Uma Kant Shukla
Banaras Hindu University, Banaras Hindu University Faculty of Science, University of Lucknow, Kumaun University
0000-0001-5607-0700
About
I am a sedimentologist with 30 years of doctoral and postdoctoral research experience. Research interest hinges on facies analysis of ancient and modern deposits of fluvial, marine and lake origin. For the last more than one decade, using modern tools such as architectural element analysis, palaeocurrent, trace fossil, etc, Himalayan Foreland Basin deposits including ancient Neogene Siwalik sequences and modern Gangetic Foreland Basin sediments have been studied to generate facies models for various depositional domains, and to evaluate the role of synsedimentary tectonics and palaeoclimate influencing the mode of sedimentation through Neogene-Quaternary times. Study of modern fluvial processes has been helpful to understand the river dynamics in the past. Incised valley system of Gangetic Plain rivers has also been compared to Stuttgart Formation (Carnian, Late Triassic) of Germany believed have formed under similar climatic settings.
Recently, it has been realized that Geoarchaeological studies of ancient settlements may have societal implications and can help masses to understand existing myths and traditions in a more scientific way. Therefore, a collaborative attempt has been made involving experts from Archaeology and Geography Departments of BHU to unravel the settlement history of Varanasi city and its possible evolution with the dynamics of River Ganga through ages.
Study of the Cretaceous Lameta Formation of Central India, Precambrian sequences of Kumaun Lesser Himalaya and the Vindhyan basin has helped to understand the processes of sedimentation, facies models and palaeogeographic reconstruction of these basins. Permian-Triassic Boundary in Spiti Himalaya has been studied and a major catastrophe has been deduced.
Employment
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Banaras Hindu University Sr. Professor (Higher Administrative Grade)2023 - Present
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Banaras Hindu University Professor2008 - Present
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Banaras Hindu University Faculty of Science Associate Professor2006 - 2008
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Banaras Hindu University Faculty of Science Reader2004 - 2006
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Kumaun University Reader2002 - 2004
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Kumaun University Senior Lecturer1996 - 2000
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Kumaun University Lecturer1991 - 1996
Education
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University of Lucknow Ph.D.1987 - 1992
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University of Lucknow M.Sc.1985 - 1987
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University of Lucknow B.Sc.1982 - 1985
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (55)
- Linkage between the Forest Fires and the Meteorological Parameters during the current climatic regime using Spatial Clustering, Regression, and Combination Matrix Analysis Save
- Optimization of state-of-the-art fuzzy-metaheuristic ANFIS based machine learning models for flood susceptibility prediction mapping in the Middle Ganga Plain, India Save
- Decadal scale geomorphic changes and tributary confluences within the Ganga River valley in Varanasi region, Ganga Plain, India Save
- Effect of Deccan lava flows on the sedimentological evolution of Gurmatkal intertrappeans Karnataka, Southern India Save
- High-resolution climatic (monsoonal) variability reconstructed from a continuous ~2700-year sediment record from Northwest Himalaya (Ladakh) Save
- The Lower Siwalik foreland basin sedimentation in the Kumaun Himalaya (India): A transition from megafan setting to incised valley fills Save
- The sedimentology and development of a modern sandspit (Miankaleh Peninsula) and a lacustrine lagoon (Gorgan Bay), Caspian Sea, Iran Save
- 100 kyr sedimentary record of Marginal Gangetic Plain: Implications for forebulge tectonics Save
- Field evidences showing rapid frontal degeneration of the Kangriz glacier, western Himalayas, Jammu & Kashmir Save
- Tectonic forcing of evolution and Holocene erosion rate of ravines in the Marginal Ganga Plain, India Save