Project No. 7888/KPK/NRPU/R & D/HEC/2017

Principle investigator:
Dr. Muhammad Hanif
Co-Principle investigator:
Dr. Irfan U. Jan
Sponsor/Funds:: HEC-NRPU/5.7 Millions PKR
Duration: 3 years

Project No. PSF/Res/KPK/Earth (96)

Principle investigator:
Dr. Muhammad Hanif
Co-Principle investigator:
Dr. Irfan U. Jan
Sponsor/Funds:: Funded by Paskistan Science Foundation/6.34 millions PKR
Duration: 3 years

The structural style and deformation history needs to be determined to be able to assess the hydrocarbon potential of the Salt Range-Potwar Plateau, Kohat Plateau and Bannu Basin. To determine the deformation history, first the differences in the rocks types and deformation styles need to be evaluated. We propose to collect the field data needed to determine the deformation history, then model the deformation history. Once we have used two dimensional and three dimensional models, we will be able to assess the hydrocarbon migration into the reservoirs and the traps in the petroleum system.

Principle investigator: Dr. Shah Faisal (NCEG)
Sponsor/Funds:: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan/0.277 millions USD
Duration: 3 years

Principle investigator: Dr. Muhammad Shafique (NCEG)
Sponsor/Funds:Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) and National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)/ 56 millions PKR.
Duration: September 2016-September 2019

Principle investigator:Dr. Muhammad Shafique (NCEG)
Sponsor/Funds:Planning and Development Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan/ 8.4 millions PKR.
Duration: August 2017-Septmber 2018

Principle investigator: Dr. Muhammad Shafique (NCEG)
Sponsor/Funds:University of Twente the Netherlands and the NCEG / 2 millions PKR.
Duration: On Going since June 2015

Landslides assessment using geophysical and passive radon exhalation detection techniques in Murree Hills, northern Pakistan: Implication for environmental hazard assessment

Investigation of groundwater inrush zone using petrophysical logs and short-offset transient electromagnetic (SOTEM) data. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics (Accepted).

Human health risks by potentially toxic metals in drinking water along the Hattar Industrial Estate, Pakistan

Microzonation map of the Abbottabad basin and immediate surroundings

Changes in Soil Organic Carbon Fractions Across a Loess Toposequence. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition.

Acidithiobacullus thiooxidants IW16 and sulfur synergistically with struvite aggrandize the phosphorus bioavailability to wheat in alkaline soil. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. DOI: 10.1007/s42729-019-00104-0.

Paleo-depositional and sequence stratigraphic setting of the middle Jurassic Samana Suk Formation at Tarnawai Section, lesser Himalayas and its regional comparison.
Himalayan Geology/Accepted.

Contrasting Environmental Factors Drive Bacterial and Eukaryotic Community Successions in Freshly Deglaciated Soils,
(2019) Accepted.

Potentially toxic elements in drinking water and associated health risk assessment in Abbottabad city, Northern Pakistan.
(2019) Accepted

Integration of the outcrop and subsurface geochemical data: implications for the hydrocarbon source rock evaluation in the Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan.
Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology

Ooid fabric in the Jurassic of the Indus Basin of Pakistan: Control on the original mineralogy. Current Science

Thrombolitic clots dominated by filamentous cyanobacteria and crusts of radio-fibrous calcite in the Furongian Changshan Formation, north China. Sedimentary Geology

Geochemical and petrological characteristics of xenoliths in Mansehra Granite, NW Himalaya, Pakistan: implications for petrogenesis and tectonic settings.
Journal: "Episodes"

Geochemical and Petrographic Analyses of the Cambrian Oncoids of the North China Platform: Implications for Their Paleogeography and Paleoenvironment.

Calcified cyanobacteria fossils from the leiolitic bioherm in the Furongian Changshan Formation, Datong (North China Platform).
Carbonates and Evaporites, 34, 825–843

Heavy metals contamination in soil and food and their evaluation for risk assessment in the Zhob and Loralai valleys, Baluchistan province, Pakistan.

Effect of water resistant SiO2 coated SrAl2O4: Eu2+ Dy3+ persistent luminescence phosphor on the properties of Portland cement pastes

Seismic sources for southern Pakistan and seismic hazard assessment of Karachi

Potentially toxic elements contamination in water and evaluation for risk assessment in the Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Potentially harmful elements contamination in water and sediment: Evaluation for risk assessment and provenance in the northern Sulaiman fold belt, Baluchistan, Pakistan

Fractal analysis of shallow and intermediate-depth seismicity of Hindu Kush

A novel approach to evaluate, highlight, and conserve the geologically significant geoheritage sites from the Peshawar basin, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Geoheritage (Impact Factor= 2.57).

Mercury Contamination in Water and Sediments and the Associated Health Risk: A Case Study of Artisanal Gold mining

Regional sediment sources versus the Indus River system: The Plio-Pleistocene of the Peshawar Basin (NW-Pakistan). Sedimentary Geology

Chemical durability of superabsorbent polymer (SAP) based geopolymer mortars (GPMs)

Reticulate Nummulites (N. fabianii Linage) and age of the Pellatispira-Beds of the Drazinda Formation, Sulaiman Range, Pakistan. International Journal of Paleobiology and Paleontology 2 (1)

Baculogypsina sulaimanensis N. sp. (Calcarinidae) from the Priabonian of Sulaiman Range, Pakistan: A possible ancestor for the recent Baculogypsina sphaerulata. The Journal of Foraminiferal Research 49 (4).

Ingestion of Arsenic-Contaminated Drinking Water Leads to Health Risk and Traces in Human Biomarkers (Hair, Nails, Blood, and Urine), Pakistan. Exposure & Health

Geochemical control of potential toxic elements (PTEs), associated risk exposure and source apportionment of agricultural soil in Southern Chitral, Pakistan. Microchemical Journal.

Geochemical profile and source identification of surface and groundwater pollution of District Chitral, Northern Pakistan. Microchemical Journal, volume 145, pp 1058-1065.

Comparative efficiency of wheat straw and sugarcane bagasse biochar reduces the cadmium bioavailability to spinach and enhances the microbial activity in contaminated soil. International Journal of Phytoremediation. Vol. 21 (11), 1098-1103.

Precise Seismic Sub-structural Model of Eocene Chorgali Limestone in Turkwal Field, Central Potwar, Pakistan .
Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition.

Hydrochemical properties of drinking water and their sources apportionment of pollution in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan. 2019.

Sedimentological and geochemical analysis of the middle Jurassic Shinwari Formation, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan: Implications for palaeoenvironmental and hydrocarbon assessment.
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-019-03778-x

Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment of Peshawar District, Pakistan. Journal of Earth System Science

Assessment of Cambrian Sequence Stratigraphic style of the North China Platform exposed in Wuhai division, Inner Mongolia.
Himalayan Geology. 40(1), 2019.

Mapping sediment thickness of the Abbottabad basin,Pakistan

Sedimentation and glaciations during the Pleistocene: Palaeoclimate reconstruction in the Peshawar Basin, Pakistan".
Geological Journal

Sequence-stratigraphic position of oolitic bank of Cambrian in North China platform: example from the Kelan section of Shanxi Province. Arab J Sci Eng.