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Email: [email protected] Editors Prof. Dr. Harutaka Sakai Prof. Dr. Arnaud Pêcher Department of Geology and Minerology Laboratoire de Géodynamiques des Chaînes Alpines Kyoto University Joseph Fourier University Kitashirakawa Oiwakecho Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, Japan BP 48 38041 Grenoble, France Email:[email protected] Email: arnaud.pê[email protected] Dr. Ananta Prasad Gajurel Dr. Khum Narayan Paudayal Department of Geology Central Department of Geology,Tribhuvan University Tri-Chandra Campus, Tribhuvan University Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal Ghantaghar, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel.: +977-1-4332449 (Off.) Tel.: +977-1-4268034 (Off.) Email:[email protected] Email:[email protected] Mr. Lila Nath Rimal Dr. Danda Pani Adhikari Department of Mines and Geology Department of Geology Lainchaur, Kathmandu, Nepal Tri-Chandra Campus, Tribhuvan University Tel: 977-1-4412872 (Off.) Ghantaghar, Kathmandu, Nepal Email:[email protected] Tel.: +977-1-4268034 (Off.) Email:[email protected] Mr. Ghan Bahadur Shrestha Geo Consult P. Ltd. Kathmandu, Nepal Tel.: +977-1-4782758 (Off.) Email:[email protected] © Nepal Geological Society The views and interpretations in this paper are those of the author(s). They are not attributable to the Nepal Geological Society (NGS) and do not imply the expression of any opinion concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Sixth Nepal Geological Congress on Geology, Natural Resources, Infrastructures, Climate Change and Natural Disasters 15–17 November 2010 Kathmandu, Nepal Organised by Nepal Geological Society Organising Committee Chief Organizer: Mr. Jagdishwor N. Shrestha, President, NGS Convener: Mr. Krishna Prasad Kaphle Co-Convener: Dr. Santa M. Rai and Mr. Shyam Bahadur KC Congress Secretary: Dr. Dinesh Pathak, General Secretary, NGS Members: Prof. Dr. Bishal Nath Upreti, Tribhuvan University Prof. Deepak Bhattarai, Nepal Engineering College Director General, Mr. S. P. Mahato, Dept. of Mines & Geology Mr. Nabin Chandra Sharma, Kantipur Engineering College Director General, Mr. A. K. Pokharel, Dept. of Irrigation Dr. Krishna Paudel, Nepal GIS Society Director General, Mr. K. R. Dahal, Dept. of Water Induced Mr. Tuk Lal Adhikari, ITECO, Nepal Disaster Prevention Mr. Keshav Kunwar, SILT Consultants (P) Ltd. Director General, Mr. R. K. Lamsal, Dept. of Roads Mr. Yageshor Parajuli, TEAC Consult Director General, Mr. B. P. Pudasaini, Dept. of Soil Mr. Lal Krishna KC, Full Bright Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. Conservation and Watershed Management Mr. Vishwa Nath Gurung, EAST Consult Director General, Mr. S. B. Malla, Dept. of Electricity Dr. Toran Sharma, Nepal Environment and Scientific Services Development Dr. Sandip Shah, S/N Power Holding Managing Director, Dr. Jeebendra Jha, NEA Mr. G. B. Tuladhar, METCON Consultancy Mr. Suresh R. Upreti, WECS Mr. Narayan Singh, GEOCE Consultancy Dean, Prof. Bharat Pahadi, IoE, Tribhuvan University Mr. Ramashish Mandal, Godavari Marble Industries Prof. Dr. M. R. Dhital, Tribhuvan University Ms. Shova Singh, Dept. of Mines and Geology Mr. Shri Ram Maharjan, Dept. of Mines and Geology Dr. Anne Sheehan, Colorado University, USA Mr. Jeevan L. Shrestha, Dept. of Irrigation Dr. Harutaka Sakai, Kyoto University, Japan Mr. Bharat M. Jnawali, CAIRN Energy, Nepal Dr. Federik Pierre, France Mr. Achuta Nanda Bhandary, Former President, NGS Dr. Jorg Hanish, Germany Mr. Pratap Singh Tater, Former President, NGS Prof. Isakbek Torgoev, Kyrgyzsthan National Institute of Science, Dr. Ramesh Man Tuladhar, Former President, NGS Kyrgyzstan Mr. Amod Mani Dixit, Former Presidnet, NGS President, Nepal Rocks and Mineral Association, Kathmandu Mr. Ramesh K. Aryal, Former President, NGS Mr. Narendra Dhoj Maskey, Former President, NGS Advisory Committee Prof. Dr. Vishnu Dangol, Tri-Chandra Campus, T. U. Vice-Chairman, National Planning Commission Mr. H. R. Khan, Dept. of Mines and Geology Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of Nepal Mr. Gobind S. Pokharel, Former Vice-President, NGS Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Nepal Mr. S. P. Khann, Ground Water Resources Development Board Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Government of Nepal Mr. Uttam Bol Shrestha, Dept. of Mines and Geology Secretary, Ministry of Irrigation, Government of Nepal Mr. U. B. Pradhanang, Dept. of Mines and Geology Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Government of Nepal Mr. A. K Duvadi, Dept. of Mines and Geology Prof. Dr. Madhab Prasad Sharma, V. C., T. U., Nepal Mr. Som Nath Sapkota, Dept. of Mines and Geology Prof. Dr. Suresh Raj Sharma, V. C., K. U., Nepal Mr. Jaya Raj Ghimire, Dept. of Mines and Geology Dr. S. R. Kafle, V. C., NAST, Nepal Mr. Dilip K Sadaula, Dept. of Soil Conservation and Watershed Mr. M. R. Pandey, Honorary Fellow, Nepal Geological Society Management Dr. R. P. Bashyal, Former President, NGS Dr. Lalu P. Paudel, Tribhuvan University Mr. G. S. Thapa, Former President, NGS Dr. T. N. Bhattarai, Tribhuvan University Prof. Ar. M. Qasim Jan, NCEG, University of Peshawar, Pakistan Mr. Dinesh Napit, Treasurer, NGS Executive Committee Prof. S. K. Tandan, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Delhi University, India Dr. Ranjan K. Dahal, Tribhuvan University Dr. A. K. Sinha, Former Director, BSIP, Lucknow, India Mr. P.K. Mool, ICIMOD Prof. Dr. G. Fuchs, Austria Mr. Khagendra N. Kafle, Member, NGS Dr. D. N. Petley, University of Durham, UK Mr. S. R. Sharma, Former Treasurer, NGS Dr. J. Philipe Avouac, CALTECH, USA Mr. Amrit M. Tuladhar, Dept. of Urban Development and Prof. K. Arita (Retired Prof.) Hokkaido University, Japan Building Construction Mr. Thierry Heritier, DASE, France ACKNOWLEDEGEMENTS Nepal Geological Society is going to organize the Sixth Nepal Geological Congress from 15th to 17th November 2010 in Kathmandu, Nepal. We are confident that the Congress will be proved to be an important gathering of the prominent geo- scientists and professionals from different countries. Furthermore, the Congress will provide the participants with an opportunity to exchange their knowledge and experiences with each other. We hope that such interaction will make an important contribution towards the further development in geo-scientific fields. We express our sincere gratitude to all the valued participants and contributors for their invaluable effort. Our sincere thanks are also due to Cairn Energy PLC, UK, DASE-France, Muktishree P. Ltd, and Caltech-USA for their generous support to organize this event. We express our sincere thanks to Mr. Sarbajit Mahato, Director General and Mr. Sri Ram Maharjan, Deputy Director General of the Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Nepal for their kind cooperation. Similarly, we also sincerely acknowledge the following institutions and organizations for their kind support and cooperation. • Department of Mines and Geology • Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Campus, TU • R. B. Diamond Jewellers • B. P. Koirala Nepal - India Foundation • Sonapur Cement P. Ltd. • Phul Kumari Mahato Memorial Trust • Suprim Cement P. Ltd. • Jagadamba Cement P. Ltd. • Ghorahi Cement P. Ltd. • Navadurga Marbles P. Ltd. • Himalaya Quartz P. Ltd. • Rolpa Cement P. Ltd. • Godvari Marbles P. Ltd. • Annapurna Quarry P. Ltd. • Coal Association Nepal • Texana Resource Company, USA • ITECO P. Ltd. • Cosmos Cement P. Ltd. • SN Power P. Ltd. • ICGS P. Ltd. • Masina Continental P. Ltd. • Maruti Cement P. Ltd • Khetan Group • KP Cement P. Ltd - S. M. Rai, K. N. Paudyal, G. B. Shrestha, A. Pecher, H. Sakai, A. P. Gajurel, D. P. Adhikari and L. N. Rimal Editors Sixth Nepal Geological Congress Contents Regional Geology, Stratigraphy and Tectonics An overview of the Jijal Complex, the roots of the Kohistan magmatic arc in the Himalaya of Pakistan M. Qasim Jan..........................................................................................................................................................................1 Petrological, magnetic and geochemical characterization of Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary sections, Gulf of Mexico A. Ortega Nieto, J. Urrutia Fucugauchi, and L. L. Perez-Cruz .............................................................................................2 Evaluation of the Variscan orogenic plutonic magmatism: the Greater Caucasus, Russia A. V. Okrostsvaridze and D. R. Tormey ..................................................................................................................................3 Sandstone petrography, heavy mineral and geochemical study of the Subansiri Formation (Middle Siwalik) in the eastern Himalaya, India: implications on provenance and tectonic setting B. P. Duarah and D. J. Deka...................................................................................................................................................4 Pebble analysis of the Cretaceous Fluvial Bottom Conglomerate Formation in and around Weiloi, Shillong Plateau, Meghalaya, India B. P. Duarah and D. J. Deka...................................................................................................................................................5 The Barail sandstones of Ukhrul area, Manipur, India: a study on provenance and tectonic environment based on petro- graphic, heavy mineral and geochemical data B. P. Duarah, W. Indrajit Singh, and D. J. Deka.....................................................................................................................6 Spatial and temporal characterization of carbon dioxide and radon gas discharge at the Main Central Thrust zone in central Nepal B. P. Koirala, F. Girault, M. Bhattarai, P. Richon, F. Perrier, C. France-Lanord,U. P. Gautam, P. L. Shrestha, D. R. Tiwari, and S. N. Sapkota......................................................................................................................7 The P-T evolution of the Barun Gneiss (Higher Himalayan Crystallines of eastern Nepal) in the framework of the “channel flow” model Chiara Groppo and Franco