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Volume 1(IV),October, 2008  

 Contents

Granite series evaluation of Early Ordovician Kyrdem granitoids and enclaves, Meghalaya plateau, northeast India: implication on oxidation condition of interacting mafic-felsic magma system

Santosh Kumar and Kh. Mohon Singh

New trends in Gondwana palaeobotany

A.K. Srivastava

Speleothems from the Himalaya and the Monsoon: A preliminary Study 

V. C. Tewari
 

Marine ¹⁴C reservoir age and Suess effect in the Indian Ocean

Koushik Dutta

Recently studied sedimentary records from the eastern Arabian Sea: Implications to Holocene monsoonal variability

Rajesh Agnihotri and Siby Kurian

Variation in Erythemal UV Dose for Indian cities as observed from Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment data

Use of interaction between NAO and   MJO for the prediction of dry and wet spell in monsoon season

S.S. Dugam

Age estimates of coastal terraces in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and their
tectonic implications
Kusala Rajendrana, C.P. Rajendran, Anil Earnest, G.V. Ravi Prasad,
K. Dutta, D.K. Ray and R. Anu
Tectonophysics,Volume 455, Issues 1-4, 2008, Pages 53-60

Petrology, geochemistry and paleomagnetism of the earliest magmatic rocks of Deccan volcanic Province, Kutch, Northwest India
Dalim K. Paul, Arijit Ray, Brindaban Das, Shiva K. Patil and Sanjib K.
Biswas
Lithos,Volume 102, Issues 1-2, 2008, Pages 237-259

Resourcesat-1 data quality evaluation system
S.S. Palsule, Bankim Shah, G. Paswan, Anuja Sharma, Anjali Garg, Hetal Pandyaa, Shailendra S. Srivastava and Sampa Roy
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,Volume 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages. 147-158

Geometric and radiometric evaluation of Resouresat-1 sensors
A.S. Manjunath, S. Muralikrishnan
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Volume 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-164

In-season time series analysis of Resourcesat-1 AWiFS data for estimating irrigation water requirement
P.V. Raju, M.V.R. Sesha Sai and P.S. Roy
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
Volume 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 220-228

Impact of the tsunami and earthquake of 26th December 2004 on the vital coastal
ecosystems of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands assessed using RESOURCESAT AWiFS
data
Anjali Bahuguna, Shailesh Nayak and Dam Roy
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,Volume 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-237

Approaches for comparative evaluation of raster GIS-based landslide susceptibility zonation maps
R.P. Gupta, D.P. Kanungo, M.K. Arora,  and S. Sarkar,
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,Volume 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 330-341

New perspectives in the study of the Precambrian continental crust of India: An integrated sedimentologic, isotopic, tectonometamorphic and seismological appraisal
Somnath Dasgupta, Michael M. Raith and Subir Sarkar
Precambrian Research,Volume 162, Issues 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-3

The thrust-contact between the Eastern Ghats Belt and the adjoining Bastar craton (Eastern India): Evidence from mafic granulites and tectonic implications
S. Das, P. Nasipuri, A. Bhattacharya, S. Swaminathan
Precambrian Research, Volume 162, Issues 1-2, 2008, Pages 70-85

Metamorphism of the Koraput Alkaline Complex, Eastern Ghats Province, India—Evidence for reworking of a granulite terrane
J. Nanda, S. Gupta, C.J. Dobmeier
Precambrian Research, Volume 165, Issues 3-4, 2008, Pages 153-168

Geochronology of the 1.55 Ga Bengal anorthosite and Grenvillian metamorphism in the Chotanagpur gneissic complex, eastern India
Nilanjan Chatterjee, James L. Crowley, Naresh C. Ghose
Precambrian Research, Volume 161, Issues 3-4, 2008, Pages, 303-316

Proterozoic polyphase metamorphism in the Chhotanagpur Gneissic Complex (India), and implication for trans-continental Gondwanaland correlation
A.K. Maji, S. Goon, A. Bhattacharya, B. Mishra, S. Mahato and Heinz-J. Bernhardt
Precambrian Research,Volume 162, Issues 3-4, 2008, Pages, 385-402

