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1.	Compositional diversity of spinel-magnetite association in the metapelites of the Kerala Khondalite Belt, southern India	Resmi S. 1,2, Shaji E. 1∗, Dhanil Dev S.G. 1 1 Department of Geology, University of Kerala, Kariavattom campus,Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, India 2 Geological Survey of India, Northern Region, Lucknow 226 024, India ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 07 May 2025 Revised: 02 June 2025 Accepted: 04 June 2025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15623276	1-14
2.	Hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry of Nileshwaram river basin of Kerala, southern India	K.V. Sarath 1∗, Namitha Ajay 1, Alka Absur2, V. Nandakumar2, , E. Shaji 1 1 Department of Geology, University of Kerala, Kariavattom campus, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695581, India 2 National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695011, India ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 16 April 2025 Revised: 09 June 2025 Accepted: 11 June 2025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15642049	15–36
3.	A note on the calcite-dolomite exsolution in the carbonatite magma of Amba Dongar diatreme, Gujarat, India	Shrinivas G. Viladkar * Carbonatite Research Center, Amba Dongar, Kadipani, Gujarat 391170, India ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 20 June 2025 Revised: 07 July 2025 Accepted: 14 July 2025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15872212	37-43
4.	From frozen reservoirs to environmental threats: The dual role of methane hydrates	N. Shinu 1, S. Lasitha2∗ 1Department of Geology, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695 034, India 2Department of Earth Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605 014, India ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 01 July 2025 Revised: 10 July 2025 Accepted: 15 July 2025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15872347	44–52
5.	Textural and geochemical characteristics of sediments in and around Puttetti, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India: Clues to weathering and environment	Athira Aji 1, N. Shinu 1∗, Anjana A.V. Panicker 1, Pavithra Saji S. 1, Lasitha S. 2 1 Department of Geology, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 2 Department of Earth Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 04 July 2025 Revised: 14 July 2025 Accepted: 19 July 2025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15969460	53–68

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1.	Integrated spatio-temporal analysis of coastal shoreline dynamics of Kozhikode district, southwest India, using remote sensing and Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS)	Arun P.R. ∗, Muhamed Bin Rahman K., Sreeja R., Thanooja P.V., Megha S.B.,	1-15
2.	Enhancing disaster resilience through women’s self-help groups: A community-based study of Kudumbashree members in Poonjar Thekkekara panchayat, Kottayam, Kerala, India	Sumi Sivan , Megha N. Nair, Shibu K. Mani∗,, Baiju K.R.,	16–28
3.	Modelling fault networks in the Shizidun tungsten deposit in Yangtze Block, South China Craton	Awei Mabi*, Niuben Yu, Hao Zhong, Dekang Chen, Jizhong Tong, Linbing Yu	29–37
4.	Space-based assessment of changes in terrestrial carbon sequestration with special reference to the proposed Silver Line railway project (K-rail) corridor in Kerala, India	Shilpa Sudhi, Sumith Satheendran S. ∗	38–55
5.	Madhavaram metavolcanic belt, Southern India: spatial continuity of Neoarchean Raichur–Gadwal schist belt, Eastern Dharwar Craton	V.V. Sesha Sai , Mrunalini V. Khond∗, Namrata Mahanata	56–67
6.	Reaction textures and metamorphic evolution of spinel-bearing metapelites of Kerala Khondalite Belt, Southern Granulite Terrain, India	Arun J. John ∗, V. Nandakumar	68–82
7.	Fenitized pre-carbonatite Deccan basalts in and around the carbonatite diatreme of Amba Dongar, Gujarat, Western India	Shrinivas G. Viladkar ∗	83–94
8.	Two decades after the catastrophe: Reflections and lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami	A.U. Anish ∗, Sreenandana Venu, A.B. Krishnaprabha, Mekha Santhosh, S. Anandu, P.S. Sunil	95–103
9.	Hydrochemical characteristics and groundwater assessment of a multi-aquifer system in Alappuzha area, South India	N. Saleena Vahid ∗, R.B. Binoj Kumar, E. Shaji , Jacob Noble	104–124
10.	Assessing seasonal patterns of Water Hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes Mart.) invasion in Samaspur Bird Sanctuary, a Ramsar site using Sentinel-2 data	Ramshida, K., Sudhakar Reddy, C. *	125–134
11.	Assessment of Post-Monsoon Groundwater Quality and its Suitability for Drinking and Domestic use in Sukinda Valley, Odisha, India	Chinmayee Sahoo, Durga Shankar Pattanaik*	135–141

