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EARTH SCIENCES PAKISTAN 2024 CONFERENCE PROGRAM | |||||
Registration |
01 JUNE 2024 ( 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM) | |||||
| 02 JUNE 2024 ( 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM) | ||||||
| From | To | Conference Inaugural Ceremony (Hall A) 02 June, 2024 |  |
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| 9:00 am | 9:05 am | Recitation from the Holy Quran | ||||
| 9:05 am | 9:10 am | Welcome address Dr. Waqas Ahmed Chief Organizer, ESP 2024 |
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| 9:10 am | 9:30 am | Role of NCEG in Research & Development: Dr. Liaqat Ali, Conference Convener & Director |
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| 9:30 am | 9:35 am | Remarks by Guest of Honor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Akram Shaikh DG PASTIC and Member Science PSF |
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| 9:35 am | 9:40 am | Address by Guest of Honor Mr. Asif Khan Kakar National Projects Coordinator, Federal Government |
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| 9:40 am | 9:45 am | Address by Chief Guest Mr. Muhammad Javed Marwat Secretary Agriculture/Senior Member Borad of Revenue Govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
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| 9:45 am | 9:55 am | Vote of thanks by Prof. Dr. Muhammad Jahanzeb Patron in Chief Vice Chancellor University of Peshawar |
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| 9:55 am | 10:05 am | SHIELDS DISTRIBUTION | ||||
| 10:05 am | 10:30 am | TEA BREAK & PHOTO SESSION | ||||
| 10:30 am | 11:00 am | STALLS EXHIBITON & POSTER DISPLAY | ||||
| Conference Session 1 (Hall A) (Day 1) 02 June, 2024 | ||||||
| Session Sponsored by: Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) | ||||||
| Economic Mineral Resources | ||||||
| From | To | Chair: Prof. Dr. Mumtaz Shah Co-Chair: Dr. Muhammad Sajid | ||||
| 11:00 am | 11:20 am | Infrared Spectroscopy of Natural, Synthetic and Treated Rubies (Invited Talk) Asghar Ali, Obaid Ur Rahman, Syed Khalid Shah Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar |
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| 11:20 am | 11:40 am | Green energy transition: Rare earth elements mineralization in the carbonatites of Pakistan (Invited Talk) Tahseenullah Khan and Hong Jun Bahria University, Islamabad |
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| 11:40 am | 12:00 pm | Salt Lake deposits of Thar desert: Source of Trona, Halite, Gypsum and a hope for Lithium-bearing minerals Muhammad Hassan Agheem, Muhamad Soomar Samtio, Akhtar Hussain Markhand, Ghulam Mustafa Thebo, Muhammad Kashif Samoon University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan |
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| 12:00 pm | 12:10 pm | SHIELDS DISTRIBUTION | ||||
| 12:10 pm | 1:00 pm | EXHIBITION AND STALLS DISPLAY | ||||
| 1:00 pm | 2:00 pm | LUNCH AND PRAYER BREAK | ||||
| Earth Sciences Pakistan (Day 1) 02 June, 2024 | ||||||
| Conference Session 2 (Hall A) | Conference Session 2 (Hall B) | |||||
| Energy/Petroleum Resourcess | Applied Geophysics | |||||
| From | To | Chair: Mr. Ayyaz Ahmad Co-Chair: Mr. Sufyan Qazi |
From | To | Chair: Prof. Dr. Fazli Rabi Co-Chair: Dr. Muhib Ullah Kakar |
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| 2:00 pm | 2:20 pm | Application of Seismic Technology and Plate Tectonics: Future role in the dynamics of Petroleum Exploration in Pakistan’s Indus, Offshore, and Balochistan Basin (Invited Talk) Syed Tariq Hasany Consulting Petroleum Geologist |
2:00 pm | 2:20 pm | Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) in Exploration Geophysics: Principles, Applications and New trends (Invited Talk) Hesham M. El-Kaliouby National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt. |
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| 2:20 pm | 2:40 pm | Are we serious in untapping our Energy resource potentials (conventional + non conventional) through efficient means (Invited Talk) Mumtaz Muhammad Shah Quaid e Azam University Islamabad |
2:20 pm | 2:40 pm | Groundwater investigation using time-domain electromagnetic (TDEM) method in Alkhoud area, Oman: Implications for seawater intrusion Muhammad Younis Khan, Osman Abdallah Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman |
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| 2:40 pm | 2:55 pm | Exploring the geothermal potential in the Himalaya-Karakoram Orogenic belt of northern Pakistan Muhammad Anees, Jonas Kley, Bernd Leiss, Mumtaz M Shah University of Gottingen, Germany |
2:40 pm | 2:55 pm | Seismic Hazard Assessment of Hydropower Project at Mastuj River, District Chitral, KPK, Pakistan Shahbaz Muhammad, Farrukh Rahim Shahzed Geological Survey of Pakistan, Pakistan |
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| 2:55 pm | 3:10 pm | The scientific study of One Dimensional maturity modeling (I D) of Lower to Middle Jurassic Petroleum system of Indus Basin, Pakistan Fahad Ali, Shiqi Zhang Bacha Khan University, Charsadda |
2:55 pm | 3:10 pm | Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Ground Penetration Radar Techniques for the delineation of Paleocene coal seams along the Main Boundary Thrust belt in Cherat area, Pakistan Saleem Khan, Liaqat Ali, Muhammad Younis Khan, Asghar Ali NCEG, University of Peshawar, Peshawar |
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| 3:10 pm | 3:25 pm | 3:10 pm | 3:25 pm | Assessing seismic risk on a local scale in Northern Pakistan through the integration of satellite data and field observations Tanveer Ahmed, Khaista Rehman, Muhammad Shafique, Syed Tayyab Ali, Sajid Ali NCEG, University of Peshawar, Peshawar |
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| 3:25 pm | 3:40 pm | 3:25 pm | 3:40 pm | Climatic Trends and Glacier Dynamics in the Himalayan Region: A Case Study of the Astor Basin Rahman Gul, Saad Khan NCEG, University of Peshawar, Peshawar |
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| 3:40 pm | 3:45 pm | SHIELDS DISTRIBUTION | ||||
| 3:45 pm | 4:10 pm | TEA BREAK | ||||
| END OF DAY 1 SESSIONS | ||||||
| 8:00 pm | 9:00 pm | Dinner | ||||
| Earth Sciences Pakistan (Day 2) 03 June, 2024 | |||||
| Conference Session 5 (Hall A) | Conference Session 6 (Hall B) | ||||
| Environment, Climate Change and Hydrology (I) | Tectonics and Structural Geology | ||||
| From | To | Chair: Prof. Dr. Shahida Zakir Co-Chair: Dr. Said Muhammad |
From | To | Chair: Dr. Sajjad Ahmad Co-Chair: Dr. Saad Khan |
| 9:00 am | 9:20 am | Contribution of Biotite weathering for arsenic pollution in the southern Indus Plain aquifers, Pakistan Sadaf Naseem University of Karachi, Pakistan |
9:00 am | 9:20 am | Ophiolites concept and evolution example from Muslim Bagh ophiolite complex, Balochistan, Pakistan (Invited Talk) Muhammad Ishaq Kakar University of Balochistan, Quetta |
| 9:20 am | 9:32 am | Heavy Metal(loid)s in Soils of Pakistan: Distribution Patterns, Ecological Risks, and Health Implications Asad Iqbal, Said Muhammad, Imran Ud Din, Wajid Ali NCEG, University of Peshawar, Peshawar |
9:20 am | 9:35 am | Active Strike-slip Faulting in the Southern Kirthar Fold Belt, Pakistan: Integrated Analysis of Remote Sensing Data, Field Data and Earthquake Characteristics Aijaz Ali HalepotAijaz Ali Halepoto, Muhammad Hassan Agheem, Asghar A. A. D. Hakro, Shabeer Ahmed, Rafique Ahmed Lashari, Surriya Bibi Ahmedani University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan |
| 9:32 am | 9:44 am | Potential of mineral waste from mines in Pakistan for carbon dioxide capture: considering the case of Balochistan Tasawar Ali Chandio, Adnan Alam Awan, Simon Sadiq, Usman Ali Geological Survey of Pakistan, Pakistan |
9:35 am | 9:47 am | Cenozoic tectonics and paleogeographic evolution: Insights from Southeast Tibet Plateau and northern South China Sea margin Syed Wajid Hanif Bukhari, Ishaq Kakar, Aimal Kasi, Inayatullah University of Balochistan, Quetta |
| 9:44 am | 9:56 am | Phytoremediation potential of Centella asiatica for heavy metals removal from wastewater Iram Gul, Laiba Rafique, Imran Ahmad, Maria Manzoor Hazara University, Mansehra |
9:47 am | 9:59 am | Two-stage collision between Indian and Afghan plates: evidences from geochemical signatures Hikmat Salam, Norasiah Sulaiman, Mohd Iswadi Basril Basori, Sayed Ali Turab Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak |
| 9:56 am | 10:08 am | Groundwater evaluation for drinking and irrigation in Pakistan mountainous terrain:hydrochemical characteristics and health risks Waqar Azeem Jadoon, Raja Umer Sajjad, Iram Gul, Muhammad Zaheer Abbasi Hazara University, Mansehra |
9:59 am | 10:11 am | Economic Evaluation of Placer Gold Along Khair Abad-Nizampur transect, Indus River Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan M. Abdullah Shah, Muhammad Naveed Anjum, Faizan Haider and Aimal Ishfaq Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar |
| 10:08 am | 10:20 am | 10:11 am | 10:23 am | Balanced cross-section across the Ziarat Block, western Sulaiman fold belt and hydrocarbon exploration Saif-Ur-Rehman K. Jadoon, Lin Ding, Ishtiaq A. K. Jadoon Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, China |
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| 10:20 am | 10:30 am | SHIELDS DISTRIBUTION | |||
| 10:30 am | 11:00 am | TEA BREAK | |||
| Conference Session 9 (Hall A) | Conference Session 10 (Hall B) | ||||
| Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering | Sedimentary Geology and Organic geochemistry | ||||
| From | To | Chair: Prof. Dr. Hesham M. El-Kaliouby Co-Chair: Dr. Muhammad Younis |
From | To | Chair: Dr. Hassan Agheem Co-Chair: Dr. Abdur Saboor |
| 11:00 am | 11:20 am | An Unfortunate Rock Slope Failure at Torkham Border Facilities: Some Overlooked Facts, Stability Evaluation, and Remediation (Invited Talk) Mian Sohail Akram, Irshad Ahmed University of the Punjab, Pakistan |
11:00 am | 11:20 am | Organic Geochemistry of the early Jurassic Datta Formation: Implications for Source Rock Evaluation. Oil-Oil and Oil-Source correlation in the Potwar Sub-Basin, Pakistan (Invited Talk) Samina Jahandad, Syed Waqas Haider, Saba Nazir Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan, Islamabad |
| 11:20 am | 11:40 am | A Review of Landslide Hazard Mapping and Development of Rockfall Hazard Rating System along CPEC Route in Northern Pakistan (Invited Talk) Muhammad Farooq Ahmed, Ehtesham Mehmood University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore |
11:20 am | 11:40 am | Uconnventional hydrocarbons prospects: A study of the Cambrian-Eocene rocks of the Salt Ranges, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan (Invited Talk) Sajjad Ahmad, Faizan Ahmad Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar |
| 11:40 am | 12:00 pm | Estimation of rock mechanics from the intrinsic characteristics: A time- and cost-effective approach Muhammad Sajid NCEG, University of Peshawar, Peshawar |
11:40 am | 12:00 pm | Formation mechanism of Cambrian oncoids: Evidences from the Miaolingian Zhangxia Formation, North China Platform Khalid Latif, Mingxiang Mei, Muhammad Riaz NCEG, University of Peshawar, Peshawar |
| 12:00 pm | 12:20 pm | Economic and environmental concerns of Himalayan earthquakes with example of Mw 7.6, 2005 Kashmir earthquake Haider Zaman Khan Jadoon, Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan Jadoon, Saif-ur-Rehman Khan Jadoon Millenium University College, Islamabad |
12:00 pm | 12:20 pm | Repeating Lithological Diversity of Clastics, Carbonates and Evaporites as Herald of Depositional Instability: An outcrop-based interpretation of Nari Formation from Northern Ranikot Anticline, Sindh, Pakistan Surriya Bibi Ahmedani, Rafique Ahmed Lashari, Asghar A. A. D. Hakro, Abdul Shakoor Mastoi, Muhammad Hassan Agheem, Aijaz Ali Halepoto University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan |
| 12:20 pm | 12:35 pm | Stabilization of Expansive Soil: A Review Asif Ali, Muhammad Usman Arshid University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila |
12:20 pm | 12:35 pm | Mineralogy and organic geochemistry of lunar meteorite GADAMIS-003 Sarah F. Khan, Khalid Latif, M. Qasim Jan NCEG, University of Peshawar, Peshawar |
| 12:35 pm | 12:40 pm | SHIELDS DISTRIBUTION | |||
| 12:40 pm | 2:00 pm | LUNCH AND PRAYER | |||
| Conference Session 4 (Hall A) | |||||
| Policy Workshop on the Climate-Induced hazards and associated risks for Critical Infrastructure Jointly organized by: Bristol University, United Kingdom; Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore; National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar; Himalayan University Consortium, ICIMOD, Nepal |
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| 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | Prof. Guy Howard Global Challenges Research Chair in Environmental and Infrastructure Resilience Director Cabot Institute Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol |
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| 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | Dr. Adian Flint University of Bristol |
