Anil Chavan

About

My research work focuses on the volcano-tectonic and glacio-fluvial landforms of Mars using remotely sensed datasets. My special interest includes investigation of Geomorphic, Mineralogical, and Astrobiological analogue sites for the Martian studies from the Indian sub-continent to better understand the geological processes that have/had occurred on Mars. I am also dealing with the Quaternary climate and human interaction signatures from Kachchh Basin with the help of multiproxy datasets and archaeological remains.
Major Interests: Martian Geomorphology; Astrobiology; Martian analogues; Quaternary geology; Geoarchaeology; Geoheritage

Employment

• Birbal Sahani Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) Research Associate
  2025 - Present
• Physical Research Laboratory Post Doctoral Fellow
  2023 - 2024
• Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University SHoDH Fellow
  2020 - 2021
• Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University SRF
  2019 - 2022
• Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University JRF
  2017 - 2019

Education

• Birbal Sahani Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) Research Associate
  2025 - Present
• Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University Ph.D.
  2019 - 2022
• Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University M.Sc.
  2015 - 2017
• Savitribai Phule Pune University B.Sc.
  2012 - 2015

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (25)

• Understanding landform evolution in dryland fluvial systems by examining relict paleochannels in the Kachchh mainland, western India
  Journal of Quaternary Science 2025 DOI: 10.1002/jqs.70038
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• Revised chronology and expanded insights: Geologic perspective on the Luna impact event and its influence on the Harappan Civilization
  Meteoritics & Planetary Science 2025 DOI: 10.1111/maps.14308
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• Recent Tectonic Activity in and Around the Posidonius Crater, Moon
  Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 2025 DOI: 10.1029/2024JE008446
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• Chandrayaan-3 landing site evolution by South Pole-Aitken basin and other impact craters
  Icarus 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116329
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• Enhanced understanding of the K–Pg boundary in the Indian subcontinent: Petrological, mineralogical, and geochemical insights
  Meteoritics & Planetary Science 2025 DOI: 10.1111/maps.70081
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• Deformation of the Gruithuisen region lava tube under compressional stress on the Moon
  Geology 2024 DOI: 10.1130/g52143.1
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• The Luna structure, India: A probable impact crater formed by an iron bolide
  Planetary and Space Science 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2023.105826
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• Archaeological Explorations in the Nagamati River Basin in Kachchh, Western India
  2023
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• A compendium of the best-preserved terrestrial hypervelocity impact crater in a basaltic terrain: The Lonar, India
  Earth-Science Reviews 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104508
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• Archaeological Investigation of the Harappan Settlement at Gajod, Bhuj Taluka, Kachchh District, Gujarat
  Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 2022
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