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Tuhin Chakraborty

Glencore Postdoctoral Reaserch Fellow
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Geochemistry, Crustal Evolution Chakraborty
PhD: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
MSc: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
BSc: Jadavpur University, Kolkata
 
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e:  t.chakraborty(at)ru.ac.za
 
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
  1. The metamorphic and geochronological evolution of Gangpur Schist Belt, eastern India.
  2. An investigation in the formation of internal zonation in the granitic pegmatites.
  3. Behavior of tourmalines in metapelites and granites during different grades of metamorphism.
  4. Investigation into mantle redox condition with the help of garnet big data and machine learning (Collaboration with Dr. Zhou Zhang in Zhejiang University, China) Zhejiang University, China).
  5. Pegmatite gem deposits in Malawi.
 
PUBLICATIONS
Peer reviewed journal articles
  1. Chakraborty, T., Upadhyay, D., Ranjan, S., Pruseth, K.L., Nanda, J.K., 2019. The geological evolution of the Gangpur Schist Belt, eastern India: Constraints on the formation of the Greater Indian Landmass in the Proterozoic. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 37, 113–151. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmg.12452.
  2. Chakraborty, T., Upadhyay, D, 2020. The geochemical differentiation of S-type pegmatites: constraints from major-trace element and Li-B isotopic composition of muscovite and tourmaline. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 175, 60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-020-01697-x.
  3. Chakraborty, T. 2021. Tourmaline growth and evolution in S-type granites and pegmatites: a mineralogical study from the Gangpur granitoids, eastern India, Geological Magazine 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756821000224.
  4. Chakraborty, T., Upadhyay D., Abhinay, K. (2022) Tourmaline growth in pelitic schist and quartzite: A textural, chemical and B-isotopic study from the Gangpur Schist Belt, eastern India, Geochemistry (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2022.125887. 
  5. Chakraborty, T, Kankuzi, CF, Glodny, J, Frei, D, Büttner, SH (2022) The timing and tectonic context of Pan-African gem bearing pegmatites in Malawi: Evidence from Rb–Sr and U–Pb geochronology. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 104750, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2022.104750.

 

 

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