Phone: (313) 577-3262 (W) 0224 Old Main Building
(313) 247-9565(H) Department of Geology
Fax: 313-577-0517 Wayne State University
E-Mail: Baskaran@Chem.Wayne.Edu Detroit, MI 48302

Personal Status: Married, three children

Citizenship: USA Citizen

Many years of experience in:
Teaching Academic Research
Research Project development Reviewer for Proposals and papers

EDUCATION:
B.S., V.H.N.S.N. College, Virudhunagar, India 1977
M.S., Physics, M.K. University, Madurai, India 1979
Ph.D., Radiochemistry/IsotopeGeochemistry, Physical Research Lab, Ahmedabad, India 1986

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Associate Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI June 2000-present
· Senior Lecturer, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI July 1999- May 2000
· Research Scientist, Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMU-G) 1995-1999
· Senior Lecturer, Lecturer, TAMU-G 1988 - 1999
· Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Alaska, Fairbanks 1987 - 1988
· Physical Research Lab, Ahmedabad, India 1985 - 1987

Fields of Specialty: Sources, Fate, and Transport of Contaminants using particle-reactive radioactive tracers, Environmental radiochemistry, Dating of sediments using U-Th series radionuclides, Isotope Geochemistry, Adsorption/Desorption kinetics using Radionuclides, Applications of Uranium and Thorium series and anthropogenic radionuclides as tracers in the Environmental Problems, colloids transport, water/rock interaction studies, radionuclide migration in groundwater, developing new methodologies for the separation of radionuclides, and waste minimization methodologies, and problems associated with nuclear-waste related issues.

Project Management and Leadership Qualities: Obtained and managed several projects funded by federal, state, and private agencies. Responsibilities included from writing proposals, data collection, interpretation and presenting those results in National meetings, and writing progress and final reports to these agencies.

Teaching Experience: Twelve years of experience in teaching Geology, Physics, and Oceanography courses.
At Wayne State University (Fall 1999 - present):
Introductory Geology GEL-1010 - 32 students - Spring 2000
Introductory Geology GEL-1010 - Two classes (118 and 18 students) - Fall 1999
Environmental Isotope Geochemistry-GEL 5080 - Winter 2,000
Research in Geology GEL 7997 - Two Students in Fall 1999 and 3 students in Winter 2000

At Texas A&M University at Galveston (Fall 1988 - Spring 1999) :
Introduction to Oceanography - OCNG 435
Geology for Civil Engineers
Geological Oceanography
Introductory Physics (Lectures and Labs) - PHYS 201, 202, 218, 219

Supervision of Graduate Students:
At Wayne State University:
1) Daphne McNeary - M. S. - Chair
2) Ahmed Hayat - M. S. - Chair
3) Lance Franklin - Ph.D. - Chemical Engineering - Discussing with him for developing a joint project to investigate the role of colloids in the transport of contaminants in aqueous system.
4) Nadia El-Sayed - Ph.D. - Chemical Engineering - We are designing to carry out a set of lab experiments to validate her modeling efforts for her Ph.D. Dissertation.

At Texas A&M University at Galveston:
1) Jon Schwantes - M. S. - Co-Chair
2) M. Ravichandran - M. S. - Member
3) Sarah Oktay - Ph. D. - Member
4) Roberta Carvalho - M. S. - Member

Curriculum Development:
Graduate Course:
1) GEL-5080 - 3 Credit Course - Environmental Isotope Geochemistry - Being taught in Winter 2,000
2) GEL-6400 - 4 Credit Course - Geochronology - Will be Taught in Fall 2,000

Reviewer to Papers and Proposals: Reviewed numerous proposals submitted to NSF (Chemical Oceanography, Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrology, Office of Polar Programs, etc.), NOAA, and DOE; and reviewed numerous papers submitted to Geochimica et Cosmochim Acta, Marine Geology, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Arctic, Continental Shelf Research, Deep Sea Research, Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research, Marine Chemistry, Geochemical Journal, Chemical Geology, Aqueous Geochemistry, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Journal of Marine Research, Encyclopedia of Environmental Research, Estuaries.

Presentations: Gave presentations over 55 National and International Meetings. Some talks were invited. Chaired and co-chaired some sessions at national and international meetings.

Computer skills: MS-DOS, DOS WP 6.0, WP 6.0 for Window, Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, Access 2.0, Power Point 4.0, Microsoft office for Window 3.1, Window 95, and internet.

FUNDING HISTORY: Obtained over 2.8 million $ as grants and contracts from various agencies as a Principal and co-principal investigator to investigate the low-level radioactivity as environmental tracer and chronometer. Key ones are:
Wayne State University:
· P.I: "The behavior and distribution of particle-reactive radionuclide tracers in particulates, colloids and solution in the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean", National Science Foundation - 07/99 to 04/2001, $120,163.
· P.I.: Radionuclide Analyses of Sea Otter skull tissue - A pilot Study to investigate the sources of radionuclides to areas adjoining Amchitka Island, Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association, Inc., $ 12,240, 1 July 1999 - 30 April 2000.
· P.I.: Dating of Alaskan Lake sediments using 210Pb and 137Cs. University of Alaska, $ 4,000 - 7/99-6/2000.

