| Papers presented in National/International Seminars |
1. Vishnu Mohan S., Maya K., Pradeep Kumar A. P. and Padmalal D. (2018) Late Quaternary
climate and sea level changes in a humid tropical coastline, SW India – its implications on
geomorphic evolution, National Seminar on Dynamics of the Surface & Subsurface
Geological Processes, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, pp. 194-195.
2. Vishnu Mohan S., Maya K., Pradeep Kumar A. P. and Padmalal D. (2018) Evidence of sea
level changes and coastal evolution during Late Quaternary in a humid tropical coastline: terrain evolution model from southwest India, Fifth National Conference on Shear Zones and
Crustal Blocks of southern India, University of Kerala, Thriuvananthapuram.
3. Vishnu Mohan S., Maya K., Pradeep Kumar A. P. and Padmalal D. (2017) Geomorphic
evolution and placer mineral segregation in coastal lands between Achankovil and Thenmala
shear zones, SW India – evidences from a multi parametric study, Iinternational conference
on "Understanding, Predicting and Projecting Climate Change over Asian Region, S V
University, Tirupati.
4. Padmalal, D., Maya, K. and Vishnu Mohan, S. (2016) Holocene climate change in SW India
– a multi proxy study using coastal sediments as an archive, 35th International Geological
Congress, Cape Town, South Africa.
5. Vishnu Mohan, S. (2016) Changing climate in the past 10000 years – evidence from Kerala,
SW India, National Conference on Quaternary Climate: Recent Findings and Future
Challenges, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, pp. 65.
6. Maya K., Vishnu Mohan S., Limaye R. B., Padmalal D. and Kumaran K. P. N. (2016)
Sediment archives in the tsunami affected areas of southern Kerala, India: evidence of sea
level changes and coastal evolution, Accepted for presentation in 33rd Convention of Indian
Association of Sedimentologists, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
7. Vishnu Mohan S., Limaye R. B., Maya K., Padmalal D. and K. P. N. Kumaran (2016)
Tracing signatures of mud bank formation in the late Holocene sediments along Kerala coast,
SW India, Accepted for presentation in 33rd Convention of Indian Association of
Sedimentologists, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
8. Vishnu Mohan S., Ruta B. Limaye, Padmalal D., Syed Masood Ahmad and Kumaran K. P.
N. (2015) Holocene climatic vicissitudes from south western coast of India: appraisal of
stable isotopes and palynology, XIX INQUA Conference, Nagoya, Japan, 2015.
9. Vishnu Mohan S., Maya K. , Shiekha E. John, Sajan K., and Padmalal D. (2015)
Geochemical indicators of Holocene depositional processes in the estuarine systems of
southern Kerala, SW India, National Workshop on ‘Continental Crust and Cover Sequences
in the Evolution of Indian Subcontinent’, National Centre for Earth Science Studies,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, pp. 92.
10. Vishnu Mohan, S., Sajan, K., Padmalal, D., Maya, K. and Baburaj, B. (2013) Geologic
evolution, environmental threats and management action plans of the lake Sasthamkotta – a
Ramsar wetland in Kerala, SW India, paper communicated to National Conference on
‘Sedimentation and Tectonics with Special Reference to Energy Resource of North – East
India’ and 30th Convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologist, Manipur University,
Imphal.
11. Vishnu Mohan, S., Padmalal, D., Maya, K. and Baburaj, B. (2013) Sea level oscillations,
climate change and landform evolution in the western coastal lowlands of Trivandrum block
in peninsular India, accepted for presentation in Fifth Indian National Conference on Harbour
and Ocean Engineering proposed to be held at CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography,
Goa.
12. Padmalal, D., Maya, K., Vishnu Mohan, S. and Remya, S. I. (2013) Geochemical signatures
of land-sea interactions in the late Quaternary sediments of southern Kerala, SW India, paper
communicated to National Conference on ‘Sedimentation and Tectonics with Special
Reference to Energy Resource of North – East India’ and 30th Convention of Indian
Association of Sedimentologist, Manipur University, Imphal.
13. Padmalal D., Maya K., Vishnu Mohan S. and Baburaj B. (2013) Holocene land-sea
interactions and landform changes in the coastal lands of Vembanad lagoon, Kerala, SW
India, accepted for presentation in Fifth Indian National Conference on Harbour and Ocean
Engineering proposed to be held at CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography, Goa.
14. Baburaj, B., Vishnu Mohan, S. and Nair, K. M. (2013) Late Pleistocene land - sea
interactions and coastal geomorphic responses: a case study from Kerala, Paper
communicated to 25th Kerala Science Congress proposed to be held at Technopark,
Thiruvananthapuram.
15. Vishnu Mohan, S. and Padmalal, D. (2012) Evidence of changing climate in the past 10000
years from the sedimentary archives of southern Kerala, 24th Kerala Science Congress held at
Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam, pp. 329-331.
16. Vishnu Mohan, S., Sajan, K., Baijulal, B. and Padmalal, D. (2012) Textural and heavy
mineralogical studies of a small catchment river in the southern Kerala - its implications in
coastal evolution, Presented in the National seminar on Coastal Zone - Processes, Resources
& and Social Relevance, held at CUSAT, Kochi on 17th February 2012, pp. 18.
17. Vishnu Mohan, S, Sajan, K and Padmalal, D (2012) Geological and geochemical evidences
of climate and sea level changes in the Holocene sediments of Polachira wetland (Kerala),
SW India. Accepted for oral presentation in 3rd Annual Symposium on Response of Asian
Rivers to Climate Change –Past, Present and Future Scenario, proposed to be held at CSIR
- National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad, from 14 – 16 November,
2012.
18. Remya, S. I, Anooja, S., Vishnu Mohan, S. and Baijulal, B. (2012) Textural dependence of
C-org and C- inorg in the borehole sediments of coastal wetlands of Kerala - a case study, 24th
Kerala Science Congress held at Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam, pp. 506-508.
19. Padmalal, D., Kumaran, K. P. N., Nair, K. M., Ruta, B. Limaye, Vishnu Mohan S. and
Baijulal, B. (2011) Late Quaternary evolution of Vembanad lagoon in the south western coast
of India: an appraisal of sedimentary record of sea level and climate change, XVIIIth INQUA
Congress, Bern, Switzerland.
20. Vishnu Mohan, S., Anooja, S., Baiju, R. S., and Padmalal, D., (2011) Indications of sea
level changes in the sediment dispersal pattern of a tropical river and estuary, SW India,
Proc. 24th Annual Convention of Indian Institute of Geomorphologist and National
Conference on Coastal Dynamics and Geomorphology, Anna University, Chennai, pp. 40 –
41.
21. Vishnu Mohan, S. and Padmalal, D (2011) Sasthamkotta fresh water lake in Kollam district,
Kerala - its geologic evolution and environmental threats, Proc. 23rd Kerala Science
Congress, Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, pp. 111.
22. Vishnu Mohan, S., Sreebha, S., Padmalal, D., Maya, K. and Linikrishna, K. L. (2011) Sand
Mining in Pamba River, Proc. National Seminar on Mining of River Sand and Its Impacts on
the Environment, Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode,
pp. 141-151.
23. Vishnu Mohan, S., Linikrishna K. L., Maya, K. and Padmalal, D. (2010) Impact of instream
sand mining: An example from Southern Kerala, Proc. 22nd Kerala Science Congress, KFRI,
Peechi , pp. 631.
24. Vishnu Mohan, S., Aneesh Kumar, S. R., Maya, K. and Padmalal, D (2010) Water quality
around a china clay mine in Kollam district, Kerala, Proc. National seminar on water
pollution and control measures, Catholicate college, Pathananamthitta.
25. Santhosh, V., Baiju, R. S. and Vishnu Mohan, S. (2010) Textural and mineralogical
characteristics of the beach sands of Alappuzha and Kannur coasts, Kerala, SW India, Proc.
22nd Swadeshi Science Congress proposed to be held at CMFRI, Kochi.
26. Anooja, S., Remya, S. I., Vishnu Mohan, S., Jissy Jyothi, S. and Padmalal, D. (2010)
Sediment characteristics and carbon accumulation in the coastal wetlands of Southern Kerala
– A case study, Proc. 22nd Kerala Science Congress, KFRI, Peechi, pp. 391.
