Publications

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

1. Gani, N. D., van Soest, M., Gani, M. R., Blackburn, N., Neupane, P., Bowden, S., Tadesse, K. 2023 Investigating apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronologic ages to understand exhumation history of the Ethiopian Plateau. Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 198, p. 104605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2022.104605.

2. Shrestha, N., Gani, N. D. 2023. Quantitative Tectonic Geomorphic Study from Bedrock Rivers of the Fold and Thrust Belt in the Bengal Basin. Geological Journal. v. 58 (4), p. 1466 – 1485. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.4669.

3. Bowden, S., Gani, N. D., Furman, T.,Gani, M. R., VanSoest, M., Abebe, T., Alemu, T., O'Sullivan, P.,Tadesse, K., Abebe, B. 2022. Feedback between topography and lithosphere-asthenosphere dynamics beneath the Yerer-Tulu Wellel Volcano-Tectonic Lineament: Insights from apatite thermochronology and basalt geochemistry. Geological Journal, p. 1–18, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.448818. PDF

4. Gani N. D, Crowe, E.,* Bowden, S., 2021. Mesoscale structures in the Rough Creek Graben, U.S. Midcontinent craton: An integrated DEM analysis, structural modeling, and field-based approach. Results in Geophysical Sciences, v. 7, 100023. PDF

5. Bhattarai, I., Gani, N. D., Xue, L. 2021. Geomorphological responses of rivers to active tectonics along the Siwalik Hills, Midwestern Nepalese Himalaya. Journal of Mountain Science, v. 18, 1268-1294.

6. Mattson, A. G., Gani, M. R., Roesler, T., Gani, N. D., Ford, J. T. 2020. 3D mapping of intruding salt bodies in the subsurface of the Gulf of Mexico using 3D seismic data. Results in Geophysical Sciences, 1-4: 100004. PDF

7. Bowden, S., Gani, N. D., Alemu, T., O’Sullivan, P., Abebe, B., and Tadesse, K. 2020. Evolution of the Western Ethiopian Shield revealed through U-Pb geochronology, petrogenesis, geochemistry of sys- and post-tectonic intrusive rocks. Precambrian Research, v. 338, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105588 PDF

8. Sahoo, H., Gani, M.R., Gani, N.D., Hampson, G.J, Howell, J.A., Storms, J., Martinius, A., Buckley, S.J. 2020. Predictable patterns in stacking and distribution of channelized fluvial sand bodies linked to channel mobility and avulsion processes. Geology, v. 48. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1130/G47236.1 PDF

9. Neupane, P., Gani, M. R., Gani, N. D., Huang, Y. 2020. Neogene vegetation shift in the Nepalese Siwalik, Himalayas: A compound-specific isotopic study of lipid biomarkers. Depositional Record, 2019;00:1–11. https ://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.91 4. PDF     

10. Liang, X., Gani, N. D. and Abdelsalam, M. G. 2019. Drainage incision, tectonic uplift, and magmatism of the Kenya Rift, East African Rift System: A morpho-tectonic analysis approach, Geomorphology, v. 345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106839

11. Liang, X., Alemu, T. Gani, N. D. and Abdelsalam, M. G. 2018. Spatial and Temporal Variability of Tectonic Uplift Rates in the Southeastern Ethiopian Plateau, East African Rift Systems from Morpho-tectonic Analysis, Geomorphology, v. 309, p. 98–111. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.02.025  

12. Gani, N. D., Neupane, P. C. 2018. Understanding transient landscape of the Ethiopian Plateau in relation to mantle dynamics, Geological Journal. v. 53, p. 371–385. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gj.2903 PDF

13. Liang, X., Gani, N. D. and Abdelsalam, M. G. 2017. Geomorphologic Proxies for Bedrock Rivers: A Case Study from the Rwenzori Mountains, East African Rift System, Geomorphology, v. 285, p. 374-398. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.009

14. Gani, N. D. 2016. Dextral shear zone within the Blue Nile Canyon, the Ethiopian Plateau: Photograph of the month, Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 92, page iii. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8141(16)30166-3 PDF

15. Gani, N. D. and Gani, M. R. 2016. Discussion On the Environment of Aramis: Reply to White in Cerling et al., Current Anthropology, v. 57, Number 2. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/683640 PDF

16. Sahoo, H., Gani, M. R., Hampson, G. J., Gani, N. D., Ranson, A. 2016. Facies- to sandbody-scale heterogeneity in a tight-gas fluvial reservoir analog: Blackhawk Formation, Wasatch Plateau, Utah, USA. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 78, p. 48–69. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.02.005. 

17. Gani, N. D. 2015. Erosion history from incision modeling and river profile morphologies: example from the Tekeze River System, Ethiopian Plateau, East Africa. Arabian Journal of Geoscience, v. 8, Issue 12, p. 11293–11305. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12517-015-1941-1. PDF

18. Sahoo, H., and Gani, N. D. 2015. Creating three-dimensional channel bodies in LiDAR-integrated outcrop characterization: A new approach for improved stratigraphic analysis. Geosphere, v. 11, no. 3, p. 777–785. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES01075.1. PDF

19. Gani, M. R., Ranson, A. Cross, D. B., Hampson, G. J., Gani, N. D., Sahoo, H. 2015. Along-strike sequence stratigraphy across the Cretaceous shallow marine to coastal-plain transition, Wasatch Plateau, Utah, U.S.A. Sedimentary Geology, v. 325, p. 59–70. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.05.003 PDF

20. Hampson, G. J., Gani, M. R., Sahoo, H., Rittersbacher, A., Irfan, N., Ranson, A., Jewell, T. O., Gani, N. D., Howell, J. A., Buckley, S. J., and Bracken, B., 2012. Controls on large-scale patterns of fluvial sandbody distribution in alluvial to coastal plain strata: upper Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation, Wasatch Plateau, central Utah, USA. Sedimentology, v. 59, p. 2226–2258. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01342.x PDF

21. Gani, M. R., Gani, N. D., 2011. Riparian habitat of Ardipithecus ramidus, Nature Communication, v. 2: 602, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1610. In 2014, this paper ranked as Top 8th Articles (out of Top 20) in the Domain of Article 22186898, ‘Who Is Publishing In My Domain?’ www.wipimd.com PDF

22. Gallin, W, Gani, M. R., Deo, M. D., Gani, N. D., and Vanden Berg, M. D., 2010. Lake-level Controlled Sedimentological Heterogenity of Oil-shale, Upper Green River Formation, Eastern Uinta Basin, Utah. In Ogunsola, O., Hartstein, A., and Ogunsola, O. (eds.), Oil Shale: A Solution to Liquid Fuels Dilemma, American Chemical Society, Series Book, Oxford University Press, Chapter 3, p. 63–85.  PDF

23. Gani, N. D., Abdelsalam, M. G., Gera, S., Gani, M. R. 2009.  Stratigraphic and structural evolution of the Blue Nile Basin, Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau, Geological Journal, v. 44, p. 30–56. DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gj.1127 PDF

24. Gani, M.R. and Gani, N. D. 2008. Tectonic Hypotheses of Human Evolution, Geotimes, January 2008 issue, v. 53 (no. 1), p. 34-39. Published by American Geosciences Institute (AGI). (INVITED PUBLICATION). PDF

25. Gani, N. D.  Gani, M. R., Abdelsalam, M. G. 2007. Blue Nile incision on the Ethiopian Plateau: Pulsed plateau growth, Pliocene uplift, and hominin evolution, GSA Today, v. 17, p. 4–11 (COVER ARTICLE). DOI: 10.1130/GSAt01709A.1, available at: http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/17/9/pdf/gt0709.pdf  PDF

26. Gani, N. D., Abdelsalam, M. G. 2006. Remote Sensing Analysis of the Gorge of the Nile with emphasis on the Dejen-Gohatsyion region, Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 44, p. 135–150. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.10.007 PDF

27. Sultana, D. N., Alam, M. M., 2000. Facies analysis of the Neogene Surma Group succession in the subsurface of the Surma Basin, Bengal Basin, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Geoscience Journal, v. 6, p. 53–74. PDF

Conference Presentations (only included back to 2014)

1. Brosky, M., Gani, N. D. 2021. Investigating mineralogical and petrological characteristics of the flood basalt on the Ethiopian Plateau. Geological Society of America 2021 Southeastern Online Section Meeting, April 1-2.

2. Shrestha, N., Gani N. D. 2021. Understanding the Tectonic Geomorphology of the Eastern Fold and Thrust Belt of the Bengal Basin. 51st Annual WKU Student Research Conference, April 9-10.

3. Wade, M., Brosky, M., Gani, N. D., Gani, M. R. 2021. Geologic Mapping Methods of the McDaniels Quadrangle, Kentucky. 51st Annual WKU Student Research Conference, April 9-10.

4. Brosky, M., Gani, N. D. 2021. Investigating Volcanic Eruption of The Ethiopian Plateau Flood Basalt in Relation to Past Climate Changeu. 51st Annual WKU Student Research Conference, April 9-10.

5. Wright, E., and Gani, N. D. 2020. Interpreting data from recent volcanic activity to understand the volcanic hazard and societal risk in Hawaii. Kentucky Academy of Science Annual conference, Louisville, Kentucky, November 6-7, 2020. (Talk). First Place Winner.

