SERG

NCESS Seismological Observatory Antarctica

 BBS station 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

Prajith

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:

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

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Prajith

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:

  1. 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.

  2. Chief Scientist, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in the Andaman Region (R.V MGS Sagar 30, 30.09.2019 – 07.11.2019).

  3. Deputy chief scientist, Geoscientific studies in Indian EEZ area (R.V. Sagar Kanya 356, 22.02.2019 - 14.03.2019).

  4. Participant, Hydrothermal Exploration in CIR/SWIR Region (R.V. MGS Sagar 24, 19.02.2018 – 02.04.2018).

  5. Chief Scientist, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in Bay of Bengal (R.V. MGS Sagar 20, 22.09.2017 – 23.10.2017).

  6. Chief Scientist, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in Bay of Bengal (R.V. MGS Sagar 16, 06.05.2017 – 12.06.2017).

  7. Participant, Hydrothermal Exploration in CIR/SWIR Region (R.V. MGS Sagar 13, 12.01.2017 – 09.02.2017).

  8. Participant, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in the east coast of India (MGS Sagar 11, 12.11.2016 - 15.12.2016).

  9. Participant, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in Arabian Sea (R.V. MGS Sagar 08, 30.07.2016 – 23.08.2016).

  10. Participant, Multibeam data acquisition on the western coast of India (R.V Sindhu Sankalp- 82, 12.11.2015 – 26.11.2015).

  11. Seawater and sediments sampling in the Bay of Bengal (R.V. Sindhu Sadhana – 02, 23. 08.2014 – 03.09.2014).