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1 Tiwari,P.,Thakur,B.,Srivastava P.,Gahlaud, S.K.S, Bhusan,R., Agnihotri, .R,Paleolimnology and Natural Versus Anthropogenic Influx During the Late Holocene from Vembanad Wetland, Ramsar Site,Kerala, India,Quaternary 2025, 8, 3 https://doi.org/10.3390/quat8010003 Download
2 Phartiyal, B., Kumar, A. , Shukla S., Martian/Lunar analogue research station in India: Ladakh as a potential site, Current Science, Vol. 128, No. 5, 10 March 2025 10.18520/cs/v128/i5/446-451 Download
3 Rekha Dixit report ,Hukam Singh and Priya Agnihotri collecting amber from a lignite mine in Kutch.Resin a toast to fossil-rich amber,Ambers from Gujarat reveal ancient secrets of the Earth.,March 2025 , IITM SHAASTRA - Download
4 Negi, R.S., Singh, B.P., Bhargava, O.N. et al. Psammichnites gigas gigas sub-ichnozone and microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) from Kunzam La Formation (Cambrian), Hojis Valley, Kinnaur, Himachal Himalaya. J Earth Syst Sci 134, 49 (2025) doi.org/10.1007/s12040-024-02503-z Download
5 Kumar, R., Pandey V. Das, N., Aggarwal, N., Murthy, S., Kumar, K. and Pathak, D.B., 2024. Late Jurassic Palynological Record from the Jaisalmer Basin (India). Historical Biology. 1–13 doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2024.2427097 Download
6 Nandaa, S., Goswami, S., Aggarwal, N. and Das, D., 2025. Reconstructing Ancient Vegetation, Climate, depositional setting and ecology of the West Bokaro Coalfield: Insights from Megafloristics and Palynofacies. Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 4: 100334 doi.org/10.1016/j.geogeo.2024.100334 Download
7 Aggarwal, N., Mishra, D., Srivastava, S. and Mathews, R.P., 2025. Unraveling the Charred Past: Microscopic Insights and Advanced Techniques in Understanding Permian Palaeofires. ACS Omega Article ASAP 10.1021/acsomega.4c08281 Download
8 Husna A, Shah SK, Mehrotra N, Thomte L, Deekha, Rahman TW, Pandey U, Islam N, Gaire NP, Singh D. 2025. Streamflow reconstruction using multi-taxa tree-ring records from Kullu Valley, Himachal Pradesh, western Himalaya. Quaternary 8(1) doi.org/10.3390/quat8010009 Download
9 Quamar, M.F., Prasad, N., Maneesha M. ET, Morthekai, P., Singh, A.K., Joshi, L.M., Kotlia, B.S., Singh, D.S., Javed, M. 2025. Intensification of pastoralism ~8ka: Non-pollen palynomorphs analyses from the Rawatsera palaeolake sediments profile, Central Himalaya, India. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 335, 105288 doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105288 Download
10 PIYAL, H., ANUPAM, S*., MATSYENDRA, K.S. and KAMLESH, K. (2024), Decoding Subsurface Secondary Mineralisation and its Impact on Cohesive Strength: An Outcome of the Deep Scientific Drilling Program in the Koyna–Warna Seismogenic Region, Western India. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, 98: 44-50 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1755-6724.15236 Download
11 Halder, P., Shukla, M.K., Kumar, K., Sharma, A*. 2025. Assessing the Influence of Clay Minerals on Landslides in the Lesser Himalayas. In: Rastogi, B.K., Kothyari, G.C., Luirei, K. (eds) Natural Hazards and Risk Mitigation. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer Nature, Singapore. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7658-0_4 Download
12 Piyal Halder, Matsyendra Kumar Shukla, Kamlesh Kumar, Anupam Sharma*. 2025. Understanding the mechanism of shallow crustal fluid-rock interaction in the Deccan Trap basement rocks and its significance in the Koyna-Warna Seismogenic region, Western India. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A-B-C. 138, 103870 doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2025.103870 Download
13 Thampan, J., Srivastava, J.*, Saraf, P.N., Samal, P. 2025. Habitat distribution modelling to identify areas of high conservation value under climate change for an endangered arid land tree Tecomella undulata. Journal of AridEnvironments, 227, 105317 doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105317 Download
14 Mehrotra N, Shah SK, Malsawmliana, Kar R. 2024. Modern pollen distribution across Mizoram, northeastern India, impacted by regional climate and anthropogenic activities. The Holocene doi.org/10.1177/09596836241307299 Download