At Texas A&M University at Galveston:
· P.I: "The behavior and distribution of particle-reactive radionuclide tracers in particulates, colloids and solution in the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean", National Science Foundation - 07/99 to 04/2001, $69,904.
· P.I.: Radionuclide Analyses of Sea Otter skull tissue - A pilot Study to investigate the sources of radionuclides to areas adjoining Amchitka Island, Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association, Inc., $ 9,792, 1 December 1998 - 30 June 1999.
· P.I.: Dating of Alaskan Lake sediments using 210Pb and 137Cs. University of Alaska, $ 26,000 - 8/97-6/2000.
· P.I: "Acquisition of State-of-the-Art High-Efficiency, High Resolution, Gamma Ray Detector, National Science Foundation - 2/98 to 1/99, $ 30,000.
· P.I.: "Aquifer transport of Th, U, Ra and Rn in solution and on colloids, Subcontract from California Institute of Technology (DOE Grant) - 11/96 to 10/99, $ 25,000.
· P.I: "Fate and mobility of naturally occurring and anthropogenic radionuclides in the Barents and Kara Seas, Office of Naval Research- 6/93 to 11/96, $ 330,000.
· Co-PI: "Historical contamination of Mississippi River delta and Galveston Bay sediments," 9/93 - 12/94, $ 200,000.
· Co-P.I: "The production of colloids in the benthic boundary layer and particle-particle-interactions, Department of Energy, 6/92 to 5/97, $ 1,368,260.
· PI: "Plant pigments and radionuclides as tracers of organic carbon flux in the Sabine-Neches Estuary," 1/92 to 8/94, $ 98,000.
· Co-PI: "Processes which control the cycling of the toxicant lead in Galveston Bay," Sea Grant College Program, 9/91 to 8/93, $ 105,147.
· Co-P.I: "Undergraduate Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement," National Science Foundation, 6/90 to 5/93, $ 34,300.
· Co-P.I: "Physico-chemical Processes Controlling Thorium Behavior in the Ocean". National Science Foundation, 7/90 to 6/93, $ 527,650.

Awards and Professional Societies:
· Valedictorian, awarded Gold Medal , M.S. 1977-1979
· Valedictorian, awarded Gold Medal, B.S., 1974-1977
· American Nuclear Society
· American Geophysical Union

Invited Lectures: Delivered invited talks in University of Delaware (1999), University of Nevada (1999), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (1999), Savannah River Ecological Laboratory (1999), Idaho Engineering National Laboratory (1999), Western Michigan University (1999), Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, Brazil, (1997), 5th International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysical Society, Sao Paulo, Brazil (1997), Kalpakkam Atomic Research Center (1996); Madras University (1996), Anna University (1996); Madurai University (1996), a series of Invited Talks at the Korea Oceanographic and Developmental Research Institute, Seoul, Korea, (June 3-14, 1996), California Institute of Technology (1994), Invited to attend International Symposium Conference on Plutonium at Ottawa, Canada, as a speaker and International Expert, (1994), Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas (1994), Western Michigan University (January 1994, February 1993), Lamar University (1992), Rice University (March 1990), and University of Alaska (1988).

Field Experience:
o Participant, USCGC POLAR STAR, 6-28 August, 1998, Arctic Ocean
o Chief Scientist, R/V GYRE 93G12 in the Gulf of Mexico, 1993
o Chief Scientist, R/V GYRE 92G7 in the Gulf of Mexico, 1992
o Chief Scientist, R/V GYRE 91G4 in the Gulf of Mexico, 1991
o Participant on the R/V GYRE Cruise 90G7 in the Gulf of Mexico, 10 days-November, 1990.
o Participant on the R/V GYRE Cruise 89G15 in the Gulf of Mexico, 10 days-November, 1989.
o Participant on the R/V SURVEYOR in Chukchi Sea, and Kotzbue Sound Area, 4 weeks- September-October, 1987
o Participant on the Sediment Coring Cruise in the Arabian Sea, 2 weeks-May 1986
o Participant in the Radiological Cruise in METEOR, 6 weeks, in the North Sea- analysis of Cs and Am onboard, August-September, 1982
o Participant, Geophysical Survey Cruise in the Baltic Sea, 1 week-November, 1982
o Participant in the onboard ship training for the Indian Scientists 10 days-July, 1981
o Have spent several months between 1981 and 1987 in Saurashtra for coastal carbonate sampling (towards Ph. D. thesis work and post doctoral work).

Publications: Published 120 papers/abstracts/technical reports in professional journals; have written single-author review papers on specialized topics to books.
Peer reviewed Journal Publications:
Peer reviewed Book Chapters: 2
Technical Reports/Papers in Conference Proceedings : 10
Abstracts (papers presented in National/International Meetings): 55

Selected Publications:

