Dr. K. Srinivasamoorthy
About
Research Area
Geology graduate with M.Sc, M.Phil, and Ph.D. in Geology with specialization in Hydrogeology. Twenty years of experience in teaching, research, and supervising M.Sc/M.Tech/Doctoral associates. Established a hydrogeology laboratory in the department and executed research projects supported by funding agencies and consultancy projects, published 117 research articles, book chapters and conference papers with h-index – 29, i10-index – 62, citations -2850 (Google Scholar-2020). Fellow of Indian Geophysical Union. Technical member for Pondicherry groundwater, forest authority and associated in developing rainwater harvesting structures and water management strategies in Pondicherry University. Presently as associate editor in the Journal of Applied water science, Springer.
Notable Publications
Submarine groundwater discharge as sources for dissolved nutrient fluxes in Coleroon river estuary, Bay of Bengal, India (2020) Prakash, Srinivasamoorthy, Gopinath, Saravanan, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2020.103660
Tracing groundwater salinization using geochemical and isotopic signature in Southeastern coastal Tamilnadu, India (2019) Gopinath, Srinivasamoorthy, Saravanan, Prakash, Chemosphere 236, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.07.036
Tracing groundwater inputs to Bay of Bengal from Sankarabarani River Basin, Pondicherry, India, using continuous radon monitoring (2018) Srinivasamoorthy, Ponnumani, Prakash, Vinnarasi, International journal of Environmental Science and Technology 16(66), DOI: 10.1007/s13762-018-1938-x
Application of water quality index for groundwater quality assessment: Thirumanimuttar sub-basin, Tamilnadu, India (2010) Vasanthavigar, Srinivasamoorthy, Vijayaragavan, Vasudevan, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 171(1-4):595-609, DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1302-1
Identification of major sources controlling groundwater chemistry from a hard rock terrain — A case study from Mettur taluk, Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India (2008), Srinivasamoorthy, Chidambaram, Prasanna, Anandhan, Journal of Earth System Science 117(1):49-58, DOI: 10.1007/s12040-008-0012-3