Rolfo.........................................................................................................................................8 Elusive Himalayan eclogites: evidence that they were there from zircon and monazite U-Pb geochronology and trace element geochemistry D. Grujic, C. J. Warren, D. A. Kellettand, and J. L. Wooden ..................................................................................................9 Radioactively anomalous granitoids in Narnaul area of Delhi Supergroup rocks, southern Haryana, India G. Vallinayagam and Naveen Kumar Kanyan.....................................................................................................................10 Crystallization conditions of the Palaeoproterozoic basement rocks in Bangladesh: an evaluation of biotite and amphibole mineral chemistry Ismail Hossain and Toshiaki Tsunogae ............................................................................................................................... 11 Material properties of the moraine of the glacial lake and the examination about the outburst of dam of glacial lake for the hazard assessment Jun Umemura, Daisuke Higaki, Go Sato, Jiro Komori and Toru Koike.............................................................................12 Exhumation history of the deepest central Himalayan rocks, Ama Drime range G. Mahéo, E. Kali , P. H. Leloup, N. Arnaud, Dunyi Liu, E. Boutonnet, J. Van der Woerd, Xiaohan Liu, Jing Liu-Zeng and Haibing Li .............................................................................................................................................13 Differentiated exhumation/cooling history of the Lesser and the Higher Himalayan units in the Kullu-Kinnaur area, Himachal Pradesh, India M. Thoeni, C. Miller, C. Hager, M. Horschinegg, and B. Grasemann .................................................................................14 Review of detrital zircon ages and Sm-Nd isotopic data from Himalaya–support to the Mesoproterozoic formation of east Gondwana M. Yoshida, and B. N. Upreti................................................................................................................................................15 17i6 Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 2010, Vol. 41 (Sp. Issue) Granitoid magmatism in Mongolia: evolution in time Ochir Gerel...........................................................................................................................................................................16 New data on the geological setting of the Nepalese Kanchenjunga area Pietro Mosca, Chiara Groppo, and Franco Rolfo...............................................................................................................17 Magnetic susceptibility as a potential tool for geological differentiation of the Lesser Himalayan rocks in central Nepal Pitambar Gautam, Prakash Das Ulak, Baburam Gyawali and Sudarshan Bhandari .......................................................18 Metabasites petrology and P-T evolution in the Lesser Himalaya, central Nepal L. P. Paudel, K. Arita, and T. Imayama.................................................................................................................................19 Petrology of granites in Siner areas, Siwana Ring Complex, northwestern Peninsular India L. Sarjesh Singh and G. Vallinayagam.................................................................................................................................20 Second generation glaciers mapping and inventory of Nepal Samjwal R. Bajracharya, Sudan B. Maharjan, and Basanta R. Shrestha...........................................................................21 Geochemistry and U-Pb ages of the Nardanda pegmatite of the Kathmandu Crystalline Nappe and Gulbhanjyang augen gneiss of the Gosainkund Crystalline Nappe, central Nepal Himalaya Santa Man Rai, Bishal Nath Upreti, Randy Parrish and Patrick Le Fort .........................................................................22 Sedimentology, microfacies analysis and diagenesis of the Lower Eocene the Sakesar Limestone, central Salt Range, Pakistan Shahid Ghazi, Shakeel Ahmad, Noman Zeb, Sadaf Sharif and Shamim Akhtar.................................................................23 Use of remote sensing and GIS tool in glacial lake mapping and monitoring of Nepal Himalayas Sharad Prasad Joshi, Pradeep Kumar Mool, and Wu Lizong.............................................................................................24 Basic rocks of Manipur ophiolite in the Indo-Myanmar Hill Ranges, NE India and the petrotectonic significance Soibam Ibotombi and Ch. Mangi Khuman..........................................................................................................................25 Geology of the Lesser Himalaya along the Gorkha - Narayangarh section, central Nepal Tara Pokhrel, Sujan Devkota, Naresh Maharjan, Kabi Raj Paudyal and Lalu Paudel.....................................................26 Geology of the Trishuli Valley from Betrawati to Rasuwagadhi, central