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Profiles
Dr Suryodoy Ghoshal
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Landscape Evolution Modelling
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
I'm currently working at the University of Plymouth with
Dr Sarah Boulton on the EXCESS project to investigate how earthquakes precondition the landscape for landslides. I will be focusing on using coupled numerical modelling techniques to study the creation of excess topography and its relationship to landsliding in various locations around the world.
Qualifications
March, 2024 - present: Postdoctoral research associate -- EXCESS, University of Plymouth, UK
September, 2021 - October, 2022: Teach@Tuebingen Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tuebingen, Germany, working on coupled thermokinematic-landscape evolution modelling of the central Nepal Himalaya to study the effect of relief on the subsurface thermal field and thermochronological cooling ages
September, 2015 - August, 2021: PhD at the University of Pittsburgh, USA with thesis titled: 'Assessing the kinematics and subsurface geometry of the central Nepal Himalayas: Insights from thermokinematic modeling', advised by Prof. Nadine McQuarrie
Research
Research
Research interests
I am originally a structural geologist, interested in how orogens deform and the relationships between the processes by which the deformation occurs. I'm also strongly interested in how the structure and kinematics of orogens interact with climate to produce the landscapes at the surface, particularly focused on natural hazards.
During my PhD, I combined new and published thermochronological and thermal datasets with detailed field mapping to create a series of thermokinematically-validated balanced cross-sections, highlighting how the subsurface geometry of the central Nepal Himalaya changes from east to west. The objective of the project was to identify significant variations in the subsurface structure of the region, and assess whether they may have exerted some measure of control on the nucleation and propagation of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake. This was followed up with a year-long postdoctoral project investigating how the evolving topography of the central Nepal Himalaya affects the evolution of the regional thermal field, using a coupled landscape evolution-thermokinematic model.
In the EXCESS project, my role builds on my experience in the coupled numerical modelling of earth systems to investigate how earthquakes precondition landscapes in various environments around the world to fail as landslides. This research will combine large high-resolution inventories of landslides with state-of-the-art modelling techniques to better inform hazard susceptibility models, and provide significant insight into how much influence earthquakes have on the rate and distribution of landsliding.
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2023) 'Testing erosional and kinematic drivers of exhumation in the central Himalaya' Earth and Planetary Science Letters 609, 118087-118087 Publisher Site , DOI
(2020) 'Constraining Central Himalayan (Nepal) Fault Geometry Through Integrated Thermochronology and Thermokinematic Modeling' Tectonics 39, (9) Publisher Site , DOI Open access
Conference Papers
(2023) 'Drivers of Topography in Fold-thrust Belts: A Perspective from Central Nepal' Publisher Site , DOI
(2022) 'Assessing the geometry of the Main Himalayan thrust in central Nepal: Insights from thermokinematic modelling' Publisher Site , DOI
(2018) 'Determining sub-surface geometry by integrating transport-parallel distribution of cooling ages, surface geology and data from the 2015 Gorkha earthquake' 33rd Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop , DOI
'Building a viable decollement geometry for the Central Nepal Himalaya through integrating surface geology, thermochronology and data from the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake' AGU Fall Meeting - New Orleans
'Using thermochonology to validate a balanced cross section along the Karnali River, far-western Nepal' AGU Fall Meeting - New Orleans