On a Sustainable Future of the Earth's Natural Resources

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Relocating a Little Earth in Space: Prologue to a Gedanken Experiment....Pages 1-24
Immobilization of High Level Nuclear Wastes: The Indian Scenario....Pages 25-51
A General Perspective on Geophysical Methods in Mineral Exploration....Pages 53-83
PGE in Road Dust/Top Soil from Major Indian Cities: Implications on Human Health and Environment....Pages 85-107
Calcareous Nannofossils from the Ottakoil Formation, Cauvery Basin, South India: Implications on Age and Late Cretaceous Environmental Conditions....Pages 109-122
Fractionation of Iron in River-Bed Sediments: Implications for the Assessment of Environmental Integrity of the Cauvery Delta Region, India....Pages 123-137
Distribution of Foraminifera and Ostracoda in the Kameshwaram Coast, Nagapattinam, South India: Implications for Recognition of Overwash/Extreme Wave Event Deposits....Pages 139-148
Spectral Library for Various Rocks and Minerals of Salem District: A Comparative Study and Validation with ASTER Data....Pages 149-157
Effect of Fracture Geometry on Reflection Response....Pages 159-167
Thermal Impedance Analysis of Possible Influence of Concrete Structures on Earth’s Energy Balance and Global Warming....Pages 169-177
Depositional and Diagenetic Environments of the Dhosa Oolite Member (Oxfordian), Kachchh Basin, India: Implications for the Origin and Occurrence of the Ooids and Their Correlation with the Global Fe-Oolite Peak....Pages 179-230
Textural and Geochemical Characteristics of Sediments of the Brahmaputra River and Its Tributaries, NE India....Pages 231-238
Geotechnical Evaluation of Lakhwar Underground Powerhouse, Uttrakhand Himalaya, India....Pages 239-249
Various Segmentation Techniques for Extraction of Buildings Using High Resolution Satellite Images....Pages 251-261
Lithofacies and Granulometric Characteristics of the Kallamedu Formation, Ariyalur Group, South India: Implications on Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Events....Pages 263-284
Induced Near-Hydrothermal Alteration Studies on Nuclear Waste Glass and Natural Analogue (Obsidian) for Performance Assessment in Geological Repository....Pages 285-306
Challenges in Ocean Energy Utilization....Pages 307-324
Sustainable Management of Groundwater Resources in Developing Countries: Constraints and Challenges....Pages 325-348
Seasonal and Annual Variations of Rainfall Pattern in the Jamuneswari Basin, Bangladesh....Pages 349-362
Microbial Pollution Indicators in the Cauvery River, Southern India....Pages 363-376
Role of Suspended Particulate Matter in Metal Distribution Within an Estuarine Environment: A Case of Mandovi Estuary, Western India....Pages 377-394
Assessment of Metal Pollution in Ulhas Estuary, Mumbai, India....Pages 395-409
Ichthyofauna as a Tool to Assess the Heavy Metal Pollution in the Cuddalore Coast, Southeast India....Pages 411-424
Ground water Contamination Due to Solid Waste Disposal: A Solute Transport Model Based on Perungudi Dumpyard, Chennai, India....Pages 425-434
Efficacy of Tide-Aquifer Interaction Models for Characterizing Coastal Aquifer Systems....Pages 435-444
High Surface Ozone Episodes at New Delhi, India....Pages 445-453
Impact of Nitrogen Fertilizers on Methane Flux to the Atmosphere from the Paddy Ecosystems....Pages 455-466
Biodiesel: An Alternate Fuel from Waste Cooking Groundnut Oil Using Supported Heteropolyacids for Green Earth....Pages 467-475
Carbon Sequestration Potential of the Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala State, India....Pages 477-484
Distribution Mapping of Rare, endangered and threatened (RET) Plants in the Chitteri Hills, Eastern Ghats, South India....Pages 485-492
Phytoremediation Efficiency of Edible and Economical Crops on Waste Dumps of Bauxite Mines, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, India....Pages 493-508
A Study on Farmers’ Perception to Climate Variability and Change in a Semi-arid Basin....Pages 509-516
Moist Heat Treatment Effect on Properties of Isolated Native Red Sorghum ( Sorghum Bicolor ) Starch....Pages 517-529
Innovative Pretreatment Process for Puffing of Red Sorghum ( Sorghum Bicolor )....Pages 531-541
Back Matter....Pages 543-554