Nepal Toya Nath Ghimire, Bharat Raj Pant, Lalu Paudel, Frédéric Girault, and Frédéric Perrier.............................................27 Effusive activity at the Nevado de Tolucavolcano area, central Mexico R. Torres-Orozco, J. L. Arce, and P. W. Layer.......................................................................................................................28 Facies analysis and depositional setting of the Jurassic Samana Suk Limestone, Kala Chitta Range, Lesser Himalayas, Pakistan Aftab Ahmad Butt, Shahid Ghazi and Sadaf Sharif ............................................................................................................29 Lithostratigraphy and facies analysis of the Siwalik Group, Karnali River section, far-western Nepal Himalaya Ashok Sigdel, Tetsuya Sakai , Prakash D. Ulak, Ananta P. Gajurel, and B. N. Upreti.......................................................30 Flow stratigraphy of a part of Mandu region, Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh, India B. K. Singh and S. F. R. Khadri ............................................................................................................................................31 Early Neogene origin of the Himalayas: some proxies from northern Indian Ocean studies D. Gopala Rao and S. Arjun.................................................................................................................................................32 Re-assessment of the stratigraphic subdivision of the Nawakot Complex by Stöcklin (1980) in the Gorkha-Narayangarh section, central Nepal Kabi Raj Paudyal and Lalu Paudel....................................................................................................................................33 17ii7 Sixth Nepal Geological Congress Lower Carboniferous biostratigraphy, paleoecology and paleogeography of Balast Section, north Damghan, east Alborz-Iran Kaveh Khaksar and Mohamad Reza Kebriaei Zadeh.........................................................................................................34 Middle to Late Miocene vegetation and climate from the Siwalik succession, Karnali River section of the Nepal Himalaya Khum N. Paudayal, Volker Mosbrugger, Angela A. Bruch, and Mark Herrmann..............................................................35 Stratigraphy, depositional environment and provenance of Xaltipa Formation in the Huayacocotla Anticlinorium, east central Mexico María de los Angeles Verde Ramírez, Gilberto Silva Romo, Claudia Cristina Mendoza Rosales, Elena Centeno García, Emiliano Campos Madrigal..........................................................................................................36 Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Miocene succession in the Surma Basin, Northeastern Bangladesh Md. Abdur Rahman..............................................................................................................................................................37 Early Jurassic position of the Lhasa Block indicated by palaeo-biogeographical distribution of Lithiotis bivalvesc Michal Krobicki and Jan Golonkahal................................................................................................................................38 The significance of Cretaceous gastropods abundance in San Juan Raya, Southern Mexico Mildred del C. Zepeda Martínez, Gilberto Silva-Romo, and Claudia C. Mendoza-Rosales..............................................39 Significance of trace fossils from Barail Group of sediments, Manipur, India Rajkumar Hemanta Singh....................................................................................................................................................40 Stratigraphic analysis of the Jurassic sequence of the region Tecocoyunca, Tecomatlán Puebla Rodríguez Calderón Marlene, Hernández Vulpes María Rosalinda, Arellano-Gil Javier, Arcos José Luis, and Velasco Patricia.................................................................................................................................41 Microfacies analysis and palaeoenvironmental interpretation of the Early Eocene Chor Gali Formation, central Salt Range, Pakistan Shahid Ghazi, Aftab Ahmad Butt, Aasd Ali, and M. Naveed Rafaqat .................................................................................42 Sedimentology of an Early Permian, meandering fluvial succession: the Warchha Sandstone, central Salt Range, Pakistan Shahid Ghazi, Sadaf Shrif and Aftab Ahmad Butt...............................................................................................................43 Sedimentology, microfacies analysis and diagenesis of the Lower Eocene Sakesar Limestone, central Salt Range, Pakistan Shahid Ghazi, Shakeel Ahmad, Noman Zeb, Sadaf Sharif, and Shamim Akhtar................................................................44 Comparison between the tectonic movements of Mt. Everest and the Nanga Parbat-Haramosh massif Giorgio Poretti, Chiara Calligaris, Shahina Tariq, and Hawas Khan ..............................................................................45 