Bahria University

PROF. DR. ASIF INAM

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Email	principal.bsmas@bahria.edu.pk
Phone Ext.	0219924002-6
Research Areas / Expertise	Marine Sciences & Oceanography

Publications

Journals

• Holocene organic geochemical record from the Western Indus continental shelf (northern Arabian Sea) | The Holocene
• Concentration, distribution and sources of perfluoroalkyl substances and organochlorine pesticides in surface sediments of the northern Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea and adjacent Arctic Ocean. | Chemosphere
• Geochemistry and Sedimentary Sources of the Surface Sediments from the Continental Shelf off the Indus Delta, Pakistan | Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences
• Evaluation of marine sediment contamination by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons along the Karachi coast, Pakistan, 11 years after the Tasman Spirit oil spill. | Chemosphere
• Empirical estimation of suspended solids concentration in the Indus Delta Region using Landsat-7 ETM+ imagery | Journal of Environmental Management
• Seismic volcanostratigraphy of the western Indian rifted margin: The pre-Deccan igneous province | Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth
• Thermal regime of the northwest Indian rifted margin – Comparison with predictions | Marine and Petroleum Geology
• Cenozoic mud volcano activity along the Indus Fan: offshore Pakistan | Basin Research
• Anomalous subsidence on the rifted volcanic margin of Pakistan: No influence from Deccan plume | Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Recent morphodynamics of the Indus delta shore and shelf | Continental Shelf Research
• Distribution of surface sediments off Indus delta on the continental shelf of Pakistan | Pakistan Journal of Marine Sciences
• Seasonal variation of oceanographic processes in Indus river estuary | Mausam
• Climate change and role of anthropogenic impact on the stability of Indus deltaic Eco-region | Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences
• An assessment of nutrient, sediment and carbon fluxes to the Indus Delta | Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences
• Impact of reduction in upstream fresh water and sediment discharge in Indus deltaic region | Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences
• Gas and Fluid venting at the Makran Accretionary wedge off Pakistan | Geo-Marine Letters
• Sea-Level Rise in Pakistan: Recommendations for Strengthening Evidence-Based Coastal Decision-Making | Hydrology
• Active mud volcanoes on- and offshore eastern Makran, Pakistan | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
• Post-Covid Scenario of Container| Market: Impact of The Scarcity of Empty Shipping Containers Over High Prices of Commodities In the Global Supply Chain Environment | Journal of Nautical Eye Strategic Studies
• Geochemical Soil Survey for the Exploration of Uranium ore Deposits, NE Vogelkop, Irian Jaya, Indonesia | Yingyong Kexue Xuebao Journal of Applied Sciences
• Exploring Factors Shaping Resilience in Maritime Supply Chains and Their Effects on Supply Chain Customer Value: Insights from the Pharmaceutical Sector | Pakistan Business Review
• Distribution and Sources of Organic Matter in Surface Sediments of the Karachi Coast, Pakistan | Journal of Ocean University of China
• Integrating Molecular and Chemical Analyses for Assessing Blue Swimmer Crab Portunus Health and Genetic Diversity in Pakistani Coastal Waters | Pakistan Journal of Zoology
• ECO-FRIENDLY DRUG DEVELOPMENT: UTILIZING ETH NOPHARMACOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND MARINE RESOURCES | Journal of Medical & Health Sciences Review
• Editorial: Special Issue on Frontiers in Marine Geology and Geophysics Along the Maritime Silk Road | Journal of Ocean University of China
• Sedimentary Configuration Evolution and Controlling Factors of Channel-Levee Systems in the Offshore Indus Basin | Journal of Ocean University of China
• Blue Pharmacy: Marine Biodiversity as a Sustainable Source of Novel Therapeutics | Multidisciplinary Surgical Research Annals

Conferences

• Meandering Channel-Levee Systems and Sand Distribution Patterns on the Indus Deep-Sea Fan: Implications for Exploration and Production in Passive Margins Mud-Rich Turbidite Systems | Asia Petroleum Geoscience Conference & Exhibition (APGCE), Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), Malaysia
• Extension of Continental Shelf – Challenges for the developing and under developed Coastal States | Third International Symposium on Scientific and Legal Aspects of the Regimes of the Continental Shelf and the Area
• The initiation, development and degradation of Indus Delta through time. | EMECS-8 International Conference, Shanghai China
• Complications in the identification and mapping of the Foot of the Slope on the Indus Submarine Fan | American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting at San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Survival of Mangroves in the coastal belt of Pakistan with special reference to Indus River | An International Conference on DELTAS (Mekong Venue): Geological Modeling and ManagementAt: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• THE ISSUE OF COASTAL EROSION AND ACCRETION ALONG MAKRAN COAST OF PAKISTAN | INOC-CNRS, International Conference on “Land-Sea Interactions in the Coastal Zone” Jounieh - LEBANON
• Nutrient Budget calculated for the Indus River and Delta System | An Assessment of Nutrient, Sediment and Carbon Fluxes to the Coastal Zone in South Asia and their Relationship to Human Activities
• United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030: Challenges to Sustainable Shipping, Logistics & Supply Chain in Pakistan | 11th CPEC Sustainable Shipping, Logistics & Supply Chain Summit & Exhibition on October 7, 2021 at Marriott-Karachi
• CLIMATE CHANGE, SEA-LEVEL RISE, AND A NEED FOR NEW URBAN PLANNING FOR COASTAL CITIES OF PAKISTAN | PIMEC, Karachi
• Blue Economy and Ocean Governance – From Pakistan’s Perspective | World Maritime Day
• Pakistan's potential in seabed resources - Challenges and opportunities | MASEW 6
• High input and low input turbidite systems: examples from the Indus Fan and the Bering Sea Basin. | 13th International Sedimentological Congress, University of Nottingham
• Determination of Dioxins, dioxin-like PCBs and Flame Retardants (PBDEs) in Sediments Collected in Pakistan | Dioxin 2004
• HYDROCARBON POTENTAIL OF THE ARABIAN SEA – ANDAN UPDATE ON THE LATEST RESEARCH ACTIVITIES | MSEW 2018

Books

• Gas Hydrate Geology of the Makran Accretionary Prism, Northwest Indian Ocean