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DR. LABANI RAY CSIR-NGRI, HYDERABAD, INDIA

http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=vmVYtgSO6F0C&hl=en

NGRI RESEARCH GROUP: Heat flow Division

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION: Geothermics, Heat flow, Heat production, Crustal thermal structure of continental

lithosphere, Geothermal study, Thermophysical properties of rocks at high temperature, Oceanic heat flow.

EDUCATION: 2002 Ph.D. Geophysics (Geothermics), Osmania Univ., Hyderabad, India 1997 M.Sc. Tech. Applied Geophysics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India 1994 B.Sc. Hons. Physics, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

03/11- Scientist EI, CSIR- National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

03/07-03/11 Scientist C, CSIR- National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

03/04-03/07 Scientist B, CSIR- National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

06/03-03/04 CSIR Research Associate, CSIR- National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

04/02-06/03 DST Research Scholar, CSIR- National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

04/99-04/02 CSIR Senior Research Fellow, CSIR- National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

10/97-04/99 NGRI Project Fellow, CSIR- National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

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VISITING POSITIONS:

04/04 -10/04 Visiting Scientist, GeoForszungZentrum, Potsdam (GFZ), Germany 07/08-06/09 Postdoc BOYSCAST Fellowship, ERI, Univ. Tokyo, Japan.

MEMBERSHIP: Life Member of Indian Geophysical Union (IGU), India Life Member of Association of Exploration Geophysics (AEG), India Life Member of Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG), India Life Member of Japan Geophysical Union (JpGU), Japan

Current NGRI Committees: Issuing Authority for DPM, ISO 9001 from 2008.

AWARDS AND HONORS: Listed in Marqus Whos Who in the World 2010 BOYSCAST Fellowship (2008-2009) by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Best Ph.D. thesis award in Geophysics from India in 2002 by Oil and Natural gas Corporation and Association of Exploration Geophysicists. GATE qualified in 1997 UGC Scholarship of Govt. of India (during M.Sc. Tech, 3rd year)

PH.D. ADVISOR: Dr. R. Umamaheswara Rao, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

SCIENTISTS WITH WHOM I HAVE COLLABORATED (OUTSIDE NGRI): Current Prof. Yamano Makoto, ERI, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan Dr. Y. Kawada ERI, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan Dr. H. Hamamoto, ERI, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan Dr. Andrea Frster, GeoForszungzentrum, Potsdam (GFZ), Germany Dr. H.-J. Frster, GeoForszungzentrum, Potsdam (GFZ), Germany Past Dr. Andrea Frster, GeoForszungzentrum, Potsdam (GFZ), Germany Dr. H.-J. Frster, GeoForszungzentrum, Potsdam (GFZ), Germany Dr. Frank. R. Schilling, GeoForszungzentrum, Potsdam (GFZ), Germany (Presently at University of Karlsruhe, Germany)

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NGRI Collaborators (present and past): T. HARINARAYANA and his MT group

PUBLICATIONS

SCI Publications: 2014

1. Labani Ray, Y. Kawada, H. Hamamoto, M. Yamano, Multiple-scale hydrothermal circulation in 135 Myr old Japan Trench: Evidence revealed by numerical models constrained with heat flow observations (submitted in GJIunder review)

2. Labani Ray, H.-J. Frster, A. Frster, S. Fuchs, R. Naumann, O. Appelt,Thermal properties of the lower continental crust: calculated versus measured thermal conductivity of high-grade metamorphic rocks from the Southern Granulite Province, India (submitted in GJIunder review)

3. Labani Ray, F. R. Schilling, H.-J. Frster, A. Frster, A new approach to determine temperature dependence of thermal conductivity from temperature dependence of thermal diffusivity: Case study on high-grade metamorphic rocks (submitted in G3under review)

2012

1. Nagaraju Podugu, Labani Ray, G. Ravi, Vyasulu V. Akkiraju, Sukanta Roy, Geothermal investigations in the Upper Vindhyan sedimentary rocks of Shivpuri area, central India, J. Geol. Soc. India, 80, 39-47, 2012.

2008

2. Ray Labani, S. Roy and R. Srinivasan, High radiogenic heat production in the Kerala Khondalite Block, Southern Granulite Province, India, Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch), doi: 10.1007/s00531-007-0278-8, 2008.

3. Roy Sukanta, Labani Ray, Anurup Bhattacharya, R. Srinivasan, Heat flow and crustal thermal structure in the Late Archaean Closepet Granite batholith, south India, Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch), doi: 10.1007/s00531-007-0239-2, 2008.

2007

4. Ray Labani, A. Bhattacharya and S. Roy, Thermal Conductivity of Higher Himalayan Crystallines from Grahwal Himalaya, India, Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2007.02. 003, 434, 71-79, 2007.

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2006

5. Ray Labani, H.-J. Frster, F.R. Schilling and A. Frster, Thermal diffusivity of felsic to mafic granulites at elevated temperatures, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.010, 251, 241-253, 2006.

2003

6. Ray Labani, P. S. Kumar, G.K. Reddy, S. Roy, G.V. Rao, R. Srinivasan, and R.U.M. Rao, High mantle heat flow in a Precambrian granulite province: Evidence from Southern India, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (B2), 2084, doi:10.1029/ 2001JB000688, pp. ETG 6-1 to 6-13, 2003.

Non-SCI Publications: 2007

7. Ray Labani, H.-J. Frster, F.R. Schilling and A. Frster, Thermal diffusivity of granulite rocks at elevated temperatures, DCS-DST Newsletter v. 17, No. 2, August 2007.

8. Roy S., Labani Ray, Anurup Bhattacharya and R. Srinivasan, New heat flow data from deep boreholes in the greentone-granite-gneiss and gneiss-granulite provinces of south India, DCS-DST Newsletter, v. 17, No. 1, Jan. 2007.

2003

9. Roy S, Labani Ray, P. S. Kumar, G.K. Reddy and R. Srinivasan, Heat Flow and Heat Production in the Precambrian Gneiss-granulite province of Southern India, Memoir Geological Society of India, No. 50, 177-191, 2003.

2001

10.Rao, R.U.M, R. Srinivasan, S. Roy, G.K. Reddy, G.V. Rao, Labani Ray and P. Senthil Kumar, Geothermal regime and radioelemental distribution in the southern granulite province, South India. Deep Continental Studies in India, Newsletter, Department of Science and Technology. Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 7-10, 2001.

2000

11.Ray Labani, P. S. Kumar, G.K. Reddy, S. Roy, G.V. Rao, R. Srinivasan, and R.U.M. Rao, Geothermal regime of Southern Granulite Province, Peninsular India, The Indian Mineralogist, v. 34, No. 1, p.19, 2000.

1999

12.Rao, R.U.M., R. Srinivasan, G.K. Reddy, S. Roy, Labani Ray, and P. Senthil Kumar, Geothermal regime and radioelemental distribution in the Southern Granulite

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Terrane, Deep continental studies in India, Deep Continental Studies in India, Newsletter, Department of Science and Technology, Vol. 9, pp.14-15, 1999.

ABSTRACT 2011

1. Nagaraju, P., Labani Ray, G. Ravi, A.V. Vyasulu, S.P. Singh, Sukanta Roy, Radiogenic Heat Production in the Bundelkhand craton, Centra India: Implications on Crustal Thermal Structure at the 48th Annual Convention of the Indian Geophysical Union on Modern Trends in Geophysical Exploration of Continental Margins of India and adjoining Seas held at Visakhapatnam during 20-22 December, 2011.

2010

2. Nagaraju, P., Labani Ray, G. Ravi, A.V. Vyasulu, S.P. Singh, Sukanta Roy, Radioelemental Abundances and Heat Production in Bundelkhand Craton, Central India, National Symposium on Geology and Mineral Resources of undelkhand Craton (GMRB) held at Jhansi, India, Oct 8-10, 2010.

3.Yamano, M., H. Hamamoto, Y. Kawada, Labani Ray, Heat flow distribution in the northern Japan Trench area and temperature anomaly in the upper part of the Pacific plate, Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU), Chiba, Tokyo, Japan, May 23-28, 2010.

2009

4. Yamano, M., H. Hamamoto, Y. Kawada, Y. Masaki, and Labani Ray, High heat flow anomaly on the seaward slope of the Japan Trench, Petit-spot workshop, Japan, Nov. 30Dec. 01, 2009.

5. Hamamoto, H, M Yamano, A. Takahashi, K. Baba, Y. Kawada, Labani Ray, Closely-spaced heat flow measurements around a petit-spot volcano, Japan Geophysical Union (JpGU), Chiba, Tokyo, Japan, 17-20 May, 2009.

2008

6. S. Roy, Labani Ray, R. Srinivasan, Heat flow in the Indian shield, IGC, Oslo, Noway, Aug 6-14, 2008.

7. Roy S., Labani Ray, Thermal Structure of Precambrian Terrains: Major Challenges, Tectonics of the Indian Subcontinent (TOIS), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, 3-6 March, 2008.

8. Ray Labani, S. Roy, R. Srinivasan, Radiogenic heat production of granulite facies rocks, southern India, Indian Science Congress Association, Vishakapatnam, 3-7 Jan 2008.

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9. Roy S., Labani Ray, Thermal Models for the Indian Shield: Challenges Ahead, Indian Science Congress Association, Vishakapatnam, 3-7 Jan 2008.

2007

10. Ray Labani, H.-J. Frster, F.R. Schilling and A. Frster, Thermal diffusivity of granulite rocks at elevated temperatures, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Meeting, Perugia, July 2-13, 2007.

11. Roy, S., Labani Ray and R. Srinivasan new heat flow data in the indian shield: implications for mantle heterogeneity beneath different terranes, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Meeting, Perugia, July 2-13, 2007.

2006

12. Roy, S., Labani Ray, Anurup Bhattacharya and R. Srinivasan, Heat flow and crustal thermal structure in southern Indian shield: New data from deep boreholes, Sixth International Meeting on Heat Flow and Structure of the Lithosphere, Bykov, Czech Republic, June 5-10, 2006.

13. Roy, S. and Labani Ray, Temperature dependence of thermal conductivity for rocks comprising the middle and lower continental crust: Implications for modeling thermal structure of the lithosphere, Sixth International Meeting on Heat Flow and Structure of the Lithosphere, Bykov, Czech Republic, June 5-10, 2006.

14. Roy, S., Labani Ray and R. Srinivasan, New heat flow data in the Indian shield, American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 10-15, 2006.

2005

15 Roy, S. and Labani, Thermal structure of Precambrian terrains: Current approaches, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society's 2nd Annual Meeting, Suntec Singapore, June 20-24, 2005.

2004

16. Labani Ray and S. Roy, Thermal Structure of Precambrian Terranes from Heat Flow and Heat Production data: Example from the Indian shield, 5th Asian Seismological Commission General Assembly, Yerevan, Armenia, Oct.18-21, 2004.

17. Roy, S., and Labani Ray, Subsurface temperature regime in a part of the western Himalayas, India, 5th Asian Seismological Commission General Assembly, Yerevan, Armenia, Oct.18-21, 2004.

18. Roy, S.., Labani Ray and Anurup Bhattacharya, Subsurface temperature regime in a part of the western Himalayas, India, 17th International workshop on Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth, Hyderabad India, Oct 18-23, 2004.

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19. Roy, S., and Labani Ray, Subsurface temperature regime in a part of the western Himalayas, India, International workshop on New and Classical applications of heat flow studies, Aachen Germany, Oct. 2-5, 2004

2003

20. Roy, S., Labani Ray, P. Senthil Kumar, G.K. Reddy and R. Srinivasan, Heat flow data in the Indian shield: Interpretation for crustal thermal structure, IUUG Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, June, 2003.

21. Roy, S., P. Senthil Kumar, Labani Ray, G.K. Reddy, Rajiv Menon and R. Srinivasan, Heat flow and heat production in the southern Indian shield: New data and interpretation, IUUG Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, June, 2003.

2001

22.S. Roy, P. Senthil Kumar, Labani Ray, G.K. Reddy and R. Srinivasan, Heat Flow in the Southern Indian Precambrian Granite-greenstone and Geniss-granulite provinces: New data and Interpretation, Abstract Vol., Fifth International Meeting on Heat Flow and Structure of the Lithosphere, Kostelec, Czech Republic, pp. 64, June, 2001.

2000

23.Labani Ray, P. Senthil Kumar, G.K. Reddy, S. Roy, G.V. Rao, R. Srinivasan, and R.U.M. Rao, Geothermal regime of the Northern part of the Southern Granulite Province of India: Evidence for higher mantle heat flow, Abstract Vol., 3rd Asian Seismological Commission General Assembly, Tehran, Iran, October, 2000.

1999

24.Labani Ray, P. Senthil Kumar, S. Roy, G.K. Reddy, R. Srinivasan and R.U.M. Rao, Charnockites of Southern Granulite Provice: Radioelements and Radiogenic Heat production, Abstract Vol, The Annual convention of Indian Geophysical Union, Pondicherry, India, December, 1999.

1998

25.Labani Ray, P. Senthil Kumar, S. Roy, G.K. Reddy, R. Srinivasan and R.U.M. Rao, Heat producing elements in some major rock formations along Krishnagiri-Kanyakumari Transect, Southern Granulite Province, India, Abstract Vol., 2nd Asian Seismological Commission General Assembly, Hyderabad, India, December, 1998.

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TECHNICAL REPORT 1. Roy S., Labani Ray, and A. Bhattacharya, Examination of subsurface temperature

regime along the proposed tunnel alignment in Loharinag-Pala hydro power project, Uttaranchal. Submitted to Water and Power Consultancy Services (India) Limited, New Delhi. Technical Report No. NGRI-2006-EXP-525, 2005

2. Roy S., Labani Ray, A Bhattacharya and R. Srinivasan, Comparison of heat flow and heat production regimes in the eastern and western parts of Dharwar Craton, southern India. Submitted to Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Technical Report No. NGRI-2005-LITHOS-495, 2005.

3. Roy S., and Labani Ray, Examination of subsurface temperature regime along the proposed tunnel alignment in Tapovan-Vishnugad hydro power project, Uttaranchal. Project Completion Report submitted to Water and Power Consultancy Services (India) Limited, New Delhi, 2004.

4. Rao, R.U.M., R. Srinivasan, G.K.Reddy, S.Roy, Labani Ray, and P. Senthil Kumar, Geothermal regime and radioelemental distribution in the Southern Granulite Terrane, Submitted to the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, February, 2000.

5. Rao, G.V., Sukanta Roy, Labani Ray, G.K.Reddy, G.Ramacharyulu, and R.U.M. Rao, Geothermal gradient, Thermal Conductivity, Heat flow and Radioelemental studies in the Kokkilimedu area, Tamil Nadu, Submitted to the The Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai, December, 1999.

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EXTERNAL PROJECTS AS PL/CO-PL (PRESENT AND PAST)

Funding Agency Project/Investigators Period

Shallow subsurface imaging of India for resource exploration (SHORE)

Delineation of areas with anomalous high temperatures towards exploration of non-conventional geothermal energy resources

(work as a Co-PI) 2013-2018

Supra Institutional Project (SIP)

Thermal Structure of the Bundelkhand Craton and its Geodynamic implication

(work as a Co-PI) 2009-2012

Water Power Consultancy Services Limited, New Delhi (WAPCOS)

Examination of subsurface temperature regime along the proposed tunnel alignment in Loharinag-Pala hydro power project, Uttaranchal.

(work as a Co-PI)

2004-2005

Water Power Consultancy Services Limited, New Delhi (WAPCOS)

Examination of subsurface temperature regime along the proposed tunnel alignment in Tapovan-Vishnugad hydro power project, Uttaranchal.

(work as a Co-PI)

2003-2004

Department of Science and Technology (DST)

Comparison of heat flow and heat production regimes in the eastern and western parts of Dharwar Craton, southern India.

(work as a member)

2001-2004

Bhava Atomic Research Center (BARC)

Geothermal gradient, Thermal Conductivity, Heat flow and Radioelemental studies in the Kokkilimedu area, Tamil Nadu, India, 1996-1999

(work as a member)

1998-2000