Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Campus

Tribhuvan University

Ghantaghar, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Vishnu Dangol, PROFESSOR

Teaching:

Economic Geology, Exploration Geology and Remote Sensing

E-mail: 

vdangol@wlink.com.np  

Internet Email:

vdangol@yahoo.com
   

Postal Address:

P.O. Box 21897, Kathmandu, Nepal

Phone :

00977-1-4268034 (O),

00977-1-4471387 (R)

Fax: 

00977-1-4479761

Mobile Phone: 00977-9841223086

 

Personal Website:

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  • Ph.D. (Geology) from Azerbaijan State University, Baku (former Soviet Union) in 1989

  • M.Sc. (Geology) from Azerbaijan State University, Baku (former Soviet Union) in 1980

Research Interests

RS and landslides

Publications

1.       Mapping Landslide Hazards in Western Nepal: A GIS Approach, submitted to Environmental and Engineering Geosciences. Environmental and Engineering Geosciences (in Review). (Co-authors: Netra Raj Regmi and John R. Giardino)

2.       Geotechnical properties of the moraine constituting the dam of Imja Tsco glacial lake in Nepal. Proc. Int. Symp. On Geodisasters, Infrastructure Management and Protection of World Heritage Sites, 25-26 Nov. 2006, Kathmandu, Nepal, pp. 243-255. (Co-author: Jun Umemura)

3.       Status of soil erosion in Siwalik Hills, Nepal: Estimation of sediment production from the Khajuri watershed. Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., Vol. (Co-authors: Tara Prasad Bhattarai and Sohan Kumar Ghimire)

4.       Engineering geological study and stability analysis of Shrawan Danda Jyotinagar Landslide Ward No. 5, Butwal Municipality, Rupandehi District, Western Nepal, DWIDP 2005/2006, Department of Water Induced Disaster Prevention, Kathmandu, Nepal, pp. 18-23 (Co-author: Ashish Ratna Shakya)

5.       Landslide hazard mapping in Nepal: Need for standardization. Abstract, International Conference on Earthquake in Pakistan: Its Implication and Hazard Mitigation, January 18-19, 2006, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp. 87-90.

6.       Using GIS to Map Landslide Hazard in Western Nepal. Poster presentation, 3rd Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Texas A&M Kingsville, November 4-5, 2005. (Co-authors: Netra Raj Regmi. and John R. Giardino)

7.       Landslide Hazard Mapping in Western Nepal: a GIS Perspective. Abstract, GSA, 2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005), Vol. 37, No. 7, p. 519 (Co-authors: Netra Raj Regmi and John R. Giardino)

8.       Landslide Disaster Study in the courses of Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Proc. JICA Regional Sem. “Natural Disaster Mitigation”, Bull. Dept. Geol., Tri-Chandra Campus, Tribhuvan University, Sp. Publ. 2, pp. 65-68, 2005.

9.       Detection of westward migration of Narayani River, Chitwan district, central Nepal. Decadal Proceedings (UN/Sweden Int. Training Course on Remote Sensing Education for Educators), pp. 31-44 (Co-author: Krishna Poudel)

10.   Debris flow and slope failures along Narayanghat Mugling Highway. Proc. 2nd Int. Sem. Disaster Mitigation in Nepal, pp 76-85, Kathmandu, Nepal, November 2004. (Co-authors: A.N. Bhandary)

11.   Disaster study in the courses of Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Proc. ISWD 2004, Kathmandu, Nepal.

12.   Hazard Mapping of Northern Syangja, Western Nepal: a GIS Approach. Abstract, 2nd annual TAMUS pathways research Symposium, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, October 15-16. (Co-authors: Netra Raj Regmi. and John R. Giardino)

13.   Need for alternate approaches in solid waste management: case study Kathmandu Valley. Proc 30th Water, Engineering and Development Center Conference at Vientiane, Lao PDR, 24-29 October 2004, pp. 73-76. (Co-authors: Dinesh Chandra Devkota and Kunio Watanabe)

14.   Evolution of Mustang Graben, Tibet Himalayas, due to eastward extrusion of Tibet Plateau in and after the last glacial age. Extended abstract, 19th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, 2004, Niseko, Japan, pp. 275-276. (Co-authors: H. Yagi, H. Mayomoku, Y. Kumahara and T. Nakata)

15.   Channel shifting of Narayani River and its ramification in West Chitwan, central Nepal. Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., Vol. 30, pp. 153-156, 2004 (Co-author: Krishna Poudel)

16.   Role of sediments in the shallow groundwater contamination at the Gokarna landfill site, Kathmandu, Nepal. Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., Vol. …. (Co-authors: Dinesh Chandra Devkota and Kunio Watanabe)

17.   Assessment of impact on groundwater quality of Gokarna by solid waste of Kathmandu Valley. Proc. Sem. Disaster Management in Nepal, Nepal Engineers’ Association, pp 193-205, Kathmandu, Nepal, April 11-12, 2004. (Co-authors: Dinesh Chandra Devkota and Kunio Watanabe)

18.   Understanding of potential disasters for hill road construction in Nepal. Proc. Sem. Disaster Management in Nepal, Nepal Engineers’ Association, pp. 82-93, Kathmandu, Nepal, April 11-12, 2004. (Co-author: Hare Ram Shrestha) www.prarup.com/articles/hillroad.htm

19.   Conference report of International Seminar on Disaster Mitigation in Nepal, Kathmandu, November 2003. Gondwana Research Institute Geoscience Journal (ISSN:1342-932x), April 2004, Vol 7, No. 2, p.644 (Co-author: M. Yoshida)

20.   Engineering geological database for GIS-based landslide hazard mapping. Bull. Nepal, Geol. Soc., Vol 20, pp 73-76, 2003 (Co-author: P.D. Ulak)

21.   Soild waste management issue in Nepal-Gokarna landfill site and its impact on groundwater. Proc. Sem. Solid Waste Issue: An Environment Problem, pp 47-57, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2003 (Co-authors: Dinesh Chandra Devkota and Kunio Watanabe)

22.   Landslide hazard mapping in Nepal: case studies from Lothar Khola (central Nepal) and Syangja district (western Nepal). Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., Vol. 26, pp. 99–108, 2002, (Co-author P.D. Ulak) tc "Landslide hazard mapping in Nepal\: case studies from Lothar Khola (central Nepal) and Syangja district (western Nepal)"

23.   Landslide hazard mapping in Nepal: Case studies from Marin Khola (Eastern Nepal) and Syangja District (Western Nepal). Proc. Int. Cong. INTERPRAVENT 2002, Vol 2, pp. 607-618, Matsumoto, Japan, 2002.

24.   Landslide hazard evaluation in and around the Ilam Hydro Power Project, Eastern Nepal Himalaya. Jour. Nepal, Geol. Soc. Vol. 27 (Special Issue), pp.131-142, 2002 (Co-author: Deepak Chamlagain)

25.   Landslide hazard mapping in Nepal: a comparative evaluation of hazard maps of the Upper East Rapti watershed, central Nepal. Abstract, ACRS 2002, Kathmandu, Nepal (Co-author: P.D. Ulak)    

26.   Application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System in Landslide Hazard Evaluation: An Example from Syangja District, W. Nepal. Proc. Int. Symp. on Geotechnical and Environmental Challenges in Mountainous Terrain (GENSYM-2001), Kathmandu, Nepal, November 6-7, 2001. (Co-authors: P.D. Ulak and R. Mali)

27.   Slope Stability Analysis of the Mai Khola Rockslide, Ilam District, Eastern Nepal. Nepal Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 3, pp. 79-84, 2001. (Co-author: Deepak Chamlagain)

28.   Landslide hazard evaluation in and around the Ilam Hydropower Project, Eastern Nepal, Higher Himalaya. Abstract, Third Nepal Geological Congress. Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., Vol. 24, pp. 63, 2001. (Co-author: Deepak Chamlagain)

29.   Landslide hazard conditions of Syangja district, western Nepal. Abstract, Int. Symp. on the Himalayan Environments: mountain sciences and ecotourism/biodiversity, Kathmandu, Nepal, 24-26 November 2000, p. 19 (Co-author: P.D. Ulak and R. Mali) 

30.   Geology of Nepal Himalaya and landslide hazard in Nepal. Proc. of Meeting of Japan Landslide Society in Chiba University, 28 October 2000, pp. 1-11.

31.   Depositional and erosional landforms in Lothar Khola watershed, Central Nepal. Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., Vol. 19, pp. 19-30, 1999. (Co-author: P.D. Ulak)

32.   Types of slope movement and their relation to geology, geological structure and topography in central Nepal. Jour Japan Landslide Soc., Vol. 36(3), pp. 108-116, 1999 (Co-authors: Shirno Abe and Daisuke Higaki)

33.   Palaeohydrological Reconstruction of North Belt of the Siwalik Group of Surai Khola Area Along Kalakate-Bhalubang Section, Western Nepal. Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., Vol. 19, 1999, pp. (Co-authors: P.D. Ulak,  K. Nakayama and B.N. Upreti)

34.   Detailed geotechnical study in Modi Khola Hydroelectric Project, Western Nepal. Proceedings on Slope Stability Engineering (eds. N. Yagi, T. Yamagami & J. Jiang), Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands, pp. 193-198, 1999. (Co-author: T.R. Paudel)

35.   Gold placers along the Rapti River around Tarule area, Dang district, Mid-Western Nepal. News Bull. Nepal Geol. Soc., Vol. 16, 1999. (Co-author: P.D. Ulak)

36.   Sediment balance in Kamala River watershed, eastern Nepal, after high intensity rainfall of July 1993 and August, 1995. Bundesanstatt fur Gewasserkunde, Koblenz, Germany, 1998, pp. 39-44. Proc. Int. Workshop on “Aspects and Impacts of a Changing Sediment Regime”, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand.

37.   Construction phase engineering geological study in Modi Khola Hydroelectric Project, Parbat district, Western Nepal. Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., Vol. 18, pp. 343-355. Proc. Second Nepal Geological Congress. (Co-authors: T.R. Paudel and R.H. Sharma).

38.   Major Landslides of the Lateral Highway, Bhutan. DPTC, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996, pp. 278-287. Proc. International Seminar on Water Induced Disaaster (26-29 November, 1996). (Co-authors: A. Wagner, A.N. Bhandari and U. Shakya).

39.   Environment-Friendly SABO Works. Tokushima Training Centre, Tokushima, Japan, 1996, pp. 129-136. (in Japanese)

40.   Some aspects of mineral economics. Geo, Tri-Chandra Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, pp. 17-20, 1996.

41.   Landslides and Debris Flows of July 1993 in the East Rapti River Basin, Central Nepal. Bull. Dept. Geology, Tribhuvan University, Vol. 5, pp. 61-751,996. (Co-authors: K.C. Thakur, P.D. Ulak, D.B. Nepali, S.M. Rai and B.M. Joshi).

42.   A landslide inventory study (after the disaster of July, 1993) along the Tribhuvan Highway, Central Nepal. Bull. Dept. Geology, Tribhuvan University, Vol. 3, No. 1, Sp. Issue, 1993, pp. 59-69. Proc. Workshop "Geoscience: In Mountain Environment and Infrastructural Development". (Co-authors: A. Wagner, A.N. Bhandari and U. Shakya).

43.   An integrated approach to engineering geological studies for the detail survey and design of the proposed Sagarmatha Road in Eastern Nepal. Bull. Dept. Geology, Tribhuvan University, Vol. 3, No. 1, Sp. Issue, 1993, pp. . Proc. Workshop "Geoscience: In Mountain Environment and Infrastructural Development". (Co-authors: A. Wagner, M.R. Dhital, B.N. Upreti, A.N. Bhandari and M.P. Sharma).

44.   Results of preliminary geochemical studies in the Kharidhunga Magnesite Deposit, Dolakha District Nepal. Bull. Dept. Geology, Tribhuvan University, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1992, pp. 141-148. Proc. Symp. Geodynamics of Nepal Himalaya.

45.   Differential thermal analysis of Kharidhunga magnesite. Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., Vol. 7, Sp. Issue, 111-114 pp, 1991.

46.   Engineering geological methods applied in mountain road survey - an example from Baitadi-Darchula Road Project. Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., Vol. 7, 49-67 pp., 1991 (Co-authors: M.R. Dhital, B.N. Upreti, A.N. Bhandari and T.N. Bhattarai).

47.   Geological conditions of formation and mineralo-geochemical characteristics of talc-magnesite deposit of Kharidhunga, Nepal. Unpubl. Ph.D. thesis, Department of mineral resources, Azerbnaijan State University, Baku, USSR, 190 p., 1988 (in Russian)

48.   Decorative face stones of central part of Lesser Caucasus (Kelbazar lachinski district). Resume of report to the republic scientific conference, Baku, 1986 (in Russian). (Co-author: B.D. Kerimov).

49.   New fossil discoveries from Miocene of Nepal include a hominoid. Nature, Vol. 303, No. 5915, 331-333 pp, 1983 (Co-authors: Jens Munthe, Howard Hutchison, William F. Keans, Kathleen Munthe and Robert M. West).

50. Geological structures, morphology of the ore bodies and detailed exploration of the ore body no. 3 of the Katekh polymetallic deposit along with the calculation of reserve in C1+C2 category. Unpubl. M. Sc. dissertation, Department of Mineral Resources, Azerbaijan State University, Baku, USSR, 63 p., 1980 (in Russian)

Membership

 General Secretary, Nepal Landslide Society

Vice President of Nepal Geological Society (NGS) from 2004-2007

Chief Editor of Journal of Nepal Geological Society (1997-1999)

 
Executive Member, Nepal Remote Sensing and Photogrammetric Society
 
Life Member, Nepal GIS Society
 
Member of Nepal Engineering Council
 
Life Member  of Nepal Engineers Association
 
Member of the Nepal College and University Teachers Association. Ex-Vice President of Tri-Chandra Campus Unit of the same
 
Member, International Association of Hydrologists
 
 

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