In Review (Manuscripts that were submitted after joining Wayne State University):
Tricca, A., D. Porcelli, M. Baskaran, and G. J. Wasserburg (2000) The transport of U- and Th-series nuclides in a sandy unconfined aquifer. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta (in review).
Baskaran, M. (2000) Scavenging of thorium isotopes in the Arctic regions: implications to the fate of particle-reactive pollutants. Mar. Pollu. Bull. (in press).
Baskaran, M. and P. H. Santschi (2000) Particulate and dissolved 210Pb activities in the shelf and slope regions of the Gulf of Mexico waters. Continent. Shelf Res. ( in review).
Porcelli, D., P. S. Andersson, M. Baskaran and G. J. Wasserburg (2000) The transport of U- and Th-series nuclides in a Baltic watershed and the Baltic Sea. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta (in review).
Filley, T. R., M. Baskaran, T. S. Bianchi, L. A. Colarusso, K. H. Freeman, P. G. Hatcher, and C. L. Lambert (2000) A biogeochemical study of the Holocene sediments from Mud Lake, Florida: The succession from a marsh to a shallow eutrophic lake. PPP (in review).
Bianchi, T. S., E. Engelhaupt, R. Elmgren, S. Hajdu, and M. Baskaran (2000) Time trends of diatom and cyanobacterial biomass in the Himmerfjarden Basin (Baltic Sea proper): Comparison of long-term ecological measurements and the sediment record. Estuaries (in review).
Baskaran, M. and G. E. Shaw (2000) Residence time of arctic haze aerosols using the concentrations and activity ratios of 210Po, 210Pb, and 7Be. J. Aerosol Sci. (in press).
Baskaran, M. et al. (2000) Concentrations of 137Cs, 239,240Pu and 210Pb in sediment samples from the Pechora Sea and biological samples from the Ob and Yenisey Rivers and Kara Sea. Mar. Pollu. Bull. (in press).
Krishnamurthy, R. V., M. Machavaram, M. Baskaran, M. Champ and J. M. Brooks (2000) Organic carbon flow in the Ob, Yenisey Rivers and Kara Sea of the Arctic Region. Mar. Pollu. Bull. (in press).
Santschi, P. H., B. J. Presley, T. L. Wade, B. Garcia-Romero and M. Baskaran (2000) Reconstruction of historical contamination from Mississippi River Delta, Tampa Bay and Galveston Bay sediment cores. Marine Environ. Res. ( in press).

Colloids, DOC, scavenging of radionuclides in Marine System:
Hong, G.-H., S. K. Park, M. Baskaran, S. H. Kim, C. S. Chung, and S. H. Lee (1999) Lead-210 and polonium-210 in the winter well-mixed waters in the mouth of the Yellow Sea. Continental Shelf Research 19, 1049-1064.
Santschi, P. H., L. Guo, I. D. Walsh, M. S. Quigley and M. Baskaran (1999) Boundary exchange and scavenging of radionuclides in continental margin waters of the Middle Atlantic Bight: Implications for organic carbon fluxes. Continental Shelf Research 19, 609-636.
Baskaran, M. (1999). Particle-reactive radionuclides as tracers of biogeochemical processes in estuarine and coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Biogeochemistry of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries, T. S. Bianchi, J. R. Pennock and R. Twilley (eds), Wiley, 381-404.
Bianchi, T. S., M. Baskaran and M. Ravichandran 1998. Is the Sabine-Neches estuary net heterotrophic or autotrophic? A reply to the comment by Finn et al. Estuary 48, 839-841.
Porcelli, D., P. Andersson, G. J. Wasserburg, J. Ingri and M. Baskaran 1997. The importance of colloids and mires for the transport of U isotopes through the Kalix River watershed and Baltic Sea. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61, 4095-4113.
Baskaran, M., M. Ravichandran and T. S. Bianchi 1997. Cycling of 7Be and 210Pb in a high DOC, shallow, turbid estuary of southeast Texas. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 45, 165-176.
Guo, L., P. H. Santschi and M. Baskaran 1997. Interactions of thorium isotopes with colloidal organic matter in oceanic environments. Colloids and Surfaces 120, 255-271.
Bianchi, T. S., M. Baskaran and M. Ravichandran 1997. Carbon cycling in a shallow turbid estuary of southeast Texas: The use of plant pigments as biomarkers. Estuaries 20, 404-415.
Baskaran, M., P. H. Santschi, L. Guo, T. S. Bianchi and C. Lambert. 1996. 234Th:238U disequilibria in the Gulf of Mexico: the importance of organic matter and particle concentration. Conti. Shelf. Res. 16(3), 353-380.
Guo, L., P. H. Santschi, M. Baskaran and A. Zindler 1995. Distribution of dissolved and particulate 230Th and 232Th in seawater from the Gulf of Mexico and off Cape Hatteras as measured by SIMS. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 133: 117-128.
Bianchi, T. S., C. Lambert, P. H. Santschi, M. Baskaran and L. Guo. 1995. Plant pigments as biomarkers of particulate and colloidal organic carbon in the Gulf of Mexico. Limnology and Oceanography 40: 422-428.
Santschi, P. H., L. Guo, M. Baskaran, S. Trumbore, J. Southon, T. S. Bianchi, B. D. Honeyman, and L. Cifuentes. 1995. Isotopic and biochemical evidence for the recent origin of colloidal organic matter in the ocean. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 59: 625-631.
Baskaran, M. and P. H. Santschi. 1993. The role of particles and colloids in the transport of radionuclides in coastal environments of Texas. Marine Chemistry 43: 95-114.
Baskaran, M., D. J. Murphy, P. H. Santschi, J. C. Orr and D. R. Schink. 1993. A method for rapid in-situ extraction and laboratory determination of Th, Pb and Ra isotopes from large volumes of seawater. Deep-Sea Research 40(4): 849-865.
Baskaran, M., P. H. Santschi, G. Benoit and B. D. Honeyman. 1992. Scavenging of thorium isotopes by colloids in seawater of the Gulf of Mexico. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 56: 3375-3388.

Groundwater Work:
Krishnaswami, S., Ravi Bhushan and M. Baskaran. 1991. Radium Isotopes and 222Rn in Shallow Brines, Kharagoda (India). Chemical Geology (Isotope Geoscience Section), 87, 125-136.
Gosink, T. A., M. Baskaran and D. F. Holleman. 1990. Radon in the Body from Drinking Water. Health Physics 59(6), 919-924.
Baskaran, M., S. Krishnaswami and N. Bhandari. 1986. The Geochemical significance of uranium and thorium in the salt lakes and adjacent groundwaters of Rajasthan. J. Geol. Soc. 27: 90-101.

