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17 June 2025

Department of Geology

       The Department of Geology was established in Central University of Kerala under the School of Earth Science Systems in August 2016. The department had its humble beginning at the temporary building of Vidyanagar campus. The Department was formally inaugurated on 5th September 2016 by Dr. Ganesha Raj, General Manager, RRSC-S, ISRO, Bangalore. The department shifted to a permanent building ‘Sabarmati Block’ in June 2018.

Inauguration of the Department of Geology

Inauguration of the Department of Geology

     The first batch of post-graduate students (2016-18) passed out in August 2018. Presently the department has an intake capacity of 30 and runs the credit-based course of M.Sc. Geology. At present, the department has four faculty members specializing in different areas of Geology such as Petrology, Geochemistry, Structural Geology, Quaternary palaeoclimate, Micropaleontology, Environmental magnetism, Paleomagnetism, Remote Sensing and GIS. The faculty members are actively engaged in research in these thrust areas. The Department of Geology is in the process of upgrading its facilities and developing new laboratories. The curriculum includes contents from the syllabus of various competitive examinations such as UGC-CSIR NET and UPSC Geologists and GATE. It also includes recent innovations and practices adopted by the industry especially in the fields of Petroleum exploration, Geotechnical, Energy and Mineral exploration. The curriculum of M.Sc. Geology Program contains extensive fieldwork, geological mapping, mine visits and it is designed in such a way that it is easier for the students to adapt to the role of professional Geologists and Geo-scientists.

Vision

To become an international centre of excellence in Geoscience education and research.

Mission

  • To provide quality education in geosciences within the framework of School of Earth Science Systems and Central University of Kerala.
  • To instil research aptitude among students, equip and train them for the role of professional geologists, geo-scientists and academicians.
  • To develop as a research centre on par with the international standards benefitting scientific community, general public and society as a whole.
  • To foster basic scientific knowledge about the earth and apply it to societal problems.

Department of Geology

The Department of Geology is in the process of upgrading its facilities and developing new laboratories.

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 Geological Field mapping program (04-04-2022-10-04-2022) for II MSc Geology students at Kaladgi Basin, Bagalkot in Karnataka, under the guidance of Dr. Pratheesh P and Dr. Chandan Kumar B.  

Department of Geology

The Department of Geology is in the process of upgrading its facilities and developing new laboratories.

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MSc Geology
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Department of Geology

The Department of Geology is in the process of upgrading its facilities and developing new laboratories.

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Prof. T. R. K. Chetty
Professor
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Dr. Pratheesh P
Associate Professor
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Dr. Sijin Kumar A V
Associate Professor
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Dr. Sandeep K
Associate Professor
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Dr. Chandan Kumar Boraiaha
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Selvaraj Kandasamy
Associate Professor
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Department of Geology

The Department of Geology is in the process of upgrading its facilities and developing new laboratories.

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Publications
  1. Reshma, K.V., Sandeep, K., Warrier, A.K., Srinivas Bikkina, Jithin Jose, Aravind, G.H., Yamuna, A.S., Gayathri, S.J., Rajveer Sharma, Reji Srinivas, Karunakara, N. and Sudeep Kumara, K.,(2025)."Paleorainfall during the past two millennia in the Western Ghats, south-western India: Evidence from a multi-proxy lacustrine sedimentary record",Quaternary International,725-726, 109740

  2. Gayathri, N.M., Sreevidya, E., Sijinkumar, A.V., Nagender Nath, B., Sandeep K., Kurian, P.J. and Pankaj, K.,(2025)."Last 15 ka record of water column changes associated with Indian summer monsoon variability from the northeastern Bay of Bengal",Quaternary International,723, 109713

  3. Mahidev, R.S., Aravind, G.H., Sandeep, K., Arya, S., Santosh, M. and Shaji, E.,(2024)."Microplastics in freshwater lakes: A case study from Southern India",Geosystems and Geoenvironment,3(4), 100306

  4. Yamuna, A.S., Vyshnav, P., Warrier, A.K., Manoj, M.C., Sandeep, K., Kawsar, M., Joju, G.S. and Sharma, R.,(2024)."Increasing frequency of extreme climatic events in southern India during the Late Holocene: Evidence from lake sediments",Quaternary International,707, 13-23

