Dr. Malay Mukul
Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
Phone : +91-22-2576 7260
Fax: 91-(022) 2576 7253
malaymukul [at] iitb.ac.in
About Me
Teaching
Academics
Positions
Research
Awards and Honors
Publications
Activities
About Me
Research Interest
- Fold-Thrust Belt Structural Geology
- Neotectonics and Tectonic Geomorphology
- Continental Deformation studies with High Precision GPS
- Spatial Statistics
Teaching
- Structural Geology
- GPS Geodesy
- Neotectonics
Academics
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.
Ph. D. – Geological Sciences; Advisor: Prof. Gautam Mitra, October 1996 - University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
M. S. – Geological Sciences, May 1993, GPA – 3.71 - Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.
M. Sc. (Technology) – Applied Geology, August 1990,GPA – 4.89/5.00 - Calcutta University, Kolkata
B. Sc. (Honours) – Geology, May 1987, First Class
Positions
- 09/14 to present,
Dept of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
Professor - 09/09 to 08/14
Dept of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
Associate Professor - 12/06 to 09/10,
CSIR Center for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore 560037, India
Scientist E2 - 12/03 to 12/06,
CSIR Center for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore 560037, India
Scientist E1 - 12/00 to 12/03,
CSIR Center for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore 560037, India
Scientist C - 1/00 to 12/00,
CSIR Center for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore 560037, India
Research Associate - 1/97 to 1/00,
CSIR Center for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore 560037, India
Scientist (Fellow), Quick Hire Scheme - 6/94 to 12/96,
Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT
Contract Geologist - 1/93 to 11/96,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester NY 14627
Research Assistant - 10/90 to 12/92,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester NY 14627
Teaching Assistant
Research
Ph. D.
- New spatial statistics based method for modelling finite strain from rocks
- Most detailed strain analysis carried out from a thrust sheet till date
- Quantitative modelling and methodology for inclusion of strain in retrodeformable balanced cross sections
Post Ph. D.
- First order deformation signatures of the Darjeeling-Sikkim-Tibet Himalayan wedge
- Kinematics of neotectonic deformation in the frontal Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalayan wedge
- New Bootstrapped Spatial Statistics Methodology
- Discovery of a new transverse fault that segments the Himalayan arc
- Ongoing:
Integration of very-short term (GPS Geodesy), short-term (seismotectonics and neotectonics) and long-term (geological) deformation
Continental Deformation and Global Positioning System based Geodesy
Awards and Honors
Awards and Honours
- 2006 Merit 3 year promotion from Scientist E1 to E2, CSIR, New Delhi
- 2004 K. Naha Award in Structural Geology, Geological Society of India, Bangalore, India
- 2003 Merit 3 year promotion from Scientist C to E1, CSIR, New Delhi
- 2002 Elected Fellow, Geological Society of India, Bangalore
- 1994 Elected Associate Member, Sigma Xi, USA
- 1990-1994 Rush Rhees Fellowship, University of Rochester, USA
- 1990-1996 Full Tuition Award, University of Rochester, USA
- 1991 Gold Medal, Indian School of Mines, India
- 1991 Hayden Medal, Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute, India
- 1990 First Rank (99.67 percentile): Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering and Applied Sciences, administered nationwide by Indian Institute of Technology
- 1989 In top ten: Research Fellowship and Lectureship Examination in Earth, Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences, administered nationwide by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- 1989-1990 Fellowship, University Grants Commission, India
- 1987-1990 National Scholarship, Government of India
- 1987-1989 West Bengal State Government Scholarship, India
Research Grant Awards
- Department of Science and Technology, India
- Ministry of Earth Sciences, India
- Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre, IIT Bombay
- ational Science Foundation USA
- Geological Society of America
- Sigma Xi Scientific Society
