Last Modified: Publications of Pitambar Gautam, Hokkaido University Manuscripts submitted and in press Gautam, P. (submitted, 2007) Magnetic fabric of the Siwalik sediments (Nepal): implications to the time-space evolution of the stress field. J. Nepal Geological Society. Gautam, P., Blaha, U. and Appel, U. (submitted, 2007) Assessment of traffic-induced environmental pollution: Magnetic properties and heavy metal chemistry of dusts on streets and leaves from Kathmandu, Nepal. J. Nepal Geological Society. 1. Articles in Journals or Books Gautam, P., Takashima, R., Dick, M.H., Kanamatsu, T., Rijal, M.L., Nishi, H. and Mawatari, S.F. (2008). Rockmagnetic characterization of the Setana and Chiraigawa Formations in SW Hokkaido (Soebetsu River, Kuromatsunai). In: H. Okada, S.F. Mawatari, N. Suzuki and P. Gautam (eds.), Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity, Proc. Int. Symp. "The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity", 1-5 October 2007, Sapporo, pp. 101-107. Ishimura, T., Dick, M.H., Takashima, R., Hirose, M., Gautam, P., H. Nishi, H. and Tsunogai, U. (2008). Experimental study of use of the stable isotopic composition of calcareous microfossils in shallow marine sediments to reconstruct paleoenvironment, and a comparison with the MART Index. In: H. Okada, S.F. Mawatari, N. Suzuki and P. Gautam (eds.), Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity, Proc. Int. Symp. "The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity", 1-5 October 2007, Sapporo, pp. 109-114. Takashima, R., Dick, M.H., Nishi, H., Mawatari, S.F., Nojo, A., Hirose, M., Gautam, P., Nakamura, K. and Tanaka, T. (2008). Geology and sedimentary environments of the Pleistocene Setana Formation in Kuromatsunai District, southwestern Hokkaido, Japan. In: H. Okada, S.F. Mawatari, N. Suzuki and P. Gautam (eds.), Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity, Proc. Int. Symp. "The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity", 1-5 October 2007, Sapporo, pp. 75-82. Goddu, S.R., Appel, E., Gautam, P., Oches E.A., Wehland, F. 2007. The lacustrine section at Lukundol, Kathmandu basin, Nepal: Dating and magnetic fabric aspects. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 30(1), 73-81.* Gautam, P., Blaha, U. and Appel, E., 2005. Integration of magnetism and heavy metal chemistry of soils to quantify the environmental pollution in Kathmandu, Nepal , The Island Arc. 14, 424-435.* Gautam, P., Watanabe, T., Nishi, H. and Appel, E., 2005. Preface to the Thematic Section: Uplift of the Himalaya-Tibet region and the Asian monsoon - geological, geomorphic and environmental consequences, The Island Arc. 14,295-296.* Gautam, P., Blaha, U. and Appel, E., 2005. Magnetic susceptibility of dust-loaded leaves as a proxy of traffic-related heavy metal pollution in Kathmandu City, Nepal, Atmospheric Environment 39, 2201-2211.* Gautam, P., Blaha, U., Appel, E. and Neupane, G., 2004. Environmental magnetic approach towards the quantification of pollution in Kathmandu urban area, Nepal. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 29, 973-984.* Schill, E., Appel, E., Crouzet, C., Gautam, P., Wehland, F. and Staiger, M., 2004. Oroclinal bending versus regional significant clockwise rotations in the Himalayan arc ? Constraints from secondary pyrrhotite remanences. In Aviva J. Sussman and Arlo B. Weil (eds.) Orogenic Curvature: Integrating Paleomagnetic and Structural Analyses, Geological Society of America, Special Paper 383, 73-86 (2004). Crouzet, C., Gautam, P., Schill, E., and Appel, E., 2003. Multicomponent magnetization in western Dolpo (Tethyan Himalaya, Nepal): tectonic implications, Teconophysics 377, 179-196. Schill, E., Appel, E., Godin, L., Crouzet, C., Gautam, P., and Regmi, K. R., 2003. Record of deformation by secondary magnetic remanences and magnetic anisotropy in the Nar/Phu valley (central Himalaya), Tectonophysics 377, 197-209.* Schill, E., Crouzet, C., Gautam, P. , Singh, V. K., and Appel, E., 2002. Where did rotational shortening occur in the Himalayas ? Inferences from palaeomagnetic remagnetizations, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 203, 45-57. Schill, E., Appel, E., Gautam, P. and Dietrich, P., 2002. Thermo-tectonic history of the Tethyan Himalayas deduced from the palaeomagnetic record of metacarbonates from Shiar Khola (Central Nepal), Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 20(3), 203-210. Schill, E. Appel, E. and Gautam, P., 2002. Towards pyrrhotite/magnetite geothermometry in low-grade metamorphic carbonates of the Tethyan Himalayas (Shiar Khola, Central Nepal), Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 20(3), 195-201. Gautam P., Hosoi, A., Sakai, T. and Arita, K., 2001. Magnetostratigraphic evidence for the occurrence of pre-Brunhes (>780 kyrs) sediments in the northwestern part of the Kathmandu Valley, Journal of Nepal Geological Society, Special Issue on Himalayan Uplift and Paleoclimatic Changes in Central Nepal 25, 99-110. Crouzet C., Stang H., Appel E., Schill E. and Gautam P., 2001. Detailed analysis of successive pTRMs carried by pyrrhotite in Himalayan metacarbonates: an example from Hidden valley, central Nepal, Geophysical Journal International 146, 607-618. Schill E., Appel E., Zeh O., Singh V.K. and Gautam P., 2001. Coupling of late-orogenic tectonics and secondary pyrrhotite remanences: towards a separation of different rotation processes and quantification of rotational underthrusting in the western Himalaya (northern India), Tectonophysics 337, 1-21. Gautam P. and Fujiwara Y., 2000. Magnetic polarity of Siwalik Group sediments of Karnali River section in western Nepal, Geophysical Journal International 142, 812-824.* Gautam, P., Pant, S.R., Ando, H., and Wagle, R.N., 2000. Radiometric and geoelectric response of karst structures in Mahendra and Chamero caves, Pokhara Valley, Nepal, Journal of Nepal Geological Society 22, 179-186. Gautam P., Pant, S.R. and Ando, H., 2000. Mapping of subsurface karst structure with gamma ray and electrical resistivity profiles: a case study from Pokhara valley, central Nepal, Journal of Applied Geophysics 45, 97-110.* Gautam P., Hosoi A., Regmi K.R., Khadka D.R. and Fujiwara Y., 2000. Magnetic minerals and magnetic properties of the Siwalik Group sediments of the Karnali river section in Nepal, Earth, Planets and Space 52, 337-345.* Gautam P. and Rosler W., 1999. Depositional chronology and fabric of Siwalik Group sediments in central Nepal from magnetostratigraphy and magnetic anisotropy. In: Recent Advances on the Geology of Nepal Himalayas (Editors: P. LeFort and B.N. Upreti), Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 17, 659-682.* Schill, E., Appel, E., Gautam, P., and Singh, V.K., 1998. Preliminary palaeomagnetic results from medium grade metacarbonates of the Lesser Himalaya, Journal of Nepal Geological Society 18, 205-215. Gautam, P., Sharma, M.P. and Dhakal, S., 1998. Gamma-ray spectrometry and magnetometry of the alkaline rock area in Ampipal-Bhulbhule, Nepal Lesser Himalaya. Journal of Nepal Geological Society 18, 71-83. Gautam, P. and Fujiwara, Y., 1998. Magnetic fabric of some metamorphic rocks from the Nepal Lesser Himalaya: preliminary remarks, Bulletin of the Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University 6, 15-30. Gautam, P., Katoh, T. and Tanaka, K., 1998. On the use of anisotropy of magnetic remanence to estimate the rotation of faulted blocks within the Mukawa serpentinite body in Hokkaido, Japan. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Recent Advances in Exploration Geophysics in Kyoto (RAEG98), 117-122. Gautam, P. and Pant, S. R., 1996. Magnetic fabric of Siwalik Group sediments of Tinau Khola section, west central Nepal, Bulletin of the Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University 5, 21-36. Gautam, P., Upreti, B.N.,and Arita, K., 1995. Paleomagnetism and Petrochemistry of the Dowar Khola Volcanics, Central Nepal SubHimalaya, Journal of Nepal Geological Society 11, Special Issue, 179-195. Gautam, P., 1994. Paleomagnetism of the redbeds of the Tansen Group in the Lesser Himalaya, Nepal: its stratigraphic and tectonic implications, in: R. Ahmad and A.M. Sheikh (eds), Geology in South Asia-I, HDIP, Islamabad, 73-79. Gautam, P. and Appel, E., 1994. Magnetic Polarity Stratigraphy of Siwalik Group Sediments of Tinau Khola Section in West Central Nepal, Revisited , Geophysical Journal International, London, 117, 223-234. Fujiwara, Y., Gautam, P., Yoshida, M. and Katsui, Y., 1992. On the nature of remanence in the 1985 andesitic pumice with self-reversed magnetization from the Nevado Del Ruiz, Colombia, Journal of Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University IV-23(2), 167-174. Pant, S. R., Gautam, P., Dhital, M. R. & Sharma, M. P., 1992. On the remanent magnetization of some rocks from Dang Lesser Himalaya, Nepal, Bulletin of the Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University 2(1), proc. symp. "Geodynamics of the Nepal Himalaya", 57-63. Gautam, P. and Koshimizu, S., 1991. Zircon and Apatite Fission Track dating of the Ampipal Alkaline massif, the Nepal Lesser Himalaya, Journal of Nepal Geological Society 7, 1-8. Arita, K., Gautam, P. and Ganzawa, Y., 1990. Two metamorphic stages of the Nepal Himalayas prior and posterior to India-Eurasia collision, Journal of Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University IV-22(4), 519-528. Gautam, P., 1990. Paleomagnetism of the Northwestern part of the Mahabharat Synclinorium, Lesser Himalaya, Nepal, Journal of Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University IV-22(4), 591-609. Gautam, P., 1989. Multi-component remanent magnetization in the Aulis Volcanics, the Lesser Himalaya, Nepal, Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity, Tokyo 41(1), 101-117. Yahata, M., Igarashi, Y., Gautam, P. and Wada, N., 1989. Plio-Pliestocene in the southwestern part of Toya lake, Hokkaido: sedimentary facies, pollen stratigraphy & magnetostratigraphy, Chikyu Kagaku 43(5), 261-276. (in Japanese with English Abstract) Gautam, P., 1989. Magnetic properties of some Late Paleozoic to Tertiary sedimentary rocks of Tansen area, Lesser Himalaya, Nepal, Journal of Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University IV-22(3), 467-487. Yoshida, M. and Gautam, P., 1988. Magnetostratigraphy of Plio-Pleistocene lacustrine deposits in the Kathmandu Valley, Central Nepal, Proceedings of Indian National Science Academy 54-A(3), 410-417. Gautam, P. and Yoshida, M., 1988. On the secondary magnetization observed in the Nawakot Complex rocks, Malekhu area, central Nepal, Journal of Nepal Geological Society 5(1), 1-10. Gautam, P., 1987. A paleomagnetic reconnaissance of some Late Precambrian to Early Paleozoic rocks of Tansen area Lesser Himalaya, Nepal, Journal of Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University IV-22(2), 259-275. 2. Conference Reports and Editorials and News Articles Gautam, P., (submitted, 2007) Report of the International Symposium on The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity, Sapporo, Japan, 1 - 5 October 2007. Episodes Takashima, R., Gautam, P. and Nishi, H., 2006. Recent advances in research on terrestrial and marine sequences from the mid-Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events (OAEs). Workshop Report. Scientific Drilling No. 1,. 50-51. Gautam, P. and Kazunori A., 2005. 19th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop. Episodes 28(1), 53-54. Gautam P., T. Watanabe, H. Nishi and T. Yasunari (2005). Preface to Thematic Section: Uplift of the Himalaya-Tibet region and the Asian monsoon: geological, geomorphic and environmental consequences.The Island Arc 14(4), 295-296. Contents of Thematic Issue: The Island Arc 14(4), 2005 Pitambar G. and Kazunori A. (2005). 19th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop. Episodes 28(1), 53-54. Contents of EXTENDED ABSTRACTS: Himalayan Journal of Sciences 2(4), 2004 EXTENDED ABSTRACTS pdf files 3. Major Unpublished Reports and Theses Gautam, P. and Sharma, M. P., 1997. Alkaline Magmatism in Nepal Lesser Himalaya. Final report of the project Alkaline magmatism in Nepal Himalaya with special emphasis to paleomagnetism and geochemistry, IGCP Nepal, 97 pp. Gautam, P. and Dhital, M.R., 1994. Guide Book for Geological Field Excursion along Surai Khola- Butwal-Tansen area (Siwaliks and Lesser Himalaya). The 9th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, Kathmandu, Nepal. Gautam, P., 1993. Redbed paleomagnetism: application to the stratigraphy and tectonics of the Nepal Lesser Himalaya, report of a research project sponsored by Royal Nepal Academy of Science & Technology (RONAST), Kathmandu, 102 pp. Gautam, P., 1990. Paleomagnetic study of the Lesser Himalaya in Nepal, Doctoral Thesis submitted to Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 165+ pp. Gautam, P., 1983. Determination of platform cover and basement structures from Aeromagnetic Survey data on the basis of the Special Points - 2 programme for oil and gas prospecting in the North of the West Siberian Plate, M.Sc. Thesis submitted to Gorni Institut, Leningrad, Russia.