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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PATENTS FILED, BOOKS AUTHORED / EDITED etc.

US Patent Granted:

    Ravi. P. Srivastava and V.P. Dimri, 2006, Gravity response of a three-dimensional fractal sub-surface, 
    Serial No: 10/813,649.    

Indian Patent Filed:

    J.B. Selvaraj and V.P. Dimri, 2003, Method to evaluate a near accurate maximum entropy spectrum 
    for noise contaminated signal using Burg’s constrained prediction error filter. NF No.o397NF 2003 dated 31.3.2003.

Patent Filed Under PCT

    V.P. Dimri and Nimisha Vedanti, 2004, An efficient non-linear inversion technique for interpretation of geophysical data using analytically computed first and second order derivatives NF No. 02008NF2004.

 

Books Authored/Edited

 

  1. Dimri, V.P., 1992, Deconvolution and Inverse Theory: Application to geophysical problems, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, p. 230. (Foreword by  Dr S. Treitel, USA)
  2. Dimri, V.P., 2000, Edited: Application of Fractals in Earth Sciences, A.A. Balkema, USA/Oxford and IBH Pub. Co., New Delhi, p. 238.
  3. Dimri, V.P., 2005, Edited: Fractal Behaviour of the Earth System, Springer, New York, p. 207. (Foreword by Prof. Donald Turcotte)
  4. Dimri, V.P., A Handbook on ‘Fractal Models in Exploration Seismics’ for Seismic Exploration Series, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam (under preparation).

 

PhD. Thesis

Dimri, V.P., 1978, Application of information and filter theory to the interpretation of geophysical data, particularly to gravity studies, unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Indian School of Mines Dhanbad, India.

 

Chapters in Edited Books

 

  1. Dimri, V.P., R.P. Srivastava and Nimisha Vedanti, 2008, Tools for Enhanced Oil Recovery, In: Carbon Capture and Storage (R & D Technologies for Sustainable Energy Future), Edited by Malti Goel, Baleshwar Kumar, S. Nirmal Charan, 23-29.
  2. Dimri, V.P., and Srivastava, K., 2006, Modelling techniques for Understanding the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Edited Murthy et al., Taylor & Francis,London, p. 123.
  3. Dimri, V.P., 2005, Fractals in Geophysics and Seismology: An Introduction, In: Fractal behaviour of the Earth system, Edited V.P.Dimri, Springer, New York, p. 207.
  4. Dimri, V.P. and Ravi P. Srivastava, 2005, Fractal modeling of complex subsurface geological structures, In: Fractal behaviour of the Earth system, Edited V.P.Dimri, Springer, New York, p. 207.
  5. Dimri, V.P., and Nimisha Vedanti, 2005, Scaling evidences of thermal properties in Earth’s crust and its implications, In: Fractal behaviour of the Earth system, Edited V.P.Dimri, Springer, New York, p. 207.
  6. Dimri, V.P., 2000, Crustal fractal magnetization, In: Application of fractals in earth sciences, Edited V.P.Dimri, A.A. Balkema/Oxford and IBH Pub. Co., p.238.
  7. Dimri, V.P., 2000, Application of fractal in seismology with reference to Koyna earthquakes, In: Application of fractals in earth sciences, Edited V.P.Dimri, A.A. Balkema/Oxford and IBH Pub. Co., New Delhi, p.238.
  8. Dimri, V.P., 2000, Fractal dimension analysis in soil for flow study, In: Application of fractals in earth sciences, Edited V.P. Dimri, A.A. Balkema, USA/Oxford and IBH Pub. Co., New Delhi, p.238.
  9. Dimri, V.P., 1990, The multichannel constrained Wiener filter, In: Geophysical data inversion, Edited. A. Vogel et al., Vieweg Sohn Verlag, Germany, 581-588.
  10. Negi, J.G. and Dimri, V.P., 1983, Gravity entropy and its correlation with mineralized zones of Indian shields, In: Geomodeling, Edited Sahu, B.K., IIT, Bombay, 133-136.
  11. Dimri, V.P., Bansal, A.R., Srivastava, R.P. and Nimisha Vedanti, 2003, Scaling behavior of real earth source distribution: Indian case studies, in: Indian continental lithosphere; Energy research trends, Memoir 53, Edited by Mahadevan, T.M., et al.,(Geological Society of India, Bangalore) 2003 pp 431-448.
  12. Dimri, V.P., 2005, Nonlinear inversion of resistivity data: occam’s approach, in: Role of Mathematical Modeling in Groundwater Resources Management, Edited. S.N. Rai, 309-317.

Guest Editor

  1. Geological Society of India, Memoir 68, Golden Jubilee volume on Five decades of Geophysics in India, Oct., 2008 (with Bijendra Singh)

  2. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, Special Issue on Fractals in Marine Sciences, June, 2007.