27. Vishnu Mohan, S., Padmalal, D., Sreebha, S. and Maya, K. (2009) Environmental effects of
sand mining from Kallada river, Kollam district, Kerala state, Proc. National Seminar on
Earth resources, Environment and Earth sciences for society, held at Department of Geology,
Periyar University, Salem, pp. 51. |
| Books Chapters |
Books published: Padmalal D., Maya K. and Vishnu Mohan S. (2013). Late Quaternary climate, sea level changes and coastal evolution – A case study from SW India, Monograph, ISBN 81-901842-1-0, Published by Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, 164p. |
| Invited Lectures/Resource person |
Nil |
| Projects (Major/Minor) |
“Records of climate change in the Holocene sediments of the coastal lowlands of southern Kerala, India”
(KSCS - 26); Funded by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE). |
| Symposia/Conference/Workshop/ Conducted/ Attended |
In books 1. Vishnu Mohan, S., Aneesh, M. S., Maya, K., Kumaran, K. P. N. and Padmalal, D. (2021) Holocene Evolution of Coastal Wetlands – A Case Study From Southern Kerala, India. In: Holocene Climate Change and Environment, (Eds. Kumaran K. P. N. and Padmalal D), Elsevier Publishing company, Netherlands (Accepted for Publication). 2. Maya K., Padmalal D., Vandana M., Vishnu Mohan S., Viveka V. R, Limaye R. B. and Kumaran K. P. N. (2021) Holocene changes in fluvial geomorphology, depositional environments, and evolution of coastal wetlands—A multiproxy study from Southwest India. In: Holocene Climate Change and Environment, (Eds. Kumaran K. P. N. and Padmalal D), Elsevier Publishing company, Netherlands (Accepted for Publication). 3. Vishnu Mohan, S., Padmalal, D. and Santhosh, V. (2013) Palaeoclimatic records and organic carbon loading in the Holocene sediments of Polachira Wetlands, Southern Kerala, SW India. In: Climate change and environment, (Eds. J. Sundaresan, S. Sreekesh, A. L. Ramananthan, L. Sonnenschein, R. Boojh), Scientific Publishers, New Delhi, pp. 211 -224. 4. Padmalal, D., Nair, K. M., Kumaran, K. P. N., Sajan, K., Vishnu Mohan, S., Maya, K., Santhosh, V. and Anooja, S. (2013) Evidences of climate and sea level changes in a Holocene Bay Head Delta, Kerala, Southwest coast of India. In: Climate change and island and coastal vulnerability, (Eds. J. Sundaresan, S. Sreekesh, A. L. Ramananthan, L. Sonnenschein, R. Boojh), Springer, Netherlands and Capital Publishing Company, New Delhi, pp. 191-208. 5. Vishnu Mohan, S., Padmalal, D., Sreebha, S. and Maya, K. (2013) Environmental effects of sand mining from Kallada river, Kollam district, Kerala state. In: Earth Resources and Environment (Ed. R. Venkatachalapathy) Research Publishing Services, Chennai, pp. 353 - 362. |
| Colloquia organized |
Nil |
| Honours/Awards |
Received Young Scientist Award, for the paper "Evidence of changing climate in the past 10000 years from the sedimentary archives of southern Kerala" in the 24th Kerala Science Congress held at Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam in the |
| Administrative distinction |
Nil |
| Membership Professional Bodies |
Nil |
| Research Output |
Nil |
| Publications in National/ International Journals |
Das, P., Padmalal, D., Kumaran, K. P. N., Limaye, R. B., Vishnu Mohan, S., Banerji, U. S. and Bhushan, R. (2024) Tracing the Late Quaternary coastal evolution of Central Kerala, India, around the lost ancient port Muziris using multi-proxy study of the sedimentary archives, Quaternary Science Advances, Vol. 14, pp. 100197
2. Banerji, U. S., Shaji, J., Arulbalaji, P., Maya, K., Vishnu Mohan, S., Dabhi, A. J., Shivam, A., Bhushan, R. and Padmalal, D. (2021) Mid-late Holocene evolutionary history and climate
reconstruction of Vellayani lake, south India, Quaternary International, Vol. 599-600, pp. 72-94.
3. Santhosh, V. and Vishnu Mohan, S. (2021) Origin and Palaeo-Depositional Vicissitudes of Late
Quaternary Sediments of Central Kerala, South India, Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences -
Geology (Geological Science), Vol.40F, No.2, pp. 179-186.
4. Babu, L., Vishnu Mohan, S., Mohan, M. and Pradeepkumar, A. P., (2020) MIO-Pliocene
climatic vicissitudes of laterite formations in the coastal belts of Kerala, SW India: an appraisal
based on weathering indices, Ecofeminism and Climate Change (DOI 10.1108/EFCC-05-2020-
0017).
