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Rajeev Saraswat
Dr. Rajeev Saraswat
Micropaleontology Lab.
Geological Oceanography Division
National Institute of Oceanography
Dona Paula, 403 004
India
Phone: +91 (0)832 245 0489
Fax: +91 (0)832 245 0603
E-mail: rsaraswat(at)nio.org
URL Institution: www.nio.org/jsp/indexNew.jsp
Personal URL: link
Key Publications of Rajeev Saraswat (up to five) :
R. Saraswat, Sujata R. Kurtarkar, A. Mazumder & R. Nigam (2004). Foraminifers as indicators of marine pollution: a culture experiment with Rosalina leei. Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 48, pp. 91-96.
R. Saraswat, R. Nigam, S. Weldeab, A. Mackensen and P.D. Naidu (2005). A first look at past sea surface temperatures in the Equatorial Indian Ocean from Mg/Ca in foraminifera. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 32, L24605, doi:10.1029/2005GL024093.
R. Saraswat, N. Khare (2010). Deciphering the calcification depth of Globigerina bulloides from its oxygen isotopic composition. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v. 40, pp. 220-230.
R. Saraswat, R. Nigam and Sangita Pachkhande (2011). Difference in optimum temperature for growth and reproduction in benthic foraminifer Rosalina globularis: Implications for paleoclimatic studies. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, v. 405, pp. 105-110.
R. Saraswat, R. Nigam, A. Mackensen and S. Weldeab. Linkage between seasonal insolation gradient in the tropical northern hemisphere and the sea surface salinity of the equatorial Indian Ocean during the last glacial period. Acta Geologica Sinica, v. 86, pp. 801-811.
Expertise of Rajeev Saraswat:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|---|
| PAGES Topics | Topics |
| Climate Dynamics | |
| Human Impacts | |
| Biogeochemical Cycles | |
| PAGES Timescales | Timescales |
| Pleistocene (glacial-interglacial cycles) | |
| Holocene (10,000 years) | |
| Last Millennium | |
| Anthropocene | |
| Abrupt Events | |
| PAGES Location | Global |
| PAGES Parameters | Temperature |
| Insolation | |
| Isotopes | |
| Carbon | |
| PAGES Archives | Ocean Sediments |
| Lake Sediments | |
| Ice Cores/Glaciers | |
| PAGES Proxies | Foraminifera |
| Isotopes |
Specialties of Rajeev Saraswat: Application of morphological characteristics, stable isotopic ratio and elemental ratio of marine microfossils, especially foraminifers for paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic reconstruction.
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