IITKGP

Research Areas

  • Ore Geology
  • Experimental Petrology
  • Geochemistry
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 Pruseth K