Nivedita (Nithya)
Thiagarajan
Education:
BSc. in Geology, BSc. in Geochemistry from Rice
University (2001)
Email:
nivedita@gps.caltech.edu
About Me:
I
am a graduate student in the Department of Geological and Planetary Sciences at
the California Institute of Technology. My primary research interest is in
paleoceanography and paleoclimate. I'm currently working with Jess Adkins and
John Eiler.
Address:
1200 E. California Blvd MC: 100-23
Pasadena, CA 91125
Publications:
Huntington, K., Eiler, J., Affek, H., Guo, W.,
Bonafacie, M., Yeung, L., Thiagarajan,
N., Passey, B., Tripati, A., Daeron, M., Came, R., 2009. Methods and
limitations of clumped CO2 isotope (Δ47) analysis by gas-source
isotope-ratio mass spectrometry. J. Mass Spectrometry 44: 1318-1329.
Lee,
C-T A, Yin, Q.-Z., Lenardic, A, Agranier, A., ONeill, C J, Thiagarajan, N.,
2007, Trace-element composition of Fe-rich residual liquids formed by
fractional crystallization: implications for the Hadean magma ocean, Geochimica
Cosmochimica Acta 71:3601-3615.
Thiagarajan,
N.,
Lee, C.-T. A., 2004, Trace-element evidence for the origin of desert varnish by
direct aqueous atmospheric deposition, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 224:
131-141.
Abstracts:
Thiagarajan, N., Gerlach, D., Roberts, M.,
McNichol, A., Adkins, J., 2009, Radiocarbon Age Variability of Deep Sea Corals
from the North Atlantic and the Southern Ocean, Agu Fall 2009
Guo,
W., Kim, S., Thiagarajan, N.,
Adkins, J., Eiler, J. 2009, Mechanisms for Vital Effects in Biogenic
Carbonates: New Perspectives Based on Abundances of 13C-18O
Bonds, Agu Fall 2009
Thiagarajan, N., Guo, W., Adkins, J.,
Eiler, J., 2009, Clumped isotope calibration of modern deep sea corals and
implications for vital effects, Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2009.
Thiagarajan,
N.,
Tripati, A., Eiler, J., 2007, Estimates of Eastern Equatorial Pacific sea
surface temperatures during the Pliocene from carbonate 'clumped isotope'
thermometry, AGU Fall 2007.
Tripati,
A., Thiagarajan, N., Eiler, J., 2007, Carbonate 'clumped isotope'
thermometry in planktonic foraminifera and coccoliths, AGU Fall.
Sessions,
A., Li, C., Valentine, D., Thiagarajan, N., 2007, D/H ratios of
terrestrial lipids from Santa Barbara Basin: A preliminary assessment of paleoclimatic
relevance, AGU Fall 2007
Thiagarajan, N., Lee, C-T A, 2004,
Trace Element Evidence for a Hydrothermal/Magmatic Origin of Stratiform
Magnetite Deposits in the Crystal Spring Formation, AGU Fall 2004
Thiagarajan, N., Lee, CA, 2003,
Trace-Element Evidence for an Aqueous Atmospheric Origin of Desert Varnish:
implications for the aqueous atmospheric input flux into the ocean, Eos
Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Links:
Geological and Planetary Sciences at Caltech
Earth Sciences at Rice University