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Dibakar Ghosal
PhD (IPG Paris)
Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences
Research Interest
Tectonic studies on (Himalaya, Sumatra and Andaman, KG basin, Ridge Plume Interaction, St-Paul island)
Exploration Seismology
Tomography, Full Waveform Inversion (FWI)
Joint inversion of MCS and OBS data
Joint interpretation of Seismic and Gravity data
Effective medium modeling
Development of Algorithms for Advanced Seismic Data Processing, attribute analysis and interpretation
Machine Learning (ML) in seismic data analysis
Poroelasticity and Frequency-dependent AVO studies
Gas Hydrate studies
Office
ESB3
Room no-411
Department of Earth Sciences
IIT Kanpur
Kanpur 208016
Labs addresses: ESB3, 411
Specialization
Exploration seismology, Tectonics
Education
PhD (2008–2013), in Geophysics, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), France.
Thesis Title: Shallow subsurface morphotectonics of the offshore Northern Sumatra subduction system using high resolution marine geophysical datasets.
Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Satish Singh
M.Sc. (2004–2006), in Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
B.Sc., (2001–2004), in Geology, Mathematics and Physics, Jadavpur University, India.
Current Teaching
Solid Earth Geophysics, Exploration Geophysics
Professional Affiliations
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
European Association of Scientists and Engineers (EAGE)
Society for Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
Selected Publications
Ghosal D., Singh S.C, Martin J, (2014). Shallow subsurface morphotectonics of the NW Sumatra subduction system using an integrated seismic imaging technique, Geophysical Jour. Int.,198,1818-1831.
Ghosal D., Singh S.C., Chauhan A.P.S, Hananto N.D., (2012). New insights on the offshore extension of the Great Sumatran fault, NW Sumatra, from marine geophysical studies, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 13, 11, doi: 10.1029/2012GC004122.
Singh. S.C, Chauhan A.P.S, Calvert A. J., Hananto N.D., Ghosal D., Rai A.,Carton H., (2012). Seismic evidence of bending and unbending of subducting oceanic crust and the presence of mantle megathrust, Earth and Planetary science letters, 301, 166-176.
Awards & Fellowships
- 2023:Scientific High Level Visiting Fellowship (SSHN) from French Institute in India (IFI)
- 2022:INSA visiting scientist fellowship
- 2019:Visiting Faculty at IPG Paris, France
- 2019:Visiting Faculty at NTU Singapore
- 2014-2015:Postdoctoral fellowship, Geocentrum, Uppsala University, Sweden
- 2008-2012: PhD fellowship, IPG Paris, France
Keywords
Tectonics, Seismology, Tomography, Inversion
Research Group
Crustal Imaging Laboratory (CIL)
Professional Experience
2023-Present Associate Professor, IIT Kanpur
2015-2023 Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur
2014-2015 Postdoctoral researcher, Uppsala University.
Project : Analysis of amplitude and frequency variation with offset on the North sea datasets
2013 –2014 Visiting faculty, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India
2013(Apr.-Jul.) Postdoctoral researcher, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), France
2007–2008 Research Scholar, National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), India.
Project : Modelling the behavior of gas hydrates in Krishna-Godavari basin, India