Atmospheric Fallout Studies:
Kim, S. H., G.-H. Hong, M. Baskaran, K. M. Park, C.S. Chung, and K. H. Kim, 1998. Wet removal of atmospheric 7Be and 210Pb at the Korean Yellow Sea coast. The Yellow Sea 4, 58-68.
Baskaran, M. 1995. Comments on "Measurements of 7Be and 210Pb in Rain, snow, and hail". Jour. Appl. Meteoro. 34, 2103-2107.
Baskaran, M. 1995. A search for the seasonal variability on the depositional fluxes of 7Be and 210Pb. J. Geophys. Res. 100: 2833-2840.
Baskaran, M., C. H. Coleman and P. H. Santschi. 1993. Atmospheric depositional fluxes of 7Be and 210Pb at Galveston and College Station, Texas. J. Geophys. Res. 98: 20,555-20,571.

Radionuclide and Trace Metal Distribution in Biological Samples and Sediments:
Hong, G.-H., S. H. Lee, S. H. Kim, C. S. Chung, and M. Baskaran (1999) Sedimentary fluxes of Sr-90, Cs-137, Pu-239, Pu-240 and Pb-210 in the East Sea (Sea of Japan). Science of the Total Environ. 238, 225-240.
Naidu, A. S., A. S. Blanchard, J. M. Hameedi, J. J. Kelley, J. J. Goering and M. Baskaran (1997) Heavy metal contents in sediments of North-East Chukchi Sea, Alaskan Arctic. Mar. Pollu. Bull. 35, 260-269.
Baskaran, M. et al. (1996) Pu, 137Cs, and excess 210Pb in the Russian Arctic Sediments. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 140, 243-257.
Bai, Z., W. G. Wan, C. Wang, X. Wan, R. Huang, P. H. Santschi and M. Baskaran (1996) 7Be distribution in surface soil of central Guizhou karst region and its erosion rate. Prog. In Natural Sci., 6, 700-710.
Baskaran, M. et al. 1995. Distribution of 239,240Pu and 238Pu concentrations in sediments from the Ob and Yenisey Rivers and the Kara Sea. App. Radiat. Isot. 46(11), 1109-1119.
Ravichandran, M., M. Baskaran, P. H. Santschi, T. S. Bianchi. 1995 History of trace metal pollution in Sabine-Neches Estuary, Beaumont, Texas. Environ. Sci. Techol., 29: 1495-1503.
Baskaran, M., J. J. Kelley, A. S. Naidu and D. F. Holleman. 1991. Environmental Radiocesium in Subarctic and Arctic Alaska following Chernobyl. Arctic 44(4), 346-350.
Fisher, N. S., J. L. Teyssie, S. Krishnaswami and M. Baskaran. 1987. Accumulation of Th, Pb, U and Ra in marine phytoplankton and its geochemical significance. Limnol. Oceanogr. 32(1): 131-142.
Krishnaswami, S., M. Baskaran, S. W. Fowler and M. Heyraud. 1985. Comparative role of Salps and other zooplankton in the cycling and transport of selected elements and natural radionuclides in Mediterranean Waters. Biogeochemistry 1: 353-360.

Carbonate Dating:
Baskaran, M. and T. M. Iliffe. 1993. Age determination of recent cave deposits using excess 210Pb- A new technique. Geophysical Research Letters 20(7): 603-606.
Baskaran, M. and R. V. Krishnamurthy. 1993. The d13C of cave deposits: A potential indicator of the d13C of atmospheric CO2. Geophysical Research Letters 20: 2905-2908.
Baskaran, M., G. Rajagopalan and B. L. K. Somayajulu. 1989. 230Th/234U and 14C Dating of the Quaternary Carbonate Deposits of Saurashtra, India. Chemical Geology 10(1): 65-82.
Baskaran, M., S. V. Deshpande, S. N. Rajaguru and B. L. K. Somayajulu. 1989. Geochronology of Miliolite Rocks of Kutch, Western India. Jour. Geol. Soc. 33, 588-593.
Baskaran, M., B. Sahai, R. K. Sood and B. L. K. Somayajulu. 1987. Geochronological studies of strandline miliolites of Saurashtra, India, detected by remote sensing techniques. Int. J. Remote Sensing 8(2): 169-176.
Baskaran, M., A. R. Marathe, S. N. Rajaguru and B. L. K. Somayajulu. 1986. Geochronology of Paleolithic cultures in the Hiran Valley, Saurashtra, India. J. Arch. Sci. 13: 505-514.

Mineralogy, Sedimentology, Sediment Dynamics, and Sediment Dating:
Naidu, A. S., B. P. Finney, and M. Baskaran (1999) 210Pb- and 137Cs-based sediment accumulation rates in inner shelves and coastal lakes of subarctic and arctic Alaska: a synthesis. GeoResearch Forum 5, 185-196.
Fuller, C. C., A. vanGeen, M. Baskaran and R. Anima (1999) Chronology of recent sediments in San Francisco Bay defined by 210Pb, 234Th, 137Cs, and 239,240Pu for interpreting contaminant profiles. Mar. Chem. 64, 7-27.
Van Geen, A., N. J. Valette-Silver, S. N. Luoma, C. C. Fuller, M. Baskaran, F. Tera and J. Klein (1999). Constraints on the sedimentation history of San Francisco Bay from 14C and 10Be. Marine Chem. Mar. Chem. 64, 29-38.
McKee, B. A. and M. Baskaran (1999) Sedimentary Processes. . In: Biogeochemistry of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries, T. S. Bianchi, J. R. Pennock and R. Twilley (eds), Wiley, 63-85.
Bianchi, T. S., A. Demetropoulos, M. Hadjichristophorou, M. Argyrou, M. Baskaran and C. Lambert. 1996. Plant pigments as biomarkers of organic matter sources in sediments and coastal waters of Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean). Est. Coast. She. Sci. 42, 103-115.
Ravichandran, M., M. Baskaran, P. H. Santschi, and T. S. Bianchi 1995. Geochronology of sediments in the Sabine-Neches Estuary, Texas, U.S.A. Chemical Geology 125, 291-306.
Baskaran, M. and A. S. Naidu. 1995. 210Pb-derived chronology, and the fluxes of 210Pb and 137Cs isotopes into continental shelf sediments, East Chukchi Sea, Alaskan Arctic. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 59, 4435-4448.
Krishnamurthy, R. V., K. Syrup, M. Baskaran and A. Long 1995. Late Glacial Climate Record of Midwestern United States from the hydrogen isotope ratio of lake organic matter. Science 269, 1565-1567.
Baskaran, M. 1995. Origin of Quaternary carbonate deposits (miliolites): A quantitative approach. J. Geol. Soc. Mem. 32, 360-371.
Chakrabarti, A., B. L. K. Somayajulu, M. Baskaran and B. Kumar. 1993. Quaternary Miliolites of Kutch and Saurashtra, Western India: Depositional environments in the light of physical sedimentary structures, biogenic structures and geochronological setting of the rocks. Senckenbergiana Maritima 23: 7-28.
Chakrabarti, A., M. Baskaran and B. Kumar. 1991. Do surface textures of quartz grains always indicate the final depositional environments?: A case study from the miliolitic rocks of Saurashtra, Gujarat, India. Geol. Soc. Special Publication No. 16, 77-83.
Baskaran, M. and B. L. K. Somayajulu. 1990. Clay Mineral Distributions in Dated Miliolites of the Late Quaternary from Saurashtra and Kutch, Gujarat. Jour. Geol. Soc. 35: 471-479.
Chakrabarti, A. and M. Baskaran. 1989. Biogenic Fecal Pellet Mounds in Quaternary Miliolites of Saurashtra, India. Paleogeogr., Paleoclimatol., Paleoecol., 73: 311-315.
Baskaran, M. and B. L. K. Somayajulu. 1986. Mineralogy of Saurashtra Miliolites. J. Geol. Soc. 27(1): 63-89.

Technical Reports and Papers in Proceedings (not reviewed):
Bianchi, T. S., K. H. Freeman, P. G. Hatcher and M. Baskaran. 1996. Paleoclimatic and paleoecologic change: a molecular and carbon isotopic record of ecosystem response to change in water availability and CO2-levels (Mud Lake, FL). Report submitted to the Southcentral Regional Center National Institute for Global Environmental Change, Department of Energy, p. 1- 26.
Presley, B. J., T. L. Wade, P. H. Santschi and M. Baskaran. 1996. Historical contamination of Mississippi River delta, Tampa Bay and Galveston Bay sediments. Report submitted to the NOAA, Silver-Spring, MD, p. 1-65.
Champ, M. A., J. M. Brooks, V. V. Makeyev, T. L. Wade, M. C. Kennicutt, and M. Baskaran. 1995. Preliminary results of studies of industrial and nuclear contaminants in the Yenisey River and Kara Sea. In: Proc. of the Ocean Pollution session of the conference "Bridges of Science Between North America and the Russian Far East", p. 28-65.
Baskaran, M., S. Asbill, P. H. Santschi, T. Davis, J. M. Brooks, M. A. Champ, V. Makeyev and V. Khlebovich. 1995. Concentrations and inventories of 137Cs and 239,240Pu in sediment and biological samples from Ob, Yenisey Rivers and Kara Sea. In: Prof. of the Workshop on Monitoring of Nuclear Contamination in Arctic Seas, by ed. Steven E. King, May 1995, p. (IV) 2-15.
Brooks, J. M., M. A. Champ, M. Baskaran, W. Bryant, N. Slowey, P. H. Santschi, M. C. Kennicutt, T. L. Wade, N. L. Guinasso and V. Makeyev. 1995. Radionuclide contaminants released to the Russian Arctic from land-based and subsea sources. In: J. Morgan and L. Codispoti, Eds., Department of Defense Arctic Nuclear Waste Assessment Program, FY's 1993-1994. Office of Naval Research Report ONR 322-95-5, Arlington, Virginia.
Santschi, P. H., M. Baskaran, B. D. Honeyman and T. S. Bianchi. 1994. The production of colloids in the benthic boundary and particle-particle interactions. Report submitted to the Ocean Margins Program, Department of Energy, DE-FG-05-92ERG1421.
Baskaran, M., J. J. Kelley, A. S. Naidu and D. Holleman. 1988. Radiocesium and Radiopotassium concentrations in Alaskan Arctic Soils, Plants and Animals. Report No. R88-1, submitted to the Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Feder, H. M., A. S. Naidu, M. Baskaran, K. Frost, J. M. Hameedi, S. C. Jewett, W. R. Johnson, J. Raymond, and D. Schell. 1990. Bering Strait-Hope Basin: Habitat Utilization and Ecological Characterization. p.465, Report submitted to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-Ocean Assessment Division.

