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Project under the PAK-US Science & Technology Collaboration Program.

Project under the PAK-US Science & Technology Collaboration Program.

Active Fault Map of Pakistan

Principal Investigator: M. Asif Khan
Project Participants: M. Waqas Javed, Muhammad Sayab
Sponsors: Earthquake Model Middle East (EMME), a component of GEM (Global Earthquake Model)  


Integration of Geological and Remote Sensing Data for Finding Source Rocks for Gold in the Northern Areas of Pakistan

Principal Investigator: Dr. M. Tahir Shah, Dr. Shuhab D. Khan. (Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA).
Students:


Sponsors: PAK-US Joint Academic & Research
Duration: March, 2010-March 2014  


Regional Geo-Chemical Exploration for Precious Metals in Southern Parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Project Director: Mr. Sufyan Qazi
Principal Investigator: Dr. M. Asif Khan,       Dr. M. Tahir Shah,
Sponsors: Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mineral Development Department, Directorate General Mines and Minerals, Peshawar, Pakistan
Duration:October, 2012-April, 2015  


DelPHE (British Council) International Project (2010-2013)

DelPHE (British Council) International Project (2010-2013) Institutional Support and Twinning in Geoscience between Kabul, Peshawar, Leicester, Prague and Keele Universities

Research work on geo-environmental study over Karak thrust and adjoining areas

Research work on geo-environmental study over Karak thrust and adjoining areas using radon monitoring as a tool.

Seismic site characterization from space

Seismic site characterization from space. Seismic site characterization group has applied remote sensing DEMs for evaluating the impact of topography on seismic response.

Rhizoremediation of Oily Waste Contaminated Soils

Project Director: Dr.Samina Siddiqui
Fund/Cost: HEC- 4 million rupees
Duration:2011-2014

USDA-ICARDA Watershed Rehabilitation and Management Project

Project Director: Dr M Asif Khan
Executing Staff: Dr.Samina Siddiqui, Wajid Ali, Shabir, Usman and Khalid Latif.
Fund/Cost: USDA-30 million rupees
Duration: 3 years - 2010-2014.
Demonstration Sites:Paniyala and Tank Districts in D.I.Khan.
Activitites: Development of demonstration sites, Dissemination and knowledge gaps.
Shen, H., Abbas, S. M., 2013.

Rock Slope Reliability Analysis based on Distinct Element Method and Random Set Theory. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 61, 15–22.

Shen, H., Klapperich, H., Abbas, S. M., Ibrahim, A., 2012.

Slope stability analysis based on the integration of GIS and numerical simulation. Automation in Construction, 26, 46–53.

Khattak, N. U., Ali, N., Khan, M. Asif. 2012.

Recognition of an episode of post-collisional normal faulting in North West Pakistan: constraints from fission-track analyses. Tectonophysics.

Aerden, D., Bell, T., Sayab. M., Puga, E., Lozano J., Daiz de Federico, A.,2012.

Multi-stage mountain building vs. relative plate motions in the Betic Cordillera deduced from integrated microstructural and petrological analysis of porphyroblast inclusion trail. Tectonophysics, in press.

Aerden, D., Sayab, M.,2012.

The interrelationship between deformation and metamorphism. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Vol. 30(7), 623-624.

Shah, S. Z., Sayab, M., Aerden, D., Iqbal, Q.,2012.

Formation mechanism and tectonic significancde of millipede microstructures in the NW Himalaya. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Vol. 59, 3-13.

Khan, M. Asif., Haneef, M., Khan, A. Saeed., Tahirkheli, T.2012.

Debris-flow hazards on tributary junction fans, Chitral, Hindu Kush Range, northern Pakistan. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.

Siddiqui, R. H., Jan, M. Q., Khan, M.Asif., 2012.

Petrogenesis of Late Cretaceous lava flows from a Ceno-Tethyan island arc: The Raskoh arc, Balochistan, Pakistan. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences (Elsevier), Volume 59, 24–38.

Khattak, N. U., Khan, M. Asif, Ali, N., Abbas, S.M., Tahirkheli, T. K., 2012.

Recognition of the time and level of emplacement of the Sillai Patti carbonatite complex, Malakand Division, Northwest Pakistan: Constraints from fission-track dating. Russian Geology and Geophysics (Elsevier) 53, 8, 736–744.

Stephenson, M. H. Jan, I. U. & Al-Mashaikie, S. Z. A. K.

Palynology and correlation of Pennsylvanian glacigene rocks in Oman, Yemen and Pakistan Gondwana Research 2012: doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.06.005

Hanif M., Malcolm B. Hart, Stephen T. Grimes and Melanie J. Leng, 2012.

Integrated stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment of the P/E boundary interval, Rakhi Nala section, Indus Basin (Pakistan) Journal: Arabian Journal of Geosciences(In Press)

Khan, S., Shah, M.T., Din, I., Rehman, S., Khaliq, A., 2012.

Mercury Exposure of Workers and Health Problems Related with Small-scale Gold Panning and Extraction. Journal of Chemical Society of Pakistan, 34 (4), 870-876.

Shah, M.T., Ara, J., Muhammad, S. & Khan, K., Tariq, S., 2012.

Health risk assessment via surface water and sub-surface water consumption in the mafic and ultramafic terrain, Mohmand agency, northern Pakistan. Journal of Geochemcal Exploration 118, 60-67. Doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2012.04.008.

Khan, S., Shahnaz, M., Jehan, N., Rehman, S, Shah, M. T., 2012.

Drinking water quality and human health risk in Charsada district, Pakistan. Journal of Cleanar Production., doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.02.016 in press.

Amin, N., Ali, K., Shah, M. T., 2012.

Investigation of Raw material for the manufacturing of white cement in Durukhula Nizampur Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Pakistan. Journal of Chemical Society of Pakistan, 34 (1), 49-52.

Shah, M. T., Alizai, A. H., Khan, S. D., 2012.

Environmental Geochemistry of Surface and Subsurface Water from Dera Ismail Khan Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Siddiqui S and Khattak R. A (2012).

Heavy metals distribution in the soils of Peshawar valley, Northern-Pakistan. Scientific Research and Essay, vol 7 (5): 544-552.

 

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