Dr. Abhey Ram Bansal

 

ID No	901
Designation	Scientist 'EI'
Division/Section	Fractals in Geophysics
Date of Joining CSIR	27 October,1999
Date of Joining NGRI	October,1999
Phone (Off)	+91 - (0)23434700 ext.2332
Phone (Res)	20053352
Mobile	+91-9441426850
Official E-mail Address	abhey_bansal	@ngri.res.in
Title of PhD Thesis	Processing and Interpretation of Nonstationary Gravity and Magnetic Data for Scaling Geology
Areas of Research Interest	Fractals, Signal Processing, Gravity and Magnetic methods, Statistical Seismology
Educational Qualifications	• Ph. D. in Geophysics, Osmania University, Hyderbad , • M. Tech. (Applied Geophysics), Kurukshetra University,
Awards/Achievements	• Dr. K.S. Krishnan Gold Medal, Indian, Geophysical Union, 2008 • National Mineral Award – 2005 awarded in 2007,Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India. • UKIERI (UK India Education and Research Inititative) Researech Fellow Award, The British Council, New Delhi • Letter of appreciation for four SCI papers publications in 2005, National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad • BOYSCAST Fellowship Award, The Departimet of Science and Tecnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi
Papers/Publications	• Joshi, A., Mohanty, M., Teotia, S.S., Bansal, A. R., Dimri, V.P., Chadha, R.K., 2009, Crustal attenuation of shearwaves in Pithoragarh region, The journal of Indian Geophysical Union (in press). • Joshi, A., Mohanty, M., Bansal, A. R., Dimri, V.P., Chadha, R.K., 2009, Use of spectral acceleration data for determination of three dimensional attenuation structure in the Pithoragarh region of Kumaon Himalaya, Journal of Seismology (in press). • Sreejith, K.M., Krishna, K.S., Bansal, A. R., 2008, Structure and isostatic compensation of the Comorin Ridge, north central Indian Ocean, Geophysical Journal International, 175, 729-741. • Bansal, A. R., 2007, Power law relation of bathymetry and gravity roughness with age of oceanic crust below ninety east ridge, Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 36(2), 105-109. • Chamoli, A., Bansal, A. R. and Dimri, V. P., 2007, Wavelet and rescaled range approach for the Hurst exponent for short and long irregular time series, Computer and Geosciences, 33, 83-93. • Bansal, A. R., 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. • Bansal, A. R., 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. • Bansal, A. R., and Dimri, V.P., 2005, Depth determination from Nonstationary Magnetic Profile for Scaling Geology, Geophysical Prospecting, 53, 399-410. • Bansal, A. R. and Dimri, V.P., 2005, Self-affine covariance gravity model for the Bay of Bengal, Geophysical Journal of International, 161, 21-30. • Bansal, A. R., Fairhead, J.D., Green C. and Fletcher, KMU, 2005, Revised gravity for offshore India and the isostatic compensation of submarine features, Tectonophysics , 404(1-2), 1-22 (rated as one of the top 25 Hottest articles on Science direct).   • Bansal, A. R. and Dimri, V. P., 2005, Interpretation of gravity data over the 85 °E ridge and Afanasy Nikitin seamount using spectral method, Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 34 (3), 279-284.   • Dimri, V.P., Bansal A. R., Srivastava, R.P. and Vedanti, N., 2003, Scaling behaviour of real earth source distribution: Indian Case Studies, In: Indian Continental Lithosphere: Emerging Research Trends (Eds. T. M. Mahadevan, B.R. Arora and K.R. Gupta), Memoir 53, Geological Society of India, 431-448. • Bansal, A. R., and Dimri, V.P., 2001, Depth estimation from the scaling power spectral density of nonstationary gravity profile, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 158, 799 –812. • Sunmonu, L.A., Dimri, V.P., Ravi Prakash, M. and Bansal, A. R., 2001, Multifractal Approach to the time series of M ³ 7.0 earthquake in Himalayan region and its vicinity during 1895-1995, Journal of Geological Society of India, 58, 163-169.   • Bansal, A. R., and Dimri, V.P., 1999, Gravity evidence for mid crustal domal structure below Delhi fold belt and Bhilwara super group of western India, Geophysical Research Letters, 26(18), 2793-2795. • Dimri, V.P. and Ram, A., 1998, Project on scaling geology - Preliminary results of geophysical interpretation along Nagaur- Jhalawar transect, Deep Continental Studies in India, Newsletter, DST, New Delhi, 8(2), 9-10. • Israil, M., Lal, N., and Bansal, A., 1996, Isoresistivity maps for the estimation of groundwater potential in Jind area, Haryana, Hydrology Journal of IAH, XIX, 45-51.
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