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Publications
Single Author:
- Mukul, M., 1998. A geostatistical approach to the quantification of finite strain variation in penetratively deformed thrust sheets: an example from the Sheeprock thrust sheet, Utah: Journal of Structural Geology, 20 (4), p. 371-384
- Mukul, M., 1999. Strain variation in fold-and-thrust belts: Implications for construction of retrodeformable models: Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Earth Planet. Sci.), 108, No. 3, p. 207-221
- Mukul, M., 2000. The Geometry and Kinematics of the Main Boundary Thrust and related Neotectonics in the Darjiling Himalayan Fold-and-thrust belt, West Bengal: Journal of Structural Geology, 22 (9), p. 1261-1283
- Mukul, M., 2005. Continental deformation and Global Positioning System based Geodesy: Himalayan Geology, 26 (1), 193-98
- Mukul, M., 2010. First-order kinematics of wedge-scale active Himalayan deformation: Insights from Darjiling–Sikkim–Tibet (DaSiT) wedge. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences v. 39, 645-657
First Author:
- Mukul, M ., Jade, S., Bhattacharyya, A. K., and Bhusan. K., 2010. Crustal Shortening in Convergent Orogens: Insights from Global Positioning System (GPS) Measurements in Northeast India. Journal of Geological Society of India v.75, p.289-299
- Mukul, M., Jaiswal, M., Singhvi, A. K., 2007. Timing of recent out-of-sequence active deformation in the frontal Himalayan wedge: Insights from the Darjiling sub-Himalaya, India, Geology, 35 (11), p. 999-1002
- Mukul, M., Roy, D., Satpathy, S., Anil Kumar, V., 2004. Bootstrapped Spatial Statistics: A More Robust Approach to the Analysis of Finite Strain Data: Journal of Structural Geology, 26(3), p. 595-600
- Mukul, M., and Mitra, G., 1998. Finite strain and Strain Variation Analysis in the Sheeprock Thrust Sheet: An internal Thrust Sheet in the Provo salient of the Sevier Fold-and-Thrust Belt, Central Utah: Journal of Structural Geology, 20 (4), p. 385-405
Others:
- Jade, S., Mukul, M., Gaur, V. K., kumar, K., Shrungeshwar, T. S., Satyal, G. S., Dumka, R. K., Jagannathan, S., Ananda, M. B., Kumar, P. D. and Banerjee, S., 2014. Contemporary deformation in the Kashmir–Himachal, Garhwal and Kumaon Himalaya: significant insights from 1995–2008 GPS time series. Journal of Geodesy, DOI 10.1007/s00190-014-0702-3
- Basak, K., and Mukul, M., 2000. Deformation Mechanisms in the South Kalijhora Thrust and Thrust Sheet in the Darjiling Himalayan fold-and-thrust belt, West Bengal, India: Indian Journal of Geology, 72 (2), 143-152
- Jade, S., Mukul, M., Bhattacharyya, A.K., Vijayan, A.K., Jaganathan, S., Kumar, Ashok, Tiwari, R.P. , Kumar, Arun, Kalita, S., Sahu, S. C., Krishna, A. P., Gupta, S. S., Murthy, M.V.R.L. , Gaur., V. K., 2007. Estimates of interseismic deformation in Northeast India from GPS Measurements, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 263, 221-234
- Sridevi, J., Mukul, M., Parvez, I. A. , Ananda, M. B., Kumar P. D., Gaur, V. K., Bendick, R., Bilham, R., Wallace, K., Abbasi,. I. A., Khan, M. A., Ulhadi, S., 2003. Preseismic, coseismic and post-seismic displacements associated with the Bhuj 2001 Earthquake derived from Recent and Historic Geodetic Data: Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet. Sci.), 112, No. 3, p.1-14
- Jade, S., Mukul, M., Parvez, I. A., Ananda, M. B., Kumar, P. D., Gaur, V. K., 2002. Estimates of Coseismic Displacement and Post-Seismic Deformation using Global Positioning System Geodesy for the Bhuj Earthquake of 26 January, Current Science, 82 (6), 748-752
- Matin, M., and Mukul, M., 2010. Phases of deformation from cross-cutting structural relationships in external thrust sheets: Insights from small-scale structures in the Ramgarh thrust sheet, Darjiling Himalaya, West Bengal. Current Science, v. 99 (10), 1369-1377
- Mitra, G., Bhattacharyya, K. and Mukul, M . 2010. The Lesser Himalayan Duplex in Sikkim: Implications for variations in Himalayan shortening. Journal of Geological Society of India v.75, pp.276-288
- Barnes, J., Densmore, A., Mukul, M., Sinha, R., Jain, V., Tandon, S. K., 2011. Interplay between faulting and base level in the development of Himalayan frontal fold topography, Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2010JF001841, In press.
