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The Journal of Nepal Geological Society is published by the Nepal Geological Society every year. It encourages all the geologists to contribute scientific papers for publication.

Vol 36 (2007)

Table of Contents

General Geology, Tectonics, and Seismicity

Why geology maps?	Abstract
J Stöcklin	1

The growth and rise of Tibet: hidden plate tectonics, 4D evolution of the mantle, and topographic evolution	Abstract
P Papponnier	1

Spatial distribution of frontal faults in Nepal Himalaya	Abstract
MR Dhital	2

Similar earthquake swarms in the trace of southern Tibetan grabens reveal a subtle strain transient event along the Main Himalayan Thrust	Abstract
L Bollinger, S Rajaure, SN Sapkota	3

Seismo-tectonics of the Shillong Plateau - a geodynamic perspective through remote sensing	Abstract
BP Duarah, S Phukan	3

An investigation on the temporal variation of seismicity in Indo-Burma border region	Abstract
NC Barman, S Kalita	4

Dry climatic evidence in central Himalaya around 40 ka from lacustrine sediments of Kathmandu Basin, Nepal	Abstract
AP Gajurel, C France-Lanord, P Huyghe, JL Mugnier, T Sakai, H Sakai, BN Upreti	4

Contemporary tectonic stress field in the Himalaya-Tibet orogen: a view from 2D finite element modeling	Abstract
D Chamlagain, D Hayashi	5

Geology and tectonic setting of the volcaniclastic succession of the Upper Cretaceous, western Sulaiman fold belt, Pakistan	Abstract
T Khan	6

Depositional environmental change of the Kathmandu Valley sediments inferred from the stratigraphy, sedimentological and mineralogical study	Abstract
MR Paudel, H Sakai	6

Petrology of granulites of the Shillong Plateau from west Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, India	Abstract
B Bhagabaty, AC Mazumdar	7

Lithostratigraphy of Baitadi area, far western Nepal	Abstract
AS Mahara	8

Late Pleistocene plant macrofossils from the Gokarna Formation of the Kathmandu valley, central Nepal	Abstract
S Bhandari, KN Paudayal, A Momohara	8

Mineralogy, petrochemistry and genesis of scheelite-bearing skarns and related acid magmatism at Sargipali, Eastern India	Abstract
S Chowdhury	9

Major and trace element geochemistry of granitic augen gneisses from Tamakoshi-Likhu Khola area, east Nepal	Abstract
KR Regmi	9

Thermal evolution of the Lesser Himalaya, central Nepal: Insights from white mica compositions and K-Ar ages	Abstract
LP Paudel, T Itaya, K Arita	10

Geology of the Lesser Himalayan and Higher Himalayan Crystalline sequences of the Everest area along the Dudh Koshi valley, eastern Nepal Himalaya	Abstract
SM Rai, M Yoshida, BN Upreti, PD Ulak	11

Evidence for seismicity in the lower crust and upper mantle in the Nepal Himalaya, implication for the rheology of the lithosphere	Abstract
S Rajaure, SN Sapkota, JP Avouac, L Bollinger	13

An investigation on the seismicity and seismic gaps in the Indo-Myanmar border region	Abstract
S Kalita, NC Barman	14

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	Abstract
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	15

Rock squeezing problem in tunnels of Nepal and its prediction	Abstract
SC Sunuwar	16

Cross-borehole GPR survey for the study of the grouting	Abstract
SR Pant	16

Quality assessment, reserve estimation and economic analysis of roofing slate in the west central Lesser Himalaya	Abstract
NR Neupane, LP Paudel	17

Deformation analysis of foundation: a case study from the Bir Hospital Trauma Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal	Abstract
AR Adhikari, AMS Pradhan	18

Engineering, hydrological, and sedimentation studies of the Kankai River, eastern Nepal	Abstract
UK Raghubanshi	18

Slope stability analysis using GIS on a regional scale	Abstract
P Kayastha	19

Natural Hazards and Environmental Geology

Seismic hazard assessment of NW Himalayan fold-and-thrust belt, Pakistan using deterministic approach	Abstract
Mona Lisa, Azam A Khwaja, MQ Jan	21

Disaster vulnerability prediction modeling using GIS in the Agra Khola watershed, central Nepal	Abstract
PB Thapa	22

Kamikate landslide: a case study of rainfall triggered landslide in far western Nepal	Abstract
SK Dwivedi, G Ojha, MP Koirala, S Dwivedi	22

Some notable disasters in Nepal and their mitigation	Abstract
GR Chitrakar, B Piya, D Nepali, SP Manandhar	23

Geohazards and environmental degradation in some of the urban areas of Nepal	Abstract
KP Kaphle, LN Rimal, AK Duvadi, B Piya, D Nepali	23

GIS-based landslide hazard mapping in Jhimruk River basin, west Nepal	Abstract
D Pathak, AP Gajurel, GB Shrestha	25

Landslide and debris flow hazards in the Mugling-Narayangarh Highway section, central Nepal	Abstract
DP Adhikari, SR Joshi	25

Flood hazard mitigation in Barpeta district, Assam, north-east India	Abstract
NK Talukdar, S Kalita, S Kalita	26

Preliminary investigation of Laprak landslide of Gorkha district, west Nepal	Abstract
RP Khanal	27

The Devastating Ramche Landslide (Rasuwa) and the Future of Polchet Residents	Abstract
T Ghimire, LP Paudel, B Pant	27

Study of river shifting of Kodku Khola in Kathmandu Valley using remotely sensed data	Abstract
D Pathak, AP Gajurel, AP Gajurel, GB Shrestha, GB Shrestha	28

Geomorphological observations surrounding Lukla, eastern Nepal Himalaya	Abstract
SM Rai, M Yoshida, BN Upreti	29

Sea level changes due to climate change – facts and fiction	Abstract
SK Saha, Md Hussain Monsur	30

Journal of Nepal Geological Society ISSN: 0259-1316

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