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Abhayanand Singh Maurya
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asmaurya[at]es.iitr.ac.in
+91-1332-285610
https://new.iitr.ac.in/silesd/
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Marine Micropaleontology, Paleoceanography, Mass Spectrometry, Isotope Geology, Water Body Rejuvenation and Subsurface Mapping
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JRF (DST)
01 Jan 2001 - 01 Jan 2003
University of Allahabad
Post Doctoral Fellow
01 Jan 2008 - 01 Jan 2011
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Assistant Professor
01 Jan 2011 - 01 Jan 2018
Earth Sciences, IIT Roorkee
Associate Professor
01 Jan 2018 - 12 Mar 2024
Deparment of Earth Sciences, IIT Roorkee
Professor
13 Mar 2024 - Present
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
Paleoceanographic significance of deep-sea benthic foraminifera at Kerguelen Plateau Southern Ocean 01 Jan 2015 Paleoceanographic significance of deep-sea benthic foraminifera at Kerguelen Plateau Southern Ocean CSIR CSIR None
Rejuvenation of drying springs in Takoli Gad catchment 05 Feb 2020 Isotope Hydrology Rejuvenation of Drying Springs in Himalaya 1.4 crore (INR) NMCG, Ministry of Jal Shakti
Estimation of Actual Evaporation from Running Water using Stable Water Isotopes (δ18O and δD) 15 Mar 2020 Isotope Hydrology Estimation of Actual Evaporation 40 lakhs (INR) SERB




Publications
Application of stable water isotope enrichment model to estimate evaporation from running water body: insights from Northern India
2026
Sahu, L.N. and Maurya, A.S | Elsevier
Journal: Journal of Hydrology Pages: 135301 , Volumes: 671 ,
Coupled role of Westerlies and Indian Summer Monsoon in the climatic variability of Kashmir Valley, NW India during the Late Quaternary.
2026
Verma, S., Phartiyal, B., Agrawal, S., Morthekai, P., Manoj, M.C., Chandra, R., Sahu, L.N., Sagwal, S., Kumar, P. and Maurya, A.S. | Elsevier
Journal: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Pages: 113670 , Volumes: 689 ,
Orbital forcing regulated Arabian Sea denitrification during the late Pleistocene.
2026
Pawar, R., Singh, D.P., Saraswat, R. and Maurya, A.S. | Elsevier
Journal: Global and Planetary Change Pages: 105373 , Volumes: 259 ,
Biomarker and carbon isotope signatures constrain changes in organic matter inputs during the Oligocene-Miocene interval of Kutch Basin, western India: climatic and tectonic implications.
2026
Singh, R., Behera, D., Bajpai, S., Maurya, A.S. and Vadlamani, R. | Elsevier
Journal: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Pages: 107003 , Volumes: 301 ,
PFAS contamination and fluorine mass balance in sediments of the Upper Ganges River and Ganges canal.
2026
Müller, V., Kowalewska, Z., Roth, A., Maurya, A.S., Feldmann, J. and Dixit, S. | Elsevier
Journal: Environment International Pages: 110104 , Volumes: 208 ,
Planktic foraminiferal evidence for variation in the strength of the Agulhas Current during the Pliocene (4.6-2.6 Ma).
2025
Singh, V. P., Dwivedi, R., Pathak, S., & Maurya, A. S. | SAGE Publications
Journal: Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India Pages: 05529360251397162 , Volumes: 70 ,
First Neogene bat from India: implications for a possible radiation of Vespertilioninae during the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum
2025
Carolin, N. et al. | Taylor & Francis
Journal: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Pages: e2611988 ,
An assemblage of Middle Jurassic hybodonts from Jaisalmer Basin, western India.
2025
Ghosh, T. et al. | Taylor & Francis
Journal: Historical Biology Pages: 2055-2064 , Volumes: 37 ,
Changes in the upper water-column structure of the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean during 12.8–4.7 ka.
2025
Singh, P., Singh, A.D., Tripathi, S., Singh, H., Maurya, A.S., Naik, S.S. and Kumar, R. | Elsevier
Journal: Quaternary International Pages: 1-12 , Volumes: 743 ,
Hydrological dynamics in Giant tropical Rivers: A case study of the Ganga River
2025
Laskar, A.H., Saranya, P., Liang, M.C., Sahu, L.N., Maurya, N.S. and Maurya, A.S. | John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Journal: Hydrological Processes Pages: 1-10 , Volumes: 39 ,
Paleomonsoon variability during the past seven centuries: Insights from a northwest Himalayan lake.
