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Academic and Professional Career:

± 1978: M.Sc.(Geology & Mining) Azerbaijan State University (Baku, former USSR)
± 1978-80: Geologist, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh
± 1983-84: Research Assistant, Geology, Australian National University (ANU)
± 1984: Ph.D. (Sedimentology) ANU, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia
± 1984-92: Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka
± 1992-97: Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka
± 1997: Professor, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Fields of Research:

] Major interests are in the fields of sedimentology/stratigraphy, and sedimentation and tectonics. Primary emphasis is on the sedimentary basin analysis: including interpretation of the palaeoenvironments and basin-fill history in relation to the structural evolution and tectonic framework of sedimentary basins. At present working on the sedimentation and basin-fill history of the Neogene clastic succession within the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh.

] Other areas of interest include modern fluvial sedimentology and geomorphology, and clastic sedimentary petrology.

Contact addresses:

Work:  Department of Geology                    Home:  335, Elephant Road            
            University of Dhaka                                       Dhanmondi
            Dhaka-1000, BANGLADESH                        Dhaka 1205, BANGLADESH

Research Interests:

„ During the past decade the main interest and focus of Dr. Alam's research has been on the facies and facies sequence analyses of the predominantly clastic Tertiary sedimentary succession exposed onland as well as in the subsurface of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh, in order to interpret the overall palaeogeographic settings and the depositional environments of the Neogene Surma Group and Tipam Group sediments within the basin. In recent years, particular emphasis has been on the onland clastic sedimentary sequences exposed in the Chittagong-Tripura Fold Belt (CTFB) of the southeastern Bengal Basin, as well as on the subsurface geology of the CTFB, and the Sylhet Trough in northeastern part of the Bengal Basin.

„ Over the past few years the main line of Dr. Alam's research has been to focus on understanding the depositional history of the Tertiary-Holocene sedimentary-fill of the Bengal Basin in the light of the evolving sequence stratigraphic concept as well as within the plate tectonic framework of evolution of the Bengal Basin.

„ Development of lithostratigraphic and allostratigraphic classifications for the Tertiary succession within the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh on the basis of detailed facies and facies sequence analyses of both the exposed onland successions and the subsurface core data, wireline log data, and seismic sections.

„ Development of a tectonic framework for the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh, in an effort to unveil the depositional history of the sedimentary basin-fill in relation to the three major tectonic provinces within the basin, namely – (i) the Stable Shelf in the northwest; (ii) the Central Deep Basin (including the Sylhet Trough in the northeast and the Hatia Trough in the south); and (iii) the Chittagong-Tripura Fold Belt in the east.

Selected Publications:

1. Alam, M.M., Crook, K.A.W. and Taylor, G. (1985): Fluvial herring-bone cross-stratification in modern tributary mouth bar, Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia. Sedimentology, 32, 235-244.

2. Alam, M.M. (1991a): Paleoenvironmental study of the Barail sediments exposed in northeastern Bangladesh. Bangladesh J. Sci. Res., 9(1), 25-33.

3. Alam, M.M. (1991b): Some distinctive aspects of braiding and anastomosing with reference to the Jamuna and Meghna Rivers in Bangladesh. J. Bangladesh Acad. Sci., 15(2), 95-100.

4. Alam, M.M. (1991c): Sedimentation on the channel banks in a multi-channel river system. Bangladesh J. Sci. Res., 9(2), 115-122.

5. Alam, M.M. (1992a): Sedimentation in modern anastomosed-fluvial environment: An example from the semi-arid eastern Australia. Dhaka Univ. Studies, 40(1), 31-38.

6. Alam, M.M. (1992b): Sedimentology of a large-scale sandy braided-fluvial system: The Jamuna River, Bangladesh. Bangladesh J. Sci. Res., 10(1), 79-88.

7. Alam, M.M. (1994): Study of proximal-distal relationships in a sandy braided-fluvial environment: Significance in paleofluvial interpretation. Dhaka Univ. J. Sci., 42(2), 159-166.

8. Alam, M.M. (1995): Tide-dominated sedimentation in the upper Tertiary succession of the Sitapahar anticline, Bangladesh. In: Flemming, B.W. & Bartholoma, A. (Eds.), Tidal Signatures in Modern and Ancient Sediments. Spec. Publ., Int. Assoc. Sediment., No. 24, 329-341.

9. Alam, M.M. and Ferdous, M.H.S. (1995): Lithofacies analysis and depositional environments of the Lichubagan Sandstone Formation in the Sitapahar anticline, southeastern Folded Belt of Bangladesh. J. Indian Assoc. Sediment., 14, 9-18.

10. Alam, M.M. (1996): Low-sinuosity braided-fluvial sedimentation model: A comparison of the Lichubagan Sandstone Formation (LS), Sitapahar anticline, and the Jamuna (Brahmaputra) River (JR), Bangladesh. Indian J. Earth Sci., 23, 13-19.

11. Alam. M.M. and Ferdous, M.H.S. (1996): Neogene clastic succession of the Sitapahar anticline, southeastern Bangladesh: An example of marine-continental transition. Dhaka Univ. Studies, 44(1), 43-52.

12. Huq, N.E., Rahman, S.H. and Alam, M.M. (1997): Sedimentology of bar-top sequence in the Jamuna River near its confluence with the Padma River. Bangladesh Geosci. J., 3, 1-18.

13. Alam, M.M. and Karim, S.M.R. (1997): Sedimentology of part of the Neogene succession in the Mirinja anticline, southeastern folded belt of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Geosci. J., 3, 19-32.

14. Alam, M.M. and Hoque, N. (1998): Channel pattern and sedimentation style in the Meghna River, Bangladesh: An example of a large-scale anastomosing system. J. Remote Sensing & Environment, 2, 71-85.

15. Gani, M.R. and Alam, M.M. (1999): Trench-slope controlled deep-sea clastics in the exposed lower Surma Group in southeastern fold belt of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh. Sediment. Geol., 127(3-4), 219-236.

16. Sultana D.N. and Alam, M.M. (2000): Facies analysis of the Surma Group succession in the subsurface of the Surma Basin, Bengal Basin, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Geosci. J., 6, 53-74.

17. ALAM, M.M. & CURRAY, J.R. (2002): Editorial: The curtain goes up a sedimentary basin in south-central Asia: Unveiling the sedimentary geology of the Bengal Basin of Bangladesh. In: Alam, M.M.  & Curray, J.R. (Eds.), Sedimentary geology of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh, in relation to the Asia-Greater India collision and the evolution of the eastern Bay of Bengal. Special Issue, Sediment. Geol., (in press).

18. ALAM, M., ALAM, M.M., CURRAY, J.R., CHOWDHURY, M.L.R. & GANI, M.R. (2002): An overview of the sedimentary geology of the Bengal Basin in relation to the tectonic framework and basin-fill history. In: Alam, M.M. & Curray, J.R. (Eds.), Sedimentary geology of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh, in relation to the Asia-Greater India collision and the evolution of the eastern Bay of Bengal. Special Issue, Sediment. Geol., (in press).

19. SIKDER, A.M. & ALAM, M.M. (2002): 2-D modelling of the anticlinal structures and structural development of the eastern fold belt of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh. In: Alam, M.M. & Curray, J.R. (Eds.), Sedimentary geology of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh, in relation to the Asia-Greater India collision and the evolution of the eastern Bay of Bengal. Special Issue, Sediment. Geol., (in press).

20. GANI, M.R. & ALAM, M.M. (2002): Sedimentation and basin-fill history of the Neogene clastic succession exposed in the southeastern fold belt of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh: A high-resolution sequence stratigraphic approach. In: Alam, M.M. & Curray, J.R. (Eds.), Sedimentary geology of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh, in relation to the Asia-Greater India collision and the evolution of the eastern Bay of Bengal. Special Issue, Sediment. Geol., (in press).