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1.	Assessment of Stream Water Quality in parts of Sangareddy and Medak Districts, Telangana: Insights for Drinking, Agricultural, and Industrial Requirements	Janmejaya Sahoo∗, A K Sahoo, M Anbu	1-10
2.	Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) Indexed Indian Earth and Planetary Science Journals: An Infometric Analysis and Visualization	V. R. Renjith,1∗, R. S. Prasanth 2, A. P. Pradeepkumar 3	11–24
3.	Geodynamic Model for the Formation of Neoproterozoic A-type Granites in the Western Yangtze Block, China	Awei Mabi	25–28
4.	Evaluation of Groundwater Quality in Thrissur Urban Area, Kerala, Southern India	Yaseen Ali Salih, E. Shaji∗	29–39
5.	Molluscan Shell Dissolution from the Poovar Region, Arabian Sea Coast, India: Implications on Environmental Health	Aswathy S.R.1, Aromal S.B.1, Brahmadathan S.D.1, Gayathri R.1, Mohammed Hathif A.1, Sambu S.R.1, Sreegowri G.M.1, Mohammed Noohu Nazeer 1∗	40–49
6.	Preconcentration of Placer Critical Minerals from Red Sand Dunes	Bhima Rao Raghupatruni∗	50–63
7.	Premonsoon Groundwater Quality of Keonjhar Urban Area for Drinking and Domestic Use	Bhagyashree Sahoo, Durga Shankar Pattanaik∗	64–70
8.	Sources of ore-forming fluid related to uranium mineralization in the Jahaz deposit, North Delhi Fold Belt, India: Inferences from carbon and oxygen isotopic studies	Priyanka Mishra1, Rajagopal Krishnamurthi 3,∗ A.P. Kushwaha2, S.K. Sharma3	71–78
9.	Mineralogy of carbonatite-breccia: Amba Dongar carbonatite diatreme, Gujarat, India	Jan Schulzki1, Shrinivas G. Viladkar 2∗, Helmut Schleicher 1	79–92
10.	Holocene coastal wetland evolution in a tropical ecosystem: Sedimentary archives from South Kerala, India	Divya Murali 1∗ Rajesh Reghunath1, Shitha Kannichankandy1, Ravi Bhushan2, K. Anoop Krishnan3	93–102
11.	Late Pliocene variability of the Agulhas Current: Planktic foraminiferal records from southwest Indian Ocean	Rahul Dwivedi 1, Vikram Pratap Singh 1∗, Shivani Pathak 1, Kirti Ranjan Mallick 2, Pravat Kumar Nayak2	103–112

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Earth System Science Panorama.

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List of reviewers contributing to Volume 3, 2024

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CEHESH Award Notification,2024

CEHESH TRUST OF INDIA

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1.	Hydrogeochemical characterisation of groundwater along the alluvial and lateritic zones of Northern Kerala, India.	Arjun P, Jesiya N, Girish Gopinath,∗, Resmi T R, Swetha T V	1-28
2.	Centennial Assessment of Anthropogenically-Driven Land Use/Land Cover Transformations in a Tropical River Basin, India.	Sabu Joseph1,∗, Prince George, Sheela, A. M., Jibitha J B	29–43
3.	Environmental Forces Shaping Settlement and Subsistence of Ancient Civilization: Tracing the Patterns in Marayoor, Western Ghats, India.	Cutuvam Kumaran Baiju, Balakrishnan Nair Ajaykumar ∗, Mohanachandran Nair Shyleshchandran	44-55
4.	Digital Stratigraphic Lexicon of the Krishna-Godavari Basin, India.	D. S. N. Raju, Mamallapalli O’Neil,∗, A. Nallapa Reddy	56–65
5.	Copper slag: An alternative raw material for the cement industry.	Arunachala Sadangi	66–70
6.	Radar-based urban detection of Greater Cochin Development Area (GCDA), the queen of Arabian sea, Kerala, India.	Sumith Satheendran S.	71–78
7.	Decadal (2013–2022) Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization of the Journal of Geological Society of India and Insights into Post-Covid Publication Behaviour.	Renjith V R,∗, Prasanth R S, Rajesh S, Pradeepkumar A P	79–92
8.	Proximate Analysis of Bituminous Coals from Various Gondwana Basins of India: A Comparative Study.	Vikram Pratap Singh,∗, Rahul Dwivedi1, Shivani Pathak, Kirti Ranjan Mallick, Pravat Kumar Nayak	93–100
9.	Petrographic and textural studies of the Bayyaram Iron ore prospect, eastern Dharwar Craton, southern India: implications for ore genesis	A. Mahesh1, V.V. Sesha Sai2,∗, B. Srinivas	101–110
10.	Assessment of the air quality in and around Joda Iron ore mining, Keonjhar District, Odisha	Sunita Pradhan, Madhumita Das	111–115

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11.	Earth System Science Panorama.	B. Mishra	116–121
12.	Upcoming Conferences	A.P. Pradeepkumar	122

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OBITUARY

B.Mishra and S.Samantaray

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1.	Semi-circular, shallow depressions of enigmatic origin as possible indicators of hydrogen venting activity: five established examples and a possible discovery in Central America	David T. King, Jr.*, Richard A. Esposito, Jr.	1
2.	Contrast in deformational structures between the north western and northern margin of the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt	Y.K Singh*, Sneha Mojumder, Pujalini Behera, Sukumar Biswal, Anubhab Chatterjee,Siba Sankar Bishoyi, T.K.Biswal	19
3.	Mixed siliciclastic-carbonate sedimentation: A case study within Late Cretaceous Garu damangalam Sandstone Formation, Ariyalur, South India	Nivedita Chakraborty*	25
4.	Facilitating water security through aquifer based groundwater management in a typical river basin in the hard rock terrain of Peninsular India	Mini Chandran*, Mohanavelu Senthilkumar, Nandakumaran P, Raj Kishor Mohanty,Sreenath G, Saritha S	35
5.	Delineating the hydrostratigraphic units, hydrogeological boundaries and disposition of the multilayered aquifer system of Gundar river basin, Southern India through groundwater exploration techniques	Raj Kishor Mohanty* ,Mini Chandran, K Paramasivam	45
6.	Flood simulation in parts of Cuttack city using space inputs	Bhagyashree Sahoo, Santiswarup Sahoo*, Jitunandan Pradhan, Bhabani Shankar Sethi	53
7.	Strategic assessment of copper reserves in India: A framework for resource planning	Janmejaya Sahoo*, Israil Khan	59
8.	A novel approach to supplement plant growth with devotional music: An experimental research on Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.)	Swami Yugal Sharan, Shreerup Goswami*, Pranab Kumar Ghosh, Lalit Kumar Barik, Rajdeep Kumar Saw	69
9.	Geospatial analysis of land use and land cover around iron ore mine near Balda village of Keonjhar district of Odisha using remote sensing satellite data	Prithwiraj Sahu*, D.M. Kumawat, Gourikishore Tripathy	77

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11.	GEOHERITAGE Calendar		97
12.	CEHESH TRUST OF INDIA Awards - 2023		111
13.	Seminars/Workshop and Events - 2024		113