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Paleoclimate Research
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Coastal Sediments
Dating of coastal deposits in the Andaman Islands provides ages of tsunami-events that affected the coast during Pleistocene and Holocene. Luminescence-dating methods are reliable to determine the age of beach sediments. Radiocarbon-dating will be applied to get independent age control. Quartz and Feldspar will be used for luminescence-dating and organic rich material will be dated with the radiocarbon-method. The results |
will be compared with similar deposits on the south-Indian coast. The measured ages will give a chronology of past tsunami-events in the Bay of Bengal and the very likely trend of future major tsunami-events.
Current Projects
- Nitrification, denitrification and nitrous oxide in Indian mangrove Ecosystems funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council, UK (2002-2006)
- Storage of carbon and nitrogen in the subsurface sediments of Cauvery delta and its relevance to climate change funded by Department of Science and Technology (2006-2009)
- Influence of terrestrial inputs on mangrove & coral reef productivity of Andaman islands funded by DST (2005-2008)
- Source strength of methane and N2O from wetlands rice fields of south India funded by CSIR (2004-2007)
- Ecological interlinkages between terrestrial and coastal environment in Indian and Western Pacific region funded by DST-BMBF (2006-2008)
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Completed Projects |
- Green house gases in mangrove ecosystem: Processes of biogeochemistry and cycling funded by DST,GOI(2004-2006)
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- Nitrogen cycling in coastal lagoons funded by DST/Royal Society, UK(2004-2006)
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- Nutrient over-enrichment in coastal ecosystems: Cause and Effect funded by Indian Space Research Organization-Global Change Programme (ISRO-GBP), Govt. of India
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- Biogeochemical cycle of methane in natural wetlands funded by Indian Space Research Organisation-Geosphere- Biosphere Programme
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