Baseline Geoscience Data Generation For Sustainable Exploration Of Natural Resources

Baseline Geoscience Data Generation for Sustainable Exploration of Natural Resources offers a comprehensive examination of the critical role that baseline geoscience data plays in the sustainable exploration of natural resources. The book highlights the importance of global geophysical mapping as a catalyst for mineral exploration, providing an overview of various geophysical techniques essential for generating baseline data. It explores advanced methodologies in potential field surveying, geoelectrical surveying, electromagnetic techniques, and remote sensing, underscoring their applications in sustainable resource management. The text also examines geospatial surveying techniques, including GIS and GPS, and introduces innovative drone-based geoscientific surveying methods that enhance data collection efficiency.

Additionally, the book covers seismic surveying techniques and marine mineral resource exploration, offering a global perspective on national geophysical mapping programs and their significance in mineral exploration. The discussion on emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, emphasizes the need for ethical considerations in resource exploration. Through case studies and practical applications, readers gain insights into effective data acquisition planning and strategies for utilizing geophysical applications in mineral exploration.

• Focuses on diverse geoscientific mapping techniques with the corresponding efficacies of different mapping techniques and methodologies to manage natural resources, such as groundwater and minerals of different categories, including critical minerals with minimal environmental impacts
• Details real-world examples showcasing geophysical investigations in association with geological and geochemical mapping techniques in natural resource exploration
• Provides detailed explanations of seismic, magnetic, gravity, and electromagnetic, and geophysical well logging exploration methods for sustainable exploitation of natural resources.

Dr. O.P. Mishra is a distinguished Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India, with over 30 years of experience in the field of Applied Geophysics, Seismology, and Disaster Risk Management Science. He earned his M.Sc. Tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) [IIT (ISM)] Dhanbad, one of the premier institutes of Earth Sciences in the world. Dr. Mishra obtained Ph.D./D.Sc. from Geodynamics Research Centre (GRC), Ehime University, Japan, and a PGDMA from AIMA, New Delhi. He worked with different organizations in India and abroad in different capacities, namely the Geological Survey of India for about 20 years where he applied almost all Geophysical methods for natural resource exploration and contributed toward high-resolution seismic imaging of sub-surface strata to understand the deep-seated resources and tectonic intricacies of the study region., Geodynamics Research Centre, Ehime university where he conducted cooperative researches on 3-D seismic tomography for different geotectonic settings of the world. Dr. Mishra has held key positions, including Director of the SAARC Disaster Management Centre and Foreign Guest Professor at GRC, Japan. A prolific researcher, he has published a series of od research papers and supervised several researchers at graduate and doctoral levels. His accolades include the National Mineral Award (2008) and the Anni Talwani Gold Medal (2015). He is a life member of numerous esteemed professional bodies of several countries, including AGU and of other professional bodies of the world.

Dr. D.C. Naskar is currently a Consultant at the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India, New Delhi where he mentors early-career scientists and plans seismological studies. He holds a Ph.D. in Science from Jadavpur University and an M.Sc. in Physics from Calcutta University. Dr. Naskar’s career began in July 1989 with the Geological Survey of India (GSI), where he served as Director (Geophysics) until his retirement in January 2021. Over his 32 years at GSI, he gained extensive experience in geophysical mapping, leading surveys across India in mineral exploration, groundwater studies, and environmental research. He also served as Chief Consultant (Geophysics) at DMT Pvt. Solutions Ltd. and worked in earlier roles with South Eastern Railway and the West Bengal State Electricity Board. Notable projects include a kimberlite exploration with De Beers and a GPS survey for the 2004 Indonesian earthquake’s impact in the Andaman-Nicobar Islands. Dr. Naskar has authored over 140 publications and received numerous awards, including the H.S. Pareek Award for his research on coal science. He is a life member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE).