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Associate Professor
Geology and Geophysics
I work on Ore Geology especially applying experimental sulfide phase equilibria to understanding of ore mineralogy and petrology. My tools include optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Raman Spectroscopy, electron probe micro analysis (EPMA) and laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). My major research interests have been sulfide/metal partitioning of PGEs during Earth's core formation, partial melting of sulfide ores and, low-T aqueous transport and deposition of U and HFSEs. I have also developed interests in EPMA dating of monazites and in the experimental reproduction of morphology and internal structures of Fe-concretions similar to the Martian blue-berries.
Evidence of sulfide melting and melt fractionation during amphibolite facies metamorphism of the RajpuraDariba polymetallic sulfide ores by Pruseth K. L., Mishra B. , Jehan N. , Kumar B. Ore Geology Reviews 72 1213-1223 (2016)
The solubility of Pt in liquid Fe-sulfides by Pruseth KL and Palme H Chemical Geology 208 233-245 (2004)
Phase relations in the Cu2S-PbS-Sb2S3 system: an experimental appraisal and application to natural polymetallic sulfide ores by Pruseth KL, Mishra B and Bernhardt HJ Economic Geology 92 720-732 (1997)
Fluid-induced dissolution breakdown of monazite from Tso Morari complex, NW Himalayas: evidence for immobility of trace elements by Upadhyay D and Pruseth KL Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 164 303-316 (2012)
Geology and geochemistry of giant quartz veins from the Bundelkhand Craton, central India and its implications by Pati JK, Patel SC, Pruseth KL, Malviya VP, Arima M, Raju S, Pati P and Prakash K Journal of Earth System Science 116 497-510 (2007)
Problems in microwave digestion of high-Si and high-Al rocks by Pruseth KL, Yadav S, Mehta P, Pandey D and Tripathi JK Current Science 89 1668-1671 (2005)
The calculation of the CIPW norm: New formulas by Pruseth KL Journal of Earth System Science 118 101-113 (2009)
The possibility of a ZnS-bearing sulfide melt at 600 °C: Evidence from the RajpuraDariba deposit, India, supported by laboratory melting experiment by Pruseth KL, Jehan N, Sahu P and Mishra B Ore Geology Reviews 60 50-59 (2014)
Neoarchean greenstone metamorphism in the Eastern Dharwar Craton, India: constraints from monazite U-Th-Pb total ages and P-T pseudosection calculations by Hazarika P, Pruseth KL and Mishra B Journal of Geology 123 429-461 (2015)
Assessment of Greigite (Fe3s4) Formation by Hydrothermal Alteration and Partial Melting of Base-metal Sulfide Deposits as a Potential Mechanism Contributing to Groundwater As-pollution Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Pratibha Sahu
Area of Research: Ore Geology/Geochemistry
Teresa Akhila Jude
Area of Research: Igneous Petrology & Geochemistry
Rachit Parihar
Area of Research: Ore Geology
Sasmita Mishra
Area of Research: Ore Geology/Geochemistry
Lipsa Chakra
Area of Research: Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry
Suratha Kumar Panda
Area of Research: Geochemistry
Ashim Kumar Patel
Area of Research: Carbonatite-hosted rare earth element mineralization
Puja Dey
Area of Research: Geochemistry
Sanghamitra Jena
Area of Research: Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry
Smruti Prakash Mallick
Area of Research: Ore Geology and Geochemistry
