IITKGP

Research Areas

  • Geochemistry
  • Isotope Geology
  • Geochronology
  • Petrology
My research interests are focused in the fields of geochemistry, isotope geology, geochronology and petrology. Some of the major themes on which I work include:
(1) Petrogenesis of strategic and green energy critical metal deposits (rare earth elements, uranium, tungsten, lithium, boron)
(2) U-Th-Pb geochronology using LA-ICPMS (zircon, rutile, monazite, baddeleyite, apatite)
(3) Radiogenic and non-traditional stable isotope measurements using LA-MC-ICPMS (Hf in zircon, B-Li in tourmaline, mica, pyroxene, amphibole, Sr in apatite)
(4) LA-ICPMS measurements of trace elements in ore fluid inclusions in minerals
(5) The Hadean/Archean crustal evolution of the Indian shield
(6) Proterozoic crustal accretion and growth of the Indian Shield
(7) Applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in petrology and ore geology
(8) Terrestrial impact craters
(9) Temporal variations of mantle fO2 and crustal recycling

I have established a state-of-the-art radiogenic isotope facility that houses a multi collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICPMS), a quadrupole ICPMS, and a 193 nm Excimer Laser Ablation system and a clean chemistry laboratory. This isotope facility is one of a few of its kind in any university setup which has provided crucial analytical support to a large number of scientists/researchers and Ph.D. students from all over the country. The high-quality data generated from the laboratory has led to publications in top quality international journals over the years and has helped to uplift the quality of science of several researchers of IIT and other universities. My research group is the first in the country to develop in-situ analytical protocols for U-Pb isotope dating and is also the only facility to have successfully pioneered protocols for in-situ Hf-Sr-B-Li isotope measurements. In addition, methodologies for determining the isotopic composition of Sr, Nd and Hf for geochronology and isotopic tracing have also been developed.

  • Detrital zircon evidence for change in geodynamic regime of continental crust formation 3.7 3.6 billion years ago Ranjan S., Upadhyay D., Pruseth K.L., Nanda J.K. By Earth and Planetary Science Letters 538 - (2020)
  • Magmatic and Metamorphic History of Paleoarchean TonaliteTrondhjemiteGranodiorite (TTG) Suite from the Singhbhum Craton, Eastern India Upadhyay, D., Chattopadhyay, S., Kooijman, E., Mezger, K., Berndt, J. By Precambrian Research 252 180-190 (2014)
  • Magmatic and Metamorphic History of Paleoarchean TonaliteTrondhjemiteGranodiorite (TTG) Suite from the Singhbhum Craton, Eastern India Upadhyay, D., Chattopadhyay, S., Kooijman, E., Mezger, K., Berndt, J. By Precambrian Research 252 180-190 (2014)
  • Paleoarchean and Neoarchean Tonalite Trondhjemite Granodiorite (TTG) and granite magmatism in the Western Dharwar Craton, southern India: Implications for Archean continental growth and geodynamics Ranjan S., Upadhyay D., Abhinay K., Srikantappa C. By Precambrian Research 340 - (2020)
  • Formation of Paleoarchean-Mesoarchean Na-rich (TTG) and K-rich granitoid crust of the Singhbhum craton, eastern India: Constraints from major and trace element geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Hf isotope composition Upadhyay D., Chattopadhyay S., Mezger K. By Precambrian Research 327 255-272 (2019)
  • High MREE-HREE solubility in a carbonatite-derived hydrothermal fluid: Evidence from fluorite-hosted fluid inclusions in the Amba Dongar carbonatite complex, India Singh T., Upadhyay D., Patel A.K., Mishra B. By Chemical Geology 613 - (2022)
  • The geochemical differentiation of S-type pegmatites: constraints from major trace element and Li B isotopic composition of muscovite and tourmaline Chakraborty T., Upadhyay D. By Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 175 - (2020)
  • The geological evolution of the Gangpur Schist Belt, eastern India: Constraints on the formation of the Greater Indian Landmass in the Proterozoic Chakraborty T., Upadhyay D., Ranjan S., Pruseth K.L., Nanda J.K. By Journal of Metamorphic Geology 37 113-151 (2019)
  • Origin of Rapakivi feldspar by a fluid induced coupled dissolution reprecipitation process Mondal S., Upadhyay D. , Banerjee A. By Journal of Petrology 58 1393-1418 (2017)
  • Origin of Rapakivi feldspar by a fluid induced coupled dissolution reprecipitation process Mondal S., Upadhyay D. , Banerjee A. By Journal of Petrology 58 1393-1418 (2017)

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Source of the ore fluid and timing of gold mineralization in the Dharwar Craton: constraints from U-Pb/Sm-Nd geochronology and Sr-B-Li-Hf isotopes (ZBSA) Ministry of Earth Sciences

Ph. D. Students

Debojyoti Pati

Area of Research: Geochemistry

Priyabrata Mohanty

Area of Research: Petrology and Geochemistry

Rupashree Saha

Area of Research: Isotope Geology

Shailendra Yadav

Area of Research: Geochemistry and Petrology

Suratha Kumar Panda

Area of Research: Geochemistry

Tapasya Singh

Area of Research: Petrology and Geochemistry

Teresa Akhila Jude

Area of Research: Igneous Petrology & Geochemistry

Vikash Kumar

Area of Research: Petrology and isotope geochemistry