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| 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | Jeremy Philips University of Bristol |
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| 3:30 pm | 3:40 pm | SHIELDS DISTRIBUTION & PHOTO-SESSION | |||
| 3:40 pm | 4:00 pm | TEA BREAK | |||
| 8:00 pm | 9:00 pm | Dinner | |||
| Earth Sciences Pakistan (Day 3) 04 June, 2024 | |||||
| Conference Session 9 (Hall A) | |||||
| Geoinformatics, Disaster Managment and Emerging Technologies (I) | |||||
| From | To | Chair: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Farooq Co-Chair: Dr. Syed Ali Turab | |||
| 9:00 am | 9:20 am | Assessment of Active Landslides and Displacement Dynamics in Northern Hunza-Nagar District, Pakistan Saad Khan, Said Mukhtar Ahmad, Farhan Zada NCEG, University of Peshawar, Peshawar |
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| 9:20 am | 9:40 am | Remote sensing-based prospects for the exploration of metallic minerals in North Waziristan, Pakistan Amina Shehzadi, Muhammad Farooq Ahmed, Abdul Bari Zia University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan |
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| 9:40 am | 10:00 am | A GIS and Remote Sensing based integrated approach for Landslide Susceptibility Mapping of Gilgit River Basin Iqra Hassan, Muhammad Mahad Ali Amjad, Muhammad Farooq Ahmed, Aqeela Abdul Wahid University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore |
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| 10:00 am | 10:20 am | An Integrated Approach for Potential Natural Aquifer Recharge Sites Demarcation in Panjkora River Basin, Pakistan Abid Sarwar, Muhammad Ali,Shazia Gulzar NCEG, University of Peshawar, Peshawar |
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| 10:20 am | 10:30 am | SHIELDS DISTRIBUTION | |||
| 10:30 am | 11:00 am | TEA BREAK | |||
| Conference Session 10 (Hall A) Continue... | |||||
| Geoinformatics, Disaster Managment and Emerging Technologies (II) | |||||
| From | To | Chair: Mr. Tahir Anwar Co-Chair: Miss. Shazia Gulzar | |||
| 11:00 am | 11:25 am | Structural Geology and petrography of the Karora Hydropower Tunnel M. Qasim Jan, Adeel Ahmad NCEG, University of Peshawar, Peshawar |
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| 11:25 am | 11:50 am | Geological Remote Sensing: Enhancing Mineral Exploration Efficiency (Invited Talk) Bruno Portela, Harald van der Werff, Chris Hecker University of Twente, The Netherlands |
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| 11:50 am | 12:15 pm | Using Google Earth Engine for Geological Remote Sensing (Invited Talk) Harald van der Werff, Muhammad Aufaristama, Janneke Ettema University of Twente, The Netherlands |
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| 12:15 pm | 12:40 pm | Studying landslides over time with remote sensing – a slope unit based approach (Invited Talk) Mark van der Meijde, Luigi Lombardo, Ashok Dahal, Muhammad Aufaristama University of Twente, The Netherlands |
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| 12:40 pm | 12:45 pm | SHIELDS DISTRIBUTION | |||
| 12:45 pm | 2:00 pm | LUNCH AND PRAYER | |||
| 2:00 pm | 2:05 pm | Recitation of Quran | |||
| 2:05 pm | 2:15 pm | Conference Summary Prof. Dr. Shah Rukh Conference Secretary ESP 2024/NCE in Geology, UOP |
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| 2:15 pm | 2:20 pm | Remarks by Patron Prof. Dr. Muhammad Qasim Jan Professor Emiritus NCE in Geology, UOP |
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| 2:20 pm | 2:30 pm | Remarks by Dr. Liaqat Ali Convener ESP 2024/Director NCE in Geology, UOP |
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| 2:15 pm | 2:25 pm | Remarks by Chief Guest Prof. Dr. Mark van der Meijde University of Twente, The Netherlands |
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| 2:25 pm | 2:30 pm | MOU Signing Cermony between National Centre of Excellence in Geology, and University of Twente, The Netherlands |
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| 2:30 pm | 2:40 pm | Vote of Thanks by Dr. Waqas Ahmed Chief Organizer ESP 2024/ NCE in Geology |
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| 2:40 pm | 3:00 pm | SHIELDS & CERTIFICATE DISTRIBUTION | |||
| 3:00 pm | 3:25 pm | TEA & PHOTO SESSION | |||
END OF CONFERENCE |
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