- Kundu, A., Matin, A., Mukul, M., Eriksson, P. G., 2011. Sedimentary facies and soft-sediment deformation structures in the Late Miocene-Pliocene Middle Siwalik Subgroup, Eastern Himalaya, Darjiling District, India, Journal of the Geological Society of India, In Press
- Kellett, D.A., Grujic, D., Coutand, I., Cottle, J., Mukul, M., 2013. The South Tibetan detachment system facilitates ultra rapid cooling of granulite-facies rocks in Sikkim Himalaya. Tectonics, 32 ( 2 ) , 252-270
- Singh, Vimal., Tandon, S. K., Singh, Vaibhava., Mukul, M., and Edit Thamó-Bozsó. E., 2008. Characterization and development of the Jhajara Thrust: an example of neotectonic activity in the Pinjaur Dun, NW Himalayas. Current Science. 623-628
- Paul, J., Burgmann, R., Gaur, V. K., Bilham, R., Larson, K. M., Ananda, M .B., Jade, S., Mukul, M., Anupama, T. S., Satyal, G., Kumar, D., 2001. The motion and active deformation of India: Geophysical Research Letters, 28 (4), 647-651
- Bendick, R., Bilham, R., Fielding, E., Gaur, V. K., Hough, S. E., Kier, G., Kulkarni, M. N., Martin, S., Mueller, K., and Mukul, M., 2001. The 26 January 2001 “Republic Day” Earthquake, India: Seismological Research Letters, 72 (3), 328-335
Books / Chapters in Books:
- Mukul, M. and Mitra, G., 1998. Controversies in the geology of the Sheeprock Thrust Sheet: A re-examination based on new evidence: In Geology of the Sheeprock thrust sheet, Utah – New insights: Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 98-1, Chapter 1, p. 1-15
- Mukul, M. and Mitra, G., 1998. Stratigraphy and Structural Geology of the southern Sheeprock and the adjacent West Tintic Mountains, Utah: A review and new interpretations based on structural analysis: In Geology of the Sheeprock thrust sheet, Utah – New insights: Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 98-1, Chapter 2, p. 17-56
- Mukul, M., 2003. Bootstrapped Spatial Statistics: A More Robust Approach to the Analysis of Spatial Data. In: Rao, K. K., Reddy, P. S. R., Mishra, V. N. (Eds.), Computer Applications in Mineral Industry, Allied Publishers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, pp. 246-258
- Mukul, M ., Jade, S. and Matin, A., 2009. Active Deformation in the Darjiling-Sikkim Himalaya based on 2000-2004 Geodetic Global Positioning System Measurements. In: P. Ghosh (Eds.), Indian Statistical Institute Platinum Jubilee Volumes, Numerical Methods and Models in Earth Science, New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, pp.1-26
Miscellaneous Publications:
- Mukul, M., 1999. Active Tectonics and Paleoseismology: Current Science 76(2), p. 131-132
- Mukul, M., 2000. Researching a Ph. D. in the USA: Current Science 78 (4), 368-369
- Mukul, M. and Kumar, A., 2001. Flow Modelling of Mountain Glaciers – A review: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (India), 71 (A), SPL. ISSUE, 115-143
- Mukul, M., 2004. Global Positioning System (GPS) Based Crustal Deformation Studies in India: Glimpses of Geoscience Research in India, The Indian Report to IUGS 1999-2004, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, p. 49-51
Invited Talks:
- CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore
- Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmadabad
- Centre for Earth Science Studies, Trivandrum
- National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad
- National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore
- Indian Airforce Station, Jamnagar, Gujarat
- Department of Earth Sciences, Pondicherry University
- Department of Geology, Asutosh College, Kolkata
- Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
- Indian Meteorological Department, New Delhi
- MES College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Malleswaram, Bangalore
- North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), Shillong
- G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Panthang, Gangtok
