Dr. Pitambar Gautam

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsGeophysics
KeywordsEnvironmental pollution, Exploration geophysics, Heavy metal chemistry, magnetostratigraphy, rock magnetism

Current contact address

CountryJapan
CitySapporo
InstitutionHokkaido University
InstituteFaculty of Science

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Erwin AppelArbeitsbereich Biogeologie und Angewandte Paläontologie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2002

Programme(s)

2001Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2007Srinivasa R. Goddu, Erwin Appel, Pitambar Gautam, Eric A. Oches, Florian Wehland: The lacustrine section at Lukundol, Kathmandu basin, Nepal: Dating and magnetic fabric aspects.. In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2007, 73-81
2005Pitambar Gautam, Ulrich Blaha, Erwin Appel: Integration of magnetism and heavy metal chemistry of soils to quantify the environmental pollution in Kathmandu, Nepal. In: The Island Arc, 2005, 424-435
2005Pitambar Gautam, Ulrich Blaha, Erwin Appel: Magnetic susceptibility of dust-loaded leaves as a proxy of traffic-related heavy metal pollution in Kathmandu city, Nepal. In: Atmospheric Environment, 2005, 2201-2211
2005Pitambar Gautam, Teiji watanabe, Hiroshi Nishi, Tetsuzo Yasunari: Preface to the Thematic Section: Uplift of the Himalaya-Tibet region and the Asian monsoon - geological, geomorphic and environmental consequences. In: The Island Arc, 2005, 295-296
2004Pitambar Gautam, Ulrich Blaha, Erwin Appel, Ghanshyam Neupane: Environmental magnetic approach towards the quantification of pollution in Kathmandu urban area, Nepal. In: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 2004, 973-984
2003Christian Crouzet, Pitambar Gautam, Eva Schill, Erwin Appel: Multicomponent magnetization in western Dolpo (Tethyan Himalaya, Nepal): tectonic implications. In: Tectonophysics, 2003, 179-196
2003Eva Schill, Erwin Appel, Laurent Godin, Christian Crouzet, Pitambar Gautam, Kamal Raj Regmi: Record of deformation by secondary magnetic remanences and magnetic anisotropy in the Nar/Phu valley (central Himalaya). In: Tectonophysics, 2003, 197-209
2002Eva Schill, Erwin Appel, Pitambar Gautam, Peter Dietrich: Thermo-tectonic history of the Tethyan Himalayas deduced from the palaeomagnetic record of metacarbonates from Shiar Khola (Central Nepal). In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2002, 203-210
2002Eva Schill, Erwin Appel, Pitambar Gautam: Towards pyrrhotite/magnetite geothermometry in low-grade metamorphic carbonates of the Tethyan Himalayas (Shiar Khola, Central Nepal). In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2002, 195-201
2002Eva Schill, Christian Crouzet, Pitambar Gautam, Vinod K Singh, Erwin Appel: Where did rotational shortening occur in the Himalayas ? Inferences from palaeomagnetic remagnetizations. In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2002, 45-57