Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami, popularly known as Swami, was an Indian geochemist and an honorary scientist at the geosciences division of the Physical Research Laboratory.
13 Facts About Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami
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Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami was known for his studies on low temperature geochemistry and was an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, The World Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India, American Geophysical Union, Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry.
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Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami died on 20 July 2015 at the age of 70, survived by his wife, son and daughter.
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Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami's researches are known to have established the accretion rate and growth history of ocean-floor ferromanganese nodules which he estimated by radionuclide method and the work assisted in the determination of the history of sedimentation in Indian lakes and coastal regions.
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Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami applied these methods in estimating the weathering and erosion in the Himalaya and Deccan Traps and for assessing their influence on global change.
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Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami was involved in geochemical studies on the rivers of Ganges and Brahmaputra for assessing the evolution of strontium isotopes and uranium concentration in the ocean since the Cenozoic era.
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Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami's studies have been detailed in over 100 peer reviewed articles; the online article repository of the Indian Academy of Sciences has listed several of them.
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Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami served as the vice president of International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans and Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research of the International Council for Science, as the treasurer of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, and as a member of the council of the Indian National Science Academy.
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Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami was associated with Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Journal of Earth System Science as a member of their editorial boards and mentored 6 doctoral scholars in their studies.
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Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami received the Young Scientist Medal of the Indian National Science Academy in 1975 and Krishnan Medal of the Indian Geophysical Union in 1981.
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Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami was an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies; the Indian Academy of Sciences elected him as a fellow in 1986, followed by Indian National Science Academy in 1989 and the National Academy of Sciences, India in 1992.
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Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami became a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences with his election in 2000.
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Sethunathasarma Krishnaswami was a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry.