Dynamics of the Earth System: Evolution, Processes and Interactions

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction—Scientific Drilling in the Indian Ocean: An Earth System Process Perspective

   • Dhananjai K. Pandey, Nisha Nair, M. Ravichandran

   Pages 1-25

3. Morphological and Chemical Properties of Microtektite Grains from Bay of Bengal (IODP Expedition 354)

   • Masud Kawsar, M. C. Manoj, Kohki Yoshida, Alan T. Baxter, Brendan T. Reilly

   Pages 27-53

4. Assessing Mid-pleistocene to Holocene Sea-Ice Extent and Carbonate Compensation Depth Fluctuations in the Japan Sea: A Multiproxy Approach

   • Manisha Das, Nishant Vats, Raj K. Singh, Sibasish Mishra, S. Sova Barik, R. V. Divya et al.

   Pages 55-72

5. Modern Radiolarians Recovered from the Mudline Samples at IODP-341 Sites in the South Alaska Basin, North East Pacific Ocean

   • Shyam Murti Gupta

   Pages 73-89

6. Carbon Stable Isotope Source Signature of Bulk Organic Matter in Middle Bengal Fan Sediment Collected During IODP Expedition 354

   • Supriyo Kumar Das, Ujan Karmakar, Arunabha Dey, Sandip Agrahari, Alf Ekblad

   Pages 91-99

7. Geochemistry of Marine Carbonates from Hole 1394, off the Coast of Montserrat, IODP Expedition-340; Implications on Provenance, Paleoenvironment and Lesser Antilles Arc Migration

   • K. S. V. Subramanyam, V. Balaram, C. Manikyamba, Parijat Roy, A. K. Krishna, S. S. Sawant et al.

   Pages 101-140

8. Morpho-taxonomy of Corycaeid Cyclopoids from Lakshadweep Sea, South Eastern Arabian Sea—A Part of the Indian Ocean

   • R. Radhika, S. Bijoy Nandan

   Pages 141-191

9. Sedimentological Attributes and Quartz Microtexture in the Levee Sediments of a Submarine Channel in Context of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet Fluctuations: A Study from Site U-1359 of IODP-318 Expedition

   • Paromita Biswas, Naresh C. Pant, Mayuri Pandey, Prakash K. Shrivastava

   Pages 193-217

10. Late Quaternary Sedimentation and Slope Failure Events on the Costa Rican Margin

    • B. Nagender Nath, V. Yatheesh, A. Kazip Yazing, Surabhi R. Prabhu, Avinash Borker, D. K. Pandey et al.

    Pages 219-251

11. mtCOI Sequence-Based Barcoding of Calanoid Copepods from Lagoon Waters of Lakshadweep, South-west Coast of India

    • Sanu V. Francis, S. Bijoy Nandan

    Pages 253-264

12. A Summary of the South China Sea Evolution

    • Lachit S. Ningthoujam, Dhananjai K. Pandey

    Pages 265-276

13. Microbial Community Profile of Deep-Sea Sediment from Eastern Arabian Sea (IODP 355)

    • A. Ganesh Kumar, R. Vijaya Raghavan, G. Dharani, M. A. Atmanand

    Pages 277-283

This book highlights Indian scientific endeavours and contributions to answering the vast multitude of questions posed by our changing environment. The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) explores Earth’s history and dynamics using deep ocean drilling platforms to recover the data locked inside seafloor sediments and rocks. Since 2009, Indian scientists have been actively engaged in these expeditions. Scientists from various Earth Science disciplines have seized this opportunity to offer their expertise in order to help unravel the mysteries of the past – by delving deep into the valuable sedimentary records of our oceans. This book presents a compilation of some of their most important findings to motivate and encourage young minds for their enhanced role in the cutting edge science of ocean drilling.

• International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)
• JOIDES Resolution
• Carbonate Compensation Depth
• Corycaeid cyclopoids
• Microtektite

• Geoscience Division, Earth System Sciences Organisation (ESSO), National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Vasco da Gama, India

  Dhananjai K. Pandey

• Earth System Sciences Organisation (ESSO), National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Vasco da Gama, India

  M. Ravichandran, Nisha Nair

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