5. Kumaran K. P. N., Padmalal D., Limaye R. B. and Vishnu Mohan S. (2018) Signatures of
Holocene hydrological processes from sedimentary archives in South-western India: case studies
from wetlands of Kerala coast, Journal of Geological Society of India, Vol. 92, pp. 596-606.
6. Maya K., Vishnu Mohan S., Ruta B. Limaye, Padmalal D. and Kumaran K. P. N., (2017)
Geomorphic response to sea level and climate changes during Late Quaternary in a humid
tropical coastline: Terrain evolution model from Southwest India, Plos One 12(5):e0176775.
(https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176775)
7. Vishnu Mohan, S., Limaye, R. B., Padmalal, D., Ahmad, S. M. and Kumaran, K.P.N (2017)
Holocene climatic vicissitudes and sea level changes in the south western coast of India: appraisal
of stable isotopes and palynology, Quaternary International, Vol. 443, pp.164-176.
8. Shiekha E. John, Rajimol T. R., Vishnu Mohan S., Maya K. and Padmalal D. (2017)
Environmental degradation of a tropical estuary due to human interferences - a case study from
southern Kerala, SW India, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Vol. 10, pp. 352 (Impact Factor:
0.860).
9. Kumaran, K. P. N., Padmalal, D., Limaye, R. B., Vishnu Mohan, S., Jennerjahn, T. and Gamre,
P. G. (2016) Tropical peat and peatland development in the floodplains of the Greater Pamba
Basin, South-western India during the Holocene. Plos One (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154297);
(Impact Factor: 3.057).
10. Vishnu Mohan S., Shiekha E. John, Rajimol T. R., Maya K., Sajan K. and Padmalal D. (2016).
Human interventions and consequent environmental degradation of a protected freshwater lake in
Kerala, SW India, Geosciences Journal, Vol. 20(3), pp 391-402 (Impact Factor: 0.922).
11. Vishnu Mohan S., Padmalal D., Maya K. and Baburaj B. (2014). Sea level oscillations, climate
change and landform evolution in the western coastal lowlands of Trivandrum block in
peninsular India. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, Vol.43, No.7, pp. 1145-1151 (Impact
Factor: 0.316).
12. Padmalal D., Maya K., Vishnu Mohan S. and Baburaj B. (2014). Holocene land-sea interactions
and landform changes in the coastal lands of Vembanad lagoon, Kerala, SW India. Indian Journal
of Geo-Marine Sciences, Vol.43, No.7, pp. 1152-1156 (Impact Factor: 0.316).
13. Vishnu Mohan, S. and Padmalal, D. (2014). Holocene evolution of the freshwater lakes of
southern Kerala, SW India, Gondwana Geological Magazine, Vol.15, pp. 67-78.
14. Padmalal, D., Kumaran, K.P.N., Nair, K.M., Ruta B. Limaye, Baburaj, B., Maya, K., and Vishnu
Mohan, S. (2014) Effect of Holocene climate and sea level changes on landform evolution and
human habitation: Central Kerala, India, Quaternary International Vol.325, pp. 162-178 (Impact
Factor: 2.062).
15. Padmalal, D., Kumaran, K.P.N., Nair, K.M., Ruta B. Limaye, Vishnu Mohan, S., Baijulal, B. and
Anooja, S. (2014) Consequences of sea level and climate changes on the morphodynamics of a
tropical coastal lagoon during Holocene: An evolutionary model, Quaternary International
Vol.333, pp. 156-172 (Impact Factor: 2.062).
16. Vishnu Mohan S. and Padmalal D. (2013) Geologic evolution, anthropogenic impacts and
management action plans of the Sasthamkotta kayal – A Ramsar site, Kerala, India, Journal of
Indian Association of Sedimentologists, Vol. 32, No. 1&2, pp. 73-83.
17. Anooja, S., Padmalal, D., Maya, K., Vishnu Mohan, S., Baburaj, B. (2013). Heavy mineral
contents and provenance of Late Quaternary sediments of southern Kerala, Southwest India.
Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences Vol. 42, pp. 749-757 (Impact Factor: 0.316).
18. Padmalal, D., Kumaran, K. P. N., Nair, K. M., Baijulal, B., Ruta B. Limaye and Vishnu Mohan,
S., (2011) Evolution of the coastal wetland systems of SW India during the Holocene: evidence
from marine and terrestrial archives of Kollam coast, Kerala, Quaternary International, Vol. 237,
pp. 123-139 (Impact Factor: 2.062). |
