Proceedings : Workshop on Gangotri Glacier : Lucknow 26-28 March 2003 : Special Publication No. 80

Contents: Foreword. 1. History of the Gangotri glacier down the ages/V.K. Raina. 2. Avalanche identification in Gangotri glacier using multi-temporal satellite data and fly-through techniques in virtual GIS environment/S.S. Sharma, P. Mathur, D.K. Prashar and Snehmani. 3. Recession of Gangotri glacier/Deepak Srivastava. 4. Recession pattern of Meru Bamak glacier, Bhagirathi basin, Uttaranchal/Alok Chitranshi, C.V. Sangewar, Deepak Srivastava, V.M.K. Puri and S.S. Dutta. 5. Ice melt in snout area of Gangotri glacier/K.V. Maruthi, C.V. Sangewar, Deepak Srivastava and V.M.K. Puri. 6. Ice flow of Gangotri glacier/C.V. Sangewar, Deepak Srivastava, S. Swaroop and V.K. Raina. 7. Fusion of panchromatic and multispectral Indian remote sensing satellite images for identification of the Gangotri glacier snout/I.M. Bahuguna. B.P. Rathore, H.S. Negi, A.V. Kulkarni and P. Mathur. 8. Analysis of satellite imageries for characterization of glacio-morphological features of the Gangotri glacier, Ganga headwater, Garhwal Himalaya/Sarfaraz Ahmad and Syed I. Hasnain. 9. Some observations on physiography and geomorphology of Gangotri glacier area, Bhagirathi Basin, Uttaranchal/S.S. Dutta, C.V. Sangewar, S.P. Shukla, Alok Chitranshi, V.M.K. Puri and P. Hampaiah. 10. Record of neotectonic activity in the Gangotri glacier valley : some significant observations/Rameshwar Bali, Divya Darshan Awasthi and N.K. Tiwari.11. Glacial morphology of the Gangotri group of glaciers in Garhwal Himalaya, Uttaranchal, India/H.C. Nainwal, A.K. Naithani, Deepak Kumar, B.D.S. Negi and C. Prasad. 12. Late quaternary morpho-sedimentary processes in the Gangotri glacier area, Garhwal Himalayas, India/Dhruv Sen Singh. 13. Avalanche hazard in Gangotri temple area, Uttarkashi district, Uttaranchal : a case study/S.P. Shukla, Deepak Srivastava, K.V. Maruthi and P.V.S. Rawat. 14. Monitoring temporal and spatial variations in snow cover in Uttaranchal Himalayas/Anjani K. Tangri. 15. Landslide susceptibility studies along Gangotri pilgrim route, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttaranchal/P.S. Bhatnagar and S.K. Gupta. 16. Climate variability studies on Gangotri glacier/H.P. Borgaonkar and G.B. Pant. 17. Temporal monitoring of the snout, equilibrium line and ablation zone of Gangotri glacier through remote sensing and GIS techniques - an attempt at deciphering the climatic variability/Anjani K. Tangri, Ram Chandra and S.K.S. Yadav. 18. Lichens : a tool for dating the moraines of Gangotri glacier area/Deepak Srivastava, S.P. Shukla and D.N. Bhattacharya. 19. Growth rate of lichen Dimelaena oreina in the Gangotri glacier valley, Uttarkashi District, Uttaranchal : some significant observations/Divya Darshan Awasthi, Rameshwar Bali and N.K. Tewari. 20. Palaeo-glaciation and glacier recession during quaternary period in Himalaya with special reference to Bhagirathi basin, Ganga catchment/V.M.K. Puri, Deepak Srivastava, C.V. Sangewar, B.P. Mukerjee and S. Swaroop. 21. Modelling of streamflow for the Gangotri glacier in the Garhwal Himalayas/Pratap Singh, Naresh Kumar, Manohar Arora and U.K. Haritashya. 22. Hydrology and suspended sediment transport of Gangotri glacier, Garhwal Himalaya, India/Kireet Kumar, V. Joshi, M.S. Miral and L.M. Joshi. 23. Comparative characterization of subglacial pathways and solute acquisition processes at Gangotri and Dokriani glaciers, Garhwal Himalaya. Uttaranchal/S. Tayal, S.I. Hasnain, P.G. Jose, S. Ahmad and R. Kumar. 24. Vegetation, climate and lake history of Tapoban, Gangotri glacier, Garhwal Himalaya/P.S. Ranhotra and A. Bhattacharyya. 25. Chemical signatures of lithology on Gangotri glacier meltwater and Gaumukh - Tehri Dam section of Bagirathi river/Deepak Srivastava, A. Absar, C.V. Sangewar, S.N. Pandey, L.K. Oberoi and M.A. Siddiqui. 26. Morphometry of Bhagirathi basin, Garhwal Himalaya/C.V. Sangewar, P. Hampaiah, M.A. Siddiqui, K.V. Maruthi and K.K. Srivastava. 27. Geology of the Gangotri - Gaumukh area, Uttarkashi District, Uttaranchal/U.K. Bassi.