Journal Publications

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(a)In preparation

Aich, S., Dasgupta, S*., Khanolkar, S., Singh, K.H., Changes in the benthic foraminiferal assemblage within the Middle Eocene Bassein B Formation, Bombay Offshore basin, western India.

Mondal, Subhronil* et al., A revised stratigraphy, taxonomy and paleoecology of macrofossils from the Pleistocene marine rocks Gujarat, India.

Nambiar R*., Coenen D., Henehan M. J., Khanolkar, S., Stassen P., Renema, W., Leroy A., Moreau F., Cotton L., Müller, W., Evans, D. Reconstructing the magnesium isotopic composition of Paleogene seawater using larger benthic foraminifera

Link : https://d-nb.info/1327150840/34#page=171

Khanolkar, S*., Anagnostou, E., Westerhold T., Drury, A.J., Friedrich, O. Atmospheric CO2 and sea surface temperature across the late Eocene and early Oligocene from South Pacific: Site U1553, IODP 378 Expedition.

(b)Publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals

2024 Jiang, L., Ausín, B., Khanolkar, S., Wang, Y. and George, S. C. Carbon Isotope and Biolipid Unlock the Myth of Paleocene Climate in Southern Pacific Ocean. Paleogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 650,112368.

2022e Pereira, C., Khanolkar, S.*, Banerjee, S., Orcan, E, and Saraswati, P.K. Reply to Comment On "Larger benthic foraminifera and Microfacies of Late Paleocene -Early Eocene Sections in Meghalaya, Northeast India" by Hadi, M. (2022). Journal of Foraminiferal Research 52(4):1-2.

2022d Öğretmen, N*., Schiebel, R., Jochum, K. P., Galer, S.J.G, Leitner, J., Khanolkar, S., Yucel, M., Stoll, B., Weis, U., Haug, G. H. High precision femtosecond laser ablation ICP-MS measurement of benthic foraminiferal Mn-incorporation for paleoenvironmental reconstruction: A case study from the Plio-Pleistocene Caribbean Sea. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010268

2022c Roy Choudhury, T., Khanolkar, S., Banerjee, S* Glauconite authigenesis during the warm climatic events of Paleogene: Case studies from shallow marine sections of Western India. Global and Planetary Change, 214, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103857

2022b Roy Choudhury, T., Banerjee, S*., Khanolkar, S., Meena, S. S. Paleoceanographic conditions during the Paleocene-Eocene transition imprinted within the glauconitic Giral Member of the Barmer Basin, India. Minerals, 12, 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/ min12010056.

2022a Pereira, C., Khanolkar, S.*, Banerjee, S., Orcan, E, and Saraswati, P.K. Larger benthic foraminifera microfacies and carbon isotope stratigraphy from the Late Paleocene-Early Eocene Succession of Meghalaya, North-East India. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 52(1), 43–59.

2021c Khanolkar, S*., Schiebel, R., Singh, A., Saraswati, P.K., Jochum, K. P., Weis, U., Stoll, B., Haug, G. H. Intra-test variations in trace element composition of Amphistegina lessonii using femtosecond-laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry: A field study from Okinawa, Japan. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009443.

2021b Roy Choudhury, T., Banerjee, S.*, Khanolkar, S., Saraswati, P. K., Meena, S. S. Glauconite authigenesis during the onset of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: A case study from the Khuiala Formation in Jaisalmer Basin, India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 571, 110388, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110388.

2021a Khanolkar, S*., Roy Choudhury, T., Saraswati, P. K., Banerjee, S. Late Palaeocene- Early Eocene Foraminiferal assemblage and carbon isotope stratigraphy of Jaisalmer, western India. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. v. 51(1) pp. 4-13.

2020b Banerjee, S*., Roy Choudhury, T., Saraswati, P.K., Khanolkar, S. Authigenic mineral formation during Palaeogene warm climatic intervals. Journal of Paleogeography 9, 27, https://doi.org/10.1186/s42501-020-00076-8.

2020a Misra, P., Farooqui, A., Sinha, R*., Khanolkar, S and Tandon, S.K. Millennial-scale vegetation and climatic changes from an Early to Mid-Holocene lacustrine archive in Central Ganga Plains using multiple biotic proxies. Quaternary Science Reviews. 243, 106474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106474.

2019b Khanolkar, S* and Sharma, J. Record of early to middle Eocene paleoenvironmental changes from lignite mines, western India. Journal of Micropaleontology. v. 38(1) pp.1-24.

2019a Khanolkar, S* and Saraswati, P. K. Eocene Foraminiferal Biofacies in Kutch (India) In context of Paleoclimate and Paleoecology. Journal of Palaeogeography. doi:10.1186/s42501-019-0038-2.

2018b Banerjee, S*., Khanolkar, S. and Saraswati, P. K. Facies, and depositional setting of the Palaeogene carbonates in Kutch. Geodinamica Acta. 10.1080/09853111.2018.1442609.

2018a Saraswati, P. K*., Khanolkar, S. and Banerjee, S. Paleogene stratigraphy of Kutch, India: An update about progress in foraminiferal biostratigraphy. Geodinamica Acta. 10.1080/09853111.2017.1408263.

2017 Khanolkar, S., Saraswati, P. K* and Roger, K. Ecology of foraminifera during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum in Kutch, India. Geodinamica Acta. v. 29(2), pp. 1-13.

