Kajari Ghosh

Graduate Student and Research Assistant

 

School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman                                      

 

100 E. Boyd St, Suite 810

Norman, OK 73019

Office: B215, Phone: 405 325 6978

Structure Lab: P109

E-mail: kajari@ou.edu

 

Education

 

PhD (Sturctural geology): University of Oklahoma, Norman, 2003 Fall – Present

 

MS (Geology): Florida International University, Miami, 2003

 

M.Sc. (Geology): University of Calcutta, India, 1999

 

B.Sc. (Geology) : University of  Calcutta, India, 1997

 

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Research

 

Masters Research:  Characterizing fracture distribution in layered rocks using GIS-based techniques. The study was performed in exposures of Miocene diatomite unit at Arroyo Burro Beach in Santa Barbara, California. Alternating lithologies exhibit different styles of brittle deformation, with joints predominating in porcellanite beds and small faults are concentrated in phosphatic mudstones. My study focused on quantifying the distribution faults and joints hosted in alternate stratigraphic units, as well as establishing parametric differences between their populations, using GIS.

 

PhD Research: Currently working on simulating 2D and 3D fracture network, based on field work data collected on the Teton Anticline, Disturbed belt, Montana. The focus of the study is the impact of curvature of bedding plane on fracture network connectivity.

 

 

Recent Publications

Mitra, S., Gonzalez, J.A., Garcia, J.H., and Ghosh, K., 2007, Ek-Balam field: A structure related to multiple salt stages of salt tectonics and extension, AAPG Bulletin, v.91, n.11, pp. 1- 18.

Ghosh, K., and Mitra, S., 2007, Fracture characteristics of folded carbonates, Teton Anticline, Sawtooth range, Montana, 2007 Annual Meeting, Expanded Abstracts, American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

Ghosh, K., and Mitra, S., 2006, Characterizing fracture network patterns in the Teton Anticline, Sawtooth range, Montana, Geological Society of America 2006 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with programs, Geological Society of America, v.38, no.7, pp.412.

Gross, M.R., Ghosh, K., Manda, A.K., and Whitman, D., 2005, A GIS-based spatial analysis of caves and solution cavities, with applications to predicting cave occurrence in limestone terrain, in Caldwell, D.R., Ehlen, J. and Harmon, R.S. eds., Studies in Military Geography and Geology: New York, New York, Springer-Verlag New York, LLC, 348p.p.

Ghosh,K., and Gross,M.R., 2003 An innovative GIS-based approach to characterizing fractures in the Monterey Formation , AAPG Pacific Section/SPE Western Regional Joint Meeting 2003, Abstracts with programs, American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

Ghosh,K., Gross,M.R., Finn,M.D., and Whitman,D., 2002 Using GIS to Characterize the Spatial Heterogeneity of Fracture Systems in Layered Rocks, Geological Society of America 2002 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with programs, Geological Society of America, v.34, no.6, pp.448.

Banerjee,S., Ghosh,K., and Mukhopadhyay,D, 2000, Structural evolution of Precambrian rocks around Pur, Bhilwara district, Central Rajasthan, India,  EOS Transactions. American Geophysical Union, EOS v.81, No. 48, F1214.

 

 

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