Affiliation
Periyar University
Contact Number
8281475233
Designation
Research Scholar
E-mail
athiraammu0778@gmail.com
Facility to be used
XRD XRF FE-SEM
Facility to be used: (Write BTR Number if available)
XED-SEM
Have you used IUAC-Geochronology XRD/XRF/FE facility before?(if yes,Provide detail of experiment & status of data utilization)
NO
if there is a Ph D student involved in the experiment
Yes
Importance of proposed research in International Perspective (min 300 words)
The evolutionary changes in the landscape as a result of the combined effects of tectonics, climate, relative sea level and sediment influx together create the peninsular rivers to transform the regional geomorphology. Internal processes like tectonics deforms the lithosphere while the external forces such as climate controls geomorphology (Montgomery and Foufoula-Georgiou, 1993; Willgoose, 1994; Willett et al., 2014; Giletycz et al., 2015, Ramkumar et.al 2019). Together with the changes in relative and accommodation space, these tectono-climatic factors modify/influence natural and anthrogenic processes and hence understanding them and their relative contribution to the landscape development play a vital role in environmental sustenance. The proposal is an attempt to update the existing understanding and once complete, will form a significant scientific contribution on the geomorphological development in the area and the field of research.
Importance of proposed research in National Perspective (min 300 words)
Landscape morphology and drainage evolution of thamirabarani basin can be quantitatively describe the distinctive feature by the incision style of the river. This study adopts morphometric analysis for watershed management and it comprises the quantitative morph dynamics, tectono-geomorphic and climatic change to access the changes or impacts that may occur in future. The continental scale landscape development model proposed in a previous study identified general parallel trends of post-breakup basin faults and their differentiation into horsts and grabens with similar trends suggest the evolution of the east coast basins as inherited and antecedent structural evolution.
Name of the Supervisor/Mentor (For Ph.D. Students/Postdoc Fellows)
Dr.M.Ramkumar
Number of Samples(Write separately for XRD, XRF AND FE-SEM)
10
Title of Thesis (for Ph.D. Students only)
Characterization of Basin scale landscape development through geological,geochemical and geochronological indices of Thamirabarani River Basin. A case study of Thamirabarani River Basin, TamilNadu , Southern India
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