  3. Gondwana Research, Special Issue on Crustal structure and tectonic evolution of SGT, India and its Gondwana correlation, April 2006(with T.R.K. Chetty and others)

Selected Papers in Journals

 

 

  1. Swaroopa Rani, Srivatava, K., Srinagesh, D. and Dimri, V.P., Spatial and temporal variation of b-value and fractal dimension in the Makran subduction zone, Marine Geodesy ( Accepted).

  2. Swaroopa Rani, Srivatava, K. and Dimri, V.P., Inundation of Vishakapatnam due to tsunamigenic earthquakes in the Sumatra Andaman Subduction zones, Marine Geodesy (Accepted).

  3. Srivastava, K., Narain, L., Swaroopa Rani and Dimri, V.P., Quantification of crustal geotherms along with its error bounds for seismically active regions of India: A Matlab toolbox, Comp. & Geosc. (In press)

  4. Dimri, V.P. and Chamoli, A., 2008, Development of Computational Geophysics in India, Memoir Geol. Soc. India, 68, 1-14.

  5. Chamoli, A. and Dimri, V.P., 2007, Evidence of Continental Crust over laxmi Basin (Arabian Sea) using Wavelet Analysis, Ind. Jour. Mar. Sci., 36(2), 117-121.

  6. Dimri, V.P. and Srivastava, K., 2007, Tsunami Propagation of the 2004 Sumatra Earthquake and the Fractal Analysis of the Aftershock Activity, Ind. Jour. Mar. Sci., 36(2), 128-135.

  7. Chamoli, A., Bansal, A.R. and Dimri, V.P., 2007, Wavelet and rescaled range approach for the Hurst exponent for short and long time series, Computer and Geosciences, 33, 83-93.

  8. Srivastava, R.P., Vedanti, N and Dimri, V.P., 2007, Optimum Design of a Gravity Survey Network and its Application to delineate the Jabera-Damoh Structure in the Vindhyan Basin, Central India, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 164, 1-14

  9. Srivastava, K., Swaroopa, V., Srinagesh, D. and Dimri, V.P., 2007, Could the 12 September 2007 earthquake of southern Sumatra, Indonesia, have generated a large tsunami causing damage to the east coast of India?, Current Science, 93(9), 1228-1229.

  10. Gupta, H., Shashidhar, D., Pereira, M., Mandal, P., Rao, P., Kousalya, M., Satyanarayana, H.V.S. and Dimri, V.P., 2007, Earthquake forecast appears feasible at Koyna, India, Current Science, 93(6), 843-848.

  11. Gupta, H., Shashidhar, D., Pereira, M., Rao, P., Nagesh, D., Satyanarayana, H.V.S., Saha, S., Babu Naik, R.T. and Dimri, V.P., 2007, Short term forecast for an M~4 Earthquake at Koyna, India, Journal of Geological Society of India, 70, 1091.

  12. Gupta, H. with others and Dimri, V.P., 2007, A new zone of Seismic Activity at Koyna, India, Journal of the Geological Society of India, 69 (6), 1145-1146.

  13. Chamoli, A. and Dimri, V.P., 2007, Evidence of Continental Crust over laxmi Basin (Arabian Sea) using Wavelet Analysis, Ind. Jour. Mar. Sci., 36(2), 117-121.

  14. Dimri, V.P. and Srivastava, K., 2007, Tsunami Propagation of the 2004 Sumatra Earthquake and the Fractal Analysis of the Aftershock Activity, Ind. Jour. Mar. Sci., 36(2), 128-135.

  15. Chamoli, A., Bansal, A.R. and Dimri, V.P., 2007, Wavelet and rescaled range approach for the Hurst exponent for short and long time series, Computer and Geosciences, 33, 83-93.

  16. Bansal, A.R. and Dimri, V.P., Sagar, G.V., 2006, Depth estimation from gravity data using the maximum entropy method (MEM) and multi taper method (MTM), Pure and Applied Geophysics, 163, 1417-1434.

  17. Chamoli, A., Srivastava, R.P. and Dimri, V.P., 2006, Source depth Characterization of potential field data of Bay of Bengal by continuous wavelet transform, Ind. Jour. Mar. Sci., 35(3), 195-204.

  18. Gupta, H.K. with others, Dimri, V.P., 2006, Prediction of an M~4 Earthquake in the Koyna region comes true!, Journal Geological Society of India, 68,149-150.

  19. Chandra, S. with others and Dimri, V.P., 2006, Water sprouting phenomena observed in parts of Andhra Pradesh - an explanation, Journal Geological Society of India, 68,157-159.

  20. Chandra, S. with others and Dimri, V.P., 2006, Oozing of water in parts of Andhra Pradesh, India, Current Science, 90(11) 1555-1560.

