Research Papers (Internationational)
2014 - 2013

Ali, L., Williamson, B.J., Moon, C.J., Shah, M.T. and Khattak, S.A., 2014. Distribution of gold in different size fractions of stream sediments as a guide to bedrock gold mineralization along the shyok suture Zone and adjacent areas of the Kohistan Islnad Arc, Pakistan. Arab. Jour. Geosci., DOI 10.1007/s12517-014-1306-1.

Biber, K., Khan S.D. and Shah, M.T. 2014. The source and fate of sediment and mercury in Hunza River Basin, Northern Areas, Pakistan Investigation of the source, fate, and transport of mercury in Hunza River, Northern Areas, Pakistan, Total Environmental. Hyrdological processes. .

Faisal, S., Larson, K.P., Cottle, J.M. and Lamming, J., 2014. Building the Hindu Kush: Monazite records of terrane accretion, plutonism, and evolution of the Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Orogeny: Terra Nova, 26 (5), 396 – 401.( IF 2.321).

Hanif, M., Imraz, M., Ali, F., Haneef, M., Saboor, A. Iqbal, S. & Ahmad, S (jr.)., 2014.   The inner ramp facies of the Thanetian Lockhart Formation, Western Salt Range, Indus Basin, Pakistan. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 7 (11), 4911-4926

Iqbal, S. Jan, I. U. & Hanif, M., 2014. Mianwali and Tredian formations: An example of the Triassic progradational system in the low-latitude Salt Range, Pakistan. Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, 39, 5489-5507.

Jabeen, S., Shah, M.T., Ahmed, I., Khan S. & Hayat, M.Q., 2014. Physico-chemical parameters of surface and ground water and their environmental impact assessment in the Haripur Basin, Pakistan, Jour. Geochem. Explor. 138, 1-7. (IPF = 1.952).

Jamali, I., Mörtberg, U., Olofsson, B. & Shafique M., 2014. A Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis Approach for Locating Suitable Sites for Construction of Subsurface Dams in Northern Pakistan. Water Resources Management: 28 (14), 5157-5174.

Jan, I. U., 2014. The development in the Carboniferous-Permian Nilawahan Group palynology and stratigraphic correlation: A brief review. Jour. Earth System Sci., 123 (1), 21-32.

Iftikhar, B., Arif, S., Siddiqui, S. & Khattak, R., 2014. Assessment of Toxic Metals in Dairy Milk and Animal Feed in Peshawar, Pakistan. British Biotechnology. 4 (8), 884-893.

Iftikhar, B., Siddiqui, S. & Rehman, S., 2014. To assess the dietary transfer of pesticides to diary milk and effect on human health. Afric. Jour. Biotech., 13(3), 479-485.

Khan, S., Shahnaz, M., Jehan, N., Rehman, S., Shah, M.T. & Din, I., 2014. Drinking water quality and human health risk in Charsadda District, Pakistan. Journal of Cleaner Production, 60 (1), 93-101.

Khan, S. & Khaliq, A.H., 2014. Non-Linear Earthquake Response Spectrum Analysis of District Kotli, AJK with Increased Critical Damping Ratio. Geodynamic Research International Bulletin, Quarterly Journal. 2 (1) 11-21.

Ullah, H., Khattak, N.U., Ali, F., Akram, N., Rehman, M., Wasim, A. & Ahmad, I., 2014. Estimation of Uranium concentration in drinking water sources of Tehsil Takht-e-Nasrati, District Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan using fission track technique. Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan. 35 (3), 999-1003.

Khan, S., Shahnaz, M., Jehan, N., Rehman, S, & Shah, M. T., 2014. Drinking water quality and human health risk in Charsada district, Pakistan. Jour. Cleaner Production. Vol.  60, 93-101.

Khattak, N.U., Ali, N. & Khan, M.A., 2014. Recognition of an episode of post-collisional normal faulting in North West Paksitan: constraints from fission-track analyses, Tectonophysics. 588, 18-26.

Khattak, N.U., Khan, M.A., Shah, M.T. & Ali, N. 2014. Radon concentration in drinking water sources of the region adjacent to tectonically active Karak thrust, southern Kohat plateau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Vol. 302 (1), 315-329.

Liping, L., Zhu, Y., Zhiquan Yang, Z., Waseem, M., Zou, D.H.S., Chen, J., Wang, Y., Ye, C. & Xuejin, Z., 2014. The advance and retreat fluctuation of Ghulkin glacier along Karakoram Highway over hundred years. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology, Vol. 35 (6), 1391-1440. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Liping, L., Zhu, Y., Zhiquan Yang, Z., Waseem, M., D.H.S., Chen, J., Wang, Y., Ye, C. & Xuejin, Z., 2014. Debris flow hazards and control along International Karakorum Highway, Pakistan. Geological Science and Technology Information. Vol. 31 (6), 168-174. (in Chinese)

Liping, L., Zhu, Y., Zou, D.H.S., Yang, Z., Waseem, M., Chen, J., Wang, Y. & Ye, C. 2012. Key point of bridge damage caused by glacial debris flows along International Karakorum Highway, Pakistan. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 256-259: 2713-2723.

Rehman K, Burton, P,W. & Weatherill G, 2014. A K-means cluster analysis and seismicity partitioning for Pakistan, Journal of Seismology. 18 (3), 401-419.

Muhammad, S., Shah, M.T., Khan, S., Saddique, U., Gul, N., Khan, M.U., Malik, R.N., Farooq, M. and Naz, A., 2014. Wild Plant Assessment for Heavy Metal Phytoremediation Potential along the Mafic and Ultramafic Terrain in Northern Pakistan. BioMed Research International. 1-9.

Sajid, M., Arif, M. & Shah, M.T., 2014. Petrogenesis of Granites from Utla area of Gadoon, North-West Pakistan: Implications from petrography and geochemistry. Journal of Earth Science. 25 (3), 445-459. .

Shafique, M. & Van der Meijde, M., 2014. Impact of uncertainty in remote sensing DEMs on topographic amplification of seismic response and Vs 30. Arab. Jour. Geosci., 1-9.

Shah, M.T., Ara, J., Muhammad, S., Asad, S.A. & Ali, L., 2014. Heavy Metal Accumulation of Indigenous Plant Species along the Mafic and Ultramafic Terrain in the Mohmand Agency, Pakistan. CLEAN-Soil, Air and water. (4), 1-8.

Shen, H. & Abbass, S. M., 2014. Rock slope reliability analysis based on distinct element method and random set theory. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 61, 15-22.

Stephenson, M. H. & Jan, I. U., 2014.  Palynological evidence for diachroneity in the basal Khuff Formation clastics in the Middle East. Permophiles. 57, 15-19.

Ullah, H., Khattak, N.U., Fozia, Ali, N., Akram, M., Rehman, A., Wasim, A. & Ahmad, I., 2014. Estimation of Uranium Concentration in Drinking Water Sources of Tehsil Takht-e-Nasrati, District Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Using Fission Track Technique. Jour. Chem. Soc. Pak., 35 (3), 999-1003.

Waseem, M., Ahmad, I., Khan, R. & Alam, B., 2014.   Stability Analysis of a soil slope in Swabi. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 32, (1),

Sana Ullah, S., Javed, M.W., Rasheed, S.B., Jamal, Q., Aziz, F. & Ullah, S., 2014. Assessment of groundwater quality of district Dir Lower Pakistan. International Journal of Biosciences, 4 (8), 248-255.

Ullah, S., Javed, M. W., Muhammad, I. & Ullah, W., 2014. Physico-Chemical Analysis of Tube Wells' Water at District Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Jour. Life Sci., 2 (1) 28-37.

Ahmed, Z., Subhan, F., Shah, M.T. and Farooq, S., 2014.  Effect of fasting on serum lithium levels: An experimental study in animal models. Pak. Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, 27(1): 33-7.

Ali, L., Moon, C., Williamson, B., Shah, M., and Khattak, S. 2014. A GIS-based stream sediment geochemical model for gold and base metal exploration in remote areas of northern Pakistan. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 8 (7), 5095-5110.

Agheem, M.H, Shah, M.T., Khan, T., Murata, M., Arif, M., Dars, H., 2014.  Shigar valley gemstones, their chemical composition and origin, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 7(9), 3801-3814.

Hasan, S., Montzka, C., Rudiger, C., Ali, M.,  Bogena, H., and Vereecken, H., 2014. Soil moisture retrieval from airborne L-band passive microwave using high resolution multispectral data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 91, 59-71.

Jabeen, S., Shah, M.T., Ahmed, I., Khan, S., Hayat, M.Q. 2014.  Physico-chemical parameters of surface and ground water and their environmental impact assessment in the Haripur Basin, Pakistan, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 138, 1-7. 

Khattak, N.U., Khan, M.A., Shah, M.T. and Ali, N. 2014. Radon concentration in drinking water sources of the region adjacent to tectonically active Karak thrust, southern Kohat plateau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 302 (1), 315-329.

