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KAJALJYOTI BORAH
Associate Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata
Mohanpur-741246, Nadia District, West Bengal
Email: kajalborah1979@gmail.com
kajal.borah@iiserkol.ac.in

Articles in Refereed Journals
2023
  1. S. Chandra Kajaljyoti Borah, A. Boruah, P. Mukherjee, Upper mantle anisotropy in Sri Lanka using shear-wave splitting analysis: Geodynamical implications, Journal of Earth System Sciences (JESS), 132(2), 91.
  2. P. Mukherjee, Y. Ito, Kajaljyoti Borah, A.P. Mpuang, E.S. Garcia, R. Plata-Martinez, Along-Strike Forearc and Subducted Upper Slab Structure beneath North Chile and their Implications towards occurrence of Slow Slip, Scientific Report. (under review)
  3. S. Mishra, A. Anand, P. Mukherjee Kajaljyoti Borah, D. Bora, Imaging of crustal structure beneath the Indo-Gangetic plain and Siwalik in Eastern Nepal Himalaya using Receiver Function Modeling, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors (PEPI). (under review)
2022
  1. Banashree Sarma Kajaljyoti Borah, D.K. Borah, Aakash Anand, Seismic b-value reduction prior to the 28 th April 2021, M w 6.5 Sonitpur earthquake of Assam Valley, Journal of Earth System Sciences (JESS) 131(4), 194.
  2. V.P. Kumar, S. Gupta, Kajaljyoti Borah, K.S Prakasam, S.S. Rai, Seismic anisotropy beneath the Kumaun–Garhwal Himalaya using core-refracted shear wave phases, Geophysical Journal International (GJI) , 229(3), 1978-1989.
  3. Pousali Mukherjee, Kajaljyoti Borah, Alok Yadav, Crustal Structure beneath the Precambrian Cratons of Gondwanaland and Its Evolution Using Teleseismic Receiver Function, Lithosphere , 2022 (Special Volume), https://doi.org/10.2113/2022/2558277.
2021
  1. D.K. Bora, Pousali Mukherjee, A.P. Singh, Kajaljyoti Borah, R. Biswas, Source parameters and scaling relations for small to moderate earthquakes in the Indo‐Burma Ranges, North‐east India, and its seismotectonic implications, Geological Journal , 57(2), 863-876.
  2. D.K. Bora, A.P. Singh, Kajaljyoti Borah, A. Anand, R. Biswas, O.P. Mishra, Crustal Structure Beneath the Indo-Burma Ranges from the Teleseismic Receiver Function and Its Implications for Dehydration of the Subducting Indian Slab, Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAAG) , 179(1), 197-216.
  3. D.K. Bora, Kajaljyoti Borah, A.P. Singh, O.P. Mishra, Distribution of b‐values in Indo‐Burma Ranges, northeast India: Implications to structural heterogeneities and style of faulting, Geological Journal , 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.4294.
2020
  1. Pousali Mukherjee, Kajaljyoti Borah, D.K. Bora, Nature of crust beneath Sri Lanka using teleseismic receiver function, J. Asian Earth. Sc., 187, 104096.
2018
  1. S. Mitra, K.F. Priestley, Kajaljyoti Borah, V.K. Gaur, Crustal Structure and Evolution of the Eastern Himalayan Plate Boundary System, Northeast India, J. Geophs. Res. (Solid Earth), 123, 621-640.
  2. J.M. Borgohain, Kajaljyoti Borah, R. Biswas, D. Bora, Spatial b-value anomaly prior to 3rd January 2016, Mw=6.7 Manipur earthquake, northeastern region of India, J. Asian Earth. Sc., 154, 42-48.
  3. D. Bora, Kajaljyoti Borah, R. Mahanta, J.M. Borgohain, Seismic b-values and its correlation with Seismic Moment and Bouguer Gravity Anomaly over Indo-Burma ranges of northeast India: Tectonic Implications, Tectonophysics, 728, 130-141.
  4. Aakash Anand, D. Bora, Kajaljyoti Borah, J.M. Borgohain, Seismological evidence of Hales discontinuity in the northeastern India, J. Asian Earth. Sc., 154, 238-247.
  5. J.M. Borgohain, Kajaljyoti Borah, D. Bora, Sediment thickness beneath Shillong-Mikir plateau and its adjoining region of northeast India inferred from Teleseismic Receiver Function Modelling, Himalayan Geology , 39(1), 11-20.
  6. D. Bora, D. Hazarika, A. Paul, Kajaljyoti Borah, J.M. Borgohain, Shear-Wave Splitting and Crustal Anisotropy in the Shillong–Mikir Plateau of Northeast India, Pure Appl. Geophys., 175, 243-255.
2017
  1. D. Hazarika, M.W., A.Paul, N.K., Kajaljyoti Borah, Geometry of the Main Himalayan Thrust and Moho beneath Satluj valley, Northwest Himalaya: constraints from receiver function analysis, J. Geophs. Res. (Solid Earth), 122, 2929-2945
2016
  1. Kuntal Chaudhuri, Kajaljyoti Borah, S. Gupta, Seismic evidence of crustal low velocity beneath Eastern Ghat mobile belt, India, Phys. Earth. Planet. Int., 261, 207-216, (pdf)
  2. S. Gupta, Kajaljyoti Borah, G. Saha, Continental like crust beneath the Andaman Island through joint inversion of receiver function and surface wave from ambient seismic noise, Tectonophys., 687, 129-138. (pdf)
  3. Kajaljyoti Borah, D. Bora, A. Goyal, Crustal structure beneath northeast India inferred from Receiver Function modeling, Phys. Earth. Planet. Int., 258, 15-27. (pdf)
  4. D. Bora, Kajaljyoti Borah, A. Goyal, Crustal shear-wave velocity structure beneath Sumatra from receiver function modeling, J. Asian Earth. Sc., 121, 127-138. (pdf)
  5. U. Saikia, S.S.Rai, R. Meena, B.N.V. Prasad, Kajaljyoti Borah, Moho offset beneath the Western Ghat and the contact of Archean Crusts of Dharwar Craton, India, Tectonophysics, 673, 177-189. (pdf)
2015
  1. Kajaljyoti Borah, Nagaraju Kanna, S.S Rai, K.S. Prakasam, Sediment thickness beneath the Indo-Gangetic Plain and Sivalik Himalaya inferred from Receiver Function Modelling, J. Asian Earth. Sc., 99, 41-56, DOI:10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.12.010. (pdf)
2014
  1. Kajaljyoti Borah, S.S. Rai, Sandeep Gupta, K.S. Prakasam, Sudesh Kumar, K. Sivaram, Preserved and modified mid-Archean crustal blocks in Dharwar Craton: Seismological evidence, Precam. Res., 246, 16-34, DOI:10.1016/j/precamres.2014.02.003. (pdf)
  2. Kajaljyoti Borah, S.S. Rai, K.S. Prakasam, Sandeep Gupta, Keith Priestley, V.K. Gaur, Seismic Imaging of Crust beneath the Dharwar Craton, India from Ambient Noise and Teleseismic Receiver Function modeling, Geophys. J. Int., 197, 748-767, DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu075. (pdf)
  3. Kajaljyoti Borah, S.S. Rai, K. Priestley, V.K. Gaur, Complex shallow mantle beneath the Dharwar craton inferred from Rayleigh wave inversion, Geophys. J. Int., 198, 1055-1070, DOI:10.1093/gji/ggu185. (pdf)
  4. D.K. Bora, D. Hazarika, Kajaljyoti Borah, S.S. Rai, Saurabh Baruah, Crustal Shear-wave Velocity Structure beneath Northeast India from teleseismic Receiver Function Analysis, J. Asian Earth. Sc., 90, 1-14, doi: 10.1016/ j.jseaes.2014.04.005. (pdf)
  5. U. Saikia, S.S. Rai, M.S., S.D., S.B., Kajaljyoti Borah, R.M., Accurate location and focal mechanism of earthquakes near Idukki Reservoir, Kerala, Southern India, Curr. Sci., 107(11), 1885-1891. (pdf)
2013
  1. S.S. Rai, Kajaljyoti Borah, Ritima Das, S. Gupta, Shalivahan, K.S. Prakasam, K. Sivaram, Sudesh Kumar, Rishikesh Meena, The South India Precambrian crust and shallow lithospheric mantle: initial results from the India Deep Earth Imaging Experiment (INDEX), J. Earth Sys. Sci., 122, 1435-1453. (pdf)
2012
  1. N. Mandal, K.H. Chakravarty, Kajaljyoti Borah, S.S. Rai, Is a cation ordering transition of the Mg-Fe olivine phase in the mantle responsible for the shallow mantle seismic discontinuity beneath the Indian Craton?, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B12304, doi:10.1029/2012JB009225. (pdf)
Conference Abstracts
2019
  • Subhadeep Roy and Kajaljyoti Borah, Variations in the LgQ seismic attenuation in Tarim Basin, Tibet and Bengal Basin, EGU.
