Dr. Shekar M
Senior Principal Scientist , Seismology
Research Area
Dr M. Shekar received B.Sc and M.Sc (Applied Electronics) degrees from the Osmania University, Ph.D is in Geophysics from Osmania University. Currently working as Principal Scientist in seismology group as instrumentation since March 2004. Dr Shekar’s research areas include installation, operation of seismic stations and seismic noise studies. He has done number of field works for aftershock studies, site response studies, crustal deformation(GPS) and pore pressure studies.
February 2022
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1. Jyotima K, M.Ravi Kumar, Pavan Kumar V, Shekar.M(2025) Indication of Fluid‐Driven Seismicity in the Palghar Region, India, from Local Earthquake Tomography , BSSA, Vol 115, 2, 489-504, IF2.9
2. Sivaram, M. Shekar, and Satish Saha (2025) Shear Wave Velocity Structure beneath Maitri station in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica from Joint Inversions of Rayleigh Wave Ellipticity, Multimode Surface Waves and Diffused Wave Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratios, Polar Science(Accepted), IF 2.0
3. Biswas. R, Vijayaraghavan. R Sharma A. N. S, Shekar. M and Suresh.G(2024) The effect of 2020 Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns on seismic ambient noise recorded in Eastern Dharwar region, south-eastern India, Env Earth Science, doi.org/10.1007/s12665-024-11669-0, IF3.0
4. Subhadra N and Shekar M (2024) The attenuation mechanism of high-frequency seismic waves in the Palghar swarm earthquake source area in Western India, Journal of Asian Earth Science 276(2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2024.106306 , IF2.4
5. M. Shekar, N. Subhadra and D. Srinagesh(2023)Coda Q from educational seismograph network around Koyna–Warna, western India, J. Earth Syst. Sci. (2023) 132:98, /doi.org/10.1007/s12040-023-02108-y, IF1.8
6. Prantik Mandal, D. Srinagesh, R. Vijayaraghavan, G. Suresh, B. Naresh, P. Solomon Raju, Aarti Devi, K. Swathi, Dhiraj K. Singh, D. Srinivas, Satish Saha, Shekar.M, A. N. S. Sarma, YVVBSN Murthy (2022) Seismic velocity imaging of the Kumaon–Garhwal Himalaya, India, Natural Hazards (2022) 111:2241–2260, doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-05135-4, IF3.7
7. Chandrani Singh, M.Shekar, Arun Singh, and R. K. Chadha(2012)Seismic Attenuation Characteristics along the Hi-CLIMB Profile in Tibet from Lg Q Inversion, BSSA, Vol. 102, No. 2, pp. 783–789, April 2012, doi: 10.1785/0120110145, IF 2.9
8. R.K. Chadha, Chandrani Singh, and M. Shekar(2008). Transient Changes in Well-Water Level in Bore Wells in Western India Due to the 2004 Mw 9.3 Sumatra Earthquake, BSSA, Vol. 98, No. 5, pp. 2553–2558, October 2008, doi: 10.1785/0120080952, IF2.9
9. R.K. Chadha, H.-J. Kuempel, M. Shekar(2008)Reservoir Triggered Seismicity (RTS) and well water level response in the Koyna–Warna region, India, Tectonophysics 456 (2008) 94–102, IF2.6
10. Harsh Gupta, Prantik Mandal, H.V.S.Satyanarayana, D.Shashidhar, B.Sairam, M. Shekar, Arun Singh, M.Kousalya, N.Purnachandra Rao and V. P. Dimri. " An earthquake of M~5 may occur at Koyna” by Current Science, Vol . 89. No5, 10 September 2005, 747-748 (2), IF1.0
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