Fu J, Yang, J., Yan, L., and Abbas, S.M., 2014. An Analytical Solution for deforming twin parallel tunnels in an Elastic Half-Plane. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 39 (5), 524-538.

Fu, J., Yang, J., Zhang, X., Klapperich, H., and Abbas, S.M., 2014. Response of the ground and adjacent buildings due to tunnelling in completely weathered granitic soil. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology 43, 377-388.

Sajid, M., Arif, M., Shah, M.T., 2014. Petrogenesis of Granites from Utla area of Gadoon, North-West Pakistan: Implications from petrography and geochemistry. Journal of Earth. Sciences, 25 (3), 445-459.

Gul. N., Shah, M. T., Khan, S. and Muhammad , S., 2014. Quantification of the heavy metals in the agricultural soils of Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Jour. Glob. Innovation in Agricultural Social Sciences, 2(4), 158-162.

Yingyan, Z., Yang, Z., Liao, L., Zou, D.H.S., Waseem, M., Ye, C., Chen, H,, and Pang, M., 2014. Glacialized geomorphologcial geohazard along China-Pakistan International Karakoram Highway (KKH). Journal of Catastrophology. 4.

Yingyan, Z., Yang, Z., Liao, L., Hu, J., Zou, D.H.S., Waseem, M., Chen, J., Wang, Y., Ye, C., Chen, H, Pang, M, and Zhang, Z. 2014. Glacier Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) along China-Pakistan International Karakoram Highway (KKH). Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation. 4.

Yingyan, Z., Yang, Z., Liao, L., Hu, J., Zou, D.H.S., Waseem, M., Chen, J., Wang, Y., Ye, C., Chen, H, Pang, M, and Zhang, Z. 2014. Glacier Debris flow along China-Pakistan International Karakoram Highway (KKH). Arid Land Geography. 4.

Yingyan, Z., Yang, Z., Liao, L., Hu, J., Zou, D.H.S., Waseem, M., Chen, J., Wang, Y., Ye, C., Chen, H, Pang, M. and Zhang, Z. 2014. Glacier geo-hazards along China-Pakistan International Karakoram Highway (KKH). Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development. 4.

Yingyan, Z., Yang, Z., Liao, L., Hu, J., Zou, D.H.S., Waseem, M., Chen, J., Wang, Y., Ye, C., Chen, H, Pang, M. and Zhang, Z. 2014. Stability analysis of layered rock slope along China-Pakistan International Karakoram Highway (KKH). Chinese Journal of Underground Space and Engineering.

Aerden, D., Bell, T., Sayab, M., Puga, E., Lozano, J. & Daiz de Federico, A., 2013.  Multistage mountain building vs. relative plate motions in the Betic Cordillera deduced from integrated microstructural and petrological analysis of porphyroblast inclusion trail. Tectonophysics. 587, 188-206.

Khattak, N. U., Ali, N. & Khan, M. A., 2013. Recognition of an episode of post-collisional normal faulting in North West Pakistan: constraints from fission-track analyses, Tectonophysics. 588 (11), 18-26.

Muhamamd, S., Shah, M. T., Khan, S., Saddique, U., Gul, N., Khan M.U., Malik, R.N.,  Farooq, M., Naz, A., 2013. Wild plant assessment for heavy metal phytoremediation potential along the mafic and ultramafic terrain, Northern Pakistan. BioMed Research International (formerly: Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology). http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/194765. 9-pages online available..

Stephenson, M. H. & Jan, I. U., 2013.  Palynological evidence for diachroneity in the basal Khuff Formation clastics in the Middle East. Permophiles. 57, 15-19.

Ullah, S., Yali, S., Martin, S., Andrem, K. S., Muhammad, S. & Iqbal, I. A., 2013. “Estimation of grassland biomass and nitrogen using MERIS data” International Jour. Applied Earth Observ. Geoinform. 19, 196–204.

Agheem, M.H, Shah, M.T., Khan, T., Murata, M., Arif, M., & Dars, H., 2013. Shigar valley gemstones, their chemical composition and origin, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 7 (9), 3801-3814.

Ahmad, I., Khan, S., Lapen, T., Burke, K. & Jehan, N., 2013. Isotopic ages for alkaline igneous rocks, including a 26 Ma ignimbrite, from the Peshawar plain of northern Pakistan and their tectonic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 62, 414–424.

Anjum, M.N., Shah, M.T., Ali, F., Hussain, E., Ali. L., 2013. Geochemical studies of fluoride in drinking water of Union Council Ganderi, District Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.  World Applied Sci., Jour. 27 (5), 632-636.