Research Projects

Marine Geology

Research Projects received from different funding agencies during the last five years

Name of the Investigator           

Title of the project

Duration  (yr) /  Amount

(in lakhs)

Funding Agency

 

 

R. Shankar

A Multi-Proxy Investigation of Sediments from Southern Indian Tanks to Determine Paleoclimate

3 yrs

60.41

ISRO, Dept. of Space, Bangalore

C. Krishnaiah

Evolving an X-Ray diffraction method for quantification of clay minerals in sediments and its application for the study of coastal and continental margin sediments of western India

3 yrs

60.21

Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt.

of India, New Delhi

C. Krishnaiah

Geochemical and mineralogical studies of marine core sediments of the Arabian sea between off Karwar and Mangalore

3 yrs

6.29

Ministry of Earth Sciences,Government of India, New Delhi

K.S. Jayappa

Modelling Coastal Sediment Transport and its Impact on Coastal Environment

5 yrs

26.15

Space Application Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad

K.S. Jayappa

Coastal processes and Coastal Dynamics

5 yrs

20.90

Space Application Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad

K.S. Jayappa

Coastal Processes and Hazards in the Coastal Zone of  Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts – An Integrated approach through Field Measurements, Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques

3 yrs

23.46

Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi

K.S. Jayappa

Environmental isotope investigation to understand the surface water - groundwater interactions and sedimentation process in Pilikula Lake, Mangalore, South India

3 yrs

21.24

BRNS, Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India

K.S. Jayappa

A study on Geomorpholog, Sedimentology and Neotectonics of Kali River System, West Coast of India: Remote Sensing and GIS Approach.

3 yrs

6.29

University Grants Commission, New Delhi

B.R. Raghavan

Retrieval of Ocean Parameters

5 yrs

14

ISRO

B.R. Raghavan

Bio-optical Characterization of Coastal Offshore Waters along the Karnataka – Kerala Coast using Time-series constrained in situ and Satellite data.

3 yrs

25

Ministry of Earth Sciences

B.R. Raghavan

Establishmen of Time Series sites in the Eastern Arabian Sea: ….. Chlorophyll, TSM, Phytoplanktons and Nutients”.

 

2 yrs

70.91

Ministry of Earth Sciences

B.R. Raghavan

Size distribution of total suspended matter and measurement of optical properties to derive a local scale algorithm in a time sequenced scenario off Mangalore

4 yrs

63.83

INCOIS, MoES, Hyderabad

B.R. Manjunatha

 

Assessing the Anthropogenic Impact on South-West Coast       of India

5 yrs

77.73

Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt.

of India, New Delhi

B.R. Manjunatha

 

Atmospheric Input of Nutrients and Trace Elements to South-Western Continental Margin of India: Implications to Primary Productivity

3 yrs

44.50

Ministry of Earth Sciences,

Government of India, New Delhi

 

B.R. Manjunatha

An assessment on the impact of anthropogenic activities on coastal embayment along the south-western India

3 yrs

8.93

U.G.C.

H. Gangadhara Bhat

Implementation of Geo-Acoustic Approach for obtaining Seabed properties in shallow water region

3 yrs

24

Naval Research Board, New Delhi

H. Gangadhara Bhat

Impact of Sea Level Fluctuations along Karnataka Coast based on Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques

3 yrs

27.5

Ministry of Earth Sciences,

Government of India, New Delhi

Priya K

Geophysical and geochemical methods for detecting ground water salinisation in the coastal area of Kasargod district, Kerala

3 yrs

17.27

DST-SERB

Yamuna S.M.

Water Quality Status of  Lokapavani Microwater Shed, Mandy A District, Karnataka, India

3 yrs

15.18

DST-SERB

Total

613.80