- Geological Society of India, Bangalore
- Department of Geology, Delhi University, Delhi
- Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
- Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun
- Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
- U. S. National Academy of Sciences, Irvine, California, USA
- Central Training Institute, IMD, Pashan, Pune
- Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
- Kalpana Chawla Centre for Space and Nano Sciences, Kolkata
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
- Regional Remote Sensing Service Centre (RRSSC), ISRO, Bangalore
- Bangalore University, India
- M. S. University, Vadodara
- North Eastern Hill Universities, Shillong
- Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
- Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
- R. R. Lalan College, Bhuj, Gujarat
- Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Rangpo
Activities
National Level Committees:
- 1999-2003
Member, Editorial Committee, EQ News – a Biannual Newsletter of Updates on Seismological Programmes: Department of Science and Technology - 2004
Special Invitee/Co-opt Member of Expert Panel for DST FAST Track Scheme for Young Scientists – Group Monitoring Workshop-cum-screening Committee Meeting on Earth, Atmospheric and Mathematical Sciences - 2004-2006
Member, DST National GPS Instruments Committee - 2005-2009
Member (as Program Coordinator). Planning and Monitoring Committee for 5 year Cycle of SERC Summer/Winter on Crustal Deformation and Tectonics Geomorphology, Department of Science and Technology - 2005-2009
Member, Expert Panel for SERC Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists in the area of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Department of Science and Technology - 2010-2011
Member, Organizing Committee for Indo-US Frontier of Science Symposium 2011, Indo-US Forum
Manuscript Editor/Reviewer:
- 2009-present
Associate Editor, Journal of Earth System Sciences, Springer and Indian Academy of Sciences
Reviewer:
- Journal of Structural Geology, Elsevier, Tectonophysics, Elsevier, Tectonics, AGU
- Quaternary International, Elsevier, Gondwana Research, Elsevier
- Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, Taylor and Francis
- Natural Hazards, Springer
- Geological Society of America Bulletin, GSA
- Current Science, Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (E& PS)
- Journal of Earth System Sciences, Himalayan Geology
- Journal of Geological Society of India
- Evolution of Geological Structures in Micro- to Macro- scales. Special Volume Published in 1997 by Chapman and Hall, London
- Project Proposals for DST, CSIR, Indo-US Forum, NSF USA
- Project Completion reports for DST and Emeritus Scientist Scheme of CSIR
Doctoral Thesis External Examiner:
- Ph. D. External Examiner, I. I. T. Roorkee, CESS, Trivandrum and Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram
Co-ordination of National Level Short Courses:
- Contact Course on Basin Modelling, Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. June 6-10, 2000
- Contemporary Concepts and Tools in Fold-and-Thrust Belt Deformation, Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. November 26-December 1, 2001
- Five Year Summer/Winter SERC School on Crustal Deformation and Tectonic Geomorphology. Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. 2005-2010
- Course Director, 2nd Module of the Five Year Summer/Winter SERC School on Crustal Deformation and Tectonic Geomorphology. Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi: Techniques in Tectonic Geomorphology, C-MMACS, Bangalore, February 13-24, 2006
Industrial Consultancy:
- Structural Geology and Neotectonic Signatures in the Dihing and Dirak Footwall Lead Areas, Upper Assam
- With Premier Oil (North East India) BV
(India unit of Premier Oil, Stadhoudersisan 100, 2517 JC The Hague, Netherlands)