A new model to resolve the Lesser Himalayan Crystalline Nappe problem: Implications for Himalayan tectonics A. Alexander, G. Webb and Axel K. Schmitt..........................................................................................................................47 Remnants of southern Tibetan Plateau in north-western Himalayas: morphological and thermochronological evidences A. Pêcher, P. Van der Beck, S. Guillot, A. Kausar, G. Mahéo, and J. Van Melle ..................................................................48 Geology and tectonic setting of the volcanoclastic succession of the Upper Cretaceous, western Sulaiman Foldbelt, Pakistan Abdul Tawab Khan...............................................................................................................................................................49 Role of active tectonics in geothermal exploration: a case study in Büyükmenderes graben, SW Turkey Ali Koçyiðit ..........................................................................................................................................................................50 1i7ii8 Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 2010, Vol. 41 (Sp. Issue) Neotectonic signatures in the southern Peninsular India and Gulf of Mannar Biju John, D. T. Rao, Yogendra Singh, Devaprasad Sahoo, and P. C. Nawani...................................................................51 Problems with respect to the channel flow model in the Himalaya and Tibet Daigoro Hayashi..................................................................................................................................................................52 Three-dimensional strain variation across the Kathmandu Nappe: implication to internal deformation Deepak Chamlagain and Daigoro Hayashi........................................................................................................................53 The Main Central Thrust Zone in eastern Nepal explained by petrology Franco Rolfo, Chiara Groppo, and Bruno Lombardo.........................................................................................................54 Deformation-based criteria for identifying the MCT in the southern part of the Kathmandu Nappe, central Nepal K. K. Acharya and B. Grasemann .......................................................................................................................................55 Elasto-plastic finite element modeling along the project INDEPTH profile: implication for the role of crustal strength variations in Himalaya and Tibet Matrika Prasad Koirala and Daigoro Hayashi..................................................................................................................56 Indian plate motion constrained by GPS measurements Paramesh Banerjee...............................................................................................................................................................58 Timing of the end of motion along the South Tibet Detachment shear zone: an important constraint on collision models P. H. Leloup, G. Mahéo, N. Arnaud, E. Kali, E. Boutonnet, Dunyi Liu, Liu Xiaohan, and Li Haibing................................59 Cretaceous deformation and new structural model of the Petlalcingo Monocline, Oaxaca México Rodrigo Gutiérrez Navarro, René Morales Luis, and Alberto Serrano Vázquez................................................................60 Collision tectonics of the north-western Caucasus, Russia V. I. Popkov...........................................................................................................................................................................61 Partitioning of convergence and slip rates between the Himalayan Frontal Thrust and the Main Boundary Thrust in Kangra re-entrant, NW Himalaya V. C. Thakur, D. Sahoo, A. Singh, and N. Suresh ................................................................................................................62 Stone of Heaven: Jade Victoria Morales Alfredo, Rodríguez Otero Mónica, and Pale Berruecos Héctor Rodrigo...............................................63 Mineral Resources, Development, Oil & Natural Gas The amazing miniature world of the Montezuma mine, Sonora, Mexico Juan Carlos Alvarado Sánchez, Alejandra Noemí García Romero,Paola Carolina Reye Luna, and Luis Daniel Sánchez Guzmán .......................................................................................................................................64 Distribution of trace metals in sediment cores of Sunderban mangrove wetland, India and their possible toxicological effects on biota Santosh Kumar Sarkar, Md. Aftab Alam, Asokkumar Bhattacharya,Mousumi Chatterjee, and BhaskardevBhattacharya.............................................................................................................................................65 Measurement of ammonium in silicates by reflection spectroscopy Marcelo Godefroy Rodríguez, Carles Canet Miquel,Teresa Pi Puig, and Eduardo Gonzales Partida .............................66 Mineral deposits location and regularities of depth structure of the Earth’s crust Evgeny M. Nesterov.............................................................................................................................................................67 An account on the prospects of cement grade limestone in the Markhu Formation, Lesser Himalaya, central Nepal Lila Nath Rimal and Jay Raj Ghimire..................................................................................................................................68 1i7v9 Sixth Nepal Geological Congress A comparative study of geological controls on gas hydrate occurrences along the Indian continental margins M. Ravi Santosh Kumar, T. Veera Kumaria, V. Trivenia, M. S. Naidua, P. Prasada Raoa, N. K. Thakura, and B. Ashalathaa.......................................................................................................................................69 Characterization and modelling of gas discharge in Lower Dolpo, Western Nepal F. Girault, F. Perrier, M. Bhattarai, B. P. Koirala, P. Richon,C. France-Lanord, and S. N. Sapkota..................................70 Platinum Group Element (PGEs) occurrences and exploration studies in India – current status V. Balaram ............................................................................................................................................................................71 Exploration of hydrocarbon in Proterozoic basins using geochemical tracers A. M. Dayal...........................................................................................................................................................................72 Reconnaissance survey of kaolin deposit at Meetiyagoda in Sri Lanka Ashvin Kamal Wickramasooriya..........................................................................................................................................73 Exploration results of Iron ore deposit at Thosey, Ramechhap, Nepal Krishna P. Kaphle ................................................................................................................................................................74 Water Resources & Hydropower Development Future of water in Pakistan Naufil Naseer and Muhammad Zafar Iqbal.........................................................................................................................75 Potential of failures of small scale hydropower projects in Nepal due to adverse geology Narayan Gurung..................................................................................................................................................................76 Geological challenges in the development of hydropower in Nepal Subas Chandra Sunuwar.....................................................................................................................................................77 Influence of thrust planes in the planning of hydropower projects in Nepal Himalaya Yogendra Deva, Ravi Kumar, and Mugdha Patwardhan....................................................................................................78 Hydrology, Engineering Geology & Environment Protection Himalayan mountain building and fragile ecosystem Anshu Kumar Sinha .............................................................................................................................................................79 Geoelectric resistivity sounding for deciphering hydrogeology and locating deep tubewell installation sites in Pouroushava area of Bagerhat, Bangladesh A. S. M Woobaidullah and Mohammad Zohir Uddin ..........................................................................................................80 Interference and inefficiency of water wells: a constrain of water conservation in Naogaon Upazilla, Bangladesh Golam Shabbir Sattar and Ashraful Alam...........................................................................................................................81 Comparison of surface water and groundwater arsenic in the floodplains of the Ganges and Niger Rivers Patricia K. Garcia, Steven H. Emerman, Scott A. Robertson, Michael P. Bunds, Drissa Samake, Abdou Maiga, Kalifa Keita, Amadou Maiga, and Somboro Y. M. Madeleine....................................................................82 Potential of shallow ground water recharge through rainwater harvesting in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal S. B. Maharjan and S. D. Shrestha.......................................................................................................................................83 Arsenic and other heavy metals in the Sun Koshi and Sapta Koshi Rivers, eastern Nepal Steven H. Emerman, Ryan B. Anderson, Sushmita Bhandari, Roshan R. Bhattarai, Mallory A. Palmer, Tara Nidhi Bhattarai, and Michael P. Bunds ......................................................................................................................84 Rainwater recharge of shallow aquifers–a viable solution to address water shortage in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Suresh