6. Gani, N. D., Crowe, E., Scott, K., Gani, M. R. and Whittle, M. 2020. Investigating Geologic Controls of Western Pennyroyal Karst Region, Kentucky. UNESCO Karst 2020: Conservation of Fragile Karst Resources: A Workshop on Sustainability and Community, Bowling Green, Kentucky, August 18-20. Poster-Flash Talk session.

7. Grigsby, J. Gani, N. D. 2020. Quantifying Tekeze River Canyon Incision on the Ethiopian Plateau from Low Temperature Thermochronology. 50th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (virtual presentation)

8. Wright, E. and Gani, N. D. 2020. Investigating recent activities in Hawai’i to understand volcanic hazard and societal risk. 50th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (virtual presentation)

9. Grigsby, J. Gani, N. D., Bowden, S. vanSoest, M., Gani, M. R., and Kibre, T. 2019. Young Cooling History of the Tekeze River Canyon, Ethiopian Plateau deduced from New Apatite (U-Th)/He Ages. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 51, No. 5. doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-330782. (poster)

10. Whittle, M*. and Gani, N. D. 2019. River Bed Analysis in the Mammoth Cave Area, Kentucky. 49th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)

11. Bowden, S. Gani, N. D., vanSoest, M., Gani, M. R., and O’Sullivan, P. 2018. Unroofing history of the western Ethiopian Plateau: Insights from apatite (U-Th)/He and fission-track thermochronology. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 6. doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-319982. (talk)

12. Gani, N. D. Bowden, S. and vanSoest, M. 2018. Timing of the Blue Nile Canyon incision: An understanding from low-temperature thermochronology from northern and southern sections of the river. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 6 doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-320825. (poster)

13. Bowden, S. Gani, N. D., vanSoest, M., Gani, M. R., and O’Sullivan, P. 2018. Incision timing and its relationship to tectonic uplift and climate change: using thermochronology to unravel Ethiopia's past. 2018 Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting, Bowling Green, Kentucky. (talk)

14. Mattson, A., Gani, M.R., and Gani. N. D. 2018. Structural evolution of the north-central Gulf of Mexico: Implications from Salt tectonic modeling. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-321976. (poster)

15. Grigsby, J. Gani, N. D., Bowden, S. 2018. Tekeze River Incision Constrained from Apatite (U-Th)/He Dating. 2018 Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting, Bowling Green, Kentucky. (talk)

16. Bowden, S. Gani, N. D., Alemu, T., Abebe, B. and Tadesse, K. 2018. Evidence for East African Orogenic Transpression and Cenozoic Tension in Neoproterozoic Basement Rocks, Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau. AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 20-23, 2018. (poster)

17. Bowden, S. and Gani, N. D. 2018. Evidence for East African Orogenic Transpression and Extension in Neoproterozoic Basement Rocks, Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau. 48th Annual Western Kentucky University Student Research Conference, March 24th, 2018. (talk) Natural Sciences Session Winner.

18. Gani, N. D. and Bowden, S. 2017. Timing of exhumation of the Mesozoic Blue Nile Rift, Ethiopia: A new study from apatite fission track thermochronology. AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 11-15. (poster)

19. Scott, K.* and Gani, N. D. 2017. Neotectonics records in the Green River Basin: A new morpho-tectonic analysis of transient channels draining across the Rough Creek Graben, western Kentucky. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-301576. (poster)

20. Gani, N. D. and Crowe, E.* 2017. Mesoscale Extensional and Contractional Structures in the Rough Creek Graben, Midcontinent Rift, Central United States: An Integrated DEM Analysis, 3-D Structural Modeling and Field-Based Approach. AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article. #90291 ©2017 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, April 2-5, 2017. (poster)

21. Brown, K. N.* and Gani, N. D. 2017. Investigating en echelon fault systems on the surface of Mars to understand past strike-slip tectonics. 47th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)

22. Brown, K. N.* and Gani, N. D. 2016. Understanding tectonic processes from the distribution pattern and interaction of strike-slip faults and en echelon: A new study from the Solis Planum and Lunae Planum regions of the Valles Marineris plateaus in Mars. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 12-16 December. (poster)

23. Bhattarai, I., and Gani, N. D. 2016. Tectonic Signals Deduced from Quantitative Analysis of Geomorphic Parameters in Bedrock Rivers and Structural Mapping: A case study from the Surai Khola Siwalik Section, Nepalese Himalaya. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 12-16 December. (poster)

24. Flynn, H. D.* and Gani, N. D. 2016.Fault zone architecture and implication of 2-D observations along the Blue Nile Canyon, Ethiopian Plateau, East African Rift System. GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 48, No. 7 doi: 10.1130/abs/2016AM-285838 (talk) 25.   Brown, K. N.* and Gani, N. D. 2016b. Investigating en echelon fault systems on the surface of Mars to understand past strike-slip tectonics. National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Ashville, North Carolina, April 7-8. (poster)

25. Bhattarai, I., and Gani, N. D. 2015a. Quantitative geomorphic analysis and digital processing of Aster Imagery in the Siwalik Foreland Basin, Nepalese Himalaya: An investigation of landscape response to neotectonics. 46th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (talk)

26. Brown, K. N.* and Gani, N. D. 2015.Tectonic Activities on Mars: An Analysis of faults in the Valles Marineris graben system. 46th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)

27. Gani, N.D. and Neupane, P. 2015. Surface response dynamic topography within the Ethiopian Plateau, East African Rift System. GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 155. (poster) 

28. Bhattarai, I. and Gani, N. D. 2015. Revealing the link between tectonics, topography and Exhumation of the Siwalik Foreland Basin, Nepal, Himalaya: An integration of quantitative geomorphic analysis and detrital thermochronology. GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 158. (poster) 

29. Flynn, H. D.* and Gani, N. D. 2015. Understanding fault zone architecture and permeability structures in a rift setting: Normal faults from the Ethiopian Plateau, East African Rift System. GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 155. (poster) 

30. Gani, N. D., Blackburn, N. C., Moore, B. P.*, and van Soest, M. C. 2015. Timing of Upland Erosion for Petroleum System and Geodynamic Implications: An Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronologic Approach. AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90216 ©2015 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, May 31 - June 3, 2015. (talk) 

31. Stanley, B.* and Gani, N. D. 2015. Tectonic controls on the Devonian Shale Gas Plays along the Pine Mountain Thrust Fault System. AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90216 ©2015 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, May 31 - June 3, 2015. (poster) 

32. Bhattarai, I., and Gani, N. D. 2015. Thrust belt study in the Himalayan Foreland Basin- Nepal: An integrated approach of Remote Sensing and GIS. 45th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)

33. Moore, B. P.*, and Gani, N. D. Flynn, H. D.*, 2015. Normal faults on the Ethiopian Plateau:  An understanding of the geodynamics and fault zone permeability. 45th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)

34. Meservy, C.*, and Gani, N. D. 2015. Investigation of Apatite and Zircon Minerals for Thermochronologic Dating: A case study from the Siwalik Sandstones, Central Nepal, Himalaya. 45th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)

35. Gani, N.D., Blackburn, N. C. and van Soest, M. C. 2014. Understanding Landscape Exhumation from Apatite He Age Data Dispersion: An Example from the Ethiopian Plateau, East Africa, paper, EP21A-3524, AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. (poster) 

36. Neupane, P. C., Gani, M. R., Huang, Y. and Gani, N. D. 2014. Multi-System and Compound-Specific Isotopic Study of Neogene Vegetation and Climate Changes in the Siwalik Strata, Nepal Himalaya. AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. (poster)

37. Blackburn, N. C., Gani, N. D., van Soest, M.C., 2014. Apatite Helium thermochronology of the Blue Nile Canyon, Ethiopia. 2014 Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting, Lexington, Kentucky. (poster) 

38. Stanley, B.* and Gani, N. D. 2014. Tectonic controls on the Devonian Shale Gas Plays along the Pine Mountain Thrust Fault System, 2014 Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting, Lexington, Kentucky. (talk) 

39. Blackburn N. C., Gani, N. D., and van Soest, M.C., 2014. Cenozoic Incision of the Ethiopian Plateau from thermal modeling. GSA annual meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 46, No. 6, p. 442. (talk) 

40.  Gani, N. D. 2014. From Blue Nile to Blue Mind, water runs deep, 4th annual Blue Mind Summit, Cornwall, United Kingdom. (INVITED TALK). 

41. Kellogg, N.* and Gani N. D. 2014. Tracking detrital rock record to understand unroofing of the Himalayas in Nepal, National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Lexington, Kentucky, April 3-5, 2014. (poster) 

42. Crowe, E.* and Gani, N. D. 2014. Structural Modeling of Rough Creek Graben in Western Kentucky to better understand the tectonic evolution of North America’s Cratonic Interior: An Integration of GIS-Based DEM Analysis and Field Study, National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Lexington, Kentucky, April 3-5, 2014. (talk) 

Professional Commentary on Gani’s research 

• Book “In Motion: The Experience of Travel”: 2010. By Tony Hiss (much-praised author). Random House Digital, Inc., Aug 17, 2011, 352 pages. (Author devoted a few pages explaining our published idea on tectonic hypothesis of human evolution).

• Earth-Science Reviews: 2009. Corti, G. Continental rift evolution: From rift initiation to incipient break-up in the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa, 96, p 1-53.

• Continuum Magazine, 2008, University of Utah: “Evolution and Uplift" U of U geologists find harmony and insight in both personal and professional discovery.