Anupam Ghosh

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Research Interests

  • Palaeobiology
  • Palaeoecology
  • Morphometrics of foraminifera Trace elements and stable isotope study on foraminifera

Courses Offered

  • Micropalaeontology
  • Petroleum Geology
  • Advance Techniques for Fossil Fuel Exploration
  • Basin Analysis
  • Phanerozoic Stratigraphy
  • Vertebrate Palaeontology

Academic Background

  • M. Sc. (Applied Geology) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India
  • Ph.D.(Micropalaeontology) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India

Awards and Recognition

  • Faculty Advisor, SEG-JU Student Chapter, since September 2009
  • Faculty Advisor, AAPG-JU Student Chapter, since August 2009
  • British Gas Exploration and Production India Limited Ph.D Fellowship, 2004-2008
  • Institute Silver Medalist, IIT Bombay, 2004

Membership

Member, The Micropalaeontological Society, London
Member, Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Washington
Member, Geological Society of America
Member, American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Member, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts, India Chapter

Contact Information

Department of Geological Sciences
Jadavpur University
Kolkata 700 032, India
Email : anupam.ghosh[AT]gmail.com
Phone (work) : +91 033-24146666 Extn. 2727
Phone (home) : +91 033-26649510, +91 9831114517
Fax: +91 033-24146781

Current Ph.D Scholars

Partha Sarathi Maji: Environmental Response of sediments and microfauna in the coastal stretch from Digha/Junput to Chandipur


Current M.Sc. Students

Sayak Basu: The study of Foraminiferida along the Suarashtra coast

Sandeep Kumar: The study of Intertidal Foraminifera along the coastal tracts of Orissa


List of Publications

Publications in refereed journals

[1] Kumar, P., Ghosh, A., Saraswati, P.K. and Banerjee, S., 2009. Ichnology and sequence stratigraphic analysis of a shallow marine, mixed carbonate-siliciclastic system, Early Miocene, Kutch, India. Sedimentary Geology (under review)

[2] Saha, S., Banerjee, S., Burley, S.D., Ghosh, A. and Saraswati, P. K., 2009. An assessment of tectonic setting discrimination diagrams in the backdrop of flood basaltic source terrain: example from the modern coastal of the Gulf of Khambhat, western India. Sedimentary Geology (under review)

[3] Saha, S., Burley, S.D., Banerjee, S., Ghosh, A. and Saraswati P.K. 2009. Mineralogical geochemical characterization of modern sediments from the macrotidal estuaries of the Gulf of Khambhat and implications for the provenance of sandstones in Oligo-Miocene reservoirs in the offshore Bombay Basin. Sedimentology (under review)

[4] Ghosh, A., Saha, S., Saraswati, P.K., Banerjee, S. and Burley, S., 2008. Intertidal Foraminifera in the Macrotidal Estuaries of the Gulf of Cambay: implications for interpreting sea level change in palaeo-estuaries. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 26, pp. 1592-1599

[5] Ghosh, A., Saha, S., Saraswati, P.K., Banerjee, S., Burley, S. and Gundu Rao, T.K., 2008. Gallitellia – A Proxy for palaeo-monsoonal upwelling on the western coast of India? Current Science, v. 95(11), pp. 1608-1611

[6] Saha, S., Ghosh, A., Banerjee, S., Burley, S. and Saraswati, P.K., 2006. Tidal bars in a Macrotidal Estuarine Embayment: the Gulf of Khambhat, Western India. Indian Journal of Petroleum Geology, v.15 (2), pp. 69-78

Publications in conference proceedings

[1] Ghosh, A., Saha, S., Saraswati, P.K., Banerjee, S. and Burley, S., 2008. Intertidal Foraminifera in the Macrotidal Estuaries of the Gulf of Cambay: implications for interpreting sea level change in palaeo-estuaries. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 26, pp. 1592-1599

[2] Ghosh, A., Saha, S., Saraswati, P. K. and Banerjee, S., 2008. Evidence of sea level change fluctuation in Quaternary sections along the Narmada estuary. International Conference on Tectonics of the Indian Subcontinent, IIT Bombay, India, p. 120

[3] Saha, S., Ghosh, A., Burley, S., Banerjee, S. and Saraswati, P.K., 2008, Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of Pleistocene sections along the estuary banks, Gulf of Khambhat, Western India. GEO INDIA Convention and Exhibition, AAPG-APG-ONGC Collaboration, India, p. 1-7

[4] Ghosh, A., 2007, Quaternary Sea Level Change in Narmada Estuary, Gulf of Cambay. National Seminar on Coastal Zone Development Vis-à-vis Marine Environment: The Recent Trends, Kolkata, India, p. 18-19

[5] Ghosh, A., Saha, S., Saraswati, P.K., Banerjee, S.,Burley and Gundu Rao, T.K., 2007, Gallitellia- A Proxy for palaeo-monsoonal upwelling on the western coast of India. GSA Annual Meeting and Exposition, Denver, USA, p. 523br>

[6] Saha, S., Ghosh, A., Burley, S., Banerjee, S. and Saraswati, P.K., 2007.Tidal Sand Bars in the Gulf of Khambhat using Satellite Images and Field Mapping, Western India. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Conference, California, USA, p. 121

[7] Ghosh, A., Saha, S., Saraswati, P.K., Banerjee, S. and Burley, S., 2006, Pleistocene sea-level highstand in the Narmada Estuary, Western India. Petroleum Geoscience Collaboration Conference, Geological Society of London, UK, p. 37

[8] Ghosh, A., Saha, S., Saraswati, P. K., Banerjee, S. and Burley, S., 2006. The Distribution of Modern Foraminifera in the Macrotidal Estuaries of the Gulf of Khambhat. 3rd APG Conference and exhibition, Goa, India, p. 178-179

[9] Saha, S., Ghosh, A., Burley, S., Banerjee, S. and Saraswati, P.K. 2006. Integrated geomorphic, sedimentological and sequence stratigraphic analysis of an estuarine embayment: defining depositional geometries for understanding the Tapti reservoirs, Offshore Western India. Petroleum Geoscience Collaboration Conference, Geological Society of London, UK, p. 40

[10] Saha, S., Ghosh, A., Burley, S., Banerjee, S. and Saraswati, P.K. 2006. Tidal bars in a macrotidal estuarine embayment: the Gulf of Khambhat, western India. . 3rd APG Conference and exhibition, Goa, India, p. 200-201

 
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