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

Seismic hazard assessment of Afghanistan

Ecological and health risk assessment of heavy metals in the Hattar industrial estate, Pakistan

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

Petrophysical evaluation and fluid substitution modeling for reservoir depiction of Jurassic Datta Formation in the Chanda oil field, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan

Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology

Toarcian-Bathonian palynostratigraphy and anoxic event in Pakistan: An organic geochemical study

Time series analysis of soil radon in Northern Pakistan: Implications for earthquake forecasting
Journal: Applied Geochemistry

Hot-house climate during the Triassic/Jurassic transition: The evidence of climate change from the southern hemisphere (Salt Range, Pakistan). Global and Planetary Change (Impact Factor= 3.98/2017).
(2018/in press)

The accuracy of AVA approximations in isotropic media assessed via synthetic numerical experiments: Implications for the determination of porosity
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Multi-precursory Analysis of Phalla Earthquake (July 2015; Mw 5.1) Near Islamabad, Pakistan (1st Paper)
Journal: Pure and Applied Geophysics

Thermal IR satellite data application for earthquake research in Pakistan (2nd Paper)
Journal: Journal of Geodynamics

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

"Landslide inventory and susceptibility modelling using geospatial tools, in Hunza-Nagar valley, northern Pakistan."
Journal of Mountain Science.

Flood frequency analysis of river swat using Log Pearson type 3, Generalized Extreme Value, Normal, and Gumbel Max distribution methods. Arab J Geosci 11(9): 216

Calcified microorganisms bloom in Furongian of the North China Platform: Evidence from Microbialitic-Bioherm in Qijiayu Section, Hebei. Open Geosciences, Vol. 10(1): 250–260

Fluoride prevalence in groundwater around a fluorite mining area in the flood plain of the River Swat, Pakistan”. Science of the Total Environment 2018, 635, 203-215.

Stratigraphic and paleoclimatic reconstruction of the Upper Carboniferous-Lower Permian strata from the Southern Gondwanaland remnants in Pakistan. Stratigraphy.

"Landslide susceptibility assessment using Frequency Ratio, a case study of northern Pakistan." The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences.

"A data-driven approach to landslide susceptibility mapping in mountainous terrain: a case study from the NW Himalayas, Pakistan." Natural Hazards Review.

"Evaluating glacier dynamics using temporal remote sensing images; a case study of Hunza valley, northern Pakistan." Environmental Earth Sciences.

The 2014 seismic hazard model of the Middle East: overview and results

Bartonian orthophragminids from the Fulra Limestone (Kutch, W India) and coeval units in Sulaiman Range, Pakistan: a synthesis of shallow benthic zone (SBZ) 17  for the Indian Subcontinent. Geodinamica Acta 30 (1).

Thermal IR satellite data application for earthquake research in Pakistan

Geological Control of High Fluoride Concentrations in Drinking Water and its Health Impacts: A Case Study From the District Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Accepted Medical Geology EGU General Assembly Vienna Austria.

Enrichment, spatial distribution of potential ecological and human health risk assessment via toxic metals in soil and surface water ingestion in the vicinity of Sewakht mines, district Chitral, Northern Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

Microfacies and diagenetic studies of the Sakesar Limestone, Potwar Plateau, Pakistan: approach of reservoir evaluation using outcrop analogue" Carbonates and Evaporites (Journal).(In Press 2018)

Relating petrophysical parameters to petrographic interpretations in carbonates of the Chorgali Formation, Potwar Plateau, Pakistan. Carbonates and Evaporites, doi: 10.1007/s13146-017-0414-x.

Estimation of the Shale Oil/Gas Potential of a Paleocene–Eocene Succession: A Case Study from the Meyal Area, Potwar Basin, Pakistan

Selection of HyspIRI optimal band positions for the earth compositional mapping using HyTES data." Remote Sensing of Environment. (In Press)

Impact of Mesh and DEM resolutions in simulating 3D Seismic Response." The Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. (In Press)

Bartonian orthophragminids with new endemic species from the Pirkoh and Drazinda formations in the Sulaiman Range, Indus Basin, Pakistan. Geodinamica Acta doi:10.1080/09853111.2017.1419676.

Application of Gumbel I and Monte Carlo methods to assess seismic hazard in and around Pakistan

Fragility curves for the typical multi-span simply supported bridges in northern Pakistan Journal: Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 64 (2), 2017

Tectonics drives rapid exhumation of the western Himalayan syntaxis: Evidence from low-temperature thermochronometry of the Neelum valley region, Pakistan

Seismic Hazard Assessment of Northern Pakistan

Characterizing site response in the Attock Basin, Pakistan, using microtremor measurement analysis

Satellite thermal IR and atmospheric radon anomalies associated with Haripur earthquake (Oct 2010; Mw 5.2), Pakistan

Seismic Microzonation of Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metropolitan Area, Pakistan

Shallow and intermediate depth earthquakes in the Hindu Kush region across the Afghan-Pakistan border

Evaluating the impact of classification algorithms and spatial resolution on the accuracy of land-cover mapping in a mountain environment in Pakistan.

Applications of variogram modeling to electrical resistivity data for the occurrence and distribution of saline groundwater in Domail Plain, northwestern Himalayan Fold and thrust Belt, Pakistan

Geochemical evidences for palaeoclimatic fluctuations at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary: southwestern margin of the Neotethys in the Salt Range, Pakistan. Abstract Volume European Geophysical Union 2017.

Palynology and Carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Triassic – Jurassic transition in the Salt Range (Pakistan). Abstract Volume European Geophysical Union 2017.

Orthophragminid species with new axial thickening structures from the Bartonian of the Indian Subcontinent. Geologica Acta Vol. 14 (3).

Sequence stratigraphic analysis of Eocene Rock Strata, Offshore Indus, southwest Pakistan.

Journal : Marine Geophysical Research, Volume 37, Issue 3, pp 207–228, 2016

A new Priabonian Heterostegina from the eastern Tethys (Sulaiman Fold Belt, west Pakistan): Implications for the development of eastern Tethyan Heterostegines and their paleobiogeography. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, Vol. 46 (4), 393-408

Analysis of the devastating Kashmir earthquake 2005 aftershocks.

Mapping Sediment thickness of the Islamabad city using empirical relationships: Implications for seismic hazards assessment, Journal of Earth System Science

A periglacial palaeoenvionment in the Upper Carboniferous-Lower Permian Tobra Formation of the low-latitude Tethyan Salt Range, Pakistan Journal: Acta Geologica Sinica (In press/2016)​

Silicate-oxide mineral chemistry of mafic–ultramafic rocks as an indicator of the roots of an island arc: The Chilas Complex, Kohistan (Pakistan). Island Arc (2016) 25, 4–27.