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An integrated strategy for the exploration of palaeofluvial placer deposits
Palaeochannels are the ancient river courses and potential locales of alluvial placer deposits. For the present study, the palaeochannels are demarcated from the Landsat ETM+ data. Digital image processing tec...
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Compositional diversity of near-, far-side transitory zone around Naonobu, Webb and Sinus Successus craters: Inferences from Chandrayaan-1 Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) data
This study investigated the potential of Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) data for studying compositional variation in the near-, far-side transition zone of the lunar surface. For this purpose, the radiance values of...
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Spectral discrimination of Recent sediments around Bhuj, India, using Landsat-TM data and assessment of their vulnerability to seismicity-related failures
Kachchh region of India is a rift basin filled with sediments from Jurassic to Quaternary ages. This area is tectonically active and witnessed several major earthquakes since the recent historical past. During...
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A field technique for rapid lithological discrimination and ore mineral identification: Results from Mamandur Polymetal Deposit, India
This work illustrates the efficiency of field spectroscopy for rapid identification of minerals in ore body, alteration zone and host rocks. The adopted procedure involves collection of field spectra, their pr...
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Soft computing and GIS for landslide susceptibility assessment in Tawaghat area, Kumaon Himalaya, India
This paper mainly presents a case study of landslide vulnerability zonation along Tawaghat-Mangti route corridor in Kumaon Himalaya, India. An attempt is made to predict landslide susceptibility using back-pro...
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SCS-CN and GIS-based approach for identifying potential water harvesting sites in the Kali Watershed, Mahi River Basin, India
The Kali sub-watershed is situated in the semi-arid region of Gujarat, India and forms a part of the Mahi River Watershed. This watershed receives an average annual rainfall of 900mm mainly between July and Se...
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Integrated Water Resource Development Plan for Sustainable Management of Mayurakshi Watershed, India using Remote Sensing and GIS
Integrated watershed management requires a host of inter-related information to be generated and studied in relation to each other. Remote sensing technique provides valuable and up-to-date spatial information...
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Artificial neural network and liquefaction susceptibility assessment: a case study using the 2001 Bhuj earthquake data, Gujarat, India
This study pertains to prediction of liquefaction susceptibility of unconsolidated sediments using artificial neural network (ANN) as a prediction model. The backpropagation neural network was trained, tested,...
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Map** the liquefaction induced soil moisture changes using remote sensing technique: an attempt to map the earthquake induced liquefaction around Bhuj, Gujarat, India
The Bhuj earthquake (Mw = 7.9) occurred in the western part of India on 26th January 2001 and resulted in the loss of 20,000 lives and caused extensive damage to property. Soil liquefaction related ground fail...
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Stabilization of fuel oil contaminated soil—A case study
Fuel oil contamination brings adverse effect on basic geotechnical properties of foundation soil. The present study pertains to one such case, from the petrochemical complex near Vadodara City in Gujarat State...
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Ultra-violet absorption spectra and higher excited states of Nd3+ in LaCl3 at 77° K.
The paper deals with an extension towards shorter wavelengths of the absorption spectrum of Nd3+ employing a 5% Nd3+ doped LaCl3 crystal. Five new groups of lines have been recorded and the analysis and interpret...
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The1I6 state of Pr3+ in LaCl3 at 77°K
A single crystal of 5% Pr3+ in LaCl3 was grown by Stockbarger’s method and its absorption spectrum at 77° K. recorded in the region 4200–5400 Å on a grating spectrograph having a dispersion of 5 Å/mm. in the firs...