Das Shrestha, Kabir Rajbhandari, Dal Bahadur Singtan, and Sanjita Mishra .....................................................85 Developing effective groundwater monitoring mechanism for Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Suresh Das Shrestha, Nir Shakya, Sanjita Mishra and Sudan B. Maharjan......................................................................86 1v80 Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 2010, Vol. 41 (Sp. Issue) Two-dimensional numerical modeling of surge shaft at upper Tamakoshi Project, Nepal Bibek Neupane and Krishna K. Panthi...............................................................................................................................87 Landslide susceptibility mapping using frequency ratio and logistic regression: a case study from Phidim, eastern Nepal Chandra Prakash Poudyal and Chandong Chang............................................................................................................88 Landslide susceptibility mapping in west Nepal using active fault map Hiroshi P. Sato and Hiroshi Yagi .........................................................................................................................................89 Foundation characteristics of the soils of different parts of Nepal M. P. Koirala, and G. Ojha....................................................................................................................................................90 Geological and bioengineering investigation on the Dhungagade–Aarughat section of Gorkha–Aarughat Road, Nepal Naba Raj Neupane and Ishwar Sunuwar ............................................................................................................................91 Prospects of railway development in Nepal Nawa Raj Khatiwada and Tara Nidhi Bhattarai ................................................................................................................92 Soil restoration using rock dust Pasquinel dela Fraga Chavez .............................................................................................................................................93 Concept of Metro tunnelling in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal Ram Hari Sharma.................................................................................................................................................................94 Geotechnical instrumentation and its implications in dams, slopes, and tunnels: an experience from middle Marsyangdi Hydroelectric Power Project (MMHPP), Nepal Tika Ram Paudel..................................................................................................................................................................95 Engineering and geotechnical evaluation of Panthial landslide along National Highway (NH), Jammu and Kashmir, India Yudhbir Singh, G. M. Bhat, S. K. Pandita, Vinay Sharma, S. S. Kotwal, Kuldeep Kumar, and Sumita Koul......................96 Investigation of effective parameters in fracturing of sedimentary rocks Asghar Laderian ..................................................................................................................................................................97 Flow characteristics of densely packed granular shear flow subjected to slow deformations Subodh Dhakal ....................................................................................................................................................................98 Development of HAZUS compatible fragility functions for non-engineered buildings in Nepal and Bangladesh Ramesh Guragain and Radha Krishna Mallik....................................................................................................................99 Updation of land use information and generation of land use zoning maps: an application of integration of GIS and Remote Sensing through knowledge base Nab Raj Subedi, Dinesh Pathak and Ghan Bahadur Shrestha.........................................................................................100 Engineering geological investigations of Dik Chhu hydropower project, Sikkim Himalaya, India Ajay K. Naithani and P. C. Nawani....................................................................................................................................101 Role of geological structures and clay minerals in triggering landslides on Mugling-Narayangarh Highway, central Nepal Bhupati Neupane and D. P. Adhikari ................................................................................................................................102 Climate Change & Natural Hazards Disappearing glaciers of Himalaya in the context of global warming B. N. Upreti, S. Dhakal, S. M. Rai, S. R. Bajracharya, B. R. Adhikari, M. Yoshida, and T. N. Bhattarai ..........................103 On the occurrence of fatal landslides in Nepal David N. Petley...................................................................................................................................................................104 1v8i1