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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. 1∗, Muhamed Bin Rahman K.1, Sreeja R.2, Thanooja P.V.1, Megha S.B.3, 1 Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kunnamangalam, Kozhikode 673 571, Kerala, India 2 Department of Geology, University of Calicut, Thenhipalam 673 635, Kerala, India 3 Department of PG Studies and Research in Geology, MES Ponnani College, Ponnani, Malappuram 679 586, Kerala, India ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 20 October 2024 Revised: 20 November 2024 Accepted: 28 December 2024 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14566083	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 1,, Megha N. Nair1,, Shibu K. Mani2,∗,, Baiju K.R.1, 1 School of Environmental Sciences, MG University Kottayam, 686560, Kerala, India 2 Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Christ University, Bengaluru, India ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 20 February 2025 Revised: 11 March 2025 Accepted: 14 March 2025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15024132	16–28
3.	Modelling fault networks in the Shizidun tungsten deposit in Yangtze Block, South China Craton	Awei Mabi1*, Niuben Yu2, Hao Zhong2, Dekang Chen2, Jizhong Tong2, Linbing Yu2 1 Nanchang Institute of Science and Technology, Nanchang 330000, China 2 The Second Geological Team of Jiangxi Geological Bureau, Jiujiang 332000, China ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 07 March 2025 Revised: 04 April 2025 Accepted: 12 April 2025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15205686	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 Sudhi1,2, Sumith Satheendran S. 3,∗ 1 Department of Civil Engineering, Government Engineering College, Thrissur 2 APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala, India 3 Amrita-Natural Resource Monitoring Laboratory (Amrita-NRML) Earth Observation Group, School of Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, Kerala, India ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 17 March 2025 Revised: 03 May 2025 Accepted: 15 May 2025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15337060	38–55
5.	Madhavaram metavolcanic belt, Southern India: spatial continuity of Neoarchean Raichur–Gadwal schist belt, Eastern Dharwar Craton	V.V. Sesha Sai 1, Mrunalini V. Khond2,∗, Namrata Mahanata3 1 Petrology Division, Geological Survey of India, Central Region, Nagpur 440006, India 2 National Mission -II, Geological Survey of India, Central Region, Nagpur 440006, India 3 State Unit Telangana, Geological Survey of India, Southern Region, Hyderabad 500068, India ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 08 April 2025 Revised: 15 May 2025 Accepted: 16 May 2025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15442984	56–67
6.	Reaction textures and metamorphic evolution of spinel-bearing metapelites of Kerala Khondalite Belt, Southern Granulite Terrain, India	Arun J. John 1,∗, V. Nandakumar2 1 Dept. of Geology, University College, Trivandrum 695 034, Kerala, India 2 National Centre For Earth Science Studies, Trivandrum 695 011, Kerala, India ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 27 March 2025 Revised: 18 May 2025 Accepted: 19 May 2025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15569357	68–82
7.	Fenitized pre-carbonatite Deccan basalts in and around the carbonatite diatreme of Amba Dongar, Gujarat, Western India	Shrinivas G. Viladkar ∗ Carbonatite Research Centre, Amba Dongar, Kadipani 390117, Gujarat, India ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 05 April 2025 Revised: 16 May 2025 Accepted: 22 May 2025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15574645	83–94
8.	Two decades after the catastrophe: Reflections and lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami	A.U. Anish 1,∗, Sreenandana Venu1, A.B. Krishnaprabha1, Mekha Santhosh1, S. Anandu1, P.S. Sunil 2 1 Department of Geology, Government College Kottayam, Nattakom P O, Kottayam 686001, India 2 Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi 682 016, India ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 25 March 2025 Revised: 22 May 2025 Accepted: 23 May 2025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15594798	95–103
9.	Hydrochemical characteristics and groundwater assessment of a multi-aquifer system in Alappuzha area, South India	N. Saleena Vahid 1,∗, R.B. Binoj Kumar1, , E. Shaji 1, Jacob Noble2 1 Department of Geology, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, India 2 Isotope and Radiation Application Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 09 May 2025 Revised: 24 May 2025 Accepted: 27 May 2025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15586855	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.1,2, Sudhakar Reddy, C. 1,* 1 Forest Biodiversity and Ecology Division, National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Balanagar, Hyderabad 500 037, Telangana, India 2 Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, Kerala 682 506, India ARTICLE HISTORY Received: 14 May 2025 Revised: 23 May 2025 Accepted: 26 May 2025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15575036	125–134

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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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List of reviewers contributing to Volume 3, 2024

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CEHESH Award Notification,2024

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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

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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