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Scientific Involvements

Projects

Training

  1. “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.​

  2. 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

  1. Carbon-14 Dating: Automated Graphitisation System (AGE-CHS-EA); Conventional Method

  2. Lead-210 Dating: High purity Germanium detector (HPGe)

  3. Acid Digestion: Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES); Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)

  4. Inorganic and organic carbon and nitrogen estimation: Coulometer; Elemental Analyser (EA)

Scientific cruises

  1. FORV Sagar Sampada (SS-300) to Arabian Sea (Kochi-Arabian Sea- Goa)

  2. ORV Sagar Kanya (SK-304) to Indian Ocean (Goa- Indonesia -Chennai)

  3. Sagar Manjusha (SM-24) to Bay of Bengal Coast (Haldia- Bay of Bengal -Paradip)

  4. Sagar Manjusha (SM-29) to Western Indian Coast (Goa- Arabian Sea- Kochi)

  5. Sagar Manjusha (SAMA-05) Kochi to Lakshadweep​

Field Trips

  1. Islands (Narara, Goose, Boria, Paga, Diu) and Coastal sites (Poshitra, Okha, Dwarka, Jafrabad, Vasoj, Mithiyala) along Gujarat state.

  2. Andaman Islands (Rutland, Chidyatapu, Havelock, Elephant Beach)

  3. Lakshadweep Islands (Kavaratti, Agatti, Kadmat, Amini, Bangaram)

  4. Kerala freshwater lakes (Vellayani and Shahsthamcotta)

Scientific Memberships

  1. Ocean Society of India (OSI)

  2. Young Earth Scientists (YES) Network

  3. Association of Quaternary Researchers (AOQR)

Peer Reviewer

  • Quaternary Science Review (Elsevier)

  • Nature Communication (Springer Nature)

  • Journal of Earth System Science (Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences)

  • Holocene (Sage)

  • Climate Dynamics (Elsevier)

  • Current Science (Current Science Association)

  • Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Elsevier)

  • International Journal of Sediment Research (Elsevier)

  • Journal of Geological Society of India (Springer)

  • Chapter in Book titled “Holocene Climate Change and Environment”

  • Frontiers in Earth Science (Frontiers Media SA)

  • Arabian Journal of Geosciences (Springer)

Review Editor

A. Frontiers in Marine Science; B.  Frontiers in Earth Science

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