Geochemistry of Paleoproterozoic black shales from the Intracontinental Cuddapah
basin, India: implications for provenance, tectonic setting, and weathering intensity
C. Manikyambaa, Robert Kerrich, Ignacio González-Álvarezb, Ramavati
Mathur and Tarun C. Khanna

Precambrian Research,Volume 162, Issues 3-4, 2008, Pages, 424-440       

Giant submarine landslide grooves in the Neoproterozoic/Lower Cambrian Phe Formation, northwest Himalaya: Mechanisms of formation and palaeogeographic implications
E. Draganits, J. Schlaf, B. Grasemann and T. Argles
Sedimentary Geology,Volume 205, Issues 3-4, 2008, Pages 126-141

Crustal velocity inhomogeneities along the Hirapur–Mandla profile, central India and its tectonic implications
A.S.N. Murty, Kalachand Sain, H.C. Tewari, B. Rajendra Prasad
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 31, Issues 4-6, 2008, Pages 533-545

The Mount Pavagadh volcanic suite, Deccan Traps: Geochemical stratigraphy and magmatic evolution
Hetu C. Sheth, Leone Melluso
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-21

High-pressure and ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism at Komateri, northern Madurai Block, southern India
Toshiaki Tsunogaea, M. Santosh, Hiroyuki Ohyama and Kei Sato
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,Volume 33, Issues 5-6, 2008, Pages 395-413 

Petrography and geochemical characteristics of the sediments of the small River
Hemavati, Southern India: Implications for provenance and weathering processes
S. Sensarma, V. Rajamani and Jayant K. Tripathi
Sedimentary Geology,Volume 205, Issues 3-4, 2008, Pages 111-125

Surface and deep water changes in the northeast Indian Ocean during the last 60 ka inferred from carbon and oxygen isotopes of planktonic and benthic foraminifera
S. Masood Ahmad, G. Anil Babu1, Vathachira M. Padmakumari and Waseem Raza
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,Volume 262, Issues 3-4, 2008, Pages 182-188

A major change in monsoon-driven productivity in the tropical Indian Ocean during ca 1.2–0.9 Myr: Foraminiferal faunal and stable isotope data
Anil K. Gupta, M. Sundar Raj, K. Mohan and Soma De
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,Volume 261, Issues 3-4, 2008, Pages 234-245

Crustal structure of Bengal Basin and Shillong Plateau: Extension of Eastern Ghat and Satpura Mobile Belts to Himalayan fronts and seismotectonics
R.P. Rajasekhar, D.C. Mishra
Gondwana Research, Volume 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 523-534

A Late Miocene acceleration of exhumation in the Himalayan crystalline core Cameron Wobus, Malcolm Pringle, Kelin Whipple and Kip Hodges
Earth and Planetary Science Letters,Volume 269, Issues 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-10

A Late Miocene acceleration of exhumation in the Himalayan crystalline core Cameron Wobus, Malcolm Pringle, Kelin Whipple and Kip Hodges
Earth and Planetary Science Letters,Volume 269, Issues 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-10

Miocene rise of the Shillong Plateau and the beginning of the end for the Eastern Himalaya
Marin K. Clark,  and Roger Bilham,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters,Volume 269, Issues 3-4, 2008, Pages 337-351

Effect of normal faulting on in-situ stress: A case study from Mandapeta Field, Krishna-Godavari basin, India
Rima Chatterjee,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters,Volume 269, Issues 3-4, 2008, Pages 458-467

Green reconstruction of the tsunami-affected areas in India using the integrated coastal zone management concept
Sangeeta Sonak, Prajwala Pangam, Asha Giriyan
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-23

Environmental implications for disaster preparedness: Lessons Learnt from the Indian Ocean Tsunami
Hari Srinivas, Yuko Nakagawa
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-13

Platinum-group elements in igneous rocks of the Kutch rift basin, NW India: Implications for relationships with the Deccan volcanic province
J.H. Crocket, D.K. Paul
Chemical Geology, Volume 248, Issues 3-4,  2008, Pages 239-255

Morphology and tectonics of Mahanadi Basin, northeastern continental margin of India from geophysical studies
V. Subrahmanyam, A.S. Subrahmanyam, G.P.S. Murty and K.S.R. Murthy
Marine Geology,Volume 253, Issues 1-2, 2008, Pages 63-72