15 Pandey, Arya, Tripathi, Swati, Kumar, B., Singh, P., Singh, H., Shukla, A. N., & Garg, A. (2024). Spore morphology of Adiantum species from the Indian subcontinent using LM and FESEM: palaeoecological analysis and phylogenetic delineation. Palynology doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2024.2427638 Download
16 Kumar, R., Pandey, B., Das, N., Aggarwal, N., Murthy, S., Kumar, K., and Pathak, D. B. (2024). Late Tithonian (Late Jurassic) palynological record from the Jaisalmer Basin (India). Historical Biology, 1-13. doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2024.2427097 Download
17 Quamar, M.F., Dubey, J., Tiwari, P., Das, P.K., Thakur, B., Javed, M., Prasad, N., Maneesha M. ET., Sangode, S.J. 2024. Hydro-climatic changes revealed by multiple proxies since the Last Glacial Maximum from the Core Monsoon Zone of India. Quaternary 7, 52. doi.org/10.3390/quat7040052 Download
18 Negi, R.S., Vinn, O., Singh, B.P., Bhargava, O.N., & Iskar, M. (2024). Gastropod, cephalopod, and tentaculid fauna from the Takche Formation (Ordovician-Silurian), Tidong Valley, Kinnaur Himalaya. Historical Biology, 1–8 doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2024.2421283 Download
19 Saxena, A., Cleal, C. J., & Singh, K. J. (2024). The Permian–Triassic boundary in peninsular India and the extinction of the Glossopteridales. Gondwana Research. doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.10.005 Download
20 Sarkar S, Sinanoglu D and Özgen-Erdem N (2024). Crustose red algae in deep time environments: Palaeoecological insights from northeastern India and Türkiye (Turkey). Palaeoworld 33, 1681-1696. doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2024.04.001 Download
21 Mishra, S., Bansal, M., Prasad, V., Singh, V.P., Murthy, S., Parmar, S., Utescher, T. and Khangar, R., 2024. Did the Deccan Volcanism impact the Indian flora during the Maastrichtian?. Earth-Science Reviews, p.104950 doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104950 Download
22 Priyanka Singh, Vijayananda Sarangi, Ravi Bhushan, S Nawaz Ali, Shailesh Agrawal,Pooja Tiwari , Masud Kawsar , Rajesh Agnihotri , Prasanta Sanyal, Kamlesh Kumar ,Biswajeet Thakur , M C Manoj , Veerukant Singh , Ankur Dabhi, Anupam Sharma ,Kuldeep Prakash and P Morthekai, 2024, Presence and implications of petrogenic organic carbon in High Himalayan Crystalline lake sediment, Radiocarbon 10.1017/RDC.2024.87 Download
23 Anjali Trivedi, Sheikh Nawaz Ali, M.C. Manoj, Shailesh Agrawal, Anupam Sharma, Binita Phartiyal, Kamlesh Kumar, Arvind Tiwari, P. Morthekai, Biswajeet Thakur, Anjum Farooqui, Mohd Ikram, Anupam Nag, Pooja Nitin Saraf, Pooja Tiwari 2024. Characterization of biotic and abiotic signatures of modern lake sediments of western India, and its palaeo-environmental implications doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2024.08.002 Download
24 Pooja Tiwari,Biswajeet Thakur, Purnima Srivastava, Sanjay Kumar Singh Gahlaud,Trina Bose, Anurag Kumar, Ravi Bhushan,Rajesh Agnihotri, 2024, Was LIA synchronous with equa-tropical climate? A multiproxy study fromthe southwest coast of India. doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2024.09.004 Download
25 Javed, M., Prasad, N., Farooqui, A., Quamar, M.F., Singh, M., 2024. Taxonomic insights into medicinal plants pollen, using advanced microscopy techniques, from the Western Ghats, India. doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2024.2391515 Download
26 Prasad, N., Quamar, M.F., Maneesha, M. ET, Tiwari, P., Thakur, B., Sharma, A., Phartiyal, B., Javed, M., 2024. Late Holocene vegetation history and monsoonal climate change from the Core Monsoon Zone of India. Catena 246, 118394 doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2024.108394 Download
27 Jahan, T., Quamar, M.F., 2024. The ‘4.2 ka drought event’ and the fall of the Harappan Civilization: a critical review. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 331, 105187 doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2024.105187 Download
28 Choudhuri, A., Uddandam, P.R., Nag, D., 2024. Evolution of a confined gravelly river to a braided-meandering river in the Late Cretaceous Khasi Group, southern Shillong Plateau, NE India. Journal of Palaeogeography doi.org/10.1016/j.jop.2024.08.003 Download
29 Singh, S. P., Singh, A. K., Arif, M., Prasad, V., Venkateshwarlu, M., & Naik, A. S. (2024). Magnetostratigraphy and Sedimentology of Deccan Intertrappean Succession from Sagar, Central India: Insights into Palaeoenvironment and End-Cretaceous Palaeogeography. Journal of Geological Society of India, 100(8), 1129–1139 doi.org/10.17491/jgsi/2024/173961 Download
30 Nag, D., Sangode, S.J., Singh, S.P., Uddandam, PR., Choudhuri, A., Phartiyal, B., Prasad, V., 2024. Magnetostratigraphy and rock magnetic studies on the Cretaceous‐Paleogene transition strata along the Um Sohryngkew River, Therriaghat, Meghalaya, Indi. Geological Journal, doi.org/10.1002/gj.5046 Download
31 Ansari, A.H., Das, A., Sonker, A. et al. Assessment of the health risks associated with heavy metal contamination in the groundwaters of the Leh district, Ladakh. Environ Geochem Health 46, 369 (2024) doi.org/10.1007/s10653-024-02149-2 Download
32 Goswami, S., Swain, R.R. Aggarwal., N., and Pradhan, S., Tripathi, M., Nanda, S., and Mishra, M., 2024. Lower Gondwana palaeobotany and geochemistry of phosphorite occurrence in the north-western part of Ib-River Coalfield, Odisha, India, and their implications. Geological Journal, 1–28 https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.5029 Download
33 Saraf, P.N., Srivastava, J.*, Munoz, F. et al. How can dry tropical forests respond to climate change? Predictions for key Non-Timber Forest Product species show different trends in India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 196, 727 (2024). doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-12876-9 Download
34 Pradhan, S., Mishra, D. Aggarwal, N.* and Goswami, S., 2024. Assessment of the source rock potential in the Sirka and Giddi collieries of South Karanapura coalfield, Jharkhand, India: Insights from megaflora, palynology, and geochemistry. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences-X, 12: 100181 doi.org/10.1016/j.jaesx.2024.100181 Download
35 Prachita Arora, Sheikh Nawaz Ali, Priyanka Singh, Mayank Shekhar, P. Morthekai, Ruby Ghosh, and Pyarimohan Maharana. 2024. An assessment of the correlations and causations of palaeo-hydroclimatic variability in India’s monsoon-dominated Central Himalaya. The Holocene doi.org/10.1177/09596836241254480 Download
36 Quamar MF, Kar R, Thakur B. 2024. Modern pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs from sub-tropical central India: Discerning anthropogenic signal in surface pollen assemblages. Grana DOI: 10.1080/00173134.2024.2350537 doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2024.2350537 Download
37 Chaddha, A.S.* , Sharma, A.* , Singh, N.K., Ali, S. N., Das, P.K., Pandey, S.K., Phartiyal, B., Kumar, S. (2024) Exploring the astrobiological potential of rock varnish from a Mars analogue field site of Ladakh, India. Planetary and Space Science, 248: 105932. doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2024.105932 Download
38 Binita Phartiyal, Arvind Tiwari, Masud Kawsar, M.C. Manoj, Mayank Shekhar, Nawaz Ali, Ravi Bhushan, Rujal R. Pachchigar, Anurag Kumar, Prasanna K and Anupam Sharma. 2024. Millennial to centennial scale climate oscillations since 15000 cal yr BP from Kanwar wetland in the Central Ganga Plain. Quaternary Science Reviews doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108760 Download
39 Mohd Munazir Chauhan, Sajid Ali, Birendra P. Singh, Vikas Adlakha, Binita Phartiyal, Kamlesh Kumar, Anupam Sharma. 2024. Silicate weathering linked with global climate change along the Mid-Pleistocene transition: A record from the Himalayan foreland Basin, India. Catena doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2024.108047 Download
40 Tathagata Chakraborty, Dharmendra Kr Pandey. Sushil K Singh, Binita Phartiyal and Deepak Putrevu. 2024. Characterization of Permafrost Active Layer using Polarimetric SAR and Ground Data over North-Western Indian Himalaya. IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS) | 979-8-3503-2559-1/23/©2023 IEEE 10.1109/InGARSS59135.2023.10490358 Download
41 Sahoo, M., Murthy, S., Saxena, A., Pillai, S. S. K., & Sahu, S. K. (2024). Significance of palynology in understanding age, palaeoclimate and correlation of Indian Gondwana sediments. In: Samant, B., Thakre, D. (eds) Applications of Palynology in Stratigraphy and Climate Studies. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham. pp 13-38 . doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51877-5_2 Download
