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Dr. Arpita Mandal
Lecturer
arpita.mandal@uwimona.edu.jm

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 M.Vutchkov (2010) Heavy Metals in Soils around Cement Factory in Rockfort, Kingston , Jamaica . International Journal of Geosciences (DOI doi:10.4236/ijg.2011.21005 Published Online February 2011).

A.Mandal and A.Haiduk (2010) Hydrochemical characteristics of Groundwater of the Kingston Basin . Environmental Earth Sciences. (DOI 10.1007/s12665-010-0835-5).

A.Mandal and A.Haiduk (2010) Assessment of the water quality of the groundwater in the wells of the Kingston Basin, Jamaica. Advances in Geosciences (Accepted, to be published in August 2011).

Poster presentation at the 5th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management, at Rose Hall, Montego Bay , Dec 2010. Title “ Modelling of High-Intensity Rainfall driven river flooding of Port Maria , Jamaica . by A.Maharaj and A.Mandal.

Paper presented at the International Conference on Disasters in Cuba , June 2010. Title “Rainfall induced river flooding of Port Maria , Jamaica ”. by A.Mandal and A.Maharaj.

Paper presented at the Asia Oceania Geosciences Union (AOGS) 2009, Singapore . Title:”Assessment of the water quality of the groundwater of the Kingston Basin , Kingston , Jamaica ” by A.Mandal and A.Haiduk.

A.Mandal and D.Sengupta (2007) Geochemical hazard by coal ash from a coal based thermal power plant in Kolaghat. West Bengal, India. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta. vol 71 (15), pp. A617, August 2007.

Mandal, D.Sengupta and S.P.Sharma (2007). 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 , vol 69 pp.373-380. Feb 2007

Poster Presentation at the Conference of Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, UWI MONA, 2008, Title : “Geochemistry Of Soils Around The Carib Cement Factory In Kingston, Jamaica “ by A.Mandal, M.Voutchkov, R.Maharaa and M. Madourie.

Oral presentation at AOGS (Asia Oceania Geosciences Society ) 6th Annual Meeting, Suntec City Singapore , 11-15th August 2009. Title: Assessment of the Water Quality of the Wells of the Kingston Basin in Kingston, Jamaica. by A.MANDAL, A.Haiduk, C.Nawal and E.Alleyne

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

Courses

  • GL10A: Introduction to Earth Science 1
  • GL10B: Introduction to Earth Science 11
  • GL33A: Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
  • GL37A: Marine Geology and Geophysics.

Professional Society Memberships

    GSA - Geological Society of America
    IAH -International association of Hydrologists
    AOGS - Asia Oceania Geosciences Union
    Technical Committee Member of Water Resources Authority , Jamaica

 
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