Environmental Oceanography and Coastal Dynamics

Dr. Swapna Mukherjee is a retired director of Geological Survey of India and completed Ph.D. from Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics. He has authored three books with capital publishers, two of which were co-published by Springer. The second book covered the basics and industrial aspects of clays, and the third discussed applied clay science. Dr. Kaushik Kiran Ghosh is an associate professor of the Department of Geology, Jogamaya Devi College, Kolkata. His research interest includes geochemistry and ore geology. Presently, he is working on the banded iron formation (BIF) and related iron ore deposits of India. Dr. Abhra Chand is an assistant professor at the School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University. He has actively carried out interdisciplinary research in the field of greenhouse gas dynamics, and coastal and marine pollution in his brief eleven years of research career. He has 75 publications to his credit, including national and international journal articles and edited book chapters.

• An introduction to Oceanography.- Marine Ecosystems.- Oceans and Human Activities.- Basic Oceanographic Parameters and their Significance.- Coastal Pollution – An Overview.- Nutrient Pollution.- Organic pollution.- Persistent Organic Pollutants.- Heavy metals.- Marine Oil Pollution.-  Plastic Pollution.- Ocean Acidification.- Energy from the Ocean.- Marine Mineral Resources.- Coastal Hazards: Climatic and Hydrogeological Hazards.- Coastal Hazards: Geomorphic and Tectonic Hazards.- Global Sea-Level Rise and Associated Problems.