Vol. 36 (2007)

Fifth Nepal Geological Congress Geology, Environment, and Natural Hazards Mitigation: Key to National Development 26–27 November 2007. Organised by Nepal Geological Society.

Published: 2008-02-04

General Geology, Tectonics, and Seismicity

Why geology maps?

J Stöcklin

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The growth and rise of Tibet: hidden plate tectonics, 4D evolution of the mantle, and topographic evolution

P Papponnier

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Spatial distribution of frontal faults in Nepal Himalaya

MR Dhital

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Similar earthquake swarms in the trace of southern Tibetan grabens reveal a subtle strain transient event along the Main Himalayan Thrust

L Bollinger, S Rajaure, SN Sapkota

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Seismo-tectonics of the Shillong Plateau - a geodynamic perspective through remote sensing

BP Duarah, S Phukan

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An investigation on the temporal variation of seismicity in Indo-Burma border region

NC Barman, S Kalita

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Dry climatic evidence in central Himalaya around 40 ka from lacustrine sediments of Kathmandu Basin, Nepal

AP Gajurel, C France-Lanord, P Huyghe, JL Mugnier, T Sakai, H Sakai, BN Upreti

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Contemporary tectonic stress field in the Himalaya-Tibet orogen: a view from 2D finite element modeling

D Chamlagain, D Hayashi

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Geology and tectonic setting of the volcaniclastic succession of the Upper Cretaceous, western Sulaiman fold belt, Pakistan

T Khan

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Depositional environmental change of the Kathmandu Valley sediments inferred from the stratigraphy, sedimentological and mineralogical study

MR Paudel, H Sakai

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Petrology of granulites of the Shillong Plateau from west Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, India

B Bhagabaty, AC Mazumdar

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Lithostratigraphy of Baitadi area, far western Nepal

AS Mahara

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Late Pleistocene plant macrofossils from the Gokarna Formation of the Kathmandu valley, central Nepal

S Bhandari, KN Paudayal, A Momohara

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Mineralogy, petrochemistry and genesis of scheelite-bearing skarns and related acid magmatism at Sargipali, Eastern India

S Chowdhury

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Major and trace element geochemistry of granitic augen gneisses from Tamakoshi-Likhu Khola area, east Nepal

KR Regmi

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Thermal evolution of the Lesser Himalaya, central Nepal: Insights from white mica compositions and K-Ar ages

LP Paudel, T Itaya, K Arita

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Geology of the Lesser Himalayan and Higher Himalayan Crystalline sequences of the Everest area along the Dudh Koshi valley, eastern Nepal Himalaya

SM Rai, M Yoshida, BN Upreti, PD Ulak

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Evidence for seismicity in the lower crust and upper mantle in the Nepal Himalaya, implication for the rheology of the lithosphere

S Rajaure, SN Sapkota, JP Avouac, L Bollinger

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An investigation on the seismicity and seismic gaps in the Indo-Myanmar border region

S Kalita, NC Barman

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Engineering Geology and Geophysics

High carbon dioxide flux associated with radon-222 gas exhalation and dipolar self-potential anomaly at the Syabru-Bensi hot springs in central Nepal

F Perrier, S Rajaure, P Richon, SR Pant, C France-Lanord, A Revil, S Byrdina, S Contraires, U Gautam, B Koirala, P Shrestha, DR Tiwari, L Bollinger, LP Paudel, SN Sapkota

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Rock squeezing problem in tunnels of Nepal and its prediction

SC Sunuwar

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Cross-borehole GPR survey for the study of the grouting

SR Pant

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Quality assessment, reserve estimation and economic analysis of roofing slate in the west central Lesser Himalaya

NR Neupane, LP Paudel

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Deformation analysis of foundation: a case study from the Bir Hospital Trauma Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal

AR Adhikari, AMS Pradhan

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Engineering, hydrological, and sedimentation studies of the Kankai River, eastern Nepal

UK Raghubanshi

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Slope stability analysis using GIS on a regional scale

P Kayastha

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Natural Hazards and Environmental Geology

Seismic hazard assessment of NW Himalayan fold-and-thrust belt, Pakistan using deterministic approach

Mona Lisa, Azam A Khwaja, MQ Jan

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Disaster vulnerability prediction modeling using GIS in the Agra Khola watershed, central Nepal

PB Thapa

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Kamikate landslide: a case study of rainfall triggered landslide in far western Nepal

SK Dwivedi, G Ojha, MP Koirala, S Dwivedi

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Some notable disasters in Nepal and their mitigation

GR Chitrakar, B Piya, D Nepali, SP Manandhar

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Geohazards and environmental degradation in some of the urban areas of Nepal

KP Kaphle, LN Rimal, AK Duvadi, B Piya, D Nepali

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GIS-based landslide hazard mapping in Jhimruk River basin, west Nepal

D Pathak, AP Gajurel, GB Shrestha

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Landslide and debris flow hazards in the Mugling-Narayangarh Highway section, central Nepal

DP Adhikari, SR Joshi

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Flood hazard mitigation in Barpeta district, Assam, north-east India

NK Talukdar, S Kalita, S Kalita

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Preliminary investigation of Laprak landslide of Gorkha district, west Nepal

RP Khanal

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The Devastating Ramche Landslide (Rasuwa) and the Future of Polchet Residents

T Ghimire, LP Paudel, B Pant

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Study of river shifting of Kodku Khola in Kathmandu Valley using remotely sensed data

D Pathak, AP Gajurel, GB Shrestha

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Geomorphological observations surrounding Lukla, eastern Nepal Himalaya

SM Rai, M Yoshida, BN Upreti

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Sea level changes due to climate change – facts and fiction

SK Saha, Md Hussain Monsur

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