Soumya Kanta Nayak

About

I am a coastal hydrogeologist and aquatic geochemist working on groundwater-ocean interactions; including submarine groundwater discharge and coastal salinization. My research focuses on how groundwater transports nutrients, metals, and contaminants into coastal ecosystems, and how subterranean estuaries regulate these fluxes.
Currently, I am working on ocean alkalinity enhancement through coastal enhanced weathering to contribute to carbon dioxide removal approaches.

My long-term goal is to advance the understanding of Earth system processes at the land-ocean interface.

Employment

• Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research Postdoctoral Researcher
  2026 - Present

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (9)

• Geochemical investigation of a subterranean estuary influenced by tides on the east coast of India
  2026 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-13190
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• High-resolution porewater salinity measurements across contrasting subterranean estuaries
  2026 DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.995958
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• Evaluation of submarine groundwater discharge-driven nutrient and heavy metal fluxes to the Bay of Bengal using a seepage-metric assessment from the Odisha coastal plains, India
  Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2025.104203
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• Evaluation of Submarine Groundwater Discharge and Chemical Fluxes along the Coastal Plains of Odisha, India.
  2025 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-11535
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• Unravelling the signatures of submarine groundwater discharge and seawater intrusion along the coastal plains of Odisha, India: a multi-proxy approach
  Environmental Geochemistry and Health 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-024-02010-6
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• Water pollution: Primary sources and associated human health hazards with special emphasis on rural areas
  Water Resources Management for Rural Development 2024 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-443-18778-0.00014-3
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• Impacts of climate change and coastal salinization on the environmental risk of heavy metal contamination along the odisha coast, India.
  Environmental Research 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117175
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• A multi approach study of Groundwater level fluctuation, Sea surface temperature anomaly and Physicochemical parameters to assess Seawater Intrusion and Submarine Groundwater Discharge along Odisha coast, India.
  2023 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1849
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• Assessment of Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) Zones Along the Coastal Tract of Odisha
  Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9913-0_33
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