Abstracts/Papers Presented in National and International Meetings:
Baskaran, M., A. Walter, P. W. Swarzenski, and D. Porcelli 2000. Role of colloidal material in the removal of 234Th in the Arctic Ocean. Paper presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting, Jan. 24-28, 2000, San Antonio, TX, EOS OS32P-07.
Baskaran, M. and G. E. Shaw 2000. Residence time of arctic haze aerosols using short-lived radionuclides. Paper presented at the International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, 6-10 August, 2000, Ann Arbor, MI.
McNeary, D. and M. Baskaran 2000. The depositional fluxes of 210Pb, 7Be and 210Po in Detroit, Michigan. Paper presented at the International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, 6-10 August, 2000, Ann Arbor, MI.
Schmitt, D. M., R. V. Krishamurthy, E. A. Atekwana, and M. Baskaran. 1999. Multiple isotopic studies of calcite growths in concrete structures. Paper presented in Spring American Geophysical Union Meeting, Baltimore, MD, EOS S348 1999.
Krishnamurthy, R. V., D. Schmitt, E. Atekwana and M. Baskaran 1999. Multiple isotopic studies of calcite growth in concrete structures. Paper presented at the International Mass Spectrometry Symposium, India.
Tricca, A., D. Porcelli, G. J. Wasserburg, M. Baskaran, and J. Naidu 1998. Transport of U- and Th-series radionuclides in groundwater. Paper presented at the Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference, Germany.
Baskaran, M. B. J. Presley and P. H. Santschi. 1998. Reconstruction of historical contamination of trace metals in Mississippi River delta, Tampa Bay, and Galveston Bay sediments. Paper presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting, Feb. 8-13, 1998, San Diego, CA.
Schwantes, J., M. Baskaran et al. Distributions of Cs-137 and Pu concentrations and activity ratios of Pu in waters over the Siberian Shelf. Paper to be presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting, Feb. 8-13, 1998, San Diego, CA.
Bianchi, T. S., E. Engelhaupt, R. Elmgren, S. Blomqvist, J. Risberg, and M. Baskaran. 1997. Reconstruction of a long-term historical record of cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea using fossil plant pigments as paleoindicators. Paper presented at the 1997 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting.
Porcelli, D., P. S. Anderson, G. J. Wasserburg, J. Ingri and M. Baskaran. 1996. Sources and colloid transport of 234U-238U in the Baltic Sea and Kalix River watershed. Paper presented at the Goldschmidt Geochemical Society Conference, Germany, April 1996.
Baskaran, M., M. Ravichandran and T. S. Bianchi. 1996. Carbon cycling in a shallow, turbid estuary of southeast Texas II: The effects of DOC on radionuclide residence times. EOS 76(3), p. 190.
Bianchi, T. S., M. Baskaran and M. Ravichandran. 1996. Carbon cycling in a shallow, turbid estuary of southeast Texas I: the use of plant pigments as biomarkers. EOS 76(3), p. 190.
Baskaran, M., S. Asbill and P. H. Santschi 1995. 210Pb and 239,240Pu-based chronology of sediments from Mississippi Delta and Galveston Bay. Paper presented at the 13th International Estuarine Research Federation, Corpus Christi, TX. Abstract 22.I 3 O I, p.5.
Presley, B. J., M. Baskaran and P. N. Boothe 1995. Historical trends of metals in sediment at two coastal locations. Paper presented at the 13th International Estuarine Research Federation, Corpus Christi, TX. Abstract 22.1 4 O I, p.105.
Garcia-Romero, B., T. Wade, J. Alcala-Herrera, B. J. Presley, M. Baskaran and C. Alexander (1995) Historical contamination trends recorded in estuarine and coastal sediment cores. Paper presented at the 13th International Estuarine Research Federation, Corpus Christi, TX. Abstract 22.1 5 O I S, p.46.
Luoma, S. N., A. Van Geen, M. Hornberger, C. Fuller, W. Pereira, F. Hostettler, K. Kvenvolden, R. Anima, P. Ritson, A. R. Flegal, I. Venkatesan, and M. Baskaran 1995. Records of contaminant input to San Francisco Bay. Paper presented at the 13th International Estuarine Research Federation, Corpus Christi, TX. Abstract 22.2 4 O I, p.81.
Bianchi, T. S., M. Argyrou, M. Lambert, A. Demetropoulos, M. Hadjichristophorou, M. Baskaran (1995) Plant pigments as biomarkers of organic matter sources in sediments and coastal waters of Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean). Paper presented at the 13th International Estuarine Research Federation, Corpus Christi, TX. Abstract 20 1 P-3, C S, p.8.
Baskaran, M. and P. H. Santschi 1994. Particulate and Dissolved 210Pb activities in the Gulf of Mexico Waters. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting at San Francisco, California. EOS 75(44) O11F-9, p. 312.
Santschi, P. H., L. Guo and M. Baskaran 1994. Comparison of Th and Pb nuclide cycling in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras and in the Gulf of Mexico. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting at San Francisco, California. EOS 75(44) O21B-17, p. 328.
Krishnamurthy, R. V., K. A. Syrup, M. Baskaran and A. Long 1994. The use of D/H of kerogen in Paleoclimatic studies. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting at San Francisco, California. EOS 75(44) O21D-10, p. 334.
