NCESS Seismological Observatory Antarctica
- Determination of crustal, mid-to-upper mantle structure, deformation patterns in the studied terranes – the PEL of east Antarctica and EGB of India
- Deciphering the correlation between East Antarctica and Eastern Ghats Belt, India
Dr. Prajith A
Scientist B, Marine Geoscience Group (MGG)
Email : prajith[dot]a[at]ncess[dot]gov[dot]in
Phone(Off) : 0471-2511702
Fax : 0471-2442280
Research Papers in journals:
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Babu, S.S., Prajith, A., Rao, V.P., Mohan, M.R., Ramana, R.V., Satyasree, N.S, 2024. Sources of rare earths and a viable REE deposits in river sediments of Kerala, southwest India. Current Science.
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Babu, S.S., Prajith, A., Rao, V.P., Mohan, M.R., Ramana, R.V., Satyasree, N.S, 2023. Composition of river sediments from Kerala, southwest India: Inferences on lateritic weathering. Journal of Earth System Science 132, 150.
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Prajith, A., Tyagi, A., Kurian, P.J., 2022. Influences of summer monsoon variations onthe terrigenous influx, bioproductivity and early diagenetic changes in the southwest Bay of Bengal during Late Quaternary. Marine Geology 449, 106825.
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Prakash, L.S., Kurian, P.J., Resing, J.A., Tsunogai, U., Rao, A.S., Sen, K., Lupton, J.E., Baumberger, T., Prajith, A., Roy, P., 2022. Volatile-rich hydrothermal plumes over the southern Central Indian Ridge, 24o49’: Evidence for a new hydrothermal field hosted by ultramafic rocks. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 23(10), 1-19.
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Prajith, A., Tyagi, A., Kurian, P. J., 2021. Geochemistry of core sediments from the southeastern Bay of Bengal: inferences on weathering and early diagenetic changes. Geoscience Frontiers 12, 495-504.
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Srivastava, J., Manjunatha, B.R., Balakrishna, K., Prajith, A., Manjunatha, H. V., Jose, J., Kumar, N., 2021. Quantitative pollen-based reconstruction of the vegetation diversity in response to the late-Holocene climate change near Karwar, south-west coast of India. Quaternary International 599-600, 95-106.
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Prajith, A., Tyagi, A., Kurian, P.J., 2018. Changing sediment sources in the Bay of Bengal: evidences of summer monsoon intensification and ice melt over Himalaya during the Late Quaternary. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology 511, 309-318.
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Prajith, A., Rao, V.P., Chakraboty, P., 2016 Distribution, provenance and early diagenesis of major and trace metals in sediment cores from the Mandovi estuary, western India. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 170, 173-183.
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Prajith, A., Rao, V.P., Kessarkar, P.M., 2015. Magnetic properties of sediments in cores from the Mandovi estuary, western India: Inferences on provenance and pollution. Marine Pollution Bulletin 99, 338-345.
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Prajith, A., Rao, V.P., Kessarkar, P.M., 2015. Controls on the distribution and fractionation of yttrium and rare earth elements in core sediments from the Mandovi estuary, western India. Continental Shelf Research 92, 59-71.
Dr. Prajith A
Scientist B, Marine Geoscience Group (MGG)
Email : prajith[dot]a[at]ncess[dot]gov[dot]in
Phone(Off) : 0471-2511702
Fax : 0471-2442280
Ongoing Projects:
Origin, evolution and paleoclimatic implications of estuarine-continental margin sediments (MoES-Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India)
Paleo-vegetation changes and burial efficiency of organic carbon in different depositional conditions in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea during Late Quaternary and their environmental implications. DST-SERB Project.
Scientific Cruise Expeditions:
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Participant, Dredging and Sediment core sampling in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea (R.V. Sagar Kanya 373, 21.09.2021 – 15.10.2021.
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Chief Scientist, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in the Andaman Region (R.V MGS Sagar 30, 30.09.2019 – 07.11.2019).
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Deputy chief scientist, Geoscientific studies in Indian EEZ area (R.V. Sagar Kanya 356, 22.02.2019 - 14.03.2019).
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Participant, Hydrothermal Exploration in CIR/SWIR Region (R.V. MGS Sagar 24, 19.02.2018 – 02.04.2018).
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Chief Scientist, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in Bay of Bengal (R.V. MGS Sagar 20, 22.09.2017 – 23.10.2017).
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Chief Scientist, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in Bay of Bengal (R.V. MGS Sagar 16, 06.05.2017 – 12.06.2017).
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Participant, Hydrothermal Exploration in CIR/SWIR Region (R.V. MGS Sagar 13, 12.01.2017 – 09.02.2017).
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Participant, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in the east coast of India (MGS Sagar 11, 12.11.2016 - 15.12.2016).
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Participant, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in Arabian Sea (R.V. MGS Sagar 08, 30.07.2016 – 23.08.2016).
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Participant, Multibeam data acquisition on the western coast of India (R.V Sindhu Sankalp- 82, 12.11.2015 – 26.11.2015).
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Seawater and sediments sampling in the Bay of Bengal (R.V. Sindhu Sadhana – 02, 23. 08.2014 – 03.09.2014).
Scientists
Laboratories
- Critical Zone Laboratories installed in the field stations.
- IRMS facility (upcoming).