ABSTRACTS RECEIVED

1)   Gravity, Magnetic and Geodetic Survey Of Epicentral Area Of Bhuj Earthquake
      Of January 26, 2001 And Hidden Thrust Faults.

      D.C. Mishra, D.V. Chandrasekhar and B.Singh
        National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India.

2)   Litho-Atmo-Ionospheric Coupling In Seismic Processes.

        Andrew Tronin
        Scientific Research Centre for Ecological Safety, Russian Academy of Sciences.

3)   Constraints On The Rupture Mechanism Of The 2001 Bhuj Earthquake From Satellite Imagery.

       Vineet K Gahalaut 1, 2  and Roland Bürgmann 1
         1   Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, McCone Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA-94720, USA.
         2    National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India.

4)    Definition Of Seismic Moment At a Discontinuity Interface And Comparison of Seismological
      And Geodetic/Geological Estimations Of Slip And/or Rupture Length of An Earthquake.

        Z. L. Wu [1 2 3]
        1    Center for Earth System Science, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100039 Beijing, China.
        2    Center for Analysis and Prediction, China Seismological Bureau, 100036 Beijing, China.
        3    Institute of Geophysics, China Seismological Bureau, 100081 Beijing.

5)    26th  January 2001 Earthquake OF Gujrat, India Was Triggered By Change in Kp  And
      Electron Flux Induced by Sun.

       Saumitra Mukherjee
       Associate Professor (Remote sensing) School Of Environmental Sciences ;Jawaharlal Nehru University.

6)    The Micro-Satellite DEMETER.

       M. Parrot
       LPCE/CNRS, 3A Avenue de la Recherche, 45071 Orléans Cedex 2, France.

7)    Luminescence Chronology Of Active Landforms Along Kachchh Mainland Fault.
       George Mathew and A. K. Singhvi
       Physical Research Laboratory, PGS-DN, Ahmedabad – 380 009, INDIA.

8)   Fountain Effect Depression Before The Strong Earthquakes In Low Latitude Areas.

      Sergey A. Pulinets1, Manuel Hernández-Pajares2, Jann-Yenq Liu3, Anna D. Legen'ka4
        1.Institute of Geophysics, UNAM, México,
        2.Universidad Politecnico de Cataluña, Spain,
        3.Institute of Space Science, NCU, Taiwan, 4IZMIRAN, Academy of Sciences, Russia.

9)   Possible  Utilization  (Usage)  Of   Satellite  Monitoring  Of  Near-Earth  Plasma  For
     PredictionOf  Strong  Earthquakes.

       V.I. Larkina
       IZMIRAN, Troitsk town, Moscow region, 142190, Russia.

10)  Study Of Fractal Geometry With Reference To The Tectonics Of Kutch Region In
      Gujarat, India.

        Avadh Ram and P.N.S.Roy
        Department of Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

11)  Seismic Tomography Structure And Tectonic Model Of The January 26, 2001 Bhuj
      Earthquake In Western India.

        J.R. Kayal
       Geological Survey of India 27, J.L. Nehru Road, Kolkata - 700 016.

12)  Some Electrical Charackteristics Of The Ozonosphere Over South Indiaand Their
      Correlation With Long-Term And Short-Term Solar Activity.

        S.P.Perov 1, S.P.Gupta 2.
        1.Central aerological observatory, Moscow.
        2.Physical Research Laboratry, Ahmedabad.

13)  Space Technology And Earthquake Prediction.

        Zhonghao Shou
        Darrell Harrington , Earthquake Prediction Center, 500E 63rd 19K, New York, NY 10021.

14)  Preliminary Results Of The GPS Studies For The January  2001 Gujarat Earthquake.

      Madhav N. Kulkarni
        Indian Institute  of Technology Bombay, India.

15)  Role Of Space Technology In Natural Disaster Management.

      Shriniwas S. Arkatkar
       Lecturer, Civil Engineering Department, Nirma Institute of Technology ,Ahmedabad.

16)  Is There Any Correlation Between The Sunspot Activity And Earthquakes?

        R.K. Tiwari, S. Srilakshmi and V.K.Somvanshi
        Theoretical Geophysics Group National Geophysical Research Institute Hyderabad (A.P.).

17)   Earthquake Induced Small Scale Geological Structures Developed During Kutch
       Earthquake,Western India, 26th, January 2001.

         T. K. Biswal
         Dept. of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai.

18)  Damage Pattern Due To Bhuj Earthquake (2001), India.

        N. Bhandari 1 and B. K. Sharma 2
         1.Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India.
         2.Dpeartment of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi-7, India.

19)  Seismotectonics Of The January 26, 2001 Bhuj Earthquake Sequence.

