Luminescence Dating and its application to study Earth surface processes, GIS and Remote Sensing
Academic Background
PhD (Geology), Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad (MS University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat), 2006
MSc (Applied Geology), University of Allahabad, Allahabd (University of Allahabad, Allahabad, UP, India), 1999
BSc (Maths, Chemistry, Physics), University of Allahabad, Allahabd (University of Allahabad, Allahabad, UP, India), 1997
Positions
Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
Assistant Professor, IISER Kolkata (2010 - 2018)
Post Doctoral Fellow, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2006 - 2010)
Research Associate, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India (2005 - 2006)
Senior Research fellow, Physical Research Laboratory (2001 - 2005)
Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
Selected Publications
Selected Publications:
Resmi, MR; Achyuthan, Hema and Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar. 2017."Holocene Tectonic Uplift Using Geomorphometric Parameters, GIS and OSL dating: Palar River Basin, Southern Peninsular India." Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 61, 12
Resmi, M R; Achyuthan, Hema and Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar. 2017."Middle to late Holocene paleochannels and migration of the Palar River, Tamil Nadu: Implications of neotectonic activity." Quaternary International, 443(B), 211-222
Singh, Atul Kumar; Pattanaik, Jitendra Kumar; Gagan and Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar. 2017."Late Quaternary Evolution of Tista River Terraces in Darjeeling-Sikkim-Tibet Wedge: Implications to Climate and Tectonics." Quaternary International, 443, 132-142
Babeesh, C; Achyuthan, Hema; Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar and Lone, Asif. 2017."Late Quaternary Loess-like Paleosol and pedocomplexes, geochemistry, Provenance and source area weathering, Manasbal, Kashmir Valley, India." Geomorphology, 284, 191-205
C., Babeesh; Achyuthan, Hema; Jaiswal, Manoj K. and Lone, Aasif. 2017."Late Quaternary loess-like paleosols and pedocomplexes, geochemistry, provenance and source area weathering, Manasbal, Kashmir Valley, India." Geomorphology, 284, 191-205
All Publications:
Resmi, MR; Achyuthan, Hema and Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar. 2017."Holocene Tectonic Uplift Using Geomorphometric Parameters, GIS and OSL dating: Palar River Basin, Southern Peninsular India." Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 61, 12
Resmi, M R; Achyuthan, Hema and Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar. 2017."Middle to late Holocene paleochannels and migration of the Palar River, Tamil Nadu: Implications of neotectonic activity." Quaternary International, 443(B), 211-222
Singh, Atul Kumar; Pattanaik, Jitendra Kumar; Gagan and Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar. 2017."Late Quaternary Evolution of Tista River Terraces in Darjeeling-Sikkim-Tibet Wedge: Implications to Climate and Tectonics." Quaternary International, 443, 132-142
Babeesh, C; Achyuthan, Hema; Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar and Lone, Asif. 2017."Late Quaternary Loess-like Paleosol and pedocomplexes, geochemistry, Provenance and source area weathering, Manasbal, Kashmir Valley, India." Geomorphology, 284, 191-205
C., Babeesh; Achyuthan, Hema; Jaiswal, Manoj K. and Lone, Aasif. 2017."Late Quaternary loess-like paleosols and pedocomplexes, geochemistry, provenance and source area weathering, Manasbal, Kashmir Valley, India." Geomorphology, 284, 191-205
Singh, Atul K.; Jaiswal, Manoj K.; Pattanaik, Jitendra K. and K., Mahadev. 2016."Luminescence Chronology of Alluvial fan in North Bengal, India: Implications to Tectonics and Climate." Geochronometria, 43, 102-112
Beon, Maryline Le; Suppe, John; Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar; Chen, Yue Gau and Ustaszewski, Michaela E. 2014."Deciphering cumulative fault slip vectors from fold scarps: Relationships between long-term and coseismic deformations in central Western Taiwan." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119, 1-36
Huang, S.Y.; Chen, Y.G.; Burr, G.S.; Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar; Lin, Y.N.; Yin, G.; Liu, J.W.; Zhao, S.J. and Cao, Z.Q.. 2014."Late Pleistocene sedimentary history of multiple glacially dammed lake episodes along the Yarlung-Tsangpo river, southeast Tibet." Quaternary Research, 82, 430-440
Wasson, R.J.; Sundriyal, Y.P.; Chaudhary, Shipra; Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar; Morthekai, P.; Sati, S.P. and Juyal, Navin. 2013."A 1000-year history of large floods in the Upper Ganga catchment, central Himalaya, India." Quaternary Science Reviews, 77, 156-166
Wasson, Robert S; Chauhan, Mohan S; Sharma, Chhaya; Jaiswal, Manoj K; Singhvi, Ashok K and Srivastava, Pradeep. 2013."Erosion of river terraces as a component of large catchment sediment budgets: A pilot study from the Gangetic Plain." Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 67-68, 18-25
Agrawal, S; Sanyal, Prasanta; Sarkar, Anindya; Jaiswal, Manoj K and Dutta, Koushik. 2012."Variability of Indian Monsoonal rainfall over the past 100 ka and its implication for C3-C4 vegetational change." Quaternary Research, 77, 159-170
Shuan, Wu Tzu; Kunz, Alexander; Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar and Chen, Yue Gau. 2012."A feasibility study on the application of luminescence dating for quartz from different rock types as a thermochronometer." Quaternary Geochronology, 10, 340-344
Singhvi, Ashok K; Stokes, Stephen C; Chauhan, Naveen; Nagar, Yogesh and Jaiswal, Manoj K. 2011."Changes in Natural OSL sensitivity during single aliquot regeneration procedure and their implications for equivalent dose determination." Geochronometria, 38, 231-241
Kale, Vishwas; Achyuthan, Hema; Jaiswal, Manoj K and Sengupta, Somasis. 2010."Palaeoflood records from upper kaveri river, southern india: evidence for large discrete floods during Holocene." Geochronometria, 37, 49-55
Shuan, Wu Tzu; Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar; Lin, Nina Yunong; Chen, Ya Wen and Chen, Yue Gau. 2010."Residual luminescence in modern debris flow deposits from western Taiwan: A single grain approach." Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 38, 274-282
Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar; Bhat, M I; Bali, B S; Ahmed, Shabir and Chen, Yue Gau. 2009."Luminescence characteristics of quartz and feldspar from tectonically uplifted terraces in Kashmir Basin, Jammu and Kashmir, India." Radiation Measurements, 44, 523-528
Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar; Chen, Yue Gau; Kale, Vishwas and Achyuthan, Hema. 2009."Residual Luminescence In Quartz From Slack Water Deposit In Kaveri Basin, South India: A Single Aliquot Approach." Geochronometria, 33, 1-8
Srivastava, Pradeep Kumar; Tripathi, Jayanta; Islam, Rafique and Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar. 2008."Fashion and Phases of Late Pleistocene aggradations and incision in Alaknanda River, western Himalaya, India." Quaternary Research, 70, 68-80
Wasson, R.J.; Juyal, Navin; Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar; Culloch, Mc; Sarin, M.; Jain, Vikrant; Srivastava, Pradeep and Singhvi, Ashok K.. 2008."The mountain low-land debate: Deforestation and sediment transport in the Upper Ganga Catchment." Journal of Environmental Management, 88, 53-61
Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar; Srivastava, Pradeep; Tripathi, Jayant and Islam, Rafique. 2008."Feasibility of the SAR technique on quartz sand of Terraces of NW Himalaya: a case study from Devprayag." Geochronometria, 31, 45-52
Mukul, Malay; Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar and Singhvi, Ashok Kumar. 2007."Timing of recent out-of-sequence active deformation in the frontal Himalayan wedge: Insights from the Darjeeling sub-Himalaya." Geology, 35, 999-1002
Owen, Lewis A; Bright, Jordon; Finkel, Robert C; Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar; Kaufman, Darell S; Mahan, Shannon; Radtke, Ulrich; Schneider, Joan S; Sharp, Warren and Singhvi, Ashok K. 2007."Numerical dating of a late Quaternary spit-shoreline complex at the northern end of Silver Lake playa, Mojave Desert, California: A comparison of the applicability of radiocarbon, luminescence, terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide, electron spin resonance, U-series and amino acid racemization methods." Quaternary International, 166, 87-110
Simoes, Martine; Avouac, Jean P.; Chen, Yue Gau; Singhvi, Ashok Kumar; Wang, Chien Ying; Jaiswal, Manoj; Chan, Yu Chang and Bernard, Sylvain. 2007."Kinematic analysis of the Pakuashan fault-tip fold, west-central Taiwan: shortening rate and age of folding inception." Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, 1-30
Rajendaran, C.P.; Rajendaran, Kusala; Machadao, T.; Satyamurthy, T.; Aravazhi, P. and Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar. 2006."Evidence of ancient sea surges at the Mamallapuram coast of India and Implications for previous Indian Ocean tsunami events." Current Sciences, 91, 1242-1247
William, MAJ; Pal, J.N.; Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar and Singhvi, Ashok Kumar. 2006."River responses to Quaternary climatic fluctuation: evidence from the Son and Belan valley, north central India." Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, 2619-2631
Bateman, Mark D; Holmes, Peter J; Carr, Andrew S; Horton, Benjamin P and Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar. 2004."Aeolianite and barrier dune construction spanning the last two glacial-interglacial cycles from the southern cape coast, South Africa." Quaternary Science Reviews, 23, 1681-1698
Singh, I.B.; Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar; Singhvi, Ashok Kumar and Singh, B.K.. 2003."Rapid subsidence of western Ganga plain during late Pleistocene: Evidence from optical dating of subsurface samples." Current Sciences, 84, 451-454
Bateman, Mark D; Frederick, Charles D; Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar and Singhvi, Ashok Kumar. 2003."Investigation into the potential effects of pedoturbation on luminescence dating." Quaternary Science Reviews, 22, 1169-1176
