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{{short description|Geologist from Jammu and Kashmir}}
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'''G. M. Bhat''' (born 2 July 1959) is a geologist from [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India. He was the head professor at Department of Geology of [[University of Jammu|Jammu University]].<ref name="gk-2023">{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Syed Amjad |title=Geologists rule out sinking of land at Thathri in Doda |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/jammu/geologists-rule-out-sinking-of-land-at-thathri-in-doda |access-date=11 February 2023 |work=[[Greater Kashmir]] |language=en}}</ref>

In 2020, he was nominated as a member of the Scientific Board of Geoscience Programme (IGCP) by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).<ref name="de-2020">{{cite news |last1=Excelsior |first1=Daily |title=Prof G M Bhat nominated to Research Board for UNESCO, IUGS |url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/prof-g-m-bhat-nominated-to-research-board-for-unesco-iugs/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |work=[[Daily Excelsior]] |date=18 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

In addition to his work as a professor, Bhat has also served as the Head of the Geological Department at Jammu University.<ref name="gk-2023"/>

==Early life==
Ghulam M. Bhat was born on 2 July 1959 in [[Srinagar]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Prof. Ghulam M. Bhat: A Pioneer in the Field of Geology |url=https://www.tahirrihat.com/2017/12/prof-ghulam-m-bhat-pioneer-in-field-of.html |access-date=12 February 2023 |work=Tahir Rihat |date=11 December 2017}}</ref> He has received his Bachelor of Science degree from [[University of Kashmir|Kashmir University]] in Srinagar, India in 1979. He then went on to earn his Master of Science from [[University of Jammu|Jammu University]] in 1981 and his Master of Philosophy from the same institution in 1983. In 1987, he completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Jammu University.<ref>{{cite web |title=INDIAN RESEARCH INFORMATION NETWORK SYSTEM |url=https://jammuuniversity.irins.org/profile/64357#education_information_panel |website=irins.inflibnet.ac.in |access-date=12 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gm-career"/>

==Career==
G.M. Bhat started his career as a lecturer in higher education in Srinagar in 1986–1987. He then joined Jammu University in 1987 and served as a lecturer until 1992. He was promoted to senior lecturer in 1992 and served in this position until 1998. In 1997, he was designated as a reader in [[sedimentology]] and [[biostratigraphy]]. In 1999, he became a reader in the department of geology and geophysics at the University of Kashmir in Srinagar.<ref name="gm-career">{{cite book |title=Geoenvironment: Challenges Ahead |date=2009 |publisher=Macmillan Publishers India Limited |isbn=978-0-230-63909-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lhDmBzFCJSgC&dq=prof+GM+Bhat+geology+University+of+Kashmir&pg=PT2 |access-date=12 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

Throughout his career, Bhat has been an active member of various professional organizations. He has served as the chairman of the Siwalik Research Group and as the convener of the Convention of Indian Association Sedimentologists in 1999. He has also been the convener of the International Research Working Group on Mitigation of Natural Hazards in Jammu and Kashmir in 1999. Bhat has served as the head of the Geological Department at Jammu University.<ref name="de-2020"/>

In 2013, he was appointed as rector at Bhaderwah Campus of [[University of Jammu|Jammu University]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Prof G M Bhat Appointed Rector Of Bhaderwah Campus |url=https://kashmirlife.net/prof-g-m-bhat-appointed-rector-bhaderwah-campus-48436/ |access-date=12 February 2023 |work=[[Kashmir Life]] |date=15 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Civil Society hails efforts of Prof G M Bhat - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir |url=http://www.earlytimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=163986 |access-date=11 February 2023 |work=www.earlytimes.in |date=24 November 2015}}</ref>

==Works==
He has published numbers of articles and books, some of them are as follow;<ref>{{cite web |title=G M Bhat |url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=6MxEhCIAAAAJ&hl=en |website=scholar.google.co.in |publisher=[[Google Scholar]] |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref>