  • Suman Basak and Kajaljyoti Borah, Seismic imaging of South India from high resolution Rayleigh wave group velocity tomography, EGU.
  • Pousali Mukherjee, Kajaljyoti Borah, Imaging the Lithospheric Structure in the Precambrian cratons of Gondwanaland, EGU.
  • Aakash Anand, D. Bora, Kajaljyoti Borah, J.M. Borgohain, Seismological evidence of Hales discontinuity in northeastern India, EGU.
  • Harshit Agrawal and Kajaljyoti Borah, Lateral variations of crustal seismic attenuation across the Thailand region, EGU.
  • Aakash Anand, D. Bora, Kajaljyoti Borah, J.M. Borgohain, Seismological Evidence of Hales Discontinuity in Northeastern India, AOGS.
2016
  • Kuntal Chaudhuri, Kajaljyoti Borah, and Ayush Goyal, Seismological Evidence of mafic underplating beneath Central India, EGU.
  • Ayush Goyal, Raju Kumar, Kajaljyoti Borah, Crustal shear velocity structure beneath Cuddapah Basin, India Abhilash Kumar Paswan, EGU.
  • Ayush Goyal, Goukaran Kumar Kosre, Kajaljyoti Borah, Variations of Hales Discontinuity beneath South India, EGU.
2013
  • S.S. Rai, Kajaljyoti Borah, Sandeep Gupta, K.S. Prakasam, Crustal Structure beneath the Dharwar Craton, India, Goldschmidt.
2012
  • S.S. Rai, Kajaljyoti Borah, Sudesh Kumar, Sandeep Gupta, Sivaram Krishnavajjhala, Suryaprakasam Kudumu, Complex shear wave velocity structure of Archaean crust beneath the Dharwar Craton, India: Inference from receiver function and ambient noise data, AGU FALL MEETING.
  • Kajaljyoti Borah, K. Surya Prakasam S.S. Rai, Sudesh Kumar, Shear Wave Velocity Tomography of Crust beneath the Dharwar Craton, India Using Ambient Noise, INDO-US workshop on Intraplate Seismicity.
2011
  • K.S. Prakasam, S.S. Rai, Kajaljyoti Borah, V. Pavan Kumar, Integrated Seismological Studies of the Dharwar Craton, India, ESC.
2010
  • S.S. Rai, Kajaljyoti Borah, K. Surya Prakasam, K.F. Priestley, V.K. Gaur, Ambient noise tomography of the Kumaon Himalaya, AGU FALL MEETING.
  • Kajaljyoti Borah, K.S. Prakasam, Seismic Ambient Noise Tomography of Dharwar Craton, AOGS.
  • K.S. Prakasam, Kajaljyoti Borah, Keith Priestley, Ambient Seismic Noise Tomography of Kumaon Himalaya, AOGS.
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Crust and upper mantle shear velocity anisotropic structure in the Indo-Burma Ranges and its geodynamic implication, Amount:49 Lakhs, STARS Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Rsearch in Science, 2023