elevation Maps and Slope Maps using Deep Learning Open
Impact craters are formed as a result of continuous impacts on the surface of planetary bodies. This paper proposes a novel way of simultaneously utilizing optical images, digital elevation maps (DEMs), and slope maps for automatic crater …
View article: Rapid Lake Level Fall in Pangong Tso (lake) in Ladakh, NW Himalaya: A Response of Late Holocene Aridity
Rapid Lake Level Fall in Pangong Tso (lake) in Ladakh, NW Himalaya: A Response of Late Holocene Aridity Open
View article: New estimates of minimum geological convergence for the eastern Himalaya, India
New estimates of minimum geological convergence for the eastern Himalaya, India Open
<p>We re-investigate the geological slip along the frontal Nameri Thrust, a local name for the Himalayan Frontal Thrust in the eastern Himalaya, India. Four levels of tectonically displaced and uplifted fluvial terraces preserved alo…
View article: Holocene megaflood history and provenance of the upper Indus-River. Implication for human migration along the ancient Silk Road at Ladakh.
Holocene megaflood history and provenance of the upper Indus-River. Implication for human migration along the ancient Silk Road at Ladakh. Open
<p>          The Indus River originating from the Manasarovar Lake runs along the Indus Tsangpo Suture Zone at Ladakh separating the Tethyan Himalaya in the south from the Karakoram Zone i…
View article: Late Quaternary sedimentation history of the Himalaya and its foreland
Late Quaternary sedimentation history of the Himalaya and its foreland Open
Himalaya and its foreland acted as a coupled system that responded to the climate variability and evolved as a thrust and fold belt.The river systems draining the Himalaya, the Ganga foreland act as an artery that helps registering climate…
View article: Research Status at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun during 2015 - 2019
Research Status at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun during 2015 - 2019 Open
The Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) at Dehradun is an autonomous institution of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), GoI, which came into being in 1968.It has been pursuing basic researches to unravel the orogenic proc…
View article: Landscape evolution of Rivers in the Ganga Plain and Himalaya
Landscape evolution of Rivers in the Ganga Plain and Himalaya Open
Rivers in Himalaya and Ganga foreland respond to the tectonics and climate operating in its geomorphic continuum.The landscape of river systems draining the two continental scale geomorphic entities evolve at various spatio-temporal scales…
View article: The Geodynamic Evolution of the Indian Subcontinent- An Introduction
The Geodynamic Evolution of the Indian Subcontinent- An Introduction Open
Further details of the occurrence supplied by Mr. Ormiston, were published in a subsequent issue of the Records (vol.XIV, pt 4, p. 320) with notes by Mr. H B Medlicott, in which it is stated that samples from the trees insitu have been ide…
View article: Data for: 100 ka sedimentary record and evolution of Marginal Ganga Plain: an implication to forebulge tectonics
Data for: 100 ka sedimentary record and evolution of Marginal Ganga Plain: an implication to forebulge tectonics Open
Elemental geochemistry data is used here to calculate Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA) of sedimentary facies. The details are given in supplementary data Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) age data is used here to provide chronology…
View article: Data for: Study of Morphology and Degradation of Lunar Craters using Chandrayaan–1 Data
Data for: Study of Morphology and Degradation of Lunar Craters using Chandrayaan–1 Data Open
The file contains details of all 245 craters, which were analysed in the manuscript. The second file (Supplementary_material.docx) includes Supplementary data related to the manuscript.