36) M. Ismaiel, Are Seaward Dipping Reflectors Exclusive to Volcanic Rifted Margins? (under preparation)
35) K.S. Krishna, K.M. Sreejith, M. Ismaiel*, Did the Kerguelen Hotspot move or remain stable during the formation of the Ninetyeast Ridge? Current Science, (submitted), 2025
34) M. Ismaiel*, M. Rishal, and R. Patel. Moho topography and flexural response of Semail ophiolite in the Southern Oman Mountains: New constraints from teleseismic receiver function and gravity anomaly. Geophysical Journal International (Revision-1), 2025
33) IODP Expedition 381, The impacts of early rift development on sedimentation, basin environment and tectonic processes: IODP MSP drilling in the Corinth Rift, Greece (Expedition 381). Marine Geology (Under Review), 2025
32) M.A. Jabir, M.Y. Ali, M. Ismaiel*. 3D Flexural Subsidence and Sediment Accumulation Rates in the United Arab Emirates Basins. Marine Geology (Under Review), 2025
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31) M. Ismaiel*, M. Y. Ali, A. Decarlis. Flexural Development in the Foreland Basin Adjacent to Northern Oman-UAE Mountain Belt: Effect of Lithospheric Weakening. Tectonics (Accepted), 2025
30) M. Ismaiel*, and K.S. Krishna, Evidence for a new age constraint of the oceanic lithosphere in the Bay of Bengal. Journal of Earth System Science (Accepted), 2025.
29) K.S. Krishna, K.M. Sreejith, M. Ismaiel. Comment on a paper by Jiang et al. (2024) entitled "Earth’s longest preserved linear volcanic ridge generated by a moving Kerguelen hotspot". 10.13140/RG.2.2.24456.12804 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5169540, 2025
28) S. Pilia, G. Iaffaldano, D Rhodri Davies, M. Ismaiel, P. Sossi, S. Whattam, H. Hu, Ghost Plumes Hidden Beneath Earth’s Continents, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 666, 119467, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119467.
27) Pechlivanidou, S., Muravchik, M., Gawthorpe, R. L., De Gelder, G., Oflaz, S. A., Collier, R. E. L., Gillespie, J., Machlus, M. L., Maffione, M., Herrero-Bervera, E., Ford, M., Fabregas, N., Sergiou, S., Geraga, M., Phillips, M., Brendryen, McNeill, L. C., Shillington, D. J., Seibert, C., & Expedition 381 Participants. Data report: Age-depth model of the Corinth syn-rift sequence, Site M0079, IODP Expedition 381, DOI: 10.14379/iodp.proc.381.201.2025.
26) M.Y. Ali, M. Ismaiel, A. Abdelmaksoud, S. Pilia, A.B. Watts, M.P. Searle, Geophysical Investigation of Fujairah Basin, East Coast of United Arab Emirates: Insights into Tectonic Evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth (2025). 130, 1-25, DOI: 10.1029/2024JB030345
25) M.Y. Ali, M. Ismaiel, M.Y. Ibrahim, A. Kaviani, Crustal structure and seismic anisotropy of the rift basins in Somaliland. 13 (17483), 1-15, 2023, Scientific Reports, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44358-2 [IF: 4.9].
24) M.A. Jabir, M.Y. Ali, M. Ismaiel, A.B. Watts, Subsidence and uplift history of the UAE and the western flank of the UAE-Oman mountain range. 42, 1-31, e2023TC007998, Tectonics, 2023, IF: 4.2, doi.org/10.1029/2023TC007998 [IF: 4.2].
23) M. Ismaiel, M.Y. Ali, A.B. Watts, B. Barkat, Spatial variations of effective elastic thickness of the eastern Arabia: Implications for lithospheric weakening in the Oman-UAE mountain belt. Tectonophysics, 863 (8), 1-14, 229995, doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.2299952023. [IF: 2.9]
22) K.S. Krishna, & M. Ismaiel, Comment on a paper by Jokat et al. (2021) entitled “The Early Drift of the Indian Plate”, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4344499.
21) K.S. Krishna & M. Ismaiel, India’s departure from Antarctica: Single vs multiple rifting conjecture. Current Science, 154 (1), 1-3. 2023.
20) M. Ismaiel, & K.S. Krishna, Mechanical strength and nature of lithospheric deformation beneath the rifted sedimentary basins of East Indian Passive Margin. 154C, 1-20, 106317, 2023, Marine and Petroleum Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106317 [IF: 4.2]
19) M.A. Desa, M. Ismaiel, K.S. Krishna, Prof. Manik Talwani – A diamond lost in the field of Marine Geophysics, 124 (5) 1004-1005, 2023, ‘Personal News’, Current Science.
18) M. Ismaiel, M. Y. Ali, S. Pilia, A.B. Watts, M.P. Searle, Moho topography and crustal properties beneath the UAE and northern Oman mountain belt from teleseismic receiver functions, Geophysical Journal International, 2023, 233(3), 2084-2100, doi:10.1093/gji/ggad034. [IF: 2.8]
17) K.S. Krishna, A. Rajan, & M. Ismaiel, Evidence for paleo-continental margin and folding of relic fragment of the oceanic lithosphere, northeast Indian subcontinent. Marine Geology, 2022, 453, 106927, 1-13, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106927 [IF: 2.9]
16) M. Ismaiel, & K.S. Krishna, The 24th August 2021 Mw 5.1 earthquake, 320 km northeast of Chennai: brittle rupture of a fault line. Current Science, 121 (8), 1005-1006, 2021.
15) D. Gopala Rao, K.S. Krishna, T. Harinarayana, K.Veeraswamy, K.K. Abdul Azeez, M. Ismaiel, A.K. Chaubey, K. Srinivas and K.M. Sreejith. Crustal Structure of the Gulf of Kachchh, North-West India. Journal of Earth System Science, 2021, 130, 1-16. doi.org/10.1007/s12040-021-01623-0. [IF: 1.91]
14) A.C. Narayana, M. Ismaiel, C.P. Priju, An environmental magnetic record of heavy metal pollution in Vembanad lagoon, southwest coast of India. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 167, 1-15, 112344, 2021. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112344 [IF: 5.8]
13) K.S. Krishna, M. Ismaiel, K. Srinivas. Oceanic rocks beneath the landmass and continental rocks below the ocean – Geological complexities in Indian waters. 119 (6), 896-898 2020, Current Science. [IF: 1.17]
12) K.S. Krishna, M. Ismaiel, K. Srinivas, D. Saha, Post-breakup Deformations in the Bay of Bengal - Response of Crustal strata to the Sediment load, Journal of Earth System Science, 129, (159), 1-15, 2020, doi.org/10.1007/s12040-020-01436-7, [IF:1.91]
11) K.S. Krishna, M. Ismaiel, K. Srinivas, D. Saha, Ancient Ocean floor hidden beneath Bangladesh. Current Science, 117 (6), 916-917, 2019. [IF: 1.17]
10) F. Badesab, P. Dewangan, V. Gaikwad, M. Kars, M. Kocherla, K.S. Krishna, S. Sangode, K. Deenadayalan, P. Kumar, O. Naikgaonkar, M. Ismaiel, A. Khan. Magneto-Mineralogical Tool for Exploration of Gas Hydrates in the Bay of Bengal. JGR-Solid Earth, 124, 2019. doi: 10.1029/2019JB017466. [IF: 3.9]
9) Lisa C. McNeill, Donna Shillington, Gareth Carter, Jez Everest, Robert Gawthorpe, Clint Miller, Marcie Phillips, Richard Collier, Aleksandra Cvetkoska, Gino De Gelder, Paula Diz, Mai-Linh Doan, Mary Ford, Maria Geraga, Jack Gillespie, Romain Hemelsdael, Emilio Herrero-Bervera, Mohammad Ismaiel, Liliane Janikian, Katerina Kouli, Erwan Le Ber, Shunli Li, Marco Maffione, Carol Mahoney, Malka Machlus, Giorgios Michas, Casey Nixon, Sabire Oflaz, Abah Omale, Kostas Panagiotopoulos, Sofia Pechlivanidou, Miss Simone Sauer, Joana Seguin, Spyros Sergiou, Natalia Zhakarova, Sophie Green. High-resolution record reveals climate-driven environmental and sedimentary changes in an active rift, Scientific Reports, 9(3116), 2019. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40022-w. [IF: 4.9]
8) M. Ismaiel, K.S. Krishna, K. Srinivas, J. Mishra, and D. Saha, Crustal architecture and Moho topography beneath the eastern Indian and Bangladesh margins–new insights on rift evolution and continent-ocean boundary. Journal of the Geological Socity, London, 2019, 176, 553-573 doi: 10.1144/jgs2018-131. [IF: 2.9]
7) Shillington, D.J., McNeill, L.C., Carter, G.D.O., and the Expedition 381 Participants, 2019. Expedition 381 Preliminary Report: Corinth Active Rift Development. International Ocean Discovery Program. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.pr.381.2019.
6) M.A. Desa, M. Ismaiel, Y. Suresh, K.S. Krishna, Oblique transform motion along the Southeastern Continental Margin of India: Implication to the separation of Sri Lanka from India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 156C, 111-121, 2018, doi.:10.1016/j.jseaes.2018.01.015. [IF: 3.37]
5) K. Srinivas, K.S. Krishna, M. Ismaiel, J. Mishra and D. Saha, An Islands chain Lost in the Bay of Bengal. ‘Research News’ in Current Science, 112 (6), 1095-1096, 2017. [IF: 1.17]
4) Manik Talwani, Kolluru Sree Krishna, Mohammad Ismaiel, and Maria Ana Desa. Comment on a paper by Sibuet et al. (2016) entitled “Thinned continental crust intruded by volcanics beneath the northern Bay of Bengal”. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 88, 1123-1125, 2017 doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.12.009. [IF: 4.2]
3) M. Ismaiel, K.S. Krishna, K. Srinivas, J. Mishra, D. Saha, Internal structure of the 85°E Ridge, Bay of Bengal: Evidence for multiphase volcanism. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 80, 254-264, 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.11.020. [IF: 4.2]
2) Manik Talwani, Maria Ana Desa, Mohammad Ismaiel, and Kolluru Sree Krishna. The Tectonic Origin of the Bay of Bengal and Bangladesh. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 2016, 121, 4836–4851, JGRB51695, doi:10.1002/2015JB012734. [IF: 3.9]
1) K.S. Krishna, M. Ismaiel, K. Srinivas, D. Gopala Rao, J. Mishra, and D. Saha, Sediment pathways and emergence of Himalayan source material in the Bay of Bengal. Current Science, 110, 3, 363-372, 2016, doi: 10.18520/cs/v110/i3/363-372. [IF: 1.17]
Book Chapter:
1) K.S. Krishna, and M. Ismaiel (2020) Mantle Plume – Spreading Ridge Interactions. In: Gupta H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10475-7_262-1