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 Central University of Kerala
20 May 2026

Dr. Selvaraj Kandasamy

Geochemistry and Stable Isotope Laboratory (GSIL)


Brief Profile

Dr. Selvaraj Kandasamy (Raj) obtained his M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Madras, Chennai. Dr. Raj was working as Research Associate at Ocean Science and Technology Cell, Mangalore University during 2002‒2003 and then he joined as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Institute of Marine Geology and Chemistry, National Sun Yat-sen University and Academia Sinica in Taiwan during the years 2004-2009. Subsequently, he worked as Associate Professor of State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and Department of Geological Oceanography in the College of Ocean and Earth Sciences in Xiamen University, China since 2011. Dr. Raj joined CUK on August 2022. He is a member of various international bodies such AGU, EGU, AOGS, GS and PAGES. He also served as Editorial Board member of Elsevier Journals (Paleo3, QI) and currently serving as Associate Editor of Frontiers in Marine Science (Marine Biogeochemistry) and Current Chinese Science (Oceanography). Dr. Raj has published 84 research articles in peer reviewed national and international journals (Nature, Nature Geoscience, ESR, GCA, GRL, FMS, QSR, JGR, JG, MG, Paleo-3, JQS, Sedimentology, Current Science, JGSI, etc.). He also presented his research findings in national and international conferences and meetings conducted by AGU, EGU, GSA, AOGS and PAGES. Dr. Raj has completed one major research project as Principal Investigator funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China and five minor projects funded by various organizations and funding agencies in China and Taiwan. He has participated more than ten cruise programs in Indian and Chinese marginal seas and oversee the research activities onboard.

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Dr. Selvaraj Kandasamy
Associate Professor
Department of Geology
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 Education

DegreeCollege NameYear Of Passing
GraduationUniversity of Madras (Government Arts College, Salem-7)1989
Post GraduationUniversity of Madras (Government Arts College, Salem-7)1991
OthersM. Phil. University of Madras1993
Ph.D.University of Madras2000

 Experience

Employer NameDesignationStart FromEnd To
College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University (China, Govt.))Associate Professor20112022
Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (Govt.)Post-Doctoral Research Associate20092011
Institute of Marine Geology and Chemistry, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan (Govt.)Post-Doctoral Fellow20042009
Ocean Science and Technology Cell (OSTC), Mangalore University, India (Govt.)Research Associate20022003
Department of Geology, University of MadrasGuest Lecturer (Hourly Basis)20012002

 Teaching & Research Guidance

    Level Of TeachingSubjects
    Under GraduateGlimpses of Earth and Environmental Science Sediment Geochemistry
    Post GraduatePaleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
    Post GraduateOceanography & Marine Geology
    Post GraduateHydrogeology Lab & Practical
    Post GraduateGeomorphology

 Recent and Major Publications

    1. 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

    2. 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

    3. 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

    4. 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

    5. 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

    6. 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

    7. 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

    8. 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

    9. 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

    10. 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

    11. 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

    12. 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

    13. 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

    14. 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

    15. 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

    16. 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

    17. 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

    18. 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

    19. 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

    20. 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

    21. 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

    22. 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

    23. 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

    24. 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

    25. 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

    26. 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

    27. 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

    28. 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

    29. 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

    30. 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

    31. 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

    32. 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

    33. 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

    34. 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

    35. 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

    36. 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

    37. 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

    38. 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

    39. 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

    40. 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

    41. 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

    42. C.T.A. Chen, S. Kandasamy,* Y.P. Chang, Y. Bai, X.Q. He, J.T. Lu, X. Gao (2016). "Geochemical evidence of the indirect pathway of terrestrial particulate material transport to the Okinawa Trough". Quaternary International, 441, 51‒61

    43. J.J. Zou, X.F. Shi, A. Zhu, Y. Hu, M.T. Chen, S.J. Kao, Y.H. Wu, K. Selvaraj, P. Scholz, K. Wang, S. Ge (2015). "Terrigenous sediment changes in the southern Okhotsk Sea since the last 180 ka: Evidence from rare earth elements". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 114, 541‒548

