Research Interests
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My approach is interdisciplinary; I am committed to utilizing modern IT methodologies as an aid to synthesizing chemical, physical, and observational data over a range of scales, as a basis for modeling recent and ongoing processes that have contributed to the known geological record. In order to accomplish this, I am integrating remote sensing imagery and integrated GIS database manipulation with traditional (i.e. 'ground truth') geological information. My research goals may briefly be summarized under two headings:
1) Study of collision tectonics (e.g. ophiolite genesis, arc volcanism etc)
2)Study of near-surface alterations caused by fluids (e.g., faults and fractures, hydrocarbon microseepages, etc)
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Research Projects
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Curriculum Vita
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Students
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MS Theses (Advisor)
Sarah Jacobson (2006; ExxonMobil), Yardenia Martinez (2006; KMS Technologies), Jaime Fernandez (2006; GX Technologies), Ana Petrovic (2006; UH), Ron Mart (2007; Shell Inc.), Jana Gray (2007, GX Technologies), Cecilia Ramirez (current)
PhD Dissertations (Advisor)
Richard Engelkemeir (2008, Schlemburger), Lize Chen (Current), Damayanti Mukherjee (Current), Xiong Yingqian (Current), Aziz Ozyavas (Current), Ana Petrovic (Current), Sergio Sarmiento (Current)
Secondary Advisor
Lili Yu (2005; MS), Jing Wang (2006, MS), Meikang Wu (2006, MS), Jian Huang (2007, MS), Kamran Zahid (2007, MS), Scott Falconer (2008, MS), Debleena Banerji (2005, PhD), Hao Guo (2007, PhD)
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Selected Publications
Khan, S. D., Walker, D. J., Hall, S., Burke, K., Shah, M. T., and Stockli, L. 2009. Did Kohistan-Ladakh island arc collide first with India? Geological Society of America Bulletin, 121 (3/4), 366-384.
Khan, S. D., Mahmood, K., Sultan, M. I., Khan, A. S., Xiong, Y., Sagintayev, Z 2009. Trace element geochemistry of groundwater from Quetta Valley, western Pakistan. Journal of Environmental Earth Sciences, DOI 10.1007/s12665-009-0197-z.
Chen, L., and Khan, S. D., 2009. Geomorphometric Features and Tectonic Activities in Western Himalayan Fold and Thrust Belt. Computers and Geosciences, doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2008.11.011.
Strasen, J. L., Chafetz, H. S., Khan. S. D., 2009. Discrete lithofacies discrimination of Jurassic rocks using Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Data, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA. Sedimentology, 56(5), 1535-1551.
Burke, K., Khan, S. D., Mart, R., 2008. Grenville province and Monteregian carbonatite and nepheline syenite distribution related to rifting, collision and plum passage. Geology, 36(12), 983-986.
Ozyavas, A., Khan, S. D. 2008. Assessment of recent short-term water level fluctuations in Caspian Sea using Topex/Poseidon. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters,5(4), 1545-1550.
Khan, S. D., Mahmood, K., 2008. The application of remote sensing techniques to the study of ophiolites. Earth Science Review,.89, 135-143.
Petrovic, A., Khan, S. D., Chafetz, H., 2008. Remote detection and geochemical studies for finding hydrocarbon-induced alterations in Lisbon Valley, Utah. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 25, 696-705.
Engelkemeir R., and Khan S. D., 2008. LiDAR Mapping of Faults in Houston, Texas, USA. Geosphere, 4(1), 170-182.
Khan, S. D., Jacobson, S., 2008. Remote Sensing and Geochemistry for Detecting Hydrocarbon Microseepages. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 120(1-2), 96-105.
Khan, S.D., Heggy, E., Fernandez, J., 2007. Mapping exposed and buried lava flows using synthetic aperture radar and ground-penetrating radar in Craters of the Moon lava field. Geophysics, 72(6), 161-174.
Khan. S. D, Mahmood, K., Casey, J., 2007. Mapping of Muslim Bagh Ophiolite complex (Pakistan) using remote sensing and field data. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 30, 333-343.
Engelkemeir R., and Khan S. D., 2007. Near Surface Geophysical Studies of Houston Faults. The Leading Edge, 26 (8), 1004-1008.
Khan, S. D., Glenn, N., 2006. New Strike Slip Faults and Litho-Units Mapped in Chitral (N. Pakistan) Using Field and ASTER Data Yield Regionally Significant Results. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27(2), 4495-4512.
Burke. K. and Khan, S. D., 2006. A Geoinformatics System for Global Nepheline Syenite and Carbonatite Distribution: Testing a Wilson Cycle Model. Geosphere, 2(1), 53-60.
Khan, S. D. Flower, M. F. J., Sultan, M. I. Sandvol, E.,2006. Introduction to TETHYS - An Interdisciplinary GIS Database for Studying Continental Collisions. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 26(6), 613-625.
Khan, S. D., 2005. Urban Development and Flooding in Houston Texas, Inferences from Remote Sensing Data using Neural Network Technique. Environmental Geology, 47(8), 1120-1127.
Khan, S. D, Stern, R. J., Manton, W. I., Copeland, P., Kimura, J. I. Khan, M. A., 2004.. Age, geochemical and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic constraints for mantle source characteristics and petrogenesis of Teru Volcanic Formation, Northern Kohistan terrane, Pakistan. Tectonophysics, 393, 263-280.
Shah, M.T. and (Khan) Danishwar, S. 2003. Potential fluoride pollution and its source of contamination in the drinking water of Naranji area, N.W.F.P., Pakistan. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 25 (4), 475-481.
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