  21. Bansal, A.R. and Dimri, V.P., Sagar, G.V., 2006, Quantitative interpretation of gravity and magnetic data over Southern Granulite Terrain using scaling spectral approach, Journal Geological Society of India.67, 469-474.

  22. Bansal, A.R., Rao, V.K., and Dimri, V.P., Heterogeneities in Continental Crust Derived from Gravity Data in Kutch (India), an intraplate seismic region, Gondwana Research (Submitted and Revised).

  23. Gupta, H.K. with others and Dimri, V.P., 2005 An earthquake of M ~ 5 may occur at Koyna, Reply to comments, Current Science, 89 (11),1786-1787.

  24. Gupta, H.K. with others and Dimri, V.P., 2005 An earthquake of M ~ 5 may occur at Koyna, Current Science, 89 (5),747-748.

  25. Bansal, A.R., and Dimri, V.P., 2005, Depth determination from nonstationary magnetic profile for multi scaling geology, Geophysical Prospecting, 53, 399-410.

  26. Bansal, A.R., and Dimri, V.P., 2005, Self-affine covariance gravity model for the Bay of Bengal, Geophysical J. Int., 161, 21-30.

  27. Nimisha Vedanti, Ravi P. Srivastava, John Sagode and V.P., Dimri, 2005, An efficient 1-D Occam’s inversion algorithm using analytically computed first and second order derivatives for dc resistivity soundings, Computers and Geosciences, 31, 319-328.

  28. Dimri, V.P., Nimisha Vedanti and S. Chattopadhyay, 2005, Fractal analysis of aftershock sequence of Bhuj earthquake - a wavelet based approach, Current Science, 88(10) 1617-1620.

  29. V.S. Singh, M.V. Nandakumar, M.R.K. Sarma and V.P.Dimri, 2005, Changes in Groundwater regime at Neil Island (South Andaman) due to earthquake and tsunami of 26 December 2004, Current Science, 88 (12), 1984-1987.

  30. Dimri, V.P. (with others), 2005, A note on the 26th December 2004 Great Sumatran Earthquake, JGSI, 65(2), 249-251.

  31. Bansal, A.R. and Dimri, V.P., 2005, Interpretation of gravity data over the 850 E ridge and Afanasy Nikitin seamount using spectral method, Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 34 (3), 279-284.

  32. Dimri, V.P., 2005, Some applications of fractal theory in potential fields, Himalayan Geology, 26(1) 161-164.

  33. Mandal, P., Mabawonku, A.O. and Dimri, V.P., 2005, Self Organized fractal seismicity of reservoir triggered earthquakes in the Koyna-Warna seismic zone, western India, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 162, p.73-90. (DOI 10.1007/s00024-004-2580-8).

  34. Kirti Srivastava and V.P., Dimri, 2004, Stable Block Toeplitz Matrix for the Processing of Multichannel Seismic Data, Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, Vol. 33(3), p. 215-219.

  35. R.P., Srivastava, S., Chattopadhyay, Nimisha Vedanti and V.P., Dimri, 2004, Gravity and magnetic studies over the circular geomorphic crater looking structures in the Narmada traps, central India, Jour Geol. Soc. India, 64,97-101.

  36. V.P.Dimri, Nimisha Vedanti and Ravi P. Srivastava, 2004, Scaling in Geophysics: Advancement in Hydrocarbon Exploration Techniques, Oil Asia Journal, Vol. 24 (2), pp 49-53.

  37. Richa Jain, B.K., Rastogi and V.P., Dimri, 2003, Fractal Dimension of 1999 Chamoli Earthquake near Garhwal Himalayas, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 160, 2329-2341.

  38. Nimisha Vedanti and V.P., Dimri, 2003, Fractal behavior of electrical properties in oceanic and continental crust, Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, Vol. 32(4), 273-278.

  39. V.P. Dimri, Nimisha Vedanti and R.P. Srivastava, 2003,An efficient and accurate algorithm for non-linear inversion of resistivity data following Occam’s inversion scheme, Historical Expanded Abstracts Series, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) USA, pp 5001-5003.

  40. V.P. Dimri, R.P. Srivastava and Nimisha Vedanti, 2003,Computation of gravity response over a basin of fractal geometry, Historical Expanded Abstracts Series, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) USA, pp 596-598.

  41. V.P., Dimri and M. Ravi Prakash, 2002, Reply to comments by Dr. Kirchner on Scaling of power spectrum of extinction events in the fossil record, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 192, 617-621.

  42. V.P., Dimri and M. Ravi Prakash, 2001, Scaling of power spectrum of extinction events in the fossil record, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 186, 363-370. (Reviewer recommended for publication in Nature, but Editor of Nature did not approve it for lack of space).

