Browsing by Author "Veerasingam, S."
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Assessing the source of oil deposited in the surface sediment of Mormugao Port, Goa - A case study of MV Qing incident
Suneel V.; Saha M.; Rathore C.; Sequeira J.; Mohan P.M.N.; Ray D.; Veerasingam S.; Rao V.T.; Vethamony P.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)In June 2016, a cruise vessel was grounded in the Mormugao Port, resulting in unnoticed oil spill. The surface water and sediment samples were collected from the vicinity of the ship, and also an oil sample from the ship ... -
Contributions of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in microplastic pollution research: A review
Veerasingam, S.; Ranjani, M.; Venkatachalapathy, R.; Bagaev, Andrei; Mukhanov, Vladimir; Litvinyuk, Daria; Mugilarasan, M.; Gurumoorthi, K.; Guganathan, L.; Aboobacker, V. M.; Vethamony, P.... more authors ... less authors ( Taylor and Francis , 2020 , Article)© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been extensively used in microplastic (MP) pollution research since 2004. The aim of this review is to discuss and highlight the ... -
Editorial: Challenges in characterizing nano- to macro-plastics and adhered substances in the aquatic environment
Veerasingam, S.; Anbumani, S.; Bagaev, Andrei; Vethamony, P. ( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Other)Globally, plastic contamination is one of the serious planetary threats, affecting almost all environmental matrices such as air, water, soil, sediment, and biota (including humans). It is estimated that ∼19 to 23 million ... -
Role of shamal and easterly winds on the wave characteristics off Qatar, central Arabian Gulf
Aboobacker, V. M.; Samiksha, S. V.; Veerasingam, S.; Al-Ansari, Ebrahim M.A.S.; Vethamony, P. ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Waves in the Arabian Gulf (Gulf) are dominated by shamal winds during winter and early summer. Although wave characteristics in the Gulf are broadly studied, features associated with various wind systems are not explicitly ... -
Seasonal variation, polymer hazard risk and controlling factors of microplastics in beach sediments along the southeast coast of India
M., Ranjani; Veerasingam, S.; Venkatachalapathy, R.; Jinoj, T.P.S.; Guganathan, L.; Mugilarasan, M.; Vethamony, P.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Microplastics (MPs) and its associated organic and inorganic contaminants are one among the significant health hazards to almost all biota, including human. We investigated the polymer hazard risk and its adsorbed contaminants ... -
WorldView-3 mapping of Tarmat deposits of the Ras Rakan Island, Northern Coast of Qatar: Environmental perspective
Sankaran, Rajendran; Al-Khayat, Jassim A.; Veerasingam, S.; Nasir, Sobhi; Vethamony, P.; Sadooni, Fadhil N.; Al-Kuwari, Hamad Al-Saad... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This study characterizes the spectral behavior of tarmats and maps the tarmat deposits found along the coast of Ras Rakan Island off Qatar using WorldView-3 (WV-3) sensor data. The laboratory spectra of tar materials showed ...