Research Papers (Internationational)
2021 - 2022

Stüwe, K., Robl, J., Turab, S.A. et al. Feedbacks between sea-floor spreading, trade winds and precipitation in the Southern Red Sea. Nat Commun 13, 5405 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32293-1 Nature Communications, volume 13, (Impact Factor = 17.69) (W)

J Khan, Xingwei Ren, MA Hussain, MQ Jan, 2022. Monitoring Land Subsidence Using PS-InSAR Technique in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. Remote Sensing 14, 3722. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14153722 (W category, Impact Factor (IF) 5.349)

Baoyun Chen; Jinjie Yu; Jingwen Mao; MQ Jan, 2022. Building of arc crust during Silurian subduction in the southern Paleo Asian Ocean: Constraint from mineralogy of the pyroxenitic-gabbroic suite in East Tianshan. Lithos, 422-423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106741 (W category, IF 4.004)

MQ Jan, MH Agheem, T Khan, HU Rehman & AH Markhand, 2022. Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Wadhrai Granite Stock of the Malani Igneous Suite in Nagar Parkar Area, SE Pakistan.  Minerals 2022, 12(10), 1240; doi:10.3390/min12101240 (W category, IF 2.74)

PD Clift, C Mark, A. Alizai, H Khan & MQ Jan, 2022. Detrital U–Pb rutile and zircon data show Indus River sediment dominantly eroded from East Karakoram, not Nanga Parbat. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 600: 117873. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117873 (W category IF 5.79)

Fida Ullah, Jincheng Liu, Muhammad Shafique, Sami Ullah, Muhammad Nawaz Rajpar, Adnan Ahmad, Muhammad Shahzad, Quantifying the influence of Chashma Right Bank Canal on land-use/land-cover and cropping pattern using remote sensing, Ecological Indicators, Volume 143, 2022, doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109341. (W)

Bacha, A.S., Shafique, M., van der Werff, H. et al. Spatio-temporal landslide inventory and susceptibility assessment using Sentinel-2 in the Himalayan mountainous region of Pakistan. Environ Monit Assess 194, 845 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022- 10514-w (W)

 Khan MA, Khattak N. U, Hanif, M, Al-Ansari N, Khan MB, Ehsan M and Elbeltagi A (2022) Health risks associated with radon concentrations in carbonate and evaporite sequences  of  the  uranium-rich  district  Karak,  Pakistan. Front.  Environ. Sci. 10:1020028. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1020028 ( W Category)

Muhammad Ali Sikandar, Saif Ullah, Daanyal Umar, Muhammad Tariq Bashir, Liaqat Ali, Muhammad Waseem, Azhar Qazi. Comparative performance evaluation of smart reversible thermochromic pigment-based cement and polymeric mortars, Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 58, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.105072. (W)

Tariq, M., Mehmood, A., Abbas, Y., Ali, M., Ahmad, Z., Saeed, U., Rukh, S., Shahzad, K., Rafique, M., Gurmani, A.R., Khan, A.G., Yun, S. 2022. Enhancement of anaerobic digestion of cow manure through inoculation under mesophilic conditions. Bioenerg. Res. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-022-10547-6 (W category, IF 3.95)

Rehman, A., Rukh, S., Ayoubi, S. A., Khattak, S. A., Mehmood, A., Ali, L., Khan, A., Malik, K.M., Qayyum, A., Salam, H. 2022. Natural Clay Minerals as Potential Arsenic Sorbents from Contaminated Groundwater: Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(23), 16292. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316292 (W category, IF 4.614)

Ullah S, Jan IU, Hanif M, Latif K, Mohibullah M, Sabba M, Anees A, Ashraf U, Vo Thanh H. 2022. Paleoenvironmental and Bio-Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of the Cretaceous Pelagic Carbonates of Eastern Tethys, Sulaiman Range, Pakistan. Minerals. 12(8):946. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12080946 (Published: 27 July 2022) (Category

W 2.818).