  43. Bansal, A.R. and V.P., Dimri, 2001, Depth estimation from the scaling power spectral density of nonstationary gravity profile, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 158, 799-812.

  44. Sunmonu, L.A., V.P., Dimri, M. Ravi Prakash and A.R., Bansal, 2001, Multifractal approach of the time series of M > 7 earthquakes in Himalayan region and its vicinity during 1985-1995, JGSI, 58, 163-169.

  45. Tommy, T., V.P., Dimri and B. Ursin, 2001,Comparison of deconvolution methods for scaling reflectivity, Journal of Geophysics, XXII No. 2,3,4, 117-123.

  46. Ravi prakash, M. and V.P., Dimri, 2000, Distribution of the after shock sequence of Latur earthquake in time and space by fractal approach, JGSI, 55, 167-174.

  47. Sunmonu, L.A. and V.P. Dimri, 2000, Fractal geometry of faults and seismicity of Koyna-Warna region west India using landsat images, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 157, 1393-1405.

  48. Bansal, A.R. and V.P. Dimri, 1999, Gravity evidence for mid crustal structure below Delhi fold belt and Bhilwara super group of western India, Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 2793-2795.

  49. Sunmonu, L.A. and V.P. Dimri, 1999, Fractal analysis and seismicity of Bengal basin and Tripura fold belt, Northeast India, JGSI, 53, 587-592.

  50. Dimri, V.P., 1998, Fractal behavior and detectibility limits of geophysical surveys, Geophysics, 63, 1943-1947.

  51. Dimri, V.P., 1998, Report on workshop ‘Application of fractals in earth sciences’, Jour. Geol. Soc. India, v. 51, 115.

  52. Dimri, V.P. and Abhey Ram, 1998, Preliminary results of Geophysical interpretation along Nagaur-Jhalawar, DST News Letters, v. 8, No. 2, p.9-10.

  53. Dimri, V.P., 1998, Opinion, Gravity and magnetic in Exploration Geophysics, IVR Murthy, JGSI publication, JGSI, v. 53, No 2. p. 254.

  54. Dimri, V.P., 1997, Report on workshop ‘Application of fractals in earth sciences’, DST News Letters, v.8, p.16.

  55. Maus, S. and Dimri V.P., 1996, Depth estimation from the scaling power spectrum of potential field? Geophysical J. Int., 124,113-120.

  56. Maus, S. and Dimri, V.P., 1995, Potential field power spectrum inversion for scaling geology, Jour. Geophy. Res. 100, 12605-12616.

  57. Maus, S. and Dimri, V.P., 1995, Basin depth estimation using scaling properties of potential fields, Jour. AEG, 16,131-139.

  58. Maus, S. and Dimri, V.P., 1994, Scaling properties of potential fields due to scaling sources, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 891-894.

  59. Dimri, V.P., 1991, Design of the unimodular shaping filter, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (Formerly ASSP), 39, 1889-1891.

  60. Dimri, V.P. and Srivastava, Kirti, 1990, The optimum gate length for time varying deconvolution operator, Geophysical Prospecting, 38, 405-410.

  61. Dimri, V.P. and Srivastava, Kiriti, 1987, Ideal performance criteria for deconvolution operator, Geophysical Prospecting, 35, 539-547.

  62. Dimri, V.P., 1986, On the time varying Wiener filter, Geophysical Prospecting, 34, 904-912.

  63. Negi, J.G., Dimri, V.P., Agarwal P.K. and Pandey, O.P., 1986, A spectral analysis of the aeromagnetic profiles for thickness estimation of flood basalts of India, Explo. Geophys., 17,105-111.

  64. Negi, J.G., and Dimri, V.P., 1984, On generalization of maximum entropy method for processing of multichannel nonstationary complex valued data, IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing, GE-22, 461-466.

  65. Negi, J.G., and Dimri, V.P., 1979, On Wiener filter and maximum entropy method for multichannel complex systems, Geophysical Prospecting, 27,156-165.

  66. Negi, J.G., Singh, R.N., Dimri, V.P. and Rai, S.N., 1979, Mathematical modelling of earth’s internal process, Geophy. Research Bull., IUGG Special issue, 17,233-241.

  67. Negi, J.G., and Dimri, V.P., 1978, Reply to Ulrych, T., Geophy. J. RAS, London, 55, 269-270.

  68. Negi, J.G. and Dimri, V.P., 1977, Three dimensional statistical gravity disturbance model, Geophys. J. R.A.S., London, 48,187-196.

  69. Negi, J.G., Dimri, V.P. and Garde, S.C., 1973, Ambiguity assessment of gravity interpretation for an inhomogeneous multilayer sedimentary basin, Jour. Geophys. Res., 78, 3281-3286.

 

  
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