Guo, L., P. H. Santschi and M. Baskaran 1994. Organic carbon cycling in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting at San Francisco, California. EOS 75(44) O21B-8, p. 327.
Bianchi, T. S., C. Lambert, P. H. Santschi, M. Baskaran, L. Guo 1994. Plant pigments and lignin-phenols as tracers of particulate and high-molecular-weight dissolved organic carbon (HMW DOC) in the Gulf of Mexico. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting at San Francisco, California. EOS 75(44) O11F-9, p. 312.
Ravichandran, M., M. Baskaran, and P. H. Santschi 1994. Investigation on the sediment chronology and trace metal accumulation in Sabine-Neches Estuary, Beaumont, Texas. Geological Society of America Abstracts 26(7), p. 19-20.
Baskaran, M., S. Asbill, P. H. Santschi, T. Davis, J. Brooks, M. Champ, V. Makeyev and V. Khlebovich 1994. Distribution of 239,240Pu and 238Pu concentrations in sediments from the Ob and Yenisey Rivers and the Kara Sea. Paper presented at the International Conference on Plutonium, 6-8 July, 1994, Ottawa, Canada.
Baskaran, M and T. M. Iliffe 1994. Dating of speleothems using excess 210Pb: implications to their usefulness as proxy paleoclimatic recorders. Paper presented at the Eighth International Conference on Geochronology, Cosmochronology and Isotope Geology, Berkeley California, June 5-11, 1994, p.22.
Syrup, K. A., R. V. Krishnamurthy, M. Baskaran and A. Long 1994. Implications of a high resolution d13Corg, C/N record from lake core sediments. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Meeting at Baltimore. EOS 75(16) H11A-6, p.143.
Baskaran, M. and P. H. Santschi. 1994. The distribution of 228Ra/226Ra Activity Ratio in the Gulf of Mexico waters. Paper presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting at San Diego, California. EOS 75(3) O21A-15, p. 65.
Santschi, P. H., L. Guo, M. Baskaran, and B. D. Honeyman. 1994. Isotopic and biochemical evidence for the recent origin of colloidal organic matter in the ocean. Paper presented at the American Chemical Society Meeting, San Diego, California, March 1994.
Ravichandran, M., M. Baskaran, P. H. Santschi, T. Bianchi. 1994. Accumulation rate of sediments and trace metals in Sabine-Neches estuary, Beaumont, Texas. 1994. Paper presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting at San Diego, California. EOS 75(3) O32M-10, p. 144.
Naidu, A. S. and M. Baskaran. 1994. 210Pb- and 137Cs-Derived chronology and the fluxes of two isotopes in the continental shelf regions of the eastern Chukchi sea, Alaskan Arctic. Paper presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting at San Diego, California. EOS 75(3) O42E-4, p. 176.
Fuller, C. C., A. Van Geen, and M. Baskaran. 1994. Records of contaminant input to San Francisco Bay: 3. Sediment chronology from 210Pb, 137Cs, 239,240Pu, 234Th activity profiles. Paper presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting at San Diego, California. EOS 75(3) O52M-4, p. 233.
Santschi, P. H., L. Guo and M. Baskaran. 1994. Association of 234Th with suspended particles and colloids in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Paper presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting at San Diego, California. EOS 75(3) O52N-6, p. 235.
Baskaran, M. and R. V. Krishnamurthy. 1993. Speleothems at Proxy for d13C composition in the atmospheric CO2. Paper presented tat the American Geophysical Union Meeting at San Francisco. EOS 74(43) H31A-17, p.267.
Santschi, P. H., M. Baskaran, L. Guo, T. Bianchi, and C. Lambert. 1993. 234Th:238U disequilibria in the Gulf of Mexico: the importance of Organic Matter. Paper presented tat the American Geophysical Union Meeting at San Francisco. EOS 74(43) O12D-1, p.327.
Baskaran, M. and A. S. Naidu. 1993. Sediment inventory of 137Cs in the Chukchi Sea and Kotzbue Sound of the continental shelf regions of the Alaskan Arctic. Paper presented at the Conference on "Radioactivity and Environmental Security in the Oceans: New Research and Policy Priorities in the Arctic and North Atlantic" held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, June 14-17, 1993.
Bianchi, T. S., M. Baskaran, and J. DeLord. 1993. Carbon cycling in a shallow turbid estuary of southeast Texas. Abstract presented at the National Estuarine Conference.
Lawrence, J. R., M. Baskaran, P. H. Santschi, and S. D. Gedzelman. 1993. d18O - 7Be- 210Pb Relationships in Southeast Texas Precipitation. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union at Baltimore, EOS, 74, A22A-6.
Baskaran, M., C. H. Coleman and P. H. Santschi. 1992. Atmospheric depositional fluxes of 7Be and 210Pb at Galveston and College Station, Texas. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union at San Francisco, O21E-12.
Naidu, A. S. and M. Baskaran 1992. 210Pb based sediment accumulation rates in continental shelves and selected coastal regions of Alaska. Abstract presented at 25th SIL International Congress, Barcelona, Spain.
Baskaran, M. and P. H. Santschi 1992. Residence times of colloidal material in the surface ocean waters. American Geophysical Union, Abstract Presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, O32F-2.
Santschi, P. H., M. Baskaran and C. H. Coleman. 1992. Interfacial processes in estuarine and coastal marine environments. American Geophysical Union, Abstract Presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, O12D-4.