Sarim M, Jan T, Khattak SA, Mihoub A, Jamal A, Saeed MF, Soltani-Gerdefaramarzi S, Tariq SR, Fernández MP, Mancinelli R, Radicetti E. Assessment of the Ecological and Health Risks of Potentially Toxic Metals in Agricultural Soils from the Drosh-Shishi Valley, Pakistan. Land .2022 11(10):1663. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101663 (W)

Jehan, S., Khattak, S.A., Khan, S. et al. Hydrochemical evaluation of groundwater for drinking and irrigation purposes using multivariate indices along Indus Suture Zone, North Pakistan. Environ Geochem Health (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-022- 01364-z (W)

Benazeer Iqbal, Muhammad Ali, Estimation of spatio-temporal air temperature from satellite based LST under semi-arid to arid environment in Peshawar Basin, Northwest Pakistan, Advances in Space Research, Volume 70, Issue 4, 2022, Pages 961-975, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.05.052. (W, IF 2.61)

Kamran, Asad, Liaqat Ali, Waqas Ahmed, Sobia Zoreen, Shah Jehan, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, Charalampos Vasilatos, and George Kontakiotis. "Aggregate Evaluation and Geochemical Investigation of Limestone for Construction Industries in Pakistan: An Approach for Sustainable Economic Development." Sustainability 14, no. 17 (2022): 10812. (W category)

Zaheen Ullah, Asad Khan, Shah Faisal, Tehseen Zafar, Huan Li, Muhammad Farhan, Petrogenesis of peridotites in the Dargai Complex ophiolite, Indus Suture Zone, Northern Pakistan: Implications for two stages of melting, depletion, and enrichment of the Neo-Tethyan mantle, Lithos, Volumes 426–427,2022, doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106798 (W)

Ahmad Adnan, Ahmad Shahid, Nabi Ghulam, Zeb Alam, Rajpar Muhammad Nawaz, Ullah Sami, Khalid Faisal, Rahman Mujibur, Liu Qijing, Zu Kuiling, Guo Xinle, Wanghe Kunyuan, Carbon Emissions with Forest Cover Change and Wood Harvest in the Dry Temperate Region of Pakistan Between 1908 and 2015, Frontiers in Environmental Science, v.10, 2022, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.876225 (W category, impact factor 4.58)

Khaing, K.K., Latif, K., Oo, T.H., Hussein, A.A.A, Aung, M.M., Mei, CJ. 2022. Diagenetic implications for the oolitic limestone in the Miaolingian Zhangxia Formation,  Beijing  (North  China  Platform).  Carbonates and Evaporites, 37, 67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-022-00808-y. (Published: 07 September 2022) (Category X, IF 2.784)

Khan, M., Khan, S., Ali, L. et al. Coal quality and occurrence in areas of western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, using GPR and electrical resistivity methods. J Earth Syst Sci 131, 198 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-022-01947-5 (X)

Khan, Mohibullah , Ali Liaqat , Hussain, Rahib , Khan Sarfraz , Khattak Seema , Ahmad, Sajid. (2022). Geochemical investigation and modes of occurrence of critical elements and minerals in the coal of Akkakhel, Akhorwal, and Sheikhan, KP, Pakistan. Episodes. 10.18814/epiiugs/2022/022022. (X)

Rehman, Nu., Ahmad, S., Faisal, S. et al. Geological mapping and neo-tectonics studies of the eocene limestone distributed over Mala Khel Anticline, Trans Indus ranges, North-West Himalayas, Pakistan. Arab J Geosci 15, 1281 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-10573-w (X)

Sarfraz Khan, Muhammad Waseem, Shahzad Khalid, Denise-Penelope N. Kontoni, Mahmood Ahmad, Suraparb Keawsawasvong, "Fuzzy Clustering Analysis of HVSR Data for Seismic Microzonation at Lahore City", Shock and Vibration, vol. 2022, Article ID 3109609, 13 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3109609 (X, IF 1.616)

Shah Jehan, Seema Anjum Khattak, Sardar Khan, Lixin Wang, Liaqat Ali, Muhammad Waqas & Mian Luqman Hussain Spatial source apportionment of pollution and health risks in the agricultural soils of Shangla, Northern Pakistan: multistatistical approach. Arab J Geosci 15, 1422 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-10678-2 (X)

Talha Qadri, S. M., Shah, A. A., Sahari, S., Raja, A., Yaghmaei-Sabegh, S., & Khan, M. Y. (2022). Tectonic geomorphology-based modeling reveals dominance of transpression in Taxila and the contiguous region in Pakistan: implications for seismic hazards. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 1-22. (X)

Yasir, Muhammad, Waqas Ahmed, Ihtisham Islam, Muhammad Sajid, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, and George Kontakiotis. "Composition, Texture, and Weathering Controls on the Physical and Strength Properties of Selected Intrusive Igneous Rocks from Northern Pakistan." Geosciences 12, no. 7 (2022): 273. (X category)

Khan, M.Y., Hwang, J., Min, D.J., Turab, S.A., Jan, I.U., 2022. Synthetic modeling and field GPR survey to understand the near-surface deformation induced by coseismic groundwater dynamics following the 2019 Mirpur earthquake in Pakistan. The Leading Edge, 41(8), 529- 539. https://doi.org/10.1190/tle41080529.1.

Ahmed, W., Rehman, K., Farooq, M., Ali, A., Ahmed, T. 2022. Near surface cavities mapping using integrated geophysical techniques: Case study of Gadwalian dam, North Pakistan, Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences, 14(3), 165-177. (Category Y)

Rauf Z., Khan A., Siddiqui S., Saleem S., Iqbal T., Shah S.A., Zarif N, Iqbal W. (2022): Radial growth, present status and future prospects of west Himalayan fir (Abies pindrow Royle) growing in the moist temperate forest of Himalayan mountains of Pakistan. J. For. Sci., 68: 344–356. (Y)

Rauf Z, Khan A, Siddiqui S, Saleem S, Iqbal T, Shah SA, et al.. Radial growth, present status and future prospects of west Himalayan fir (Abies pindrow Royle) growing in the moist temperate forest of Himalayan mountains of Pakistan. J. For. Sci.. 2022;68(9):344-356.

Khan, M. Y., Hwang, J., Min, D. J., Turab, S. A., & Jan, I. U. (2022). Synthetic modeling and field GPR survey to understand the near-surface deformation induced by coseismic groundwater dynamics following the 2019 Mirpur earthquake in Pakistan. The Leading Edge, 41(8), 529-539.

A. Naeem, MI Kakar, A Naeem, RH Siddiqui, AC Kerr, MQ Jan, MA Khan, 2022. Geology and petrogenesis of gabbro from the Zhob Ophiolite, Balochistan, Pakistan. Arab. J. Geosci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-10417-715,1205 (IF 2.14).

Ullah, F., Muhammad, S*., Ali, W., 2022. Radon concentration and potential risk assessment through hot springs water consumption in the Gilgit and Chitral, Northern Pakistan. Chemosphere, United Kingdom. 287, 132323, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132323. Accepted IF 8.1.

Muhammad, S*., Ullah, I., 2022. Spatial and seasonal variation for water quality indices of Gomal Zam Dam and its tributaries in the south Waziristan District, Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Germany. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18524-4. Accepted IF 5.19.

The Physical and geochemical character of the post-depositional alterations in the Early-Middle Jurassic carbonates on western margin of the Indian Plate: Implication for cement morphologies and dolomitization Geological Journal/1099- 1034. 2.44 2022 M Hanif (W) /co-author

Geochemical investigation of low latitude black shale intervals of the Lower to Middle Jurassic succession Indus Basin, Pakistan Frontiers of Earth Science/ 2296-6463 10.1007/s 11707- 021- 0943-4 2022 3.22 M Hanif (W)/co-author

Organic geochemistry and mineralogical characterization of the Paleocene Ranikot Formation shales in selectedareas of Southern Indus Basin, Pakistan. Kuwait Journal of Science/2307- 4116 https://doi.org/10.48129/kjs.10413 2022 1.07 M Hanif (W)/co-author

Discovery of the Lower-Middle Jurassic high potential source rocks based on the Geochemical investigation from the Indus Basin, Pakistan Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering /0920-4105 208- B/109374 4.5 M Hanif (W) /co-author

Rashid, Mehboob Ur, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Waseem, Bakht Zamin, Mahmood Ahmad, and Mohanad Muayad Sabri Sabri. "Metallic-Mineral Prospecting Using Integrated Geophysical and Geochemical Techniques: A Case Study from the Bela Ophiolitic Complex, Baluchistan, Pakistan." Minerals 12, no. 7 (2022): 825. ( w)

Khan, Jehanzeb, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Yasir, Ihtisham Islam, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, and George Kontakiotis. "Pollutants Concentration during the Construction and Operation Stages of a Long Tunnel: A Case Study of Lowari Tunnel,(Dir–Chitral), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Applied Sciences 12, no. 12 (2022): 6170. (w)

Yasir, Muhammad, Waqas Ahmed, Ihtisham Islam, Muhammad Sajid, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, and George Kontakiotis. 2022. "Composition, Texture, and Weathering Controls on the Physical and Strength Properties of Selected Intrusive Igneous Rocks from Northern Pakistan" Geosciences 12, no. 7: 273. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12070273.(w)

Khan, N., Jan, I. U., Iqbal, S., Swennen, R., Hersi, O. S., & Hussain, H. S. (2021). Bulk organic geochemical and palynofacies analyses of the Hettangian Datta Formation (Potwar Basin, Pakistan): Regional comparison with the time equivalent Lathi Formation (Jaisalmer Basin, India). Journal of Earth System Science, 130(3), 1-22 (w).

Khan, N., Weltje, G. J., Jan, I. U., &Swennen, R. (2022). Depositional and diagenetic constraintson the quality of shale-gas reservoirs: A case study from the Late Palaeocene of the Potwar Basin (Pakistan, EasternTethys).Geological Journal,57(7), 2770– 2787.https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.4439 (w)

oqeer Ahmed, Umair Bin Nisar, Sarfraz Khan, Muhammad Abid, Muhammad Zahir, Rabbia Murtaza, Jay Sagin. Effects of water qualities of Kabul River on health, agriculture and aquatic life under changing climate. Desalination and Water Treatment 2022 (w)

Muhammad Jahangir Khan, Siddique Akhtar Ehsan, Umair Bin Nisar, Syed Shahrukh Ali, Mubarak Ali, Hummad Habib Qazi, Saif-ur-Rehman, Sarfraz Khan. Delineating Weak Zones in Limestone based on Borehole Drilling and E1lectrical Resistivity Tomography. Kowait Journal of Science. 2022 : https://doi.org/10.48129/kjs.14773  (w)

Zaheen Ullah, Asad Khan, Shah Faisal, Tehseen Zafar, Huan Li, Muhammad Farhan, Petrogenesis of peridotites in the Dargai Complex ophiolite, Indus Suture Zone, Northern Pakistan: Implications for two stages of melting, depletion, and enrichment of the Neo-Tethyan mantle, Lithos, Volumes 426–427, 2022, 106798, ISSN 0024-4937, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106798. w

Rehman, N. U, Ahmad. S, faisal. S, ….(2022). Structural Refinement of the Southern Kohat Basin and Adjoining Areas: Implications for Hydrocarbon Potential of the Kohat Basin, Pakistan. Bahria University Research Journal of Earth Sciences, (w cate) 7, 8-19.

Characterization of an Unstable Slope Using Geophysical, UAV, and Geological Techniques: Karakoram Himalaya, northern Pakistan MY Khan, M Shafique, SA Turab, N Ahmad, Frontiers in Earth Science, 705 (w cat)

Butt, N.A.; Khan, M.Y.; Khattak, S.A.; Akhter, G.; Ge, Y.; Shah, M.T.; Farid, A. Geophysical and Geochemical Characterization of Solidwaste Dumpsite: A Case Study of Chowa Gujar, Peshawar (Part of Indus Basin). Sustainability (w category ) 2022, 14, 1443. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031443

Rashid, A.; Ayub, M.; Ullah, Z.; Ali, A.; Khattak, S.A.; Ali, L.; Gao, X.; Li, C.; Khan, S.; El- Serehy, H.A.; Kaushik, P. Geochemical Modeling Source Provenance, Public Health Exposure, and Evaluating Potentially Harmful Elements in Groundwater: Statistical and Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA). Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 6472. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116472 w

Butt, N.A.; Khan, M.Y.; Khattak, S.A.; Akhter, G.; Ge, Y.; Shah, M.T.; Farid, A. Geophysical and Geochemical Characterization of Solidwaste Dumpsite: A Case Study of Chowa Gujar, Peshawar (Part of Indus Basin). Sustainability (w category )2022, 14, 1443. doi.org/10.3390/ su14031443 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/3/1443

Waseem, M.; Rehman, Z.U.; Sabetta, F.; Ahmad, I.; Ahmad, M.; Sabri, M.M.S. Evaluation of the Predictive Performance of Regional and Global Ground Motion Predictive Equations for Shallow Active Regions in Pakistan. Sustainability (w categ) 2022, 14, 8152. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14138152

Ather, D., Muhammad, S*., Ali, W., 2022. Fluoride and nitrate contaminations of groundwater and potential health risks assessment in the Khyber District, North-Western Pakistan. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, United Kingdom. DOI: 10.1080/03067319.2022.2098475. Accepted IF 2.83.

Haroon, H., Muhammad, S*., 2022. Spatial distribution of radon concentrations in groundwater and annual exposure doses in Mirpur District Pakistan. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Netherlands. 17 (2022) 100734. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2022.100734. Accepted IF 5.22.

Radon emission along faults: a case study from district Karak, Sub- Himalayas, Pakistan Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry https://doi.org/10.10 07/s10967 -022- 08283-4 2022 1.37 M Hanif (X)/co-author

Asif, Abdul Rahim, Ihtisham Islam, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Sajid, Adnan Qadir, and Allah Ditta. "Exploring the potential of Eocene carbonates through petrographic, geochemical, and geotechnical analyses for their utilization as aggregates for engineering structures." Arabian Journal of Geosciences 15, no. 11 (2022): 1-19. (x)

Zamin, Bakht, Hassan Nasir, Muhammad Ali Sikandar, Waqas Ahmad, Beenish Jehan Khan, Mahmood Ahmad, and Muhammad Tariq Bashir. "Comparative Study on the Field-and Lab- Based Soil-Water Characteristic Curves for Expansive Soils." Advances in Civil Engineering 2022 (2022). (x)

Ur Rehman, Atta, Waqas Ahmed, Shahid Azam, and Muhammad Sajid. "Characterization and thermal behavior of marble from northwestern Pakistan." Innovative Infrastructure Solutions 7, no. 1 (2022): 1-8. (x)

Muhammad Farooq, Umair Bin Nisar, Sarfraz Khan, Tarib Jalees, Muhammad Rizwan Mughal, Liaqat Ali And Toqeer Ahmed. Electrical resistivity tomography for delineatinggroundwater potential zones in fractured metasedimentary rocks, Lesser Himalayas, Pakistan. J. Earth Syst. Sci. (2022) 131:113 x

Qasim ur Rehman, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Waseem, Sarfraz Khan, Asam Farid, Syed Husnain Ali Shah. Geophysical investigations of a potential landslide area in Mayoon, Hunza District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Rudarsko-geološko-naftni zbornik (The Mining-Geology- Petroleum Engineering Bulletin), 2022 x

Rehman, N. U., Ahmad, S., Faisal, S., Ali, A., Azeem, M. W., Ullah, S., & Javed, S. (2022). Geological mapping and neo-tectonics studies of the eocene limestone distributed over Mala Khel Anticline, Trans Indus ranges, North-West Himalayas, Pakistan. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 15(14), 1-14. (X cat)

Khan, M.Y., Awais, M., Hussain, F. et al. Pore pressure prediction in a carbonate reservoir: a case study from Potwar Plateau, Pakistan. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol ( x cat) (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-022-01511-3

Zafar, W.A., Shakir, U., Ahmed, R. et al. Gravity and electrical resistivity investigations to mark concealed seepage sources from Kanjoor Dam, Pakistan. Arab J Geosci ( x cat ) 15, 198 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-09442-3

Sarfraz Khan, Umair Bin Nisar, Athar Hussain, Nabeel Ahmad, Babar Siddique, Hydrological investigation of subsurface Glacial Lake Outburst Floods at Bindo Gol Valley under changing climate, Pakistan. Journal of Applied Geophysics 201 (2022) 104633 x

Structural analysis and reservoir characterization of Cretaceous sequence in Kohala Bala, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Rudarsko Geolosko Naftni Zbornik/ 0353-4529 37 (3) 2022 M Hanif Y/co-author

Ullah, S; Shams, D. F.; Ur Rehman, S. A.; Khattak, S. A.; Noman, M.; Rukh, G.; Bibi, H.; Ateeq, M.; Bibi, N.; Ali, L.; Fazil, P. Application of visible light-activated thiolated cobalt doped ZnO nanoparticles towards arsenic removal from aqueous systems. Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures, Vol.17,No.2,April- June 2022. Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures (y category) (chalcogen.ro)/443_UllahS.pdf. (ISSN: 1842- 3582 )

Haq, A.U., Muhammad, S*., 2021. Spatial distribution of heavy metals contamination and risk indices evaluation in sediments of Indus River and its tributaries, Pakistan. Geocarto International, United Kingdom. DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2021.2019835. Accepted IF 4.89.

Sarwar, T., Khan, S., Muhammad, S*., Amin, S., 2021. Arsenic speciation, mechanisms, and factors affecting rice uptake and potential human health risk: A systematic review. Environmental Technology & Innovation, Netherlands. DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2021.101392. Accepted IF 7.8.

Muhammad, S*., Khan, S., Ali, W., Jadoon, I.A.K., Arif, M., 2021. Spatial distribution of heavy metal and risk indices of water and sediments in the Kunhar River and its tributaries. Geocarto International, United Kingdom. DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2021.1926557. Accepted IF 4.89.

Jehan, S., Muhammad, S*., Ali, W., Hussain, M.L., 2021. Potential risks assessment of heavy metal(loid)s contaminated vegetables in Pakistan: A review. Geocarto International, United Kingdom. DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2021.1969449. Accepted IF 4.89.

Ullah, S., M. Shakir, M. S. Iqbal, A. Iqbal, M. Ali, M. Shafique, A. Rehman and J. Godwin (2021). "Identifying optimal waveband positions for discriminating Parthenium hysterophorus using hyperspectral data." Ecological Informatics: 101362.( w cat)

Ahmad, W., S. Ullah, I. Ahmad, M. K. Gingras, M. Shafique, E. U. Khan and M. Shah (2021). "Reflux dolomitization and subsequent hydrothermal dolomitization induced by the Alkaline Igneous Province in the Middle Devonian Nowshera Formation (Peshawar Basin, NW Pakistan)." Marine and Petroleum Geology: 105178. ( w cate)

Ur Rehman, A., Ullah, S., Shafique, M. et al. Combining Landsat-8 spectral bands with ancillary variables for land cover classification in mountainous terrains of northern Pakistan. J. Mt. Sci. 18, 2388–2401 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-020-6548-7 (W)

Ma, Z., Tan, J., Zheng, L., Shen, B., Wang, Z., Shahzad, A., ... & Schulz, H. M. (2021). Evaluating gas generation and preservation of the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation shale in southeastern Sichuan Basin, China: Implications from semiclosed hydrous pyrolysis. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 129, 105102 (w)

Hussein, A.A.A., Latif, K., Shahzad, K., Khaing K.K., Riaz, M., Khan, M. 2021. Ooid distribution and fabric in the Miaolingian of Beijing (North China Platform). Indian Journal of Geomarine Sciences. (Accepted on 11 Aug 2021)

Riaz, M., Bhat, G.M., Latif, K., Zafar, T., Ghazi, S., 2021. Sequence Stratigraphy, Depositional and Diagenetic Environments of Glauconite Bearing Cambrian Oolitic Limestones of the Kelan Section, Shanxi, China. Journal of Earth System Science. (Accepted on 25 July 2021). (w)

Sarfaraz Khan, Umair Bin Nisar, Siddique Akhtar Ehsan, Asam Farid, Syed Muzayan Shahzad, Hummad Habib Qazi, Muhammad Jahangir Khan, Toqeer Ahmed. Aquifer vulnerability and groundwater quality around Brahma Bahtar Lesser Himalayas Pakistan. Environmental Earth Sciences (2021) 80:454 w

Masab Toosy, Sarfraz Khan, Urooj Shakir, Umair Bin Nisar, Kaleem Ullah, Anwar Qadir, And Maas Siddique. Depositional Architecture of Eocene and Cretaceous Reservoirs (Blending Seismic and Well Data) in Mubarik Area, Central Indus Basin, Pakistan. Pure Appl. Geophys. 178 (2021), 1297–1315 w

Mehboob ur Rashid, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Jawad Zeb, Zafar Mahmood, Sarfraz Khan, Muhammad Waseem. Geoelectrical and magnetic survey of Tatta Pani thermal spring: a case study from Kotli District, Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Geomech. Geophys. Geo-energ. Geo- resour. (2021) 7:41 w

Muhammad Raiees Amjad, Sarfraz Khan, Umair Bin Nisar, Urooj Shakir, Khawar Ashfaq Ahmed. Exploring the untapped gas potential of Ghazij shale in Pirkoh area, Pakistan: Integrated approach of attribute analysis and maturity modeling Turkish J Earth Sci (2021) 30 w

Organic amendments and elemental sulfur stimulate microbial biomass and sulfur oxidation in alkaline subtropical soils Kouser Majeed Malik, Khalid Saifullah Khan, Motsim Billah, Mohammad Saleem Akhtar, Shah Rukh, Sadia Alam, Asia Munir, Azhar Mahmood Aulakh, Majid Rahim, Muther Mansoor Qaisrani and Naeem Khan https://doi.org/10.3390/ Agronomy 11122514   (W category)

New geochronological and geochemical constraints on petrogenesis and tectonic setting of the Loe-Shilman carbonatite complex, Northwest Pakistan. Lithos (accepted). Khan, A., Faisal, S., Larson, K.P., Robinson, D.M., Huan, Li., 2021.

Locating the Main Central thrust in the Kaghan Valley, Pakistan: Insights from detrital zircon geochronology. The Geological Society of America, Portland, Oregon, USA, Vol. 53(6) Schiffer, W.J., Robinson, D.M.,Faisal, S., 2021. (https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2021AM/webprogram/Paper370898.html).

The dynamic response of coseismic liquefaction-induced ruptures associated with the 2019 Mw 5.8 Mirpur, Pakistan, earthquake using HVSR measurements MY Khan, SA Turab, L Ali, MT Shah, SMT Qadri, K Latif, AI Kanli, ...The Leading Edge 40 (8), 590-600 2021 w

Hussain, R., Khattak, S.A., Ali, L., Sattar, S., Zeb, M., Hussain, M.L., (2021). Impacts of the linear flowing industrial wastewater on the groundwater quality and human health in Swabi, Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. (w category) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13842-5

Ali, L.; Rashid,A; Khattak,S.A.; Gao,X; Jehan,S.; Javed,S.(2021).Geochemical modeling, fate distribution, and risk exposure of potentially toxic metals in the surface sediment of the Shyok suture zone, northern Pakistan. International Journal of Sediment Research. (w category) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsrc.2021.02.006

Ahmad, N., M. Shafique and M. L. Hussain (2021). "Landslide assessment by using multi- temporal UAV datasets: a case study in northern Pakistan." Arabian Journal of Geosciences 14(18). ( x cat)

Application of fuzzy logic and neural networks for porosity analysis using well log data: an example from the Chanda Oil Field, Northwest Pakistan Khan, N., Rehman, K, Earth Science Informatics https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12145-021-00679-2 (x category)

Re-appraisal of Earthquake Catalog in the Pamir-Hindu Kush Region, Emphasising the Early and Modern Instrumental Earthquake Events Rahman, Z., Rehman, K., Ali, W., Ali, A., Burton, P., Barkat, A., Ali, A., Qadri, S.M.T. Journal of Seismology https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10950-021-10046-9 (X category)

