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Laccase immobilized magnetic iron nanoparticles: Fabrication and its performance evaluation in chlorpyrifos degradation
(Elsevier Ltd, 2017)Chlorpyrifos degradation was studied using laccase immobilized on magnetic iron nanoparticles (CENPs). The magnetic iron nanoparticles (MNPs) prepared by co-precipitation method were characterized using Transmission electron ... -
Land Use and Land Cover Change Monitoring and Prediction of a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Kaziranga Eco-Sensitive Zone Using Cellular Automata-Markov Model
(MDPI, 2023-01-02)The Kaziranga Eco-Sensitive Zone is located on the edge of the Eastern Himalayan biodiversity hotspot region. In 1985, the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Nowadays, anthropogenic ... -
Landscape and Climate Changes in Southeastern Amazonia from Quaternary Records of Upland Lakes
(MDPI, 2023-03-27)The upland lakes (ULs) in Caraj�s, southeastern Amazonia, have been extensively studied with respect to their high-resolution structural geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy, multielement and isotope geochemistry, palynology ... -
Landslide Susceptibility Mapping of Tehri Reservoir Region Using Geospatial Approach
(Springer International Publishing, 2023-03-10)Uttarakhand is one of the most landslide-susceptible states because of its geographical setting, which consists of 86% of the Himalayan terrain. However, in recent years, landslides have increased dramatically due to the ... -
Late Quaternary evolution of Tista River terraces in Darjeeling-Sikkim-Tibet wedge: Implications to climate and tectonics
(Elsevier Ltd, 2017)Terraces in the Himalayas are important geomorphic archives which preserve the signature of tectonics and past environment. Terraces in eastern part of the Himalayan fold and thrust belt have not received much attention ... -
Late-Holocene climate response and glacial fluctuations revealed by the sediment record of the monsoon-dominated Chorabari Lake, Central Himalaya
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2020)We studied a periglacial lake situated in the monsoon-dominated Central Himalaya where an interplay of monsoonal precipitation and glacial fluctuations during the late Holocene is well preserved. A major catastrophe occurred ... -
Lepidosauromorphs and associated vertebrate fauna from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation, South Rewa, Gondwana basin, India: implication for paleoenvironment and paleobiogeography
(Springer Nature, 2023-03-27)Tiki Formation is well known for the presence of rich vertebrate fossil assemblages including archosaurians, cynodonts, xenacanthids, hybodonts and actinopterygians in the Gondwana succession of India. Here, we report ... -
Lignocellulosic biomass-based pyrolysis: A comprehensive review
(Elsevier Ltd, 2021-08-06)The efficacious application of lignocellulosic biomass for the new valuable chemicals generation curbs the excessive dependency on fossil fuels. Among the various techniques available, pyrolysis has garnered much attention ... -
Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Technologies: A Perception into Recent Advances in Biomass Fractionation, Biorefineries, Economic Hurdles and Market Outlook
(MDPI, 2023-03-01)Lignocellulosic biomasses (LCB) are sustainable and abundantly available feedstocks for the production of biofuel and biochemicals via suitable bioconversion processing. The main aim of this review is to focus on strategies ... -
Listriodon dukkar sp. nov. (Suidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the late Miocene of Pasuda (Gujarat, India): the decline and extinction of the Listriodontinae
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022-03-17)The Listriodontinae were a common and widespread group of Suidae (pigs) that lived in an area extending from Portugal to China and to southern Africa. Here, we describe the new species Listriodon dukkar from Pasuda (Gujarat, ... -
Lithostratigraphy, trace fossils and palaeoenvironment of Paleogene sequences in Parwanoo-Subathu sector of Himachal Himalaya, India
(Geological Society of India, 2018)The Paleogene belt of the Outer Himalaya in the Shimla Hills is represented by the Paleocene to Lower Miocene ma-rine to ?uvial rocks of the Sirmur Group which is divisible into the Subathu, Dagshai and Kasauli formations ... -
Luminescence chronology of alluvial fan in North Bengal, India: Implications to tectonics and climate
(Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2016)Alluvial fans are important geomorphic archives because of its strategic location at mountain front which can provide clues to the past climate and tectonics. In general, they provide information about optimum climate ... -
Luminescence chronology of Late Quaternary palaeo-lake deposits from the Upper Alaknanda Basin, Uttarakhand, India: Implication to palaeoclimate and depositional settings
(Elsevier Ltd, 2022-01-06)Lakes downstream of the glaciers receive glacial meltwater and sediment supply resulting in formation of thick succession of lacustrine deposits. In this work, we have identified one such palaeo-lake deposit in the Upper ... -
Management of banana crop waste biomass using vermicomposting technology
(Elsevier Ltd, 2021-01-20)This study reports the vermicomposting of banana crop waste biomass by Eisenia fetida. Cow dung has been used as bulking agent in this study. The experiment was conducted in six vermireactors containing different ratios ... -
Management of food and vegetable processing waste spiked with buffalo waste using earthworms (Eisenia fetida)
(Springer Verlag, 2017)The present investigation was focused on the vermicomposting of food and vegetable processing waste (VW) mixed with buffalo dung (BW) under laboratory condition employing Eisenia fetida earthworm species. Four different ... -
Mapping and Monitoring the Selected Wetlands of Punjab, India, Using Geospatial Techniques
(Springer, 2020)Wetland inventories especially on their spatial extent are a prerequisite for management and conservation of any wetland. The advancement in geospatial techniques has offered a wide range of methodological applications to ... -
Mapping main risk areas of lightning fatalities between 2000 and 2020 over Odisha state (India): A diagnostic approach to reduce lightning fatalities using statistical and spatiotemporal analyses
(Elsevier Ltd, 2022-07-04)This study analyzes the spatiotemporal variation of lightning flashes and lightning strike deaths from 2001 to 2020 among all 30 districts of Odisha State, India. Lightning flash data for the study area were acquired from ... -
Mapping of Granite and Marble Slurry sites of Rajasthan
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)Rajasthan is known as Museum of minerals in India. It owns 79 different types of Major and Minor minerals. It shares 9% of the mineral production in India. Mining and smelting of its base metal deposits are also one of the ... -
Mapping of Surface Water Bodies in Punjab and High Resolution of Remote Sensing Data
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)This study is an attempt to create boundary of Punjab state and surface water bodies map from NATMO atlas map, SOI map, Landsat-8 data and Google Earth image using GIS software. It has also compared the variation in status ...