THE NEW SCIENCE OF GEOLOGY

By SOPHIA BROWN

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SECTION I EARTH SYSTEMS: CRYOSPHERE AND HYDROSPHERE GLOBAL WARMING AND THE GLACIER RETREAT: AN OVERVIEW ASYNCHRONOUS BEHAVIOR OF GLACIERS OF LADAKH HIMALAYA, J & K STATE, INDIA SIGNATURES AND EVIDENCES OF SURGING GLACIERS IN THE SHYOK VALLEY, KARAKORAM HIMALAYA, LADAKH REGION, JAMMU & KASHMIR STATE, INDIA ANTARCTIC CLIMATE VARIABILITY DURING THE PAST FEW CENTURIES BASED ON ICE CORE RECORDS FROM COASTAL DRONNING MAUD LAND AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE RECENT WARMING RIVER SYSTEMS AND RIVER SCIENCE IN INDIA: MAJOR DRIVERS AND CHALLENGES SECTION II EARTH’S CLIMATE SYSTEM AND PALEOCLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON LICHEN AND MOSS COMMUNITIES IN NY-A? LESUND, ARCTIC: SOME PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS HIGH RESOLUTION SOUTHWEST MONSOON RECONSTRUCTION FOR THE PAST ~2,800 YEARS: WIND VERSUS PRECIPITATION NEW RECORD OF MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF LATE QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS FROM THE EASTERN ARABIAN SEA (OFF GOA): INFERENCES ON PALAEOCLIMATE ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE: OBSERVED FACTS, PROJECTED VULNERABILITIES AND KNOWLEDGE GAPS SECTION III NATURAL DISASTERS LANDSLIDE HAZARD ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY FROM NAINITAL, INDIA NATURAL HAZARDS OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA: THEIR CAUSES AND POSSIBLE REMEDIATION IN?UENCE OF YOUNG’S MODULUS AND POISSON’S RATIO ON THE DISPLACEMENT AROUND A CIRCULAR TUNNEL SECTION IV NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT GAS HYDRATE: A VIABLE FUTURE MAJOR ENERGY RESOURCE OF INDIA IMPACT CRATERING FROM AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BACKSCATTERING BY TOTAL SUSPENDED MATTER AND ITS CORRELATION WITH PHYTOPLANKTON CONCENTRATION IN THE ARABIAN SEA