    44. F. Liang, B.A. Brook, B.S. Kotlia, B.L. Railsback, B. Hardt, H. Cheng, L.R. Edwards, K. Selvaraj (2015). "Panigarh cave stalagmite evidence of climate and climate forcings in the Indian Central Himalaya since AD 1256: sunspots, solar irradiance, ENSO, monsoon breaks, winter southern jet depressions". Quaternary Science Reviews, 124, 145‒161

    45. F.H. Chen, Q.H. Xu, H.H. Chen et al. (2015). "East Asian summer monsoon precipitation variability since the last deglaciation". Scientific Reports, 5:11186

    46. S. Kandasamy, P. Weiss (2015). "Commentary: Biogeochemical analysis of ancient Pacific Cod bone suggests Hg bioaccumulation was linked to Paleo sea level rise and climate change". Frontiers in Environmental Science, 3:41

    47. L.C. Wang, H. Behling, S.J. Kao, H.C. Li., K. Selvaraj, M.L. Hsieh, Y.P. Chang (2015). "Pollen and diatom inferred late Holocene climate changes and typhoon activities from a subalpine lake in northeastern Taiwan". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 114, 447‒456

    48. S.J. Kao, B. Wang, L. Zheng, K. Selvaraj, S.C. Hsu, X. Wan, M. Xu, C.T.A. Chen (2015). "Spatiotemporal variations of nitrogen isotopic records in the Arabian Sea". Biogeosciences, 12, 1–14

    49. K. Selvaraj*, T.Y. Lee, J.Y.T. Yang, E.A. Canuel, J.C. Huang, M. Dai, J.T. Liu, S.J. Kao (2015). "Stable isotopic and biomarker evidence of terrigenous organic matter export to the deep sea through hyperpycnal injection". Marine Geology, 364, 32−42

    50. H.V. McGregor, M.N. Evans, H. Goosse, G. Leduc, B. Martrat, J.A. Addison, P.G. Mortyn, D.W. Oppo, M.-S. Seidenkrantz, M.-A. Sicre, S.J. Phipps, K. Selvaraj, K. Thirumalai, H.L. Filipsson, V. Ersek (2015). "Robust global ocean cooling trend for the pre-industrial Common Era". Nature Geoscience, 8, 671‒678

    51. K. Selvaraj*, B.Z. Lin, J.Y. Lou, X.T. Huang, C.T.A. Chen (2015). "Lacustrine sedimentological and geochemical records for the last 170 years of climate and environmental changes in southeastern China". Boreas, 45, 165‒179

    52. W. Soon, V.M. Velasco, K. Selvaraj, R. Traversi, I. Usoskin, C.T.A. Chen, J.Y. Lou, S.J. Kao, R.M. Carter, V. Pipin, M. Severi, S. Becagli (2014). "Solar and climatic variations on centennial to millennial timescales: Physical processes and interpretative frameworks for the Holocene". Earth Science Reviews, 134, 1–15

    53. S.J. Kao, R.G. Hilton, K. Selvaraj, M. Dai, F. Zehetner, J.C. Huang, S.C. Hsu, R. Sparkes, J.T. Liu, T.Y. Lee, J.Y.T. Yang, A. Galy, X. Xu, N. Hovius (2014). "Preservation of terrestrial organic carbon in marine sediments offshore Taiwan: Mountain building and atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration". Earth Surface Dynamics, 2, 127–139

    54. J.B. Liu, J.H. Chen, K. Selvaraj, Q.H. Xu, Z.L. Wang, F.H. Chen (2014). "Chemical weathering over the last 1200 years recorded in the sediments of Gonghai Lake, Lvliang Mountains, North China: A high-resolution proxy of past climate". Boreas, 43, 914‒923

    55. K. Suresh Kumar, K. Ganesan, K. Selvaraj, P.V. Subba Rao (2013). "Studies on the functional properties of protein concentrate of Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty – An edible seaweed". Food Chemistry, 153, 353–360

    56. J.Y. Lou, C.T.A. Chen, H.K. Lui, K. Selvaraj, S.R. Zhang, X.X. Lu, 2014 (2013). "Comparison of subtropical surface water chemistry between the large Pearl River in China and small mountainous rivers in Taiwan". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 79, 182–190

    57. J.J. Zou, X.F. Shi, Y.G. Liu, J.H. Liu, K. Selvaraj, S.J. Kao (2012). "A 48 ka geochemical records of paleoenvironmental changes in the East Sea/Japan Sea". Journal of Quaternary Science, 27, 891–900

    58. K. Selvaraj*, K.Y. Wei, K.K. Liu, S.J. Kao (2012). "Late Holocene monsoon climate of northeastern Taiwan inferred from elemental (C, N) and isotopic (δ13C, δ15N) data in lake sediments". Quaternary Science Reviews, 37, 48–60

    59. K. Selvaraj, C.T.A. Chen, C. Prakash Babu, J.Y. Lou, C.L. Liu, K.J. Hsu (2012). "Glacially-derived material in an Inner Mongolian desert lake during Marine Isotope Stage 2". Journal of Quaternary Science, 27, 725–733

    60. H. Gupta, G.J. Chakrapani, K. Selvaraj, S.J. Kao (2010). "The fluvial geochemistry, contributions of silicate, carbonate and saline-alkaline components to chemical weathering flux and controlling parameters: Narmada River (Deccan Traps), India". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, 800–824

    61. S.J. Kao, M. Dai, K. Selvaraj, W.D. Zhai, C.P. Cai, S.N. Chen, J.Y.T. Yang, J.T. Liu, C.C. Liu, J.P.M. Syvitski (2010). "Cyclone-driven deep sea injection of freshwater and heat by hyperpycnal flow in the subtropics". Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L21702

    62. K. Selvaraj*, G. Parthiban, C.T.A. Chen, J.Y. Lou (2010). "Anthropogenic effects on sediment quality off southwestern Taiwan: Assessing the sediment core geochemical record". Continental Shelf Research, 30, 1200–1210

    63. K. Selvaraj*, C.T.A. Chen, J.Y. Lou, B.S. Kotlia (2010). "Holocene weak summer East Asian monsoon intervals in Taiwan and plausible mechanisms". Quaternary International, 229, 57–66

    64. Z. Liu, S. Tuo, C. Colin, J.T. Liu, C.Y. Huang, K. Selvaraj, C.T.A. Chen, Y. Zhao, F. P. Siringan, S. Boulay, Z. Chen (2008). "Detrital fine-grained sediment contribution from Taiwan to the northern South China Sea and its relation to regional ocean circulation". Marine Geology, 255, 149–155

    65. S. Kurian, B.N. Nath, V. Ramaswamy, D. Naman, T. Gnaneshwar Rao, K.A. Kamesh Raju, K. Selvaraj, C.T.A. Chen (2007). "Possible detrital, diagenetic and hydrothermal sources for the Holocene sediments of the Andaman backarc basin". Marine Geology, 247, 178–193

    66. C.T.A. Chen, K. Selvaraj* (2007). "Evaluation of elemental enrichments in surface sediments off southwestern Taiwan". Environmental Earth Sciences, 54, 1333–1346

    67. B.N. Nath, A. Aldahan, G. Possnert, K. Selvaraj, M.B.L. Mascarenhas-Pereira, C.T.A. Chen (2007). "10Be variation in surficial sediments of the Central Indian Basin". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physical Research B, 259, 610–615

    68. K. Selvaraj*, C.T.A. Chen, J.Y. Lou (2007). "Holocene East Asian monsoon variability: Links to solar and tropical Pacific forcing". Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L01703

    69. M.J. Hsu, K. Selvaraj, G. Agoramoorthy (2005). "Taiwan’s industrial heavy metal pollution threatens terrestrial biota". Environmental Pollution, 143, 327–334

    70. K. Selvaraj*, C.T.A. Chen (2005). "Moderate chemical weathering of subtropical Taiwan: constraints from solid-phase geochemistry of sediments and sedimentary rocks". The Journal of Geology, 114, 101–116

    71. K. Selvaraj*, V. Ram Mohan, M.P. Jonathan, S. Srinivasalu (2005). "Modification of a coastal environment: Vedaranniyam wetland, southeast coast of India". The Journal of the Geological Society of India, 66, 535–538

    72. K. Selvaraj*, V. Ram Mohan, P. Szefer (2004). "Evaluation of metal contamination in coastal sediments of the Bay of Bengal, India: geochemical and statistical approaches". Marine Pollution Bulletin, 49, 174–185

    73. K. Selvaraj*, V. Ram Mohan, S. Srinivasalu, M. P. Jonathan, R. Siddartha (2003). "Distribution of nondetrital trace metals in sediment cores from Ennore Creek, southeast coast of India". The Journal of the Geological Society of India, 62, 191-204

    74. K. Selvaraj*, V. Ram Mohan (2003). "Textural variation and depositional environments of innershelf sediments, off Kalpakkam, southeast coast of India". The Journal of the Geological Society of India, 61, 449–462

    75. Hema Achyuthan, D. Richardmohan, S.Srinivasalu, K. Selvaraj (2002). "Trace metals in the sediment cores of estuary and tidal zones from northern part of southeast coast of India". Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 31, 141–149

    76. K. Selvaraj (2000). "Importance of environmental science: Medical Geology". Current Science, 79, 101–102

    77. K. Selvaraj*, M.P. Jonathan, V. Ram Mohan, G.S. Thangaraj, M. Pugalendhi, B. Jayaraman (1999). "Observations of petroleum hydrocarbons and some water quality parameters during oil spill, near Madras Harbour". Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 28, 245–248

    78. K. Selvaraj (1999). "Total dissolvable copper and mercury concentrations in innershelf waters, off Kalpakkam, Bay of Bengal". Current Science, 77, 494-497

    79. K. Selvaraj, S. Ramasamy (1998). "Depositional environment of Cuddalore sandstone formation, Tamil Nadu". The Journal of the Geological Society of India, 51, 803–812


 Available Positions

 Research Projects Undertaken

Project TitleProject TypeCommencement YearCompletion YearFunding Agency
Investigating the impacts of human activities and climate change on mangrove systems in East and Southeast AsiaMajor Collaborative Project20202023Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
Glacial-interglacial variations in biogenic silica and organic carbon accumulation rates in the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean – Project No. 20720180113Minor20182019Undergraduate Innovative Project, Xiamen University
Burial fluxes of terrigenous and marine organic matter in the inner shelf mud deposits of the East China Sea during the Holocene - Project No. MASEG201601Major20172018Open Fund, First Institute of Oceanography
Glacial-interglacial sedimentary organic matter dynamics in the Japan Sea for the last 30 kyr: Constraints from carbon and nitrogen isotopes - Project No. MASEG201502Minor20152017Open Fund, First Institute of Oceanography
Comparison of sedimentary N records of the eastern Arabian Sea and the tropical Pacific Ocean by reconstructing paleoceanographic changes of the eastern Arabian Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum and Major20142016Shanhai Fund, Xiamen University
Sedimentary stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) dynamics and their burial fluxes in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Holocene – Project No. MGK1201Minor20122014Open Project, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University
Quantification of burial fluxes of terrigenous and marine organic carbon in sediments of the continental margin of East China Region – Project No. 41273083Major20132016National Natural Science Foundation, China

 Books / Chapters

  • Chapter(s) - Co-Author, (2013). Climate Change and Island and Coastal Vulnerability, Springer Netherlands, 978-94-007-6015-8

  • Chapter(s) - Co-Author, (2009). Instrument Today, Today's Instruments Co. Limited, Taipei, ISSN 1019-5440

  • Chapter(s) - Co-Author, (1997). Engineering Geology and the Environment, A.A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, 9054108770

    •  Patents

      None

     Miscellaneous

     Membership/Fellowship of other institutions/professionals societies : 
    Membership Details					
American Geophysical Union (AGU)		
Geological Society of America (GSA)		
The Geochemical Society (GS)			
Asia-Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)	
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
     Student related co-curricular, extension and field based activities and counseling. 
    Cruise Experience 
Sagar Kanya Cruise	SK177	- 11 days - Northern Indian Ocean (2002) 
Sagar Kanya Cruise	SK181	- 10 days - Northern Indian Ocean (2002)
Sagar Kanya Cruise	SK185	- 11 days - Northern Indian Ocean (2003)
Ocean Researcher III		- 10 days - Taiwan Strait (2004)
Ocean Researcher I		- 19 days - South China Sea (2004)		
Ocean Researcher II		- 4 days - Taiwan Strait (2005)
Ocean Researcher III		- 7 days - Taiwan Strait (2005)
Ocean Researcher III	1149	- 12 days - Western Pacific & Luzon Strait (2006)
Ocean Researcher II		- 3 days – Off East Taiwan (2010)

Field and Time Series Sampling
Twelve years of continuous experience in total suspended matter (TSM), surface sediment and core sediment sampling in river, estuarine and coastal regions of Taiwan, China and India during normal and extreme weather conditions (e.g., typhoons and cyclones).
     Contribution to corporate sector-management of the department and institution through participation in academic and administration,committees and responsibilities. 
    International Meeting-Session Convener
1. East Asian and Western Pacific Paleoclimate, West Pacific Geophysics Meeting-WPGM (AGU) – June 2010, Taipei, Taiwan; 2.	Geochemical and Isotopic Proxies Deciphering Past Environmental and Oceanographic Changes, Asia-Oceania Geoscience Meeting-AOGS – August 2011, Taipei, Taiwan; 3.	Chemical Weathering Studies in Asia: Geochemical and Clay Mineralogical Constraints from Modern and Ancient Sediments, Asia-Oceania Geoscience Meeting-AOGS – August 2011, Taipei, Taiwan; 4. The Sun-Climate Connection from Seasonal to Millennial Timescales: Top-down and Bottom-up Physical Pathways and Scenarios, Asia-Oceania Geoscience Meeting-AOGS – August 2012, Singapore; 5.	Carbon and Nitrogen Transport and Burial: Past and Present, Asia-Oceania Geoscience Meeting-AOGS – June 2013, Brisbane, Australia; 6.	Modern and Paleo-biogeochemistry of Nitrogen in the Marginal Seas of the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans, Asia-Oceania Geoscience Meeting-AOGS – July-August 201
     Other activities/Responsibilities : 
    Professional Activities
Associate Editor - Frontiers in Marine Science: Marine Biogeochemistry (since July 2015)
Editorial Board – Current Chinese Science (Since March 2020)
Editorial Board – Palaeogeography climatology ecology (From Feb. 2018‒June 2022)
Editorial Board – Quaternary International (June 2016-Jan 2021)
Reviewed manuscripts for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geology, Quaternary Science Reviews, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Geophysical Research Letters, Limnology and Oceanography, Progress in Oceanography, Scientific Reports, Environmental Pollution, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, Paleoceanography, Chemical Geology, Palaeo3, Journal of Paleolimnology, Food Chemistry, Quaternary Research, The Holocene, Quaternary International, Frontiers in Marine, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Marine Environmental Pollution, Chemosphere, Geochemical Journal, Journal of Environmental
     Any other relevant information, if not given above : 
    Training Course Attended
Advanced Training Workshop on Southeast Asia Regional Carbon and Water Issues, November 14-25, 2006 at Chung-Li and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, funded by Southeast Asia Regional Committee for START (SARCS).
Undergone hand-on training of Avaatech Core Scanner at Avaatech the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), 12-21 April, 2013, Alkmaar, The Netherlands.

     Contact

    Full Name
    		 Dr. Selvaraj Kandasamy
    Address
    		 105, Sabarmathi Building, Department of Geology, Central University of Kerala, Tejaswini Hills, Periye, Kasaragod District, Kerala
    Telphone Number
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    PinCode
    		 671316