Baskaran, M. 1991. 228Ra/226Ra Activity ratio as a tracer of sediment dynamics in Baffin Bay Sediments. Paper presented at the Southern Regional Geochemists Meeting, Port Aransas, Texas, September 27-28, 1991
Santschi, P. H. and M. Baskaran. 1991. The role of particles and colloids in the transport of radionuclides and trace metals in estuarine and coastal environments. Paper presented at Second Int. Sympo. on the Biogeochemistry of Model estuaries: Estuarine Processes and Global change, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA, April 14-20, 1991.
Santschi, P. H., M. Baskaran, G. Benoit, C. H. Coleman, S. Asbill, A. Cantu, M. Hood, S. Oktay and P. Shannon. 1991. The role of colloids in removing trace metals from estuarine waters. Presented at the Texas Academy of Science, 94th Annual Meeting, S. F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, March 1-2, 1991.
Shannon, P., M. Baskaran and P. H. Santschi. 1991. Radioactive isotopes as tracers of sediment erosion. Paper presented at the Texas Academy of Science, 94th Annual Meeting, S. F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, March 1-2, 1991.
Baskaran, M., C. H. Coleman and P. H. Santschi. 1991. Natural radionuclides as tracers of the self-cleaning capacity of Galveston Bay. Presented at the Galveston Bay Characterization Workshop, Houston, Feb. 21-23, 1991
Baskaran, M., P. H. Santschi and G. Benoit. 1990. Th isotope measurements on colloids in surface water. American Geophysical Union, Abstract Presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Francisco, OC51C-10.
Baskaran, M. 1991. Deposition of Pb and Be isotopes in Galveston, Texas as tracers of atmospheric processes. Paper presented at the Southern Regional Geochemists Meeting, College Station, Texas, May 4, 1990.
Baskaran, M., C. Coleman, G. Benoit and P. H. Santschi. 1990. Natural radionuclides in Texas Estuaries. American Geophysical Union, Abstract Presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, OS11E-5.
Santschi, P. H., M. Baskaran and G. Benoit. 1990. Coagulation control of radionuclide and trace metal removal from coastal waters. American Geophysical Union, Abstract Presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, OS11E-1.
Griffin, L. L., M. Baskaran, A. Cantu and P. H. Santschi. 1989. Determination of Uranium in natural waters by ICP-MS. Abstract presented at the 45th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Dec. 1989.
Naidu, A. S., H. M. Feder, M. J. Hameedi and M. Baskaran. 1988. Aquatic biogeochemistry/Ecology of Marine Macrophytes. American Geophysical Union, Abstract Presented at the San Francisco Meeting, AS22H-123.
Baskaran, M., B. Sahai, R. K. Sood and B. L. K. Somayajulu. 1986. Age and origin of Saurashtra miliolites from strandlines detected by remote sensing techniques. Natl. Seminar on the Applications of Remote Sensing to Geology, Space Applications Center, Ahmedabad, India.
Baskaran, M., G. Rajagopalan and B. L. K. Somayajulu. 1986. 230Th/234U and 14C ages of Saurashtra (India) miliolites. ICOG VI, Cambridge, UK.
Baskaran, M. 1986. 230Th/234U ages of Kutch miliolites. Natl. Workshop on Quaternary Carbonate and Miliolite Problems of Gujarat.
Baskaran, M. 1986. Mineralogical and Chemical studies of Saurashtra Miliolites. Natl. Workshop on Quaternary Carbonate and Miliolite Problems of Gujarat.
Baskaran, M., G. Rajagopalan and B. L. K. Somayajulu. 1986. Age determination of Saurashtra miliolites by 230Th/234U and 14C methods. Natl. Workshop on Quaternary Carbonates and miliolites problems of Gujarat.
Baskaran, M. and B. L. K. Somayajulu 1986. A Generalized Model for the Origin and Occurrence of Saurashtra Miliolites. National Workshop on Quaternary Carbonates and Miliolite Problems of Gujarat.
Baskaran, M., S. K. Bhattacharya, M. V. S. Guptha G. Rajagopalan and B. L. K. Somayajulu. 1985. Radio and stable isotope systematics in marine carbonate deposits of Saurashtra, India. Int. Conf. on Isotopes in Sedimentary cycle, Obernai, France.
Baskaran, M., A. R. Marathe, S. N. Rajaguru and B. L. K. Somayajulu. 1983. Dating of Hiran Valley miliolites by uranium series methods: implications to geoarchaeology. ISPQS Symposium, Pune, India.
Sood, R. K., B. Sahai , M. Baskaran and B. L. K. Somayajulu. 1983. Pleistocene sea level changes based on Landsat imagery studies of coastal deposits. Natl. Seminar, NMRS, Hyderabad, India.
Baskaran, M., M. V. S. Guptha, and B. L. K. Somayajulu. 1982. Multidisciplinary studies on Saurashtra miliolites: mineralogy and paleontology. Micropalaeo and Stratigraphy Symposium, Pune, India.
Baskaran, M., M. M. Sarin, and B. L. K. Somayajulu. 1981. Narbada and Tapti estuarine suspended matter and sediments: major and trace metal composition of different fractions. Estuaries Symposium, Goa, India.

Collaborators with in the last 5 years:
Drs. Don Porcelli, G. J. Wasserburg, Caltech
Drs. Tom Bianchi, Brent McKee, Tulane University
Drs. Peter Santschi, Bob Presley of Texas A&M University
Drs. Lex vanGeen, Sam Luoma, Chris Fuller, Peter Swarzenski, USGS
Drs. Sathy Naidu, John Kelley, Bruce Finney, University of Alaska
Dr. R. V. Krishnamurthy, Western Michigan University