42 Quamar MF, Thakur B, Sharma A, Kumar K, Tiwari P, Tiwari A, Prasad N, Srivastava J, Phartiyal B, Manoj MS, Roy I, Saraf PN, Prasanna K, Ali N, Khan I, Pandey S, Trivedi A. 2024. Biotic and abiotic responses deduced through spatially distinct surface samples to reconstruct palaeoecology and palaeoclimate of the Core Monsoon Zone, central India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 10.1177/05529360241240095 Download
43 Pillai S.S.K., Sebastian R.A., Mathews R.P., Murthy S., Saxena A., Sahoo M., Sahu S.K., Dhingra G.K., 2024. Palaeodepositional environment, implications of Glossopteris flora, and organic matter characteristics from Early Permian Period, Karo OCM, East Bokaro Coalfield, Damodar Basin, India. 1-19 doi.org/10.1016/j.jop.2024.04.004 Download
44 Mehrotra N, Shah SK, Kar R. 2024. Palynology: a tool to decipher the impact of anthropogenic activity on palaeo-vegetation - a review based on fossil pollen records from India. In Samanta B, Thakre D. (Eds): Application of Palynology in Stratigraphy and climate studies. Springer. Gewerbestrasse, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51877-5_8 Download
45 Quamar MF. 2024. Palynological perspective on understanding climate change in India over the pre-industrial Common Era: a comprehensive review and a critical evaluation. In: In: B. Samant and D. Thakre (eds.), Applications of Palynology in Stratigraphy and Climate Studies, 205-232. Society of Earth Scientists Series, Springer Nature: Switzerland doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51877-5_7 Download
46 Quamar MF, Mishra AK, Mohanty RB, Kar R. 2024. Implication of Pinus L. pollen abundance for reconstructing the Holocene palaeoclimate from the Himalayas, India. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 326, 105130 doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2024.105130 Download
47 Ansari, M.A., Ansari, A.H., Mishra, R., Arif, M., Jena, P.S., Dabhi, A., Bhushan, R., Singh, D.P., Maurya, A.S., Das, P.K., Rahi, I.C., Agrawal, S., 2024. Centennial-millennial scale global climate-linked monsoonal and non-monsoonal changes in the eastern Arabian Sea during the last 42,800 years. Marine Geology 472, 107307. doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107307 Download
48 Murthy, S., Saxena, A., Pillai, S.S.K., & Gupta, S., (2024). Reappraisal of Permian and Early Triassic Palynoflora and Palynostratigraphy of Son-Mahanadi Basin and Their Climatic Implications. In: Samant, B., Thakre, D. (eds) Applications of Palynology in Stratigraphy and Climate Studies. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham. pp. 39-81 dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51877-5_3 Download
49 Das, N., & Saxena, A., (2024). An Overview of Upper Gondwana Rajmahal Flora and Its Significance. In: Samant, B., Thakre, D. (eds) Applications of Palynology in Stratigraphy and Climate Studies. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham. pp. 83-149. dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51877-5_4 Download
50 Ranjan, R., Tripathi, S. (2024). Modern Pollen Assemblage and Micro-morphometric Analysis of Arboreal and Non-arboreal Taxa from Lucknow District of Central Ganga Plain, India: A Window to Palaeoclimatic Studies. In: Samant, B., Thakre, D. (eds) Applications of Palynology in Stratigraphy and Climate Studies. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51877-5_9 Download
51 Global Standard Stratigraphic Age (GSSA) for the Hadean lower boundary. Communication of IUGS Geological Standards doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2024/024002 Download
52 Joshi, H. and Aggarwal, N., 2024. Palynological dating and incidence of the fossil Botryococcus in variable pH from the Mesozoic sediments of the Godavari Valley Coalfield, South India: insights in palaeoecology and palaeoenvironment. Environ Earth Sci 83, 218 doi.org/10.1007/s12665-024-11527-z Download
53 Aggarwal, N., Mishra, D. & Hazra, B. Study on sequence stratigraphy in the Permian sediments of terrestrial sequences within the Chintalapudi sub-basin, Godavari Coalfield, Southern India: insight from palynology and geochemistry. Environ Earth Sci 83, 233 (2024) doi.org/10.1007/s12665-024-11535-z Download
