Department of Geography and Geology, University of the West indies

Current Research

Geochemical Hazards associated with the Cement Factory at Kingston .
Geochemistry and trace elment study of coal and fly ash from power plants in India .
Sustainable water supply in Manchester Parish , Jamaica .
Assessment of Water Quality-North Limestone well field - Kingston Basin
Groundwater resource estimation from wells in parts of Jamaica .
Modelling the spatial and temporal variation of stable isotopes in rainwater.

Selected Publications

A Mandal and D.Sengupta (2006). An assessment of soil contamination around coal- based thermal power plant in India, Environmental Geology , 51 (3) 409-420 .
A.Mandal, D.Sengupta and S.P.Sharma (2006). Mapping of groundwater contamination in and around ash-disposal site of Kolaghat thermal power plant, West Bengal, India using D.C. resisitivity studies, Journal of the Geological Society of India-INDIA
T.Mondal, D.Sengupta and A.Mandal (2006) Natural radioactivity of ash and coal in major thermal power plants of West Bengal, India. Current Science, 91(10), 1387-1392.
A.Mandal and D. Sengupta (2005 ). Radionuclide and trace element contamination around Kolaghat thermal power plant, West Bengal , Current Science, 88(4), 617-24.
A . Mandal and D . Sengupta (2003) Radioelemental study of Kolaghat Thermal Power Plant, West Bengal India , Possible Environmental Hazards. Environmental Geology , vol 44(2) ,180-187.
A . Mandal and D . Sengupta (2002) Characterisation of Coal and Fly Ash from Coal-Fired Thermal Power Station at Kolaghat- Possible Environmental Hazards. Indian Journal of Environmental Protection. 22(8), 885-891 .

Conference Papers

MANDAL, A , and SENGUPTA, D.(2007) RADIONUCLIDE AND TRACE ELEMENT CONTAMINATION FROM COAL COMBUSTION FROM KOLAGHAT THERMAL POWER PLANT, INDIA. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado. 2007.
A. Mandal and D. Sengupta (2001). : Environmental Impact Of The Coal - Based Thermal Power Plants At Kolaghat. National Seminar on Mineral- Based Industries, organised by Geological Society of India and Andhra University .
D.Sengupta and A.Mandal (2002) Radioactivity in Coal and Fly Ash of Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plant at Kolaghat, West Bengal . 1st Workshop on Natural Radionuclides in Hydrology and Hydrogeology, at University of Luxemborg

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