         REENA  DE
         Geological Survey of India,  Eastern Region, Salt Lake City,  Kolkata - 700 091.

20)  Tomography Of The Source Area Of The 2001 Bhuj Earthqauke: Evidence
       For Fluids Below The Hypocenter?

        Sushil Kumar1, Hiroaki Negishi2,  Jim Mori3, Tamao Sato4, Paul Boding5
        and B.K. Rastogi6.
        1.Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun - 248 001, India.
        2.National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention,
           Tenno-dai 3-1, Tsukuba, 305-0006, Japan.
        3.Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Japan.
        4.Hirosaki University, Bunkyo-cho 3, Hirosaki, 036-8561, Japan.
        5.Center for Earthquake Research and Information, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA.
        6.Nationl Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, Hyderabad - 500 007, India.

21)  Ionospheric Effects Before Strong Earthquakes At Low Latitudes.

        Ruzhin Yu.Ya.1, Depueva A.H.1, Devi M.2.
        1.Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, IZMIRAN,
          Troitsk, Russia 142190.
        2.Depatment of Physics, Gauhati University, Guwahati 781014.

22)  Mapping the Liquefaction Susceptible Zones in Parts of Kachchh Region Using
      IRS – WiFS and LISS-3 Data.

      D.Ramakrishnan 1, K.K.Mohanty 2, S.R.Nayak2, A.Jeyaram 1.
        1 RRSSC-ISRO, IIT Campus, Kharagpur – 721302.
        2.MWRD, Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad-380015.

23)  Variations Of Electron Concentration In Mid-Latitude Ionosphere
      Before Strong Earthquakes

       Liperovskaya E.V.1, Parrot M.2, Rodkin M.V.3
         1.Russia, Moscow, 123995,  Institute of Physics of the Earth, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya, 10.
         2.L.P.C.E./C.N.R.S., 3 A, Avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orléans Cedex 2, France.
         3. Russia, Moscow, 117296, World Geophysical Center Data, Molodejnaya,3.

24) Neotectonic Joints – Towards Understanding The Orientation Of Stresses That Build
     Up To Cause Large Magnitude Earthquakes.

     Aniruddha S. Khadkikar
      Geology and Palaeontology Groupn Agharkar Research Institute G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune.

25) Radon Precursory Signals of  Chamoli and Bhuj Earthquakes.

      H.S. Virk, Vivek Walia, B. S. Bajwa and Puneet Kumar
      Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, India.

26) Release of Helium Associated with Bhuj Earthquake 2001

        R.D. Deshpande, N. Bhandari and S.K. Gupta
        Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, India.

27)  Toward a Better Understanding of Non-Seismic Pre Earthquake Phenomena

        Friedemann T. Freund
        SJSU/NASA Ames Research Center, Earth System and Technology Branch
        Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000.

28)    Tec Response Of The Shock-Acoustic Waves Generated During Rocket Launchings,
        By Earthquakes And Explosions.

           Afraimovich, E.L., E.I. Astafieva, N.P. Perevalova, and V.V. Kiryushkin
            Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences.

29)    Searching For Earthquake Precursors In Total Electron Content Variations In The Ionosphere
        Using Data From The Global Gps Network.

        Afraimovich, E.L., E.I. Astafieva
        Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences.

30)    Searching For Earthquake Precursors In Vlf Signals.

        Afraimovich, E.L., E.I. Astafieva, and N.N. Klimov
        Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences.

31)  Geodetic & Geophysical Studies Of Crustal Deformations And Fault Displacements
            – A Case Study For Monitoring Deformations In Kachchh Region Of Gujarat.

        Dr. Prithvish Nag1 and H. B. Madhwal2
        1 Surveyor General of India, Dehradun – 248 001
        2 Deputy Director, Survey of India, Dehradun – 248 001.

32) Disaster Management Support Framework With Space Inputs.

        B. Manikiam and  S.K. Srivastava
        Indian Space Research Organisation, Bangalore, India

33) Deformation Due To The Mw 7.7 Bhuj Earthquake Of 2001 And
     Inferences About Stress And Strain In The Kutch Region.

      B.K. Rastogi and Prantik Mandal
      National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad-500007, India.

34) Empirical, Statistical, and Physical Approaches to the Prediction of the Behavior of a Complex
     System: Study and Practice of Seismic Hazard Assessment and Earthquake Prediction in China.

    Wu Zhongliang 1 and Zhu Chuanzhen 2
     1.Center for Earth System Science, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100039 Beijing,
        China.
     2.Institute of Geophysics, China Seismological Bureau, 100081 Beijing, China.

35) Atmospheric Precursors  Of Earthquakes Located Around Crete Island.

    Yu.Ruzhin (1), V.Oraevsky (1), C.Nomicos (2), F.Vallianatos (3)
     1- IZMIRAN, Moscow, Russia;2- TEI of Athens, Greece; 3- TEI Chania branch, Crete, Greece

36) Space Plasma Precursor Of Turkish Earthquakes From The Gps Data.

    Ruzhin Yu.Ya., Oraevsky V.N., Shagimuratov I.I. and Andreevsky S.
    IZMIRAN, 142190 Troitsk-town, Russia.

37) Presence of large crustal strain around an asperity/heterogeneous body in the lower crust beneath Kachchh:
       A Possible explanation for the occurrence of 2001 Bhuj earthquake sequence.

        Prantik Mandal, B.K. Rastogi, H.V.S. Satyanarayana and M. Kousalya

38) Tectonic Evaluation of Dead Sea Fault System In Syria using Multi Data sets

        Raed Ahmad
        Syrian Ph.D. Scholar Yerevan State University of  Architecture and Construction, Yerevan_9, Armenia

39) Ionospheric Perturbations Caused by Bhuj Earthquake

        Birbal Singh, Raj Pal Singh, Vinod Kumar Kushwah
        R.B.S. College Bichpuri, Agra

40) Complex Seismoelectromagnetic Monitoring Of The Baikal Rift Zone

        E.L. Afraimovich1, E.I. Astafieva1, N.N. Klimov2, V.A. Sankov2, A.V. Loukhnev2, Yu.B. Bashkuev3, A.V. Gatsutsev3,
        M.G. Dembelov3, and A.V. Dambuev3
        1    Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences,  Russia
        2    Institute of Earth Crust, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
        3    Physical Problems Department of the Buryat Sientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

41)  Solar activity as a main factor of Global Change

        Perov, S.(1); Subbaraya, B.(2); Chakravarty, S (2).; Gupta, S.(3); Jayaraman, A.(3); Chakrabarty, D.(3); Galkina, I.(1); Kruchenitsky, G.(1).
        (1) Central aerological observatory, Moscow; (2) Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore; (3) Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad

42)    Near Source Ground Motion and Attenuation during the Kutch Earthquake

            R. N.  Iyengar
            Indian Institute of Science
            Bangalore 560012.

43)    Earth-atmospheric coupling during strong earthquakes by analyzing IR remote sensing data

        Dimitar Ouzounov
        NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/SSAI, MS 902, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

44)    The Dynamics and Geometry of the Indian-Eurasian Collision in Pakistan

            Dietrich Bannert
            Moorstrasse, ISERNHAGEN, Germany

45)    Study Of Elf/Vlf Signatures Associated With Earthquakes

            A.K. Gwal1, Ankur Trigunait1, Kalpana Malhotra1 and M. Parrot2
                1 Space Science Laboratory, Department of Electronics,
                    Barkatullah University, Bhopal-462026, India
                2 LPCE/CNRS, 3A Avenue de la Recherche Scientifique,
                    45071 Orléans Cedex 2, France

46)    Ionospheric Signatures Linked To Seismic Activity

           Ankur Trigunait1, A.K. Gwal1, Shivalika Sarkar1 and M. Parrot2
            1Space Science Laboratory, Department of Electronics,
                Barkatullah University, Bhopal-462026, India
             2LPCE/CNRS, 3A Avenue de la Recherche Scientifique,
                45071 Orléans Cedex 2, France

47)    Seismo-tectonics and Hazard Zonation study of Kachchh

            K.K.Mohanty1, Kanchan Maiti2, Pooja S Gupta3, Ramanuj Banerjee1, and S.R.Nayak1
            1 Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad - 380015
            2 Dept. of Applied Geology, Univ. of Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttaranchal
            3 ME - III (Geotechnology), Faculty of Engg. &Technology, M.S.University, Baroda

48)    Automatic Assessment of Earthquake Damaged Area using Scale-space classification techniques

           Neeraj Mishra , P.Suresh Kumar, R.Chandrakanth2, R.Ramachandran and  R. Krishnan
            Advanced Data Processing Research Institute, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India, Secunderabad.

49)    On the Relation between Magnitude and Liquefaction dimension at the epicentral zone of 2001 Bhuj Earthquake

            M.G.Thakkar
            Department of Geology, R. R. Lalan College, Bhuj, Kachchh-370 001, Gujarat

50)     Utility of Magnetic data for studying the Earthquake Prone Bhuj Region

            Mita Rajaram, S. P. Anand and Vinit C. Erram
            Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Colaba, Mumbai-400 005

51)    Structure and Tectonic Framework of Kachchh

           R.V. Karanth
            Department of Geology, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara-390 002
 
52)    Ionospheric precursors of the Gujarat Earthquake of 26 January, 2001

           H. Chandra And Som Sharma
           Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad-380009, India

 53)    Upwelling of Kandla Port Prior to Bhuj Earthquake of 26th January 2001 and
        Some Other Seismic Precursors

           Arun Bapat
           Research Seismological Consultant, India.

 54)    Local Site Effects Observed during Bhuj Earthquake

           J. P. Narayan, M. L. Sharma and Ashwani Kumar
           Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee,Roorkey-247667, India

55)    The Bhuj Earthquake, 26 January 2001: Regional Lineaments and Their Differential Effect On
         Major Settlements In Cambay Basin

            A.S. Arya and Ajai
            Forestry, Landuse and Photogrammetry Group Space Applications Centre (ISRO)
            Ahmedabad - 380 015

56)    The electromagnetic fields under, on and over Earth surface as "when, where and how" earthquake precursor

           Strachimir Chterev Mavrodiev
            INRNE, BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria

57)    Causative Factors For Bhuj Earthquake Of  26th January, 2001 - A Holistic Approach

        B. Ramalingeswara Rao and Vijay Kumar Rao
        National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

58)    Utility Of Multisensor Data For Early Warning Of Intraplate Earthquakes

        R. P. Singh1, Sagnik Dey1, Sudipta Sarkar2 and Menas Kafatos2
        1 Department of Civil Engineering
        Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
        2 CEOSR, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

59)    Monitoring of Geophysical Parameters for Seismic Surveillance

        S L Varudkar1 and Arun Bapat2
        1Marathwada Statutory Development Board, Aurangabad
        2Research Consultant, Pune

60)    Ground Motion Estimation from January 26, 2001, Gujarat Earthquake and its observation in Himalaya

        S K Singh1, Kamal2 and B K Bansal3
        1Instituto de Geofisica UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico, DF, Mexico
        2Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 GMS Road, Dehradun, India
        3Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India

61)   Hydrologic Effects of the Bhuj Earthquake of January 26,2001--- Gujarat, India

        R C Jain
        Central Ground Water Board, West Central Region,
        Ahmedabad

62)   DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OF BHUJ EARTHQUAKE (2001) USING IRS LISS-III AND PAN DATA

        J R Sharma, A K Gupta, G Sreenivasan and B K Bhadra
        Regional Remote Sensing Service Center, Department of Space,
        CAZRI Campus, Jodhpur-342003

63)  The earthquake influence on ionosphere dynamics and magnetic Sq-variation for Kamchatka

      Kanonidi Kh.D , Ruzhin Yu.Ya., Osipov N.K.
        IZMIRAN, 142190 Troitsk-town, Moscow region, Russia

64)   Geomagnetic Field Satellites and Earthquake Detection

        J. R. Heirtzler
        NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

65)    Evolution Of “Ur”, An Incipent Continent, To Seychelles, A Microcontienent: From Northwestern Indian Shield

            K.K. Sharma and Ritesh Purohit
            Government Post Graduate College, Sirohi, Rajasthan, India

66)    Disaster management system: An integrated approach using Satellite Communication, Education and Remote Sensing

        Aishwarya  Narain
        Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India

67)    Study of Lunar Tidal Oscillation in Ionospheric F- region over Ahmedabad during Gujarat Bhuj Earthquake

        B.M.Vyas & R. Pandey
        Department of Physics, Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313 001, India

68)  A Study of Bhuj earthquake of January 26, 2001 and seismic activities in other parts of the region

       A.K. Shukla, S.K. Srivastav, H.V. Gupta, R.S. Dattatrayam, P.R. Baidya, Rajesh Prakash, H.P. Shukla, G. Suresh and A K. Ghose
       India Meteorological Department, Lodi Road, New Delhi-11003

69)    Seismo-tectonic perspective on the 1819 and 2001, Rann of Kachchh, Earthquakes

        C.P. Rajendran and Kusala Rajendran
        Centre for Earth Science Studies
        Trivandrum 695031

70)  Brightness Temperature Anomaly during Gujarat Earthquake using SSM/I data

       N. Harijan1, Nitin Katiyar1, Y. P. Singh1, Rahul Kanwar2, Dimitar Ouzounov3 and R. P. Singh1
      1Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur - 208 016
      2France
      3NASA, GSFC - SSAI, Greenbelt, Maryland - 20771, USA
 
71)   Detection and analysis of surface changes after Chamoli   (March 29, 1999) and Gujarat earthquakes  (Jan. 26, 2001)
        Using IRS 1C/1D data

       M. M. Kimothi  & Navin Juyal*
       Space Applications Center, Ahmedabad-15
      *Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad