Dr. Upasana Swaroop Banerji
Paleoclimatologist
Scientific Involvements
Projects
Training
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“Visual interpretation using remote sensing data for Land use, Land cover & hydro-geomorphology, Introduction with the application of GIS in Geology and Remote Sensing”. At Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG), 15-23 Nov 2007 under the supervision of Sr. Scientist Dr Prakash Mantry.​
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Summer internship program –2008 at Geosciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, India in the month of May - June 2008. Worked on the project “Optical Dating of the Sediments” under the supervision of Sr. Professor A. K. Singhvi (Dean, P.R.L.) and Dr. Navin Juyal.
Scientific Technique & Instrumentation
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Carbon-14 Dating: Automated Graphitisation System (AGE-CHS-EA); Conventional Method
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Lead-210 Dating: High purity Germanium detector (HPGe)
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Acid Digestion: Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES); Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)
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Inorganic and organic carbon and nitrogen estimation: Coulometer; Elemental Analyser (EA)
Scientific cruises
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FORV Sagar Sampada (SS-300) to Arabian Sea (Kochi-Arabian Sea- Goa)
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ORV Sagar Kanya (SK-304) to Indian Ocean (Goa- Indonesia -Chennai)
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Sagar Manjusha (SM-24) to Bay of Bengal Coast (Haldia- Bay of Bengal -Paradip)
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Sagar Manjusha (SM-29) to Western Indian Coast (Goa- Arabian Sea- Kochi)
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Sagar Manjusha (SAMA-05) Kochi to Lakshadweep​
Field Trips
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Islands (Narara, Goose, Boria, Paga, Diu) and Coastal sites (Poshitra, Okha, Dwarka, Jafrabad, Vasoj, Mithiyala) along Gujarat state.
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Andaman Islands (Rutland, Chidyatapu, Havelock, Elephant Beach)
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Lakshadweep Islands (Kavaratti, Agatti, Kadmat, Amini, Bangaram)
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Kerala freshwater lakes (Vellayani and Shahsthamcotta)
Scientific Memberships
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Ocean Society of India (OSI)
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Young Earth Scientists (YES) Network
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Association of Quaternary Researchers (AOQR)
Peer Reviewer
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Quaternary Science Review (Elsevier)
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Nature Communication (Springer Nature)
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Journal of Earth System Science (Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences)
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Holocene (Sage)
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Climate Dynamics (Elsevier)
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Current Science (Current Science Association)
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Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Elsevier)
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International Journal of Sediment Research (Elsevier)
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Springer)
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Chapter in Book titled “Holocene Climate Change and Environment”
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Frontiers in Earth Science (Frontiers Media SA)
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Arabian Journal of Geosciences (Springer)
Review Editor
A. Frontiers in Marine Science; B. Frontiers in Earth Science