  5. Aravind, G.H., Rafaz, A.K., Sandeep, K., Badesab, F., Warrier, A.K., Sijinkumar, A.V., Rajveer Sharma, Mahesh, B.S., Karunakara, N., Sudeep Kumara, K., Reji Srinivas, Venkateshwarlu, M. and Prakash, R.J.,(2024)."A multi-proxy lacustrine sedimentary record of sub-decadal to decadal scale variability of monsoon during the late Holocene in southern India",Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,270, 106196

  6. Reethu, M., Jyothi, V., Sandeep K., Rafaz, A.K., Aravind, G.H., Jithin, J.,(2023)."Rock Magnetic and Mineralogical Properties of Lateritic Soil Profiles Developed on Two Different Parent Rocks in Northern Kerala, South-Western India",Journal of Geosciences Research,8(2), 110-117

  7. Reethu, M., Sandeep, K., Sebastian, G.J., Warrier, A.K., Aravind, G.H., Rafaz, A.K., Jose, J., Akshay, R., Suhaiba, V.V.,(2023)."Mineral magnetic properties of Ultisol profiles from tropical southern India.",Geosciences Journal,27, 581-598

  8. Reethu, M., Biswajit, R., Aravind, G.H., Rafaz, A.K., Sandeep K., Sijinkumar, A.V., Warrier, A.K.,(2023)."A first report on the spatial and temporal variability of microplastics in coastal soils of an urban town in south-western India: Pre- and post-COVID scenario.",Marine Pollution Bulletin,190, 114888

  9. Sandeep, K., Athira, A.S., Arshak, A.A., Reshma, K.V., Aravind, G.H. and Reethu, M.,(2023)."Geoelectrical and hydrochemical characteristics of a shallow lateritic aquifer in southwestern India.",Geosystems and Geoenvironment,2(2), 100147

  10. Sreevidya, E., Sijinkumar, A.V., Nath, B.N., Ammoose, K.J., Kurian, P.J., Pankaj, K., Sreelakshmi, M.M., Shravan, S,(2023)."A ∼ 50 kyr record of carbonate (pteropods) preservation from the Laccadive Sea, Northern Indian Ocean",Marine Geology,455, 106958

  11. Q.Q. Liu, Selvaraj Kandasamy, W.D. Zhai, H. Wang, V. Yoganandan, A. Gao, C.T.A. Chen,(2022)."Temperature is a better predictor of stable carbon isotopic compositions of marine particulates than dissolved CO2 concentration",Communications Earth & Environment,3:303

  12. V. Yoganandan, B. Monisha, K. Selvaraj,(2022)."A study on the association between climate and Corona Virus outspread in South Indian states",Journal of Climate Change,8, 11‒17

  13. Dash, C., Shankar, R., Pati, P., Jose, J., Seong, Y.B., Dhal, S.P., Manjunatha, B.R., Sandeep, K.,(2022)."An environmental magnetic record of Holocene climatic variability from the Chilika Lagoon, Southern Mahanadi Delta, east coast of India.",Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,230, 105190

  14. V. Yoganandan, R.S. John Bose, K. Selvaraj,(2022)."Local knowledge of coastal population to sea level rise and climate change – A case study in fisherman community, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India",Journal of Climate Change,8, 23-34

  15. Thattantavide Anju, Pratheesh Prabhakar, Sajana Sreedharan, Ajay Kumar,(2022)."Nutritional, antioxidant and dietary potential of some traditional leafy vegetables used in ethnic culinary preparations",Food Control,141 (2022),109161

  16. Sarunlal, M.A., Sijinkumar, A.V., Nath, B.N., Sandeep, K., Badesab, F,(2022)."Environmental magnetic records of the sediments from the Andaman Sea: Evidence for late Quaternary changes in provenance and monsoon",IEEE Xplore,doi: 10.1109/OCEANSChennai45887.2022.9775135.

  17. Sarunlal, M.A., Sijinkumar, A.V., Nath, B.N., Sandeep, K., Badesab, F.,(2022)."Environmental magnetic records of the sediments from the Andaman Sea: Evidence for late Quaternary changes in provenance and monsoon.",IEEE Xplore,1-9

  18. S. You, P.S. Loh, Z. Li, H. Qin, S. Pradit, T.P. Quynh Le, C. Oeurng, C.H. Rahim Mohamed, C.W. Lee, X.X. Lu, G.Z. Anshari, S. Kandasamy, J. Wang, L. Ji and J. Guo,(2022)."Geochemical behavior of sedimentary phosphorous species in northernmost artificial mangroves in China",Forests,13, 610

  19. S. Pradit, P. Noppradit, P.S. Loh, T. Nitratsuwan, T.P. Quynh Le, C. Oeurng, C.H. Rahim Mohamed, C.W. Lee, X.X. Lu, G.Z. Anshari, S. Kandasamy, J. Wang,(2022)."The occurrence of microplastics in sediment cores from two mangrove areas in southern Thailand",Journal of Marine Science and Engineering,10, 418

  20. Gayathri, N.M., Sijinkumar A V., Nagender Nath, B., Sandeep K.,(2022)."A ~ 30 kyr multi-decadal to centennial Indian summer monsoon variability record from the southern Andaman Sea, northeastern Indian Ocean.",Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology,590, 110865

  21. 2. Gayathri, N.M., Sijinkumar, A.V., Nath, B.N., Sandeep, K., Wei, K.Y,(2022)."A ~ 30 kyr sub-centennial to millennial Indian summer monsoon variability record from the southern Andaman Sea, northeastern Indian Ocean",Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,590, 110865

  22. Sandeep, K., Shankar, R., Warrier, A.K., Aravind G H.,(2022)."The geochemical and pedogenic signatures of Shantisagara lake sediments, southern India: Implications for weathering, terrigenous influx and provenance during the Holocene.",Geological Journal,1-13

  23. Sandeep, K., Shankar, R., Warrier, A. K.,(2022)."Late Holocene record of variations in the Chemical weathering intensity and Pedogenesis in a lake catchment from southern India.",Aquatic Geochemistry,-

  24. J. Hu, P.S. Loh, S. Pradit, T.P. Quynh Le, C. Oeurng, C.H. Rahim Mohamed, C.W. Lee, X.X. Lu, G.Z. Anshari, S. Kandasamy, J. Wang, Z. Li, H. Qin, L. Ji and J. Guo,(2022)."Assessing the effect of age and geomorphic setting on organic carbon accumulation in high-latitude human-planted mangroves",Forests,13, 105

  25. Sijinkumar, A.V., Nath, B.N., Sreerekh, P.,(2021)."Late Quaternary carbonate preservation in the Andaman Sea versus the Central Indian Basin: A test of dissolution under diverse oceanographic settings in the Indian Ocean",Quaternary International,JQI8921

  26. Sreevidya, E., Sijinkumar, A.V., Nath, B.N.,(2021)."Palaeoceanographic significance of aragonitic pteropods in the Indian Ocean - A review",Boreas,DOI: 10.1111/bor.12540

  27. J. Zou, Y. Chang, A. Zhu, M. Chen, S. Kandasamy, H. Yang, J. Cui, P. Yu, X. Shi,(2021)."Sedimentary mercury and antimony revealed orbital-scale dynamics of the Kuroshio Current",Quaternary Science Reviews,265, 107051

  28. Ammoose K.J., Sijinkumar, A.V., Nath, B.N.,(2021)."Paleoceanographic significance of Globigerinoides ruber (white) morphotypes from the Andaman Sea",Marine Micropaleontology,165, 101996

  29. H. Wang, S. Kandasamy*, Q. Liu, B. Lin, J.Y. Lou, Y. Veeran, H. Lei, Z. Liu, C.T.A. Chen,(2021)."Roles of sediment supply, geochemical composition and monsoon on organic matter burial along the longitudinal mud belt in the East China Sea",Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,305, 66‒86

  30. J. Madhavaraju, R.W. Scott, K. Selvaraj, Young IL Lee, H. Loser,(2021)."Isotope chemostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of Lower Cretaceous Alisitos Formation (Punta China Section), Baja California, Mexico",Geological Journal,56, 2550‒2570

  31. J. Madhavaraju, J. S. Armstrong-Altrin, K. Selvaraj, R.K. James,(2021)."Microtextures on quartz grains from the Gulf of Mexico: Implications for sedimentary processes and depositional environment",Journal of Paleogeography,3, 125

  32. B. Lin, Z. Liu, T.I. Eglinton, T.M. Blattmann, S. Kandasamy, N. Haghipour, F.P. Siringan,(2021)."Organic matter compositions and loadings in river sediments from humid tropical volcanic Luzon Island of the Philippines",Journal Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences,126, e2021JG006192

  33. L. Jin, X. Shan, X. Shi, M. Fonnesu, S. Qiao, S. Kandasamy, H. Wang, S. Liu, X. Fang, X. Zou,(2021)."Hybrid event beds generated by erosional bulking of modern hyperpycnal flows on the Choshui River delta front, Taiwan Strait",Sedimentology,68, 2500‒2522

  34. Amrutha, K., Warrier, A.K., Sandeep K., Jyothinath, A., Ananthapadmanabha, A.L., Shankar, R,(2021)."Environmental Magnetic Properties of Lateritic Soils from Southwestern India",Eurasian Soil Science,Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 238–248

  35. Sijinkumar, A.V., Nath, B.N., Clemens, S., Gayathri, N.M., Miriyala, P. ,(2021)."Late Quaternary record of Indian Summer Monsoon induced stratification and productivity collapse in the Andaman Sea",Journal of Quaternary Science ,36, 298-310

  36. J. Zou, X. Shi, A. Zhu, L. He, S. Kandasamy, R. Tiedemann, L. Lembke-Jene, F. Shi, X. Gong, Y. Liu, M. Ikehara, P. Yu,(2020)."Paleoenvironmental implications of Sr and Nd isotopes variability over the past 48 ka from the southern Sea of Japan",Marine Geology,432, 106393

  37. Z. Dong, X. Shi, J. Zou, X. Zou, M. Chen, Q. Zhang, S. Kandasamy, C. Ge, L. Liu, T.F. Song, T. Itaki, F. Shi, Y. Liu,(2020)."Drastic hydrographic changes in the Japan Sea since the deglaciation: Evidence from radiolarian assemblages",Marine Geology,429, 106295

  38. K. Wu, S. Liu, X. Shi, Z. Liu, S. Kandasamy, B. Wu, K. Wang, P. Cao, H. Zhang, C.A. Rahim Mohamed,(2020)."Distribution of rare earth elements in surface sediments of the western Sunda Shelf: Constraints from sedimentology and mineralogy",Continental Shelf Research,206, 104198

  39. Z. Yao, X. Shi, Y. Liu, S. Kandasamy, S. Qiao, X. Li, Y. Bai, A. Zhu,(2020)."Sea-level and climate signatures recorded in orbitally-forced continental margin deposits over the last 1 Myr: New perspectives from the Bohai Sea",Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology,550, 109736

  40. K. Wu, S. Liu, X. Shi, Z. Liu, S. Kandasamy, B. Wu, K. Wang, P. Cao, H. Zhang, C.A. Rahim Mohamed,(2020)."Distribution of rare earth elements in surface sediments of the western Sunda Shelf: Constraints from sedimentology and mineralogy",Continental Shelf Research,206, 104198

  41. B. Lin, Z. Liu, T.I. Eglinton, S. Kandasamy, T.M. Blattmann, N. Haghipour, K. Huang, C. You,(2020)."Island-wide variation in provenance of riverine sedimentary organic carbon: A case study from Taiwan",Earth and Planetary Science Letters,539, 116238

  42. Sijinkumar, A.V., Nath, B.N., Vinodkumar, K.B.,(2020)."Scanning electron microscopic studies of fossil pteropods from the Andaman Sea: Inferences on carbonate dissolution",PINSA,2020, vol. 86

  43. J. Zou, X. Shi, A. Zhu, S. Kandasamy, X. Gong, L. Lembeke-Jene, M. Chen, Y. Wu, S. Ge, Y. Liu, X. Xue, G. Lohmann, R. Tiedemann,(2020)."Millennial-scale variations in sedimentary oxygenation in the western subtropical North Pacific and its links to North Atlantic climate",Climate of the Past,16, 386-407

  44. T.H. Huang, C.T.A. Chen, J. Lee, Yan, Bai, X.Q. He, S.L. Wang, S. Kandasamy, J.Y. Lou, B.J. Tsuang, H.W. Chen, R.S. Tseng, Y.J. Yang, C.R. Wu,(2019)."East China Sea increasingly gains limiting nutrient P from South China Sea",Scientific Reports,9:5648

  45. E. Sreevidya, A.V. Sijinkumar, B. Nagender Nath,(2019)."Aragonite pteropod abundance and preservation records from the Maldives, Equatorial Indian Ocean: Inferences on past oceanic carbonate saturation and dissolution events.",Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Palaeoceanography,2019, vol. 534, 109313

  46. Sandeep, K., Shankar, R., Warrier, A.K., Yadava, M.G., Ramesh, R. and Jani, R.A.,(2019)."Late Holocene palaeovegetational and environmental changes inferred from organic geochemical proxies in sediments from Pookot Lake, southern India.",Arabian Journal of Geosciences,2019, v. 12:643, pp. 1-14.

  47. H. Vijith, V.Prasannakumar and P. Pratheesh ,(2019)."Modelling and interpretation of channel profile anomalies through stream length gradient (SL) indexes and GIS: A case study from the Vamanapuram River, Kerala, India",Environmental Research, Engineering and Management,75(2):60-73

  48. K. Wu, S. Liu, S. Kandasamy, A. Jin, Z. Lou, J. Li, B. Wu, X. Wang, C.A. Rahim Mohamed, X. Shi,(2019)."Grain-size effect on rare earth elements in Pahang River and Kelantan River, Peninsular Malaysia: Implications for sediment provenance in the southern South China Sea",Continental Shelf Research,189, 103977

  49. B. Lin, Z. Liu, T.I. Eglinton, S. Kandasamy, T. Blattman, N. Haghipour, G.J. de Lange,(2019)."Perspectives on provenance and alteration of suspended and sedimentary organic matter in the subtropical Pearl River system, South China",Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,259, 270‒287

  50. Q.Q. Liu, S. Kandasamy*, H.W. Wang, L. Wang, B.Z. Lin, A. Gao, C.T.A. Chen,(2019)."Impact of hydrological conditions on the biogeochemical dynamics of suspended particulate organic matter in the upper mixed layer of the southern East China Sea",Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,124, 6120‒6140

  51. D. Liu., B. Lin, S. Kandasamy*, H. Wang, Q. Liu, W. Zou, A. Zhu., J. Zou, J.Y. Lou, X. Shi,(2019)."Geochemical appraisal of chemical weathering and metal contamination in coastal sediments, off northwest Hainan Island, the Gulf of Tonkin",Frontiers in Marine Science,6:363

  52. X. Shan, X.F. Shi, P.D. Clift, L.X. Liu. S.Q. Qiao, X.S. Fang, M.W. Zhao, Y. Zhu, H. Zhang, Y.L. Li, D. Zhang, S. Kandasamy, Z.Q. Yao, T.Y. Xu, S. Wang, J. Xu,(2019)."Carbon isotope and rare earth element composition of Late Quaternary sediment gravity flow deposits on the mid shelf of East China Sea: Implications for provenance and origin of hybrid event beds",Sedimentology,66, 1861‒1895

  53. J.X. Chen, T.G. Li, Q.Y. Nan, X.F. Shi, Y.G. Liu, B. Jiang, J.J. Zou, K. Selvaraj, D.L. Li, C.S. Li,(2019)."Mid-late Holocene rainfall variation in Taiwan: A high-resolution multi-proxy record unravels the dual influence of the Asian monsoon and ENSO",Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology,516, 139‒151

  54. Tyson Sebastian, B.Nagender Nath, M.Venkateshwarlu, P. Miriyala, A. Prakash, P. Linsy, M. Kocherla, A. Kazip, A.V. Sijinkumar,(2019)."Impact of the Indian Summer Monsoon variability on the source area weathering in the Indo-Burman ranges during the last 21 kyr – A sediment record from the Andaman Sea",Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Palaeoceanography,2019, vol. 516, 22-34

  55. S.L. Wang, C.T.A. Chen, T.H. Huang, H.C. Tseng, H.K. Lui, T.R. Peng, S. Kandasamy, J. Zhang, L. Yang, X.L. Gao, J.Y. Lou, F.W. Kuo, X.G. Chen, Y. Ye, Y.J. Lin,(2018)."Submarine groundwater discharge helps making nearshore waters heterotrophic",Scientific Reports,8:11650

  56. J. Zhang, H. Lei, Y. Chen, Y. Kong, S. Kandasamy, W.J. Ou, W.D. Cheng,(2018)."Carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of carbonate in bulk sediment in the southwest Taiwan Basin, South China Sea: Methane hydrate decomposition history and its link to mud volcano eruption",Marine and Petroleum Geology,98, 687‒696

  57. S. Kandasamy*, B.Z. Lin, J.Y. Lou, S.J. Kao, C.T.A. Chen, Lawrence M. Mayer,(2018)."Estimation of marine vs. terrestrial organic carbon in sediments off southwestern Taiwan using the bromine to total organic carbon ratio as a proxy",Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences,123, 3387‒3402

  58. C.T.A. Chen, J. Zhang, T.R. Peng, S. Kandasamy, D. Wang, Y.J. Lin,(2018)."Submarine groundwater discharge around Taiwan",Acta Oceanologica Sinica,37, 18‒22

  59. Q.Q. Liu, S. Kandasamy*, B.Z. Lin, H.W. Wang, C.T.A. Chen,(2018)."Biogeochemical signatures of suspended particulate matter in the deep chlorophyll maximum layers in the southern East China Sea",Biogeosciences,15, 2091‒2109

  60. H. Vijith, V.Prasannakumar and P. Pratheesh ,(2018)."Landform evaluation through hypsometric characterisation: An example from a selected river basin in Southern Western Ghats, India",Environmental Research, Engineering and Management,73(4): 41-57

  61. Z.Q. Yao, X.F. Shi, S.Q. Qiao, Q.S. Liu, S. Kandasamy, J.X. Liu, Y.G. Liu, X.S. Fang, J.J. Gao, Y.G. Dou,(2017)."Persistent effects of the Yellow River on the Chinese marginal seas began at least ~880 ka ago",Scientific Reports,7:2827

  62. J.B. Liu, J. Chen, S. Kandasamy*, S.Q. Chen, C.L. Xie, Q. Chen, B.Z. Lin, K.F. Yu, Q. Xu, V.M. Velasco, F.H. Chen,(2017)."A 14.7 Ka record of Earth’s surface processes from the arid-monsoonal transitional China",Earth Surface Processes and Landforms,43, 723‒734

  63. H.Y. Lei, Y.F. Yang, S. Kandasamy, C.X. Shi,(2017)."Carbon geochemistry of gas hydrate-associated sediments in the southwestern Taiwan Basin",Acta Geologica Sinica,92, 333‒341

  64. T.H. Huang, C.T.A. Chen, H.C. Tseng, J.Y. Lou, S.L. Wang, L. Yang, S. Kandasamy, X. Gao, J.T. Wang, E. Aldrian, G.S. Jacinto, G.Z. Anshari, P. Somopongchaiyakul, B.J. Wang,(2017)."Riverine carbon fluxes to the South China Sea",Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences,122, 1239‒1259

  65. Taniya J. Koswatta, X. Deng, A.V. Sijinkumar and H.P. Borgaonkar,(2017)."Effort to Enhance Paleoclimatic Research in South Asia",PAGES Magazine,25 (2), 126

  66. H.J. Tapia-Fernandez, J.S. Armstrong-Altrin, K. Selvaraj,(2017)."Geochemistry and U-Pb geochronology of detrital zircons in the Brujas beach sands, Campeche, Southwestern Gulf of Mexico, Mexico",Journal of South American Earth Sciences,76, 346‒361

  67. J. Emile-Geay, N.P. McKay, D.S. Kaufman, L. von Gunten, J.H. Wang, K. Anchukaitis and other 94 authors,(2017)."A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era",Scientific Data,4:170088

  68. N.J. Abram, H.V. McGregor, J.E. Tierney, M.N. Evans, N.P. McKay, D.S. Kaufman, K.J. Anchukaitis, K. Thirumalai, B. Martrat, H. Goosse, S.J. Phipps, E.J. Steig, K.H., Kilbourne, C.P. Saenger, J. Zinke, G. Leduc, J.A. Addison, P.G. Mortyn, M.S. Seidenkrantz, M.A. Sicre, K. Selvaraj, H.L. Filipsson, R. Neukom, J. Gergis, M.A.J. Curran, and Others,(2017)."Early onset of industrial-era warming across the oceans and continents",Nature,536, 411‒418

  69. P. Miriyala, N. P. Sukumaran, B. Nagender Nath, P. B. Ramamurty, A. V. Sijinkumar, B. Vijayagopal, V. Ramaswamy & Tyson Sebastian,(2017)."Increased chemical weathering during the deglacial to mid-Holocene summer monsoon intensification",Nature Scientific Reports,2017, 7:44310

  70. Sandeep, K., Shankar, R., Warrier, A.K., Yadava, M.G., Ramesh, R., Jani, R.A., Zhou, W. and Xuefeng, L.,(2017)."A multi-proxy lake sediment record of Indian summer monsoon variability during the Holocene in Southern India",Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology,v. 476, pp. 1-14

  71. Sandeep, K., Shankar, R., Warrier, A.K. and Balsam, W.,(2017)."Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy of a Tropical Southern Indian Lake Sediment Core: A Window to Environmental Change.",Episodes – Journal of International Geoscience,,v. 40(1), pp. 47-56

  72. H. Vijith, V. Prasannakumar, M. A. Sharath Mohan, M. V. Ninu Krishnan and P. Pratheesh ,(2017)."River and basin morphometric indexes to detect tectonic activity: a case study of selected river basins in the South Indian Granulite Terrain (SIGT)",Physical Geography,38 (4), 360-378

  73. Warrier, A.K., Sandeep, K. and Shankar, R.,(2017)."Climatic Periodicities recorded in a Lake Sediment Magnetic Susceptibility Data: Further Evidence for Solar Forcing on the Indian Summer Monsoon.",Geoscience Frontiers,v. 8(6), pp. 1349-1355.

  74. M.V. Ninu Krishnan, M.A. Sharath Mohan, P.Pratheesh, and H. Vijith ,(2017)."Performance evaluation and sensitivity analysis of ASTER and SRTM (30m) DEM derived terrain variables in landslide susceptibility assessment: a case from the Western Ghats",Environmental Research, Engineering and Management,73(2): 21-40

  75. C. Vikas, V. Prasannakumar and P. Pratheesh ,(2016)."Role of Microfabrics and Magnetic fabrics in the Tectonic Evolution of the Achankovil Shear-zone, South India",Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,131, 95-108

  76. S. Kandasamy,* B. Nagender Nath,(2016)."Perspectives on the terrestrial organic matter transport and burial along the land-sea continuum: Caveats in our understanding of biogeochemical processes and urgent needs",Frontiers in Marine Science,3:259

  77. K. Selvaraj, D. Pandiyan, V. Yoganandan, G. Agoramoorthy,(2016)."India contemplates climate change concerns after floods ravaged the coastal city of Chennai",Ocean and Coastal Management,129, 10‒14

  78. K.S. Wang, X.F. Shi, J.J. Zou, S. Kandasamy, X. Gong, Y.H. Wu, Q.S. Yan,(2016)."Sediment provenance variations in the southern Okhotsk Sea over the last 180 ka: Evidence from light and heavy minerals",Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology,479, 61‒70

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