LABANI RAY

DR. LABANI RAY

CSIR-NGRI, HYDERABAD, INDIA
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NGRI RESEARCH GROUP:
Heat flow Division
FIELD

OF

SPECIALIZATION:

Geothermics, Heat flow, Heat production, Crustal thermal structure of continental

lithosphere, Geothermal study, Thermophysical properties of rocks at high
temperature, Oceanic heat flow.

EDUCATION:
2002

Ph.D. Geophysics (Geothermics), Osmania Univ., Hyderabad, India

1997

M.Sc. Tech. Applied Geophysics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India

1994

B.Sc. Hons. Physics, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Scientist EI, CSIRHyderabad, India

National

Geophysical

Research

Institute,

03/07-03/11 Scientist C, CSIRHyderabad, India

National

Geophysical

Research

Institute,

03/04-03/07 Scientist B, CSIRHyderabad, India

National

Geophysical

Research

Institute,

03/11-

06/03-03/04 CSIR Research Associate, CSIR- National Geophysical Research

Institute, Hyderabad, India
04/02-06/03 DST Research Scholar, CSIR- National Geophysical Research
Institute, Hyderabad, India
04/99-04/02 CSIR Senior Research Fellow,
Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

CSIR-

National

Geophysical

10/97-04/99 NGRI Project Fellow, CSIR- National Geophysical Research Institute,

Hyderabad, India

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VISITING POSITIONS:
04/04 -10/04 Visiting Scientist, GeoForszungZentrum, Potsdam (GFZ), Germany
07/08-06/09 Postdoc BOYSCAST Fellowship, ERI, Univ. Tokyo, Japan.

MEMBERSHIP:
Life Member of Indian Geophysical Union (IGU), India
Life Member of Association of Exploration Geophysics (AEG), India
Life Member of Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG), India
Life Member of Japan Geophysical Union (JpGU), Japan
Current NGRI Committees:

Issuing Authority for DPM, ISO 9001 from 2008.

AWARDS AND HONORS:
Listed in Marqus Whos Who in the World 2010
BOYSCAST Fellowship (2008-2009) by Department of Science and Technology, Govt.
of India.
Best Ph.D. thesis award in Geophysics from India in 2002 by Oil and Natural gas
Corporation and Association of Exploration Geophysicists.
GATE qualified in 1997
UGC Scholarship of Govt. of India (during M.Sc. Tech, 3rd year)
PH.D. ADVISOR:
Dr. R. Umamaheswara Rao, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India
SCIENTISTS WITH WHOM I HAVE COLLABORATED (OUTSIDE NGRI):
Current
Prof. Yamano Makoto, ERI, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Y. Kawada ERI, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Dr. H. Hamamoto, ERI, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Andrea Frster, GeoForszungzentrum, Potsdam (GFZ), Germany
Dr. H.-J. Frster, GeoForszungzentrum, Potsdam (GFZ), Germany
Past
Dr. Andrea Frster, GeoForszungzentrum, Potsdam (GFZ), Germany
Dr. H.-J. Frster, GeoForszungzentrum, Potsdam (GFZ), Germany
Dr. Frank. R. Schilling, GeoForszungzentrum, Potsdam (GFZ), Germany
(Presently at University of Karlsruhe, Germany)

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NGRI Collaborators (present and past):

T. HARINARAYANA and his MT group

PUBLICATIONS
SCI Publications:
2014
1. Labani Ray, Y. Kawada, H. Hamamoto, M. Yamano, Multiple-scale hydrothermal
circulation in 135 Myr old Japan Trench: Evidence revealed by numerical models
constrained with heat flow observations (submitted in GJIunder review)
2. Labani Ray, H.-J. Frster, A. Frster, S. Fuchs, R. Naumann, O. Appelt,Thermal
properties of the lower continental crust: calculated versus measured thermal
conductivity of high-grade metamorphic rocks from the Southern Granulite Province,
India (submitted in GJIunder review)
3. Labani Ray, F. R. Schilling, H.-J. Frster, A. Frster, A new approach to determine

temperature dependence of thermal conductivity from temperature dependence of

thermal diffusivity: Case study on high-grade metamorphic rocks (submitted in G3
under review)
2012
1. Nagaraju Podugu, Labani Ray, G. Ravi, Vyasulu V. Akkiraju, Sukanta Roy,
Geothermal investigations in the Upper Vindhyan sedimentary rocks of Shivpuri
area, central India, J. Geol. Soc. India, 80, 39-47, 2012.
2008
2. Ray Labani, S. Roy and R. Srinivasan, High radiogenic heat production in the
Kerala Khondalite Block, Southern Granulite Province, India, Int J Earth Sci (Geol
Rundsch), doi: 10.1007/s00531-007-0278-8, 2008.
3. Roy Sukanta, Labani Ray, Anurup Bhattacharya, R. Srinivasan, Heat flow and
crustal thermal structure in the Late Archaean Closepet Granite batholith, south
India, Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch), doi: 10.1007/s00531-007-0239-2, 2008.
2007
4. Ray Labani, A. Bhattacharya and S. Roy, Thermal Conductivity of Higher Himalayan
Crystallines
from
Grahwal
Himalaya,
India,
Tectonophysics,
doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2007.02. 003, 434, 71-79, 2007.

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2006
5. Ray Labani, H.-J. Frster, F.R. Schilling and A. Frster, Thermal diffusivity of felsic
to mafic granulites at elevated temperatures, Earth and Planetary Science Letters,
doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.010, 251, 241-253, 2006.
2003
6. Ray Labani, P. S. Kumar, G.K. Reddy, S. Roy, G.V. Rao, R. Srinivasan, and R.U.M.
Rao, High mantle heat flow in a Precambrian granulite province: Evidence from
Southern India, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (B2), 2084, doi:10.1029/
2001JB000688, pp. ETG 6-1 to 6-13, 2003.

Non-SCI Publications:
2007
7. Ray Labani, H.-J. Frster, F.R. Schilling and A. Frster, Thermal diffusivity of
granulite rocks at elevated temperatures, DCS-DST Newsletter v. 17, No. 2, August
2007.
8. Roy S., Labani Ray, Anurup Bhattacharya and R. Srinivasan, New heat flow data
from deep boreholes in the greentone-granite-gneiss and gneiss-granulite provinces
of south India, DCS-DST Newsletter, v. 17, No. 1, Jan. 2007.
2003
9. Roy S, Labani Ray, P. S. Kumar, G.K. Reddy and R. Srinivasan, Heat Flow and Heat
Production in the Precambrian Gneiss-granulite province of Southern India, Memoir
Geological Society of India, No. 50, 177-191, 2003.
2001
10.Rao, R.U.M, R. Srinivasan, S. Roy, G.K. Reddy, G.V. Rao, Labani Ray and P.
Senthil Kumar, Geothermal regime and radioelemental distribution in the southern
granulite province, South India. Deep Continental Studies in India, Newsletter,
Department of Science and Technology. Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 7-10, 2001.
2000
11.Ray Labani, P. S. Kumar, G.K. Reddy, S. Roy, G.V. Rao, R. Srinivasan, and R.U.M.
Rao, Geothermal regime of Southern Granulite Province, Peninsular India, The
Indian Mineralogist, v. 34, No. 1, p.19, 2000.
1999
12.Rao, R.U.M., R. Srinivasan, G.K. Reddy, S. Roy, Labani Ray, and P. Senthil Kumar,
Geothermal regime and radioelemental distribution in the Southern Granulite

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Terrane, Deep continental studies in India, Deep Continental Studies in India,

Newsletter, Department of Science and Technology, Vol. 9, pp.14-15, 1999.

ABSTRACT
2011
1. Nagaraju, P., Labani Ray, G. Ravi, A.V. Vyasulu, S.P. Singh, Sukanta Roy,
Radiogenic Heat Production in the Bundelkhand craton, Centra India: Implications
on Crustal Thermal Structure at the 48th Annual Convention of the Indian
Geophysical Union on Modern Trends in Geophysical Exploration of Continental
Margins of India and adjoining Seas held at Visakhapatnam during 20-22 December,
2011.
2010
2. Nagaraju, P., Labani Ray, G. Ravi, A.V. Vyasulu, S.P. Singh, Sukanta Roy,
Radioelemental Abundances and Heat Production in Bundelkhand Craton, Central
India, National Symposium on Geology and Mineral Resources of undelkhand
Craton (GMRB) held at Jhansi, India, Oct 8-10, 2010.
3.Yamano, M., H. Hamamoto, Y. Kawada, Labani Ray, Heat flow distribution in the
northern Japan Trench area and temperature anomaly in the upper part of the
Pacific plate, Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU), Chiba, Tokyo, Japan, May 23-28,
2010.
2009
4. Yamano, M., H. Hamamoto, Y. Kawada, Y. Masaki, and Labani Ray, High heat flow
anomaly on the seaward slope of the Japan Trench, Petit-spot workshop, Japan,
Nov. 30Dec. 01, 2009.
5. Hamamoto, H, M Yamano, A. Takahashi, K. Baba, Y. Kawada, Labani Ray, Closelyspaced heat flow measurements around a petit-spot volcano, Japan Geophysical
Union (JpGU), Chiba, Tokyo, Japan, 17-20 May, 2009.
2008
6. S. Roy, Labani Ray, R. Srinivasan, Heat flow in the Indian shield, IGC, Oslo, Noway,
Aug 6-14, 2008.
7. Roy S., Labani Ray, Thermal Structure of Precambrian Terrains: Major Challenges,
Tectonics of the Indian Subcontinent (TOIS), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, 3-6 March,
2008.
8. Ray Labani, S. Roy, R. Srinivasan, Radiogenic heat production of granulite facies
rocks, southern India, Indian Science Congress Association, Vishakapatnam, 3-7
Jan 2008.

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9. Roy S., Labani Ray, Thermal Models for the Indian Shield: Challenges Ahead,
Indian Science Congress Association, Vishakapatnam, 3-7 Jan 2008.
2007
10. Ray Labani, H.-J. Frster, F.R. Schilling and A. Frster, Thermal diffusivity of
granulite rocks at elevated temperatures, International Union of Geodesy and
Geophysics Meeting, Perugia, July 2-13, 2007.
11. Roy, S., Labani Ray and R. Srinivasan new heat flow data in the indian shield:
implications for mantle heterogeneity beneath different terranes, International
Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Meeting, Perugia, July 2-13, 2007.
2006
12. Roy, S., Labani Ray, Anurup Bhattacharya and R. Srinivasan, Heat flow and crustal
thermal structure in southern Indian shield: New data from deep boreholes, Sixth
International Meeting on Heat Flow and Structure of the Lithosphere, Bykov,
Czech Republic, June 5-10, 2006.
13. Roy, S. and Labani Ray, Temperature dependence of thermal conductivity for rocks
comprising the middle and lower continental crust: Implications for modeling thermal
structure of the lithosphere, Sixth International Meeting on Heat Flow and
Structure of the Lithosphere, Bykov, Czech Republic, June 5-10, 2006.
14. Roy, S., Labani Ray and R. Srinivasan, New heat flow data in the Indian shield,
American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 10-15, 2006.
2005
15 Roy, S. and Labani, Thermal structure of Precambrian terrains: Current approaches,
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society's 2nd Annual Meeting, Suntec Singapore,
June 20-24, 2005.
2004
16. Labani Ray and S. Roy, Thermal Structure of Precambrian Terranes from Heat
Flow and Heat Production data: Example from the Indian shield, 5th Asian
Seismological Commission General Assembly, Yerevan, Armenia, Oct.18-21,
2004.
17. Roy, S., and Labani Ray, Subsurface temperature regime in a part of the western
Himalayas, India, 5th Asian Seismological Commission General Assembly,
Yerevan, Armenia, Oct.18-21, 2004.
18. Roy, S.., Labani Ray and Anurup Bhattacharya, Subsurface temperature regime in
a part of the western Himalayas, India, 17th International workshop on
Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth, Hyderabad India, Oct 18-23, 2004.

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19. Roy, S., and Labani Ray, Subsurface temperature regime in a part of the western
Himalayas, India, International workshop on New and Classical applications of
heat flow studies, Aachen Germany, Oct. 2-5, 2004
2003
20. Roy, S., Labani Ray, P. Senthil Kumar, G.K. Reddy and R. Srinivasan, Heat flow
data in the Indian shield: Interpretation for crustal thermal structure, IUUG Meeting,
Sapporo, Japan, June, 2003.
21. Roy, S., P. Senthil Kumar, Labani Ray, G.K. Reddy, Rajiv Menon and R.
Srinivasan, Heat flow and heat production in the southern Indian shield: New data
and interpretation, IUUG Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, June, 2003.
2001
22.S. Roy, P. Senthil Kumar, Labani Ray, G.K. Reddy and R. Srinivasan, Heat Flow in
the Southern Indian Precambrian Granite-greenstone and Geniss-granulite
provinces: New data and Interpretation, Abstract Vol., Fifth International Meeting on
Heat Flow and Structure of the Lithosphere, Kostelec, Czech Republic, pp. 64,
June, 2001.
2000
23.Labani Ray, P. Senthil Kumar, G.K. Reddy, S. Roy, G.V. Rao, R. Srinivasan, and
R.U.M. Rao, Geothermal regime of the Northern part of the Southern Granulite
Province of India: Evidence for higher mantle heat flow, Abstract Vol., 3rd Asian
Seismological Commission General Assembly, Tehran, Iran, October, 2000.
1999
24.Labani Ray, P. Senthil Kumar, S. Roy, G.K. Reddy, R. Srinivasan and R.U.M. Rao,
Charnockites of Southern Granulite Provice: Radioelements and Radiogenic Heat
production, Abstract Vol, The Annual convention of Indian Geophysical Union,
Pondicherry, India, December, 1999.
1998
25.Labani Ray, P. Senthil Kumar, S. Roy, G.K. Reddy, R. Srinivasan and R.U.M. Rao,
Heat producing elements in some major rock formations along KrishnagiriKanyakumari Transect, Southern Granulite Province, India, Abstract Vol., 2nd Asian
Seismological Commission General Assembly, Hyderabad, India, December,
1998.

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TECHNICAL REPORT
1.

Roy S., Labani Ray, and A. Bhattacharya, Examination of subsurface temperature

regime along the proposed tunnel alignment in Loharinag-Pala hydro power project,
Uttaranchal. Submitted to Water and Power Consultancy Services (India) Limited,
New Delhi. Technical Report No. NGRI-2006-EXP-525, 2005

2. Roy S., Labani Ray, A Bhattacharya and R. Srinivasan, Comparison of heat flow
and heat production regimes in the eastern and western parts of Dharwar Craton,
southern India. Submitted to Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
Technical Report No. NGRI-2005-LITHOS-495, 2005.
3. Roy S., and Labani Ray, Examination of subsurface temperature regime along the
proposed tunnel alignment in Tapovan-Vishnugad hydro power project, Uttaranchal.
Project Completion Report submitted to Water and Power Consultancy Services
(India) Limited, New Delhi, 2004.
4. Rao, R.U.M., R. Srinivasan, G.K.Reddy, S.Roy, Labani Ray, and P. Senthil Kumar,
Geothermal regime and radioelemental distribution in the Southern Granulite
Terrane, Submitted to the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India,
February, 2000.
5. Rao, G.V., Sukanta Roy, Labani Ray, G.K.Reddy, G.Ramacharyulu, and R.U.M.
Rao, Geothermal gradient, Thermal Conductivity, Heat flow and Radioelemental
studies in the Kokkilimedu area, Tamil Nadu, Submitted to the The Bhabha Atomic
Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai, December, 1999.

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EXTERNAL PROJECTS AS PL/CO-PL (PRESENT AND PAST)

Funding Agency
Shallow subsurface
imaging of India for
resource exploration
(SHORE)

Supra Institutional
Project (SIP)

Project/Investigators
Delineation of areas with anomalous high
temperatures towards exploration of nonconventional geothermal energy resources

Period

2013-2018

(work as a Co-PI)
Thermal Structure of the Bundelkhand Craton
and its Geodynamic implication

2009-2012

(work as a Co-PI)
Water Power
Consultancy Services
Limited, New Delhi
(WAPCOS)

Examination of subsurface temperature

regime along the proposed tunnel alignment
in Loharinag-Pala hydro power project,
Uttaranchal.

2004-2005

(work as a Co-PI)
Water Power
Consultancy Services
Limited, New Delhi
(WAPCOS)

Examination of subsurface temperature

regime along the proposed tunnel alignment
in Tapovan-Vishnugad hydro power project,
Uttaranchal.

2003-2004

(work as a Co-PI)
Department of Science
and Technology (DST)

Comparison of heat flow and heat production

regimes in the eastern and western parts of
Dharwar Craton, southern India.

2001-2004

(work as a member)
Bhava Atomic Research Geothermal gradient, Thermal Conductivity,
Center (BARC)
Heat flow and Radioelemental studies in the
Kokkilimedu area, Tamil Nadu, India, 19961999
(work as a member)

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1998-2000