2016c Saraswati, P.K*., Khanolkar S., Raju, D.S.N., Banerjee, S. An Updated Eocene Stratigraphy of Kutch. Journal of Geological Society of India (Special Publication), v.6, pp. 25-31.

2016b Saraswati, P. K*., Banerjee, S., Sarkar, U., Chakraborty, S., Khanolkar, S. Eocene depositional sequences and cycles. Journal of Geological Society of India (Special Publication), v.6, pp. 46-56.

2016a Khanolkar, S*., Saraswati, P. K. Some observations on an atypical planktic foraminifer from the Middle Eocene of Kutch, India. Journal of Micropaleontology. v. 35, pp. 54–61, doi: 10.1144/jmpaleo2015-004.

2015 Khanolkar, S*., Saraswati, P. K. Ecological response of shallow marine foraminifera to Early Eocene warming in equatorial India. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v. 45 (3), pp. 293–304.

2014b Saraswati, P.K*., Khanolkar, S., Raju, D.S.N., Dutta, S., Banerjee, S. Foraminiferal biostratigraphy of lignite mines of Kutch, India: Age of Lignite and Fossil Vertebrates. Journal of Palaeogeography, v. 3(1), pp. 90 – 98.

2014a Khanolkar, S and Saraswati, P. K*. Palaeoenvironmental Significance of Rectilinear Benthic Foraminifera in the Middle Eocene section of Matanaomadh Sub-basin, Kutch. Journal of Geological Society of India (Special Publication),v. 1, pp. 203–209.

(c) Shipboard Reports/ Proceedings

2020 Thomas, D.J., Röhl, U., Childress, L.B., and the Expedition 378 Scientists, 2020. Expedition 378 Preliminary Report: South Pacific Paleogene Climate. International Ocean Discovery Program. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.pr.378.2020.

2022 Röhl, U., Thomas, D.J., Childress, L.B., and the Expedition 378 Scientists, 2020. Expedition 378 Proceedings: South Pacific Paleogene Climate. International Ocean Discovery Program.

(d) Book chapters

2020 Khanolkar, S., Tandon, S. K* and Sinha, R. Late Quaternary evolution and morphostratigraphic development of the Ganga Plains. Geodynamics of the Indian Plate. Springer Publication pp 467-497.

e) Conference Proceedings

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2024 Aich, S., Dasgupta, S., Khanolkar, S., Singh, K.H., Changes in the benthic foraminiferal assemblage within the Middle Eocene Bassein B Formation, Bombay Offshore basin, western India. Paper number: 511, International Association of Sedimentologists Conference 2024, June 25- 27. International Association of Sedimentologists. Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. [POSTER]

2023 Khanolkar, S*., Anagnostou, E., Westerhold T., Drury, A.J., Friedrich, O. Atmospheric CO2 and sea surface temperature across the late Eocene and early Oligocene from South Pacific: Site U1553, IODP 378 Expedition. Goldschmidt 2023, Lyon, France 9-14th July [POSTER]

2023

Anagnostou, E*., Babila, T., Chalk, T. B., Henehan, M., Khanolkar, S., Ausin, B., Westerhold T. Foraminiferal boron isotope proxy for pH/atmospheric CO2 reconstructions: evolving updates and new data. Goldschmidt 2023, Lyon, France 9-14th July [INVITED TALK]

2023

Nambiar R*., Coenen D., Henehan M. J., Khanolkar, S., Stassen P., Renema, W., Leroy A., Moreau F., Cotton L., Müller, W., Evans, D. Reconstructing the magnesium isotopic composition of Paleogene seawater using larger benthic foraminifera Goldschmidt 2023, Lyon, France 9-14th July [POSTER]

2021

Khanolkar, S*., Schiebel, R., Singh, A., Saraswati, P. K., Jochum, K. P., Weis, U., Stoll, B., Haug, G. H. Intra-test heterogeneity in trace element composition of Amphistegina lessonii as proxy of ambient seawater temperature and tidal height. Goldschmidt 2021Virtual, 4-9th July 2021 [ORAL].

2019

Pereira, C*., Khanolkar, S., Banerjee, S., Orcan, E and Saraswati, P.K. Carbon Isotope Stratigraphy and Environmental changes in the Late Paleocene-Early Eocene Succession of Meghalaya. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 22-25th Sept, 2019, Phoenix, Arizona [ORAL].

2019

Banerjee S*., Chowdhury, T., Khanolkar, S and Saraswati, P.K. The origin of Palaeogene glauconites in the palaeo-Tethyan margins in the background of warming events. 34th IAS International Meeting of Sedimentologists 10-13 Sept, 2019, Rome [ORAL].

2017

Bhattacharya, G*., Robinson, D., Orme, D. A., Najman, Y and Khanolkar, S. Depositional characteristics of the Indus Group in the India-Asia collision zone, northwest India. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 11-15th Dec, New Orleans [ORAL].

2017

Khanolkar, S*. and Sharma, J. An Integrated Study of palynomorphs and Foraminifera to Record the Changes in Palaeovegetation And Palaeodepositional Conditions From Eocene Lignite Mine Sections In Western India. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle [ORAL].

2015

Khanolkar, S*., Saraswati, P. K and Rogers, K. Ecological response of foraminifera to past warming events in Bartonian section of Western India using carbon isotope stratigraphy. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly [ORAL].

2013

Khanolkar, S* and Saraswati, P. K. Characteristics of Foraminifera from Eocene Hyperthermal Events in Western India. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting [POSTER].