Ahmad, N., M. Shafique and M. L. Hussain (2021). "Landslide assessment by using multi- temporal UAV datasets: a case study in northern Pakistan." Arabian Journal of Geosciences 14(18). (X cat)

Sami, U., S. Tahir, M. Shafique, S. Muhammad and K. Adnan (2021). "Comparison of Airborne Laser Scanning (3D) with Sentinel-2 (2D) for Estimating Above Ground Biomass/Carbon Stock in a Subtropical Chir Pine Forest of Balakot, Pakistan." Research square 1: 1-16. X

Improved taxonomic definition based on the ontogenetic series of Griesbachian-Dienerian conodonts from the Early Triassic of northwestern Pakistan.Han, C. Orchard, M. J. Wu, S. Zhao, L. Chen, Z-Q. Golding, M. L. Jan, I. U. Lyu, Z. & Hashmi S. I. doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103703 (X category)

Zahir, m., awais, m., ghani, m., mohibullah, m., hersi, o., jan, i. U., & iqbal, h. Reservoir Quality Assessment of The Late Permian Chhidru Formation, Salt and Surghar Ranges, Pakistan. Acta Geologica Sinica‐English Edition. (x)

Geo-electrical sounding for subsurface lithological investigation and modeling for groundwater exploration in Sheikhmanda Kili region, northern Quetta, Pakistan.Ghani, M. Jan, I. U. et al. In press (X category)

New kinematic model for the tectonic evolution of the Himalayan thrust belt in northern Pakistan: Implications for continuity of tectonostratigraphic and major faults. American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, LA. USA, Abstract ID# 936930. Robinson, D.M., Faisal, S., Schiffer, W.J., Khan, A., Naseer, A., 2021. X

Khan, M.Y., Turab, S.A., Ali, L., Shah, M.T., Qadri, S.M.T., Latif, K., Kanli, A.I., Akhter, M.G. 2021. The dynamic response of coseismic liquefaction-induced ruptures associated with the 2019 Mw 5.8 Mirpur, Pakistan, earthquake using HVSR measurements. The Leading Edge, 40 (8): 590–600. doi: https://doi.org/10.1190/tle40080590.1 .

Latif, K., Ray, J.G., Planchon, O. (2021). Algae on Mars: A Summary of the Evidence. Journal of Astrobiology, 7, 22-29. Link: http://journalofastrobiology.com/AlgaeOnMarsLatifetal.pdf (Published online 08 July 2021) (x)

Sarfraz Khan, Muhammad Waseem and M. Asif Khan. A Seismic Hazard Map Based on Geology and Shear-wave Velocity in Rawalpindi–Islamabad, Pakistan. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 2021, 95(2): 659–673 x

Chemical composition of gemstones and characterization of their host pegmatites and country rocks from Chumar Bakhoor, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan: implications for the source of gem- forming fluids Amjad Hussain, Muhammad Tahir Shah, Mohammad Arif, Muhammad Hassan Agheem, Muhammad Saleem Mughal, Shakir Ullah, Syed Asim Hussain & Izhar Sadiq https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07682-3 (x category)

Muhammad, S*., Osman, Q.A., 2022. Heavy metal contamination in water of Indus River and its tributaries, Northern Pakistan: evaluation for potential risk and source apportionment. Toxin Reviews, United Kingdom. 41(2), 380-388. DOI: 10.1080/15569543.2021.1882499. Accepted IF 4.27.

Suliman, M., Samiullah, & Ali, M. (2021). Identification of Potential Groundwater Recharge Sites in a Semi-arid Region of Pakistan Using Saaty´s Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP). Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, 16(1), 53–70. https://doi.org/10.7494/geom.2022.16.1.53. ( y )

Mujeeb Rehman Khaskheli, Muhammad Hassan Agheem, Manzoor Ali Panhwar, Ulfat Akram, Jabir Nazir. Structural Styles and their Suitability for Hydrocarbon in Eastern Sindh Monocline, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan. Int. J. Econ. Environ. Geol. Vol. 12(3)32-35,2021, https://doi.org/10.46660/ijeeg.Vol12.Iss3.2021.617 ( y)