#"Petrogenesis of the flood basalts from the Early Permian Panjal Traps, Kashmir, India: Geochemical evidence for shallow melting of the mantle" (2014/9/1) by J Gregory Shellnutt, Ghulam M Bhat, Kuo-Lung Wang, Michael E Brookfield, Bor-Ming Jahn, Jaroslav Dostal.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shellnutt |first1=J. Gregory |last2=Bhat |first2=Ghulam M. |last3=Wang |first3=Kuo-Lung |last4=Brookfield |first4=Michael E. |last5=Jahn |first5=Bor-Ming |last6=Dostal |first6=Jaroslav |title=Petrogenesis of the flood basalts from the Early Permian Panjal Traps, Kashmir, India: Geochemical evidence for shallow melting of the mantle |journal=Lithos |date=2014 |volume=204 |pages=159–171 |doi=10.1016/j.lithos.2014.01.008 |bibcode=2014Litho.204..159S |url=https://www.academia.edu/13912933 |issn=0024-4937}}</ref>
#"No link between the [[Panjal Traps]] (Kashmir) and the Late Permian mass extinctions" (2011/10) by JG Shellnutt, GM Bhat, ME Brookfield, B‐M Jahn.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shellnutt |first1=J. G. |last2=Bhat |first2=G. M. |last3=Brookfield |first3=M. E. |last4=Jahn |first4=B.-M. |title=No link between the Panjal Traps (Kashmir) and the Late Permian mass extinctions: AGE OF THE PANJAL TRAPS |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |date=October 2011 |volume=38 |issue=19 |pages=n/a |doi=10.1029/2011GL049032 |s2cid=55300337 |url=https://www.academia.edu/1080906 |access-date=11 February 2023|doi-access=free }}</ref>
#"Two-stage marine anoxia and biotic response during the Permian–Triassic transition in Kashmir, northern India: pyrite framboid evidence" (2019/1/1) by Yuangeng Huang, Zhong-Qiang Chen, Thomas J Algeo, Laishi Zhao, Aymon Baud, Ghulam M Bhat, Lei Zhang, Zhen Guo.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Huang |first1=Yuangeng |last2=Chen |first2=Zhong-Qiang |last3=Algeo |first3=Thomas J. |last4=Zhao |first4=Laishi |last5=Baud |first5=Aymon |last6=Bhat |first6=Ghulam M. |last7=Zhang |first7=Lei |last8=Guo |first8=Zhen |title=Two-stage marine anoxia and biotic response during the Permian-Triassic transition in Kashmir, northern India: pyrite framboid evidence |journal=Global and Planetary Change |date=1 January 2019 |volume=172 |pages=124–139 |doi=10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.10.002 |bibcode=2019GPC...172..124H |s2cid=133980679 |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019GPC...172..124H/abstract |access-date=11 February 2023 |issn=0921-8181}}</ref>
#"Origin of the silicic volcanic rocks of the Early Permian Panjal Traps, Kashmir, India" (2012/12/12) by J Gregory Shellnutt, Ghulam M Bhat, Kuo-Lung Wang, Michael E Brookfield, Jaroslav Dostal, Bor-Ming Jahn.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shellnutt |first1=J. Gregory |last2=Bhat |first2=Ghulam M. |last3=Wang |first3=Kuo-Lung |last4=Brookfield |first4=Michael E. |last5=Dostal |first5=Jaroslav |last6=Jahn |first6=Bor-Ming |title=Origin of the silicic volcanic rocks of the Early Permian Panjal Traps, Kashmir, India |journal=Chemical Geology |date=12 December 2012 |volume=334 |pages=154–170 |doi=10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.10.022 |bibcode=2012ChGeo.334..154S |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0009254112005219 |access-date=11 February 2023 |language=en |issn=0009-2541|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
#"Hot springs and the geothermal energy potential of Jammu & Kashmir State, NW Himalaya, India" (2013/11/1) by J Craig, A Absar, G Bhat, G Cadel, M Hafiz, N Hakhoo, R Kasskari, J Moore, TE Ricchiuto, J Thurow, B Thusu.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Craig |first1=J. |last2=Absar |first2=A. |last3=Bhat |first3=G. |last4=Cadel |first4=G. |last5=Hafiz |first5=M. |last6=Hakhoo |first6=N. |last7=Kashkari |first7=R. |last8=Moore |first8=J. |last9=Ricchiuto |first9=T. E. |last10=Thurow |first10=J. |last11=Thusu |first11=B. |title=Hot springs and the geothermal energy potential of Jammu & Kashmir State, N.W. Himalaya, India |journal=Earth-Science Reviews |date=1 November 2013 |volume=126 |pages=156–177 |doi=10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.05.004 |bibcode=2013ESRv..126..156C |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012825213000949 |access-date=11 February 2023 |language=en |issn=0012-8252|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
#"Petroleum systems and hydrocarbon potential of the North-West Himalaya of India and Pakistan" (2018/12/1) by J Craig, N Hakhoo, GM Bhat, M Hafiz, MR Khan, R Misra, SK Pandita, BK Raina, J Thurow, B Thusu, W Ahmed, S Khullar.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Craig |first1=J. |last2=Hakhoo |first2=N. |last3=Bhat |first3=G. |last4=Hafiz |first4=M. |last5=Khan |first5=Muhammad Rustam |last6=Misra |first6=R. |last7=Pandita |first7=S. K. |last8=Raina |first8=B. K. |last9=Thurow |first9=J. |last10=Thusu |first10=B. |last11=Ahmed |first11=Waquar |last12=Khullar |first12=S. |title=Petroleum systems and hydrocarbon potential of the North-West Himalaya of India and Pakistan |journal=Earth-Science Reviews |date=2018 |volume=187 |pages=109–185 |doi=10.1016/J.EARSCIREV.2018.09.012 |bibcode=2018ESRv..187..109C |s2cid=135179390 |language=en}}</ref>
#"Geology and hydrocarbon potential of Neoproterozoic–Cambrian Basins in Asia: an introduction" (2012) by GM Bhat, J Craig, M Hafiz, N Hakhoo, JW Thurow, B Thusu, A Cozzi.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bhat |first1=G. M. |last2=Craig |first2=J. |last3=Thurow |first3=J. W. |last4=Thusu |first4=B. |last5=Cozzi |first5=A. |title=Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential of Neoproterozoic–Cambrian Basins in Asia |journal=Geological Society, London, Special Publications |date=1 January 2012 |volume=366 |url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsl/books/book/1938/Geology-and-Hydrocarbon-Potential-of |publisher=Geological Society of London |doi=10.1144/SP366 |language=en|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
#"Depositional environments and diagenesis of the kuldhar and Keera Dome carbonates (Late Bathonian–Early Callovian) of Western India" (2006/10/1) by AHM Ahmad, GM Bhat, M Haris Azim Khan.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ahmad |first1=A. H. M. |last2=Bhat |first2=G. M. |last3=Khan |first3=M. Haris Azim |title=Depositional Environments and Diagenesis of the Kuldhar and Keera Dome Carbonates (Late Bathonian Early Callovian) of Western India |journal=Journal of Asian Earth Sciences |date=1 October 2006 |volume=27 |issue=6 |pages=765–778 |doi=10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.06.013 |bibcode=2006JAESc..27..765A |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006JAESc..27..765A/abstract |issn=1367-9120}}</ref>
#Foundations: DN Wadia and his links with the Geology Department at the University of Jammu, India (2016) by E. R. Craig-Geen, GM Bhat, Jonathan Craig, Bindra Thusu.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Craig-Geen |first1=E. |last2=Bhat |first2=G |last3=Craig |first3=Jonathan |last4=Thusu |first4=Bindra |title=Foundations: DN Wadia and his links with the Geology Department at the University of Jammu, India |journal=Himalayan Geology |date=2016 |volume=37 |pages=67–71 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303009256}}</ref>
#Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential of Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Basins in Asia.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bhat |first1=G. M. |title=Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential of Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Basins in Asia |date=2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XI-Projtc9IC |access-date=11 February 2023 |publisher=Geological Society of London |isbn=9781862393462 |language=en}}</ref>
#Geoenvironment : challenges ahead.<ref>{{cite book |title=Geoenvironment: Challenges Ahead |date=2009 |publisher=Macmillan Publishers India Limited |isbn=978-0-230-63909-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lhDmBzFCJSgC |access-date=11 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
#Northwest Himalayan successions along Jammu-Srinagar transect : field guide.<ref name="wc-1">{{cite book |title=Northwest Himalayan successions along Jammu-Srinagar transect : field guide {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/824696836 |access-date=11 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

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