...A. Niaz; M. R. Khan; S. Mustafa; F. Hameed Abstract A resistivity survey has been carried out for the determination of aquifer properties and vulnerability mapping of part of the Sub-Himalayas in the Bhimber District of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. In the study area 19 vertical electrical...

..., granite, dolerite, and sandstone, which are widely used for the construction of dwellings in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan. Therefore, knowledge about the presence of natural radioactivity in these materials is desirable to assess the radiological hazards associated with it. In this context, 30 rock samples...

...Muhammad Rafique; Saeed Ur Rahman; Tahir Mahmood; Said Rahman; Matiullah; Shafi Ur Rehman Abstract Experimental results concerning the radon exhalation rate from samples of building materials which were collected from the districts of Muzaffarabad and Neelum Valley, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan...

... on the Himalayan crustal ramp (Nepal) . Geophys. Res. Lett. , v. 22 ( 7 ), pp. 751 - 754 . Rafi , Z. , Lindholm , C. , Bungum , H. , Laghari , A. and Ahmed , N. ( 2012 ) Probabilistic seismic hazard of Pakistan, Azad-Jammu and Kashmir . Natural Hazards , v. 61 ( 3 ), pp. 1317 - 1354...

...Mureed Hussain; Nisar Ahmed; Wang Yan Chun; Perveiz Khalid; Azhar Mahmood; Sajid Rashid Ahmad; Umair Rasool ABSTRACT The lower Indus basin is one of the largest hydrocarbon producing sedimentary basins in Pakistan. It is characterized by the presence of many hydrocarbon-bearing fields including...

... relationships obtained from the present study are largely consistent with the findings of previously published data for other parts of the world. We gratefully acknowledge the Institute of Geology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir for providing transportation during field visits. We are very grateful...

...) . These workers established the regional stratigraphy of the area. The Geological Survey of Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir Mineral and Industrial Development Corporation collectively mapped the area on a 1:50,000 scale. These workers did not work on the structure of the area, however, the stratigraphy...

.... In order to determine the role played by the main Himalayan thrusts, we combine apatite U-Pb dating with apatite and zircon (U-Th-[Sm])/He analyses as well as apatite fission track dating from the Neelum valley region of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Apatite U-Pb ages range from Proterozoic to mid...

... mapping of the area is recommended for the economic evaluation of the HKS and adjoining area. The excellent guidance of Mr. Shohab Pervaiz (Lecturer at Institute of Geology, University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir {UAJK} Pakistan) in field and during manuscript preparation was prodigious...

... rock formations from the Punjab (Salt Range, Kirana Group and Surghar Range), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Sirban Hill Abbottabad and Oogi) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Nelum Valley) regions of Pakistan, to cover a wide range of abrasiveness and geomechanical properties. Table 2 summarizes the details...

...S. T. Maqsood; J. Schwarz © 2010 by the Seismological Society of America 2010 On 8 October 2005, one of the most destructive earthquakes ever to strike Pakistan occurred in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP in northern Pakistan ( Figure 1...

... and most likely deposited between shore-face to backshore regions of the gulf similar to present day Persian Gulf. The identification of deeper facies (shelf facies) from Pakistan and coastal facies from India suggest that the gulf was open from the west and closed from the east. Email: bpsingh_in...

...Figure 1. ▴ Seismic zoning map of Pakistan (reproduced from MHW 2007 ; however, province names were added). KP = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; FATA = Federally Administered Tribal Areas; AJK = State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir; GB = Gilgit-Baltistan. ...

..., suggests that great earthquakes (Mw > 8) pose an even greater seismic hazard than the Mw 7.6 2005 earthquake on the Balakot-Bagh fault in Pakistan Azad Kashmir. We employed a combination of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide (TCN) methods to date geomorphic...

.... A. Ansari , A. Ikram , M. A. Khan , M. I. Qaisrani , S. Khan , and M. Safdar , 2021 , First report of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in district Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan : Journal of Medical Entomology , 58 , no. 2 , 943 – 946 , https://doi.org...

... districts of AJK, while 36% of the total housing stock was damaged in the five affected districts of NWFP. The earthquake affected North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) in the northern part of Pakistan (see figure 1 ). The affected districts in NWFP are Abbottabad...

... territory, Gilgit-Baltistan, the Federally Administrated Tribal Area (FATA), and Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK). These provinces are further divided into administrative units called districts (which are subdivided into tehsils ). Pakistan has suffered from some major natural hazards in the last decade...