2025
Sengupta, S., Gupta, A.K., Kumar, P., Sanyal, P., Jaiswal, M.K., Maurya, A.S., Kaushik, A., Pawar, R., Sharma, R. and Kumar, N. | Elsevier
Journal: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Pages: 112911 , Volumes: 668 ,
Silicified ostracod fauna from Navegaon intertrappean locality (latest Cretaceous/early Paleocene), Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, India.
2025
Yadav, R., Kumar, R., Prakash, C., Maurya, A.S. and Jaglan, S. | SAGE Publications
Journal: Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India Pages: 187-206 , Volumes: 70 ,
Source Rock Properties, Depositional Environment and Kerogen Degradation Kinetics of Lower Permian Shales from the Ib River Sub‐Basin, Mahanadi Basin, Eastern India.
2025
Kar, N.R., Mani Tiwari, D., Buragohain, J., Hazra, B., Babu, E.V.S.S.K., Seetha, B.S., Mudiam, M.K.R. and Maurya, A.S. | John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Journal: Journal of Petroleum Geology Pages: 85-110 , Volumes: 48 ,
Millennial-scale hydrographic changes in surface and intermediate waters of the western Arabian Sea over the last 135 kyr.
2025
Kharwar, A., Rai, A.K., Maurya, A.S. and Pathak, V.K. | Springer India
Journal: Journal of Earth System Science Pages: 72 , Volumes: 134 ,
Sub‐centennial upper water column structure variability of the tropical Indian Ocean since the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Quaternary Science.
2025
Rai, S., Singh, D.P., Saraswat, R. and Maurya, A.S | John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Journal: Journal of Quaternary Science Pages: 257-266 , Volumes: 40 ,
Carbonaceous aerosol in the Brahmaputra plains: Sources, and influence from the hotspot Indo-Gangetic plains, India.
2024
Paul, T., Sudheer, A.K., Gaddam, M., Pawar, R., Maurya, A.S. and Jyethi, D.S. | Springer Netherlands
Journal: Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry Pages: 12 , Volumes: 81 ,
Reply to Comment on “Singh R, Vadlamani R, Bajpai S & Maurya AS (2024) Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy of Marine Oligocene–Miocene Sedimentary Successions of Kutch Basin, Western India.
2024
Singh, R., Vadlamani, R., Bajpai, S. and Maurya, A.S. | John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Journal: Geological Journal Pages: 3381-3384 , Volumes: 59 ,
First Early Cretaceous sharks from India.
2024
Ghosh, T., Bajpai, S., Kumar, K., Maurya, A.S. and Bhattacharya, D. | Taylor & Francis
Journal: Historical Biology Pages: 2829-2837 , Volumes: 36 ,
Policy framework to combat the challenges of climate change in the Upper Indus Basin.
2024
Jeelani, G., Absar, A., Agnihotri, V., Ahmed, S., Alam, A., Azam, M.F., Bhat, M.S., Deshpande, R.D., Dimri, A.P., Jain, S. and Juyal, N. | Indian Academy of Sciences
Journal: Current Science Pages: 669 , Volumes: 127 ,
Kumar, D., Sharma, R., Maurya, A.S. and Pandey, R. Petroleum source-rock characterization and the depositional environment of Kimmeridgian–Tithonian sequences, Jaisalmer Basin, western Rajasthan, India.
2024
Kumar, D., Sharma, R., Maurya, A.S. and Pandey, R | The Geological Society of London
Journal: Petroleum Geoscience Pages: petgeo2023-097 , Volumes: 30 ,
Centennial-millennial scale global climate-linked monsoonal and non-monsoonal changes in the eastern Arabian Sea during the last 42,800 years.
2024
Ansari, M.A., Ansari, A.H., Mishra, R., Arif, M., Jena, P.S., Dabhi, A., Bhushan, R., Singh, D.P., Maurya, A.S., Das, P.K. and Rahi, I.C | Elsevier
Journal: Marine Geology Pages: 107307 , Volumes: 472 ,
Paleoenvironmental shifts across Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary: insights from multi-proxy chemo stratigraphy of the Mahadeo–Cherrapunji section, Meghalaya, India.
2024
Pal, S., Jayananda, M., Tiwari, D.M., Shrivastava, J.P., Satyanarayanan, M., Maurya, A.S. and Gautam, J.P. | Springer International Publishing
Journal: Journal of Sedimentary Environments Pages: 271-296 , Volumes: 9 ,
Isotopic evidence of autochthonous organic matter acting as a major sink of anthropogenic heavy metals in modern lacustrine sediments.
2024
Ahmad, N., Singh, S.P., Sahu, S., Bhattacharyya, R., Maurya, A.S., Kumar, N., Rout, R.K. and Tripathy, G.R. | Elsevier
Journal: Environmental Pollution Pages: 123964 , Volumes: 349 ,
Strontium isotope stratigraphy of marine Oligocene–Miocene sedimentary successions of Kutch Basin, western India.
2024
Singh, R., Vadlamani, R., Bajpai, S. and Maurya, A.S. | Wiley
Journal: Geological Journal Pages: 1-20 ,
Potential faunal evidence for western epicontinental seaway along the Narmada rift in peninsular India during the latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian).
2024
Verma, S.K., Bajpai, S., Yadav, R., Roy, A. and Maurya, A.S. | Academic Press
Journal: Cretaceous Research Pages: 105789 , Volumes: 156 ,
Isotopic evidence of autochthonous organic matter acting as a major sink of anthropogenic heavy metals in modern lacustrine sediments.
2024
TRIPATHY, G.R., ROUT, R.K., Ahmad, N., Bhattacharyya, R., Sahu, S., Maurya, A.S., Kumar, N. and Singh, S.P. | Elsevier BV
Journal: Elsevier BV
Burial History and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Harudi and Fulra Limestone of Kachchh, Western India Constrained using Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry.
2024
Kumar, R., Maurya, A.S., Laskar, A.H., Liang, M.C., Sharma, R. and Bhandari, S. | Geological Society of India
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society of India Pages: 100 , Volumes: 91-98 ,
The first potential cordyliform (Squamata, Scincoidea) from India (uppermost Cretaceous–lowermost Paleocene): An African lizard clade brings possible implications for Indo-Madagascar biogeographic links.
2023
Yadav, R., Bajpai, S., Maurya, A.S. and Čerňanský, A. | Academic Press
Journal: Cretaceous Research Pages: 105606 , Volumes: 150 ,
Fossil lizards from the Deccan intertrappean beds (latest Cretaceous/earliest Paleocene) of lower Narmada basin, Malwa Plateau, India.
2023
Yadav, R., Bajpai, S., Maurya, A.S. and Čerňanský, A. | Taylor & Francis
Journal: Historical Biology Pages: 1564-1573 , Volumes: 35 ,
Deep-sea benthic foraminiferal response to the early Oligocene cooling: A study from the Southern Ocean ODP Hole 1138A.
2023
Kumar, R., Singh, D.P. and Maurya, A.S. | Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Journal: Geo-Marine Letters Pages: 11 , Volumes: 43 ,
A freshwater ostracod assemblage from the Kesavi intertrappean beds (latest Cretaceous/earliest Paleocene) of lower Narmada Valley, Malwa Sub-province of Deccan Traps, Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh, India.
2023
Yadav, R. and Maurya, A.S. | SAGE Publications
Journal: Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India Pages: 42-57 , Volumes: 68 ,
Paleoclimatic reconstruction of northwest Himalaya since CE 475 using lake sediments from Tadag Taal, Kumaun, India
2023
Kaushik, A., Gupta, A.K., Clemens, S.C., Kumar, P., Sanyal, P., Gupta, P., Jaiswal, M.K., Maurya, A.S., Sengupta, S., Sharma, R. and Pawar, R. | Elsevier
Journal: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Pages: 111544 , Volumes: 619 ,
Basin-scale geochemical assessment of water quality in the Ganges River during the dry season.
2023
Sharma, N., Liang, M.C., Laskar, A.H., Huang, K.F., Maurya, N.S., Singh, V., Ranjan, R. and Maurya, A.S. | MDPI
Journal: Water Pages: 2026 , Volumes: 15 ,
New perspectives on late Tethyan Neogene biodiversity development of fishes based on Miocene (~ 17 Ma) otoliths from southwestern India.
2023
Carolin, N., Bajpai, S., Maurya, A.S. and Schwarzhans, W. | Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Journal: PalZ Pages: 43-80 , Volumes: 97 ,
Large freshwater-influx-induced salinity gradient and diagenetic changes in the northern Indian Ocean dominate the stable oxygen isotopic variation in Globigerinoides ruber.
2023
Saraswat, R., Suokhrie, T., Naik, D.K., Singh, D.P., Saalim, S.M., Salman, M., Kumar, G., Bhadra, S.R., Mohtadi, M., Kurtarkar, S.R. and Maurya, A.S. | Copernicus Publications
Journal: Earth System Science Data Pages: 171-187 , Volumes: 15 ,
High resolution sequence stratigraphy of Lower Cretaceous rocks of the Jaisalmer Basin.
2023
Pandey, R., Noina, B.P., Jana, S. and Maurya, A.S. | Micropress
Journal: Stratigraphy Pages: 129-141 , Volumes: 20 ,
Collaborations
Stable isotopes in Hydrological Investigations
Physical Research Laboratory
Isotope Hydrology and Clumped Isotopes
Academia Senica
Climate during Paleocene-Eocene
BSIP Lucknow
Estimation of Evaporation in running water bodies using stable Isotopes
PRL Ahemdabad
Quaternary climate dynamics
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Dehradun
Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements
Paleontology ( ES-209 )
Autumn
Global Biogeochemical Cycle ( ES-441 )
Spring
Paleobiology ( ES-524A )
Spring
Startigraphy ( ES-204 )
Spring
Introduction to Earth Sciences ( ES-101 )
Autumn
Micropaleontology ( ES-524 )
Autumn
Staritigraphy ( ES-302 )
Spring
Paleontology ( ES-203 )
Autumn
Introduction to Earth sciences ( ES-101 )
Autumn
Glacilogy ( IES-05 )
Autumn
Introduction to Geosciences ( ES-201 )
Spring
Paleontology ( ES524 )
Spring
Stratigraphy and Geology of India ( ES-356 )
Spring
Students
Associate Scholars
Ms Nidhi Chudhary
IIT Roorke
Microplastics and Biological Magnification
Ms Rimjhim Singh
IIT Roorkee
Paleontology
Ms Triparna Ghosh
IIT Roorkee
Paleontology and Isotope Geochemistry
Mr Nitish Kumar
IIT Roorke
Isotope hydrology
Mr Praveen Kumar
IIT Roorkee
Isotope Hydrology
Ms Pragaya Pandey
IIT Roorkee
Micropaleontology and Early Cenozoic Paleoceanography
Ms Neha Rarh
Isotope Hydrology
Rakesh Kumar
Micropaleontology
Ravi Yadav
Paleontology and Stratigraphy
Ms Nora Carolin
IIT Roorkee
Biostratigrapgy, Stable Isotopes and Paleontology
Miscellaneous
Events
Sample Collection, Storage and Transportation Protocols for isotopic measurements
01 Jan 2011 - Present
Climate Change: Present and Future
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Administrative Positions
OC Time Table and Examination
01 Jan 2011 - 01 Jan 2014
IIT Roorkee
Coordinator, Stable Isotope Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences
01 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2023
IIT Roorkee
Prof In-charge Security
25 Jul 2022 - 25 Jul 2024
IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Faculty Advisor
01 Jan 2015 - 31 Mar 2022
Hamrock Society and Congnigence
Coordinator, Thermal Ionization Spectrometer (TIMS)
01 Jan 2020 - 01 Jan 2023
Institute Instrumentation Center, IIT Roorkee
Faculty Advisor
01 Jan 2016 - 30 Jun 2020
Himalayan Explorer Club
Refereed Journal Papers
  1. SK Verma, A S Maurya, S Bajpai (2021) Cyprinid fishes from Eocene molasse deposits (Liyan Formation), India-Asia collision zone, Eastern Ladakh, NW Himalaya, India: implications for non-marine aquatic connections between India and Mainland Asia. HISTORICAL BIOLOGY https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2020.1855636

  2. Laskar, AH,   Maurya, AS,  Singh V, Gurjar BR, Liang, MC (2020) A new perspective of probing the level of pollution in the megacity Delhi affected by crop residue burning using the triple oxygen isotope technique in atmospheric CO2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114542

  3. Pandey R. and Maurya A S (2020) Hydrocarbon uncertainty based on facies analysis: Middle Jurassic Sequence (Jaisalmer Formation), Jaisalmer Basin, Rajasthan, Journal of Geological Society of India, vol. 95(3):301-307

  4. Pandey, R., Kumar, D., Maurya, A. S., Pandey, P. (2019) Evolution of gas bearing structures in Jaisalmer Basin (Rajasthan), India. J. Ind. Geophysical Union,  Vol 23 (5), pp- 398-407

  5. Pandey, P., Kumar, D., Maurya, A.S. (2019) Facies analysis, Depositional Environmental and reservoir characterization of Tertiary sequences, Jaisalmer Basin, Rajasthan. ONGC Bulletin  vol. 54(1), pp- 102-116

  6. Pandey, P., Kumar, D., Maurya, A. S., Pandey, P. (2019) Hydrocarbon generation potential of source rocks in Jaisalmer Basin, Rajasthan, India. Current Science, Vol 116(5), pp. 822-827

  7. A S Maurya, S P Rai, N Joshi1, K S Dutt, N Rai (2018) Snowmelt Runoff and Groundwater Discharge in Himalayan Rivers: A Case study of the Satluj River, NW India, Environmental Earth Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-018-7849-9

  8. H. Achyuthan, R.D. Deshpande, M.S. Rao, B. Kumar, T. Nallathambi, K. S. Kumar, R.Ramesh, P. Ramachandran, A. S. Maurya, S.K. Gupta (2013) Distributions of stable isotopes and salinity in the surface waters the Bay. Marine Chemistry,v.  149, 51–62.   
  9. R.D. Deshpande, A. S. Maurya, R.C. Angasaria, M. Dave, A.D. Shukla, N. Bhandari, and S. K. Gupta (2013) Isotopic study of Megacryometeor in western India. Current Science, v. 104, No. 6, p. 728-737.
  10. 3. R.D. Deshpande, A. S. Maurya, B. Kumar, A. Sarkar and S.K. Gupta (2013) Kinetic Fractionation of Water Isotopes during Liquid Condensation under Super-saturated Condition. Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta, v 100, 60–72.
  11. A. S Maurya, Miral Shah, R.D. Deshpande  and S.K. Gupta (2011) Hydrograph separation and precipitation source identification using stable water isotopes and conductivity: River Ganga at Himalayan foothills, Hydrological Processes DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7912
  12. R.D. Deshpande, A. S. Maurya, B. Kumar, A. Sarkar and S.K. Gupta (2010) Insight into Vapour Source and Rain-Vapour Interaction using Stable Isotopes from Semi-Arid Western India, Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2010JD014458
  13. A K. Rai and A. S. Maurya  (2009) Response of Miocene paleoceanographic changes to the deep sea benthic foraminiferal diversity at ODP site 754A in the southeastern Indian Ocean, Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, v.38(4), p.423-431.
  14. 7.S. S. Das, A. S Maurya, A. C. Pandey, U. Bhan  and A. K.Rai (2008) Influence Of Sediment Source and Monsoonal Variations on the late Quaternary Clay mineral assemblages at ODP Site 728a, North Western Arabian Sea. Current Science, v. 95, No. 9, p. 1320-1326
  15. A. K. Rai, V. B. Singh, A. S Maurya and S. Shukla (2008) Ventilation of North-western Arabian Sea Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ) during last 175 kyrs: A pteropod record at ODP Site 728A. Current Science, v. 94, No. 4, p. 480-485.9
  16. Ajai K. Rai and A. S Maurya (2008) Miocene deep sea benthic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of southeastern Indian Ocean. Journal of Paleontological Society of India, v.  53(2), p. 147-158.
  17. A. K. Rai and A. S Maurya (2007) Paleoceanogrphic significance of Miocene deep-sea benthic foraminiferal diversity of Wombat Plateau, eastern Indian Ocean. Journal of Geological Society of India, v. 70, No. 6, p. 837-845.
  18.  A. K. Rai, M. S. Srinivasan and A. S Maurya (2007) Influence of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) and monsoonal activity in the central Indian Ocean over  past  5   million years:  Benthic foraminiferal record at  DSDP Site  238. Journal of Geological Society of India, v. 69, No. 2,  p. 222-232.
  19.  A. S Maurya and Ajai K. Rai. (2006). Palaeoceanographic significane of Early Miocene deep sea benthic foraminifera at ODP site 761B on Wombat Plateau, Eastern Indian Ocean. National Academy Science Letters, v. 29, no. 5 & 6, p.213-219.
  20.  A. S. Maurya and Ajai K. Rai. (2005) Miocene deep sea benthic    foraminiferal biostratigrappghy at ODP sites 760A and 761B (Wombat Plateau) eastern Indian Ocean. Indian Journal of Geology, v.1-2, p. 1-12