Dr. R. Jayangondaperumal

Biography

My initial studies at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology were on the structural evolution of the Lesser Himalayan Klippen lying in the core of the Mussoorie syncline. Based on field, structure and Paleomagetic/Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) data, an alternative model, negating large translation along the klippen detachment thrust from an assumed root zone in the Higher Himalayas, was proposed (Jayangondaperumal PhD Thesis, 1998; Jayangondaperumal and Dubey, 2001; Jayangondaperumal et al, 2001 and Dubey and Jayangondaperumal, 2005). Strain analyses are sparse in the Lesser Himalaya because of weak deformation and lack of suitable visible strain markers. Thus in what is probably the first application of its kind in the Himalayan region, three-dimensional data are being generated using the AMS method.   My first employment was with the Indian Bureau of Mines where I garnered experience in mining and mineral industry (5.5 yrs).  Later as a Scientist of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun I have research experience of 15 years. For a brief period of 1.5 years (on lien), I have offered geological courses in M.Sc., Applied Geophysics in a State University   Now the focus is to understand the Holocene rate of slip and paleoearthquakes history along the Indian Himalayan Frontal Thrust.

Research Interest

Active Tectonics and Paleoseismology