54 Pooja Tiwari*, Purnima Srivastava, Biswajeet Thakur*. 2024. Palynofacies and sediment texture response from sub-tropical mixed sub-urban to urban floodplains of the Gomati River, Lucknow, India. International Journal of Sediment Research doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsrc.2024.01.003 Download
55 Aggarwal, N. and Goswami, S. (26 Feb 2024): Tectonic inferences from palynology of Permian sequences of the Godavari Coalfield, southern India, Palynology DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2024.2323730. Download
56 Joshi, H. and Aggarwal, N., 2024. Palynology of the Upper Gondwana deposits from the Chintalapudi Sub-basin, South India: Insights into age and palaeodepositional settings. Cretaceous Research, 154, 105734 doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105734 Download
57 Mandal S, Singh A, Banerjee S, Uddandam P, and Negi RS. Linking the impact of seismicity on palaeogeographic evolution and sedimentary architecture: A case study from Middle Jurassic succession of Spiti Himalaya. Geological Magazine doi.org/10.1017/S0016756823000778 Download
58 Chaddha, A.S.* , Sharma, A.* , Singh, N.K., Shamsad, A., Banerjee, M., 2024, Biotic-abiotic mingle in rock varnish formation: A new perspective, Chemical Geology, 648: 121961 doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.121961 Download
59 Tomar N, Roy I, Shri S, Chinthala BD, Shekhar M, Srivastava A, Ranhotra PS, Singh CP, and Bhattacharyya, A. 2024. Modern pollen dispersal in relation to present vegetation distribution and land use in the Baspa valley, Kinnaur, western Himalayas. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 196(2).194 doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-12340-8 Download
60 Govind, N., Sahoo, M., Pillai, S.S.K., Sahu, S.K . 2024 IPSD: e-repository of Permian seeds from Indian Lower Gondwana. Acta Palaeobotanica 2023; 63(2): 151-161 https://doi.org/10.35535/acpa-2023-0010 Download
61 Sarkar, S., Singh, Y.P., Verma, P. 2024. Paleoecological and paleobiogeographic implications of a seagrass-indicating foralgal skeletal assemblage: Retracing the Burdigalian Quilon Limestone (Kerala Basin, SW India). Marine Micropaleontology 187, 102330. doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2023.102330 Download
62 Mohanty RB*, Mishra AK, Mishra K, Yadav AK, Quamar MF, Barua IC, Kar R*. 2024. Early onset of aridity in the past millennium: insights from vegetation dynamics and climate change in the alpine, cold-desert region of Trans Himalaya, India. PLOS ONE 19(1): e0295785 doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295785 Download
63 Shekhar M, Sharma A, Pandey P, Sharma A, & Dimri AP. (2024). Assessing the past and future dynamics of the Asian summer monsoon: Insights from palaeomonsoon synthesis and CMIP6 data. Global Environmental Change Advances, 2, 100004 doi.org/10.1016/j.gecadv.2023.100004 Download
64 Prasad N, Quamar MF. 2023. Modern pollen-vegetation relationship from the Mahasamund District (Chhattisgarh), central India: implications in palaeoecological reconstruction. Grana doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2023.2280579 Download
65 Farooqui S, Quamar MF, Farooqui A, Agnihotri R & Khan S 2023. Palyno–morphological and isotopic characterization of monofloral and multifloral honeys from Lucknow, India. Journal of Palaeosciences 72(2): 91–118. doi.org/10.54991/jop.2023.1858 Download
66 Pillai, S.S.K.,Manoj, M.C., Mathew, R.P., Murthy, S., Sharma, A., Sahoo, M., Saxena, A., Pradhan, S., and Kumar, S. (2023). Lower Permian Gondwana sequence of Rajhara (Daltonganj Coalfield), Damodar Basin, India: Floristic and geochemical records and their implications on marine ingressions and depositional environment. Environmental Geochemistry and Health doi.org/10.1007/s10653-023-01517-8 Download
67 Basumatary, S. K., van Asperen, E. N., McDonald, H. G., Tripathi, Swati, & Gogoi, R. (2023). Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph depositional patterns in Kaziranga National Park, India: Implications for palaeoecology and palaeoherbivory analysis. The Holocene doi.org/10.1177/09596836231211851 Download
68 Murthy, S., Saxena, A., Khnagar, R., Pillai, S.S.K., Uhl, D., Singh, V.P., Gupta, S., & Borkar, N., (2023). Palynofloristics and wildfire evidence from the Permian deposits of the Satpura Gondwana Basin, India: A multiproxy approach. Historical Biology, 1-22. doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2023.2272690 Download