Imran Khan

University of Lucknow · Department of Geology

A model of the environmental and climatic conditions in the Ladakh Himalaya is presented by studying the lake sedimentation records preserved in the Shey area of Leh, India. The different layers of the paleolacustrine section were sampled and analyzed for sedimentological, petrological, and magnetic characteristics. The study indicates that a separ...

Multiproxy analyses of sediment samples from a 2.7 m trench from western Himalaya have helped in the reconstruction of vegetation and climatic changes during the last ∼15.2 ka. The data revealed that between 15.2 and 12.7 ka, the region supported alpine–scrubs and trees interspersed with meadows in a cool and moderately humid climate. The lowest d¹...

Land use/Land cover change detection has acquired immense significance as part of global environmental change. The necessity on land use/ land cover analysis has gained importance due to large scale environmental impact of mining, besides urban expansion and other related human activities. Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information System (GI...

Morphometry is a quantitative approach of analysing linear, areal and relief parameters to understand the role of neotectonic activity in geomorphologic evolution of a river basin. In the present study multi-disciplinary integrated approach using morphometric parameters along with remote sensing and GIS technique have been applied for determining t...

Morphometry is a quantitative approach of analysing linear, areal and relief parameters to understand the role of neotectonic activity in geomorphologic evolution of a river basin. In the present study multidisciplinary integrated approach using morphometric parameters along with remote sensing and GIS technique have been applied for determining th...

The Himalayan-Tibetan orogen has a great influence on regional and global atmospheric circulation and, hence, it is important for understanding the dynamics of global environmental change. The Kashmir valley, located in the northwestern Himalaya, provides a unique sequence of continuous sedimentary records of unconsolidated sediments of more than a...

The drainage basin of the Kalyani river, a tributary of Gomati river has been mapped and delineated using Survey of India toposheets (1:50,000 scale) and remote sensing satellite data. The digitization, slope map preparation and statistical calculations have been carried out with the help of geographical information system (Arc GIS 10). Kalyani a f...

Intermontane basin sedimentation occurred during Pliocene-Pleistocene in the Karewa Basin which formed after the continent-continent collision resulting in the formation of Himalayan orogenic belt around Eocene. These are elongated, narrow, thrust bounded basins which have formed during the late stages of orogeny. Situated at a height of 1700–1800...

A 2.13-m-thick palaeolake sequence deposited between the right lateral moraine and the valley wall of Triloknath glacier, has been studied at high resolution to understand the past climatic changes in Lahaul Himalaya. The OSL and AMS¹⁴C chronology suggests that the lake building activity was initiated post-cooling phase since ~ 6484 cal. YBP. The c...

Pollen records from a 2.13 m thick palaeolacustrine sediment profile from Triloknath glacier valley, Lahaul region reveal the vegetation succession and climatic variability since the Mid-Holocene. Around 6300 to 5379 cal. yrs. BP, the region supported broad-leaved birch (Betula) forests in which Quercus, Corylus, Carpinus, Rhododendron etc. were ot...

Integrated watershed management (IWSM) was implemented to address issues of poverty and land resource degradation in the Kanera watershed, in semi-arid Central India (Madhya Pradesh), an area known for poverty and resource degradation. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of IWSM on the land use and land cover dynamics during 2001–201...

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Present study was carried out in industrial sector which is considered as the power house of India. pH, TDS, hardness, copper, iron, cobalt, manganese, zinc and chromium were analyzed for 17ground water samples in the selected tube wells which are used for drinking and other domestic purpose. Preliminary field survey was carried out to understand t...

The present study was carried out in Singrauli area of the north India to know the water quality at selected sites. Physico-chemical parameters like pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), bicarbonate, hardness, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, sulfate, copper, iron, cobalt, manganese, zinc, and chromium were analyzed in 27 water samples....

Singrauli coal field situated in central India is managed by the Northern Coal fields Ltd, (NCL), and contributes 13% of India's coal production through mechanized opencast mining. With the availability of power grade coal reserves and nearby water reservoirs it offers an excellent location for super thermal power plants (STPS), Aluminium plants, a...

Singrauli is an opencast coal mining area where large scale mining activities are going on continuously, land use/land cover studies are of vital importance to observe the changes in the land use/land cover. The present study utilizes multi-spectral/multi-temporal data of Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS) LISS II geocoded (FCC) of 4th May 1993...