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Professor
Geology and Geophysics
I have been working in the area of Seismic Hazard Assessment and Seismic Microzonation studies of megacities and industrial cities in India. We have completed seismic microzonation for cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Haldia and Talchir and also did probabilistic seismic hazard analysis of some of the dam sites, industrial sites and nuclear power plants sponsored by government as well as industry.
I am also working on the integrated geophysical technique more specifically gravity and magnetic methods for shallow surface investigation and locating mineral deposits. We have successfully identified Chromite deposits in the Sukinda belt and also identified possible Uranium deposits in the South Purulia Shear Zone to give a lead for exploration.
In collaboration with ONGC, we worked on reservoir characterization.
In the low to moderate seismicity areas like Talchir and Kolkata, where there is a sparse in seismic recordings, we used hybrid method which combines two computational techniques; modal summation and finite difference to produce multiphase synthetic seismograms. The estimated PGA, Response Spectral Ratio (RSR) as a function of frequency from scenario earthquake is the useful parameters for seismic microzonation.
We used the Delhi Telemetric Network and estimated coda attenuation (Qc), Crustal heterogeneity and seismotectonics for National Capital.
I have published more than 50 research publications on referred journals and more than 60 research papers in the national and International conferences, four book chapters, and four other publications. I have guided ten doctoral theses (four completed and six continuing), 10 master’s thesis and more than 60 undergraduate theses.
Site-specific modelling of SH and P-SV waves for microzonation study of kolkata metropolitan city, India by Vaccari F., Walling M. Y., Mohanty W. K., Nath S. K., Verma A. K., Sengupta A. , Panza G. F. Pure and Applied Geophysics 168 67-91 (2011)
An overview on the seismic zonation and microzonation studies in India by Walling M. Y., Mohanty W. K. Earth Science Reviews 96 67-91 (2009)
Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis for Kakrapar Atomic Power Station, Gujrat, India by Mohanty W. K., Verma A. K. Natural Hazards 69 919-952 (2013)
Crustal heterogeneity and seismotectonics of the national capital region, Delhi, India. by Gupta S., Mohanty W. K., Prakash R. , Shukla A. K. Pure and Applied Geophysics 170 607-616 (2012)
Estimation of Coda wave attenuation for the National Capital Region, Delhi, India, using local earthquakes by Mohanty W. K., Prakash R. , Suresh G. , Shukla A. K., Walling M. Y., Srivastava J. P. Pure and Applied Geophysics 166 429-449 (2009)
Sub-surface structure of a craton-mobile belt interface: evidence from geological and gravity studies across the Rengali Province - Eastern Ghats Belt boundary, eastern India by Mandal A., Gupta S. , Mohanty W. K., Misra S. Tectonophysics 662 140-152 (2015)
Integrated geological and geophysical studies for delineation of chromite deposits: A case study from Tangarparha, Orissa, India by Mohanty W. K., Mandal A. , Gupta S. , Misra S. Geophysics 76 173-183 (2011)
Assessment of Similarity between Well-Logs using Synchronization Measures by Verma A. K., Routray A. , Mohanty W. K. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 11 2032-2036 (2014)
A novel pre-processing scheme to improve the prediction of sand fraction from seismic attributes using neural networks by Chaki S., Routray A. , Mohanty W. K. IEEE J. Sel. Topics Appl. Earth Observations and Remote Sens 8 1808-1820 (2015)
Ground motion in Delhi from future large/great earthquakes in the central seismic gap of the Himalayan arc by Singh S. K., Mohanty W. K., Bansal B. , Roonwal G. S. Bulletin of Seismological Society of America 92 555-569 (2002)
Comparative Analysis of Factors of Vulnerability of Mahanadi and Hoogly Delta and Adjoining Shelf Region Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of West Bengal
Historical evidence, myth and geophysical modeling to assess the tectonil movement and risks associated with Odisha coastal "Heritage" belt MHRD
Improving Accuracy in Event Location for the Gauribidanur Seismic Array Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
Application of Sparse Layer Inversion and Compressive Sensing for Thin Layer Reservoir Delineation using Seismic Data KDMIPE, ONGC
Vulnerability and Risk Assessment due to Various Environmental Drivers in a Climate Change Scenario over Eastern India Department of Science and Technology, Climate Change Programme (SPLICE)
Fluoride Contamination in Ground Waters of Odisha: Exploring the Hot Spring Link Through Integrated BRNS, DAE, MUMBAI
SANDHI, Science -Technology & Culture - Heritage Interface by IIT Kharagpur MHRD
Sawant Amol Dayanand
Area of Research: Geodynamics
Soumi Chaki
Area of Research: Signal Processing
Shubhasmita Biswal
Area of Research: Seismology
Subhamoy Jana
Area of Research: Application of shallow surface geophysics and remote sensing in neotectonic studies
Prakash Kumar
Area of Research: Shallow surface Investigation
Chhotu Kumar Keshri
Area of Research: Seismotectonics
Chirashree Srabani Rath
Area of Research:
Sweta Sen
Area of Research: Economics of Coastal Hazards
Anurima Mishra
Area of Research: Seismology
Mohd Zuhair
Area of Research: Seismology
Gagandeep Singh
Area of Research: Geophysical Exploration
