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My PhD research was an integrated investigation of the Neogene foreland basin deposits (Siwalik Group) of the eastern Himalaya. The investigation was based on the integrated study of the stratigraphy, sedimentary facies, trace fossils, palaeodispersal pattern, petrography and geochemistry. Attempts were made to understand the large-scale variation in the stratigraphic architecture, depositional condition, palaeocurrent pattern to reflect on the interaction of tectonism, climate and paleo-geomorphology that controlled the sedimentation.
In future, my major research goal would be to unravel the interacting nature of tectonics, climate and sedimentary processes in a basin from the study of its deposits. Reconstructing the palaeo-landscape from the geological history, is a challenging task and has the potential to unravel the possible role of climate and tectonics in controlling the pattern of sedimentation. Himalayan foreland basin would remain the immediate focus of my research work but sedimentary succession of any other basin, amenable to similar analysis can be taken up.
Beside sedimentary facies analysis, interaction between biota and depositional processes, has emerged as one of the major field of research in recent times in understanding and characterisation of the depositional environment. Study of trace fossils will remain one of the major focus of my future research.
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Pondicherry University Assistant Professor2022 - Present
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Publications (10)
- Alluvial ichnofacies from Upper Triassic red beds in India: Implications for palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate Save
- Distribution of active tectonics in the Himalayan piedmont (Darjeeling, eastern India) inferred from Horizontal‐to‐Vertical spectral ratio analysis of passive seismic records Save
- The Neogene Siwalik Succession of the Arunachal Himalaya: A Revised Lithostratigrphic Classification and its Implications for the Regional Paleogeography Save
- Cenozoic Himalayan Foreland Basin: An Overview and Regional Perspective of the Evolving Sedimentary Succession Save
- Shallow marine to fluvial transition in the Siwalik succession of the Kameng River section, Arunachal Himalaya and its implication for foreland basin evolution Save
- An ichnological model for a deltaic depositional system: New insights from the Neogene Siwalik Foreland Basin of Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya Save
- Record of Leaf and Pollen cf. Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae) from the Middle Siwalik of Darjeeling sub-Himalaya, India and its Palaeobiogeographic Implications Save
- Deltaic coastline of the Siwalik (Neogene) foreland basin: evidences from the Gish River section, Darjeeling Himalaya Save
- Wave-generated structures in the Siwalik rocks of Tista valley, eastern Himalaya: implication for regional palaeogeography Save
- Depositional Environment of Mio-Pliocene Siwalik Sedimentary Strata from the Darjeeling Himalayan Foothills, India: A Palynological Approach Save