Dr. Ved Prakash Maurya
Scientist , Electrical and Heliborne Geophysics
Specialization
Electrical and Electromagnetics
Research Area
Geo-electromagnetism (API of MT and GDS Surveys)
Electrical tools for high-resolution imaging (geotechnical investigations)
Hydrogeophysics (mapping of deep fractures and aquifers in sedimentary and crystalline rocks)
Geophysical Signatures over Metallogenic Provinces
Integration of various Geophysical Datasets
Geophysical characterisation of offshore Marginal basins
Geophysical Investigation over intracratonic basins, cratons, cratonic margin and/or Mobile belts
Joint Inversion of Geophysical Datasets
Ongoing Research Projects
Honors & Awards
Publications
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*Maurya, Ved P., Gupta, S.M., Mishra, A., Chandra, S., Tiwari, V.M., 2023. Three-dimensional Electric-field Vector Resistivity Imaging for Deep subsurface Fractures Network in Heterogeneous crystalline rocks, Geophysical Journal International, ggad431, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad431 . |
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*Maurya, Ved P., Chandra, S., Sonkamble, S., Lohith Kumar, K., Nagaiah, E., and Selles, A. 2021. Electrically Inferred Subsurface Fractures in the Crystalline Hard Rocks of an Experimental Hydrogeological Park, Southern India, GEOPHYSICS 5, 1-43. https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2020-0327.1 |
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*Maurya, Ved P., Fontes, S.L., Oliveira Jr, V.C., La Terra, E.F., 2020. Gradient-based first-and second-order filters for the demarcation of continental–oceanic boundaries using satellite gravity data, Geophysical Journal International, 221 (3), 1499-1514. |
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*Maurya, Ved P., Meju, M. A., Fontes, S. L., Padilha, A. L., La Terra, E. F., and Miquelutti, L. G. 2018. Deep resistivity structure of basalt‐covered central part of Paraná Basin, Brazil, from joint 3‐D MT and GDS data imaging. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017GC007314 . |
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*Maurya, Ved P., Singh R. K., Shalivahan and Bhattacharya B.B. 2018. Magnetotelluric Exploration of Deposit Scale Prospecting over a Proterozoic Volcanics in the Eastern India, Journal of Applied Geophysics 159, 666–677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2018.10.014 . |
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*Maurya, Ved P., Shalivahan, Bhattacharya, B. B., Adhikari, P. K., and Das, L. K., 2015. Preliminary Magnetotelluric results across Dalma Volcanics, Eastern India: Inferences on Metallogeny, Journal of Applied Geophysics, 115, 171-182. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2015.02.021 . |
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*Benevides, A. S., Meju, M. A., Fontes, S. L., Maurya, Ved P., Meqbel, N. M., Ribeiro, P., & La Terra, E. F. 2024. Deep structure of the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil from 3D inversion of magnetotelluric data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, e2023JB027329. https://doi. org/10.1029/2023JB027329 |
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*Singh, R.K., Maurya, Ved P., Shalivahan, Singh, S., 2019. Imaging Regional Geology and Au – Sulphide mineralization over Dhanjori greenstone belt: Implications from 3-D Inversion of Audio Magnetotelluric data and Petrophysical Characterization, Ore Geology Reviews 106, 369–386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.01.027 . |
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*Shalivahan, Bhattacharya, B. B., Rao, N. V. C., and Maurya, Ved P., 2014. Thin lithosphere asthenosphere boundary beneath Eastern Indian craton, Tectonophysics, 612–613, 128–133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2013.11.036 . |
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*Fontes, S. L., Meju, M. A., Maurya, Ved P., La Terra, E. F., and Miquelutti, L. G. 2019. Deep structure of Parecis Basin, Brazil from 3D magnetotelluric imaging. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 96, 102381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102381 |
Books
Research Scholars
Educational Qualification
PhD, M.Sc. Tech (Applied Geophysics), B.Sc. (Hons)
Proffessional Experience
Dr Ved Prakash Maurya has obtained a B.Sc. Hons in Physics (2008) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, M.Sc. Tech in Applied Geophysics (2011) & PhD in Applied Geophysics (2015) from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. Presently, he is working as a research scientist for geophysical modelling and simulation of groundwater systems at CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad since May 2019, where he is also recognised as an Assistant Professor by the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Observatorio Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for 3.5 years, aiming at contributing to the knowledge of petroleum systems using extensive 2D and 3D geophysical data arrays to explain the behaviour of the heterogeneous Earth under valid assumptions on a high computation cluster platform. He was involved in several research and development activities for more than a decade for the characterization of some important geological domains for eastern and southern India, South America and West Africa. In a mega project, Heliborne TEM and magnetics (~ 40,000 LKM) data were acquired, processed and interpreted for high-resolution aquifer mapping in the arid regions of NW India. His research interests broadly include Electrical and Electromagnetic methods, Magnetotellurics, Resources Exploration (Oil & Natural Gas, Groundwater and Minerals), Geophysical modelling and simulation (1D/2D/3D), and Joint inversion. Additionally, he has authored or co-authored 16 peer-reviewed SCI publications and also reviewed some manuscripts from reputed journals for the subject area of “Electrical and Electromagnetic” methods. He has developed a novel tool namely, Electric-field Vector Resistivity Imaging (EVRI) for improved 3D deep near-surface imaging. One of his recent articles from the Geophysics journal by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, USA detects the fracture network in the crystalline rocks of southern India using electrical surveys. He is also an active member of different national and international geophysical societies AGU, AEG, EAGE, IAGA, IGU, MT-NET, SBGf and SEG, etc.
Proffessional Affiliations
Assistant Professor, AcSIR, New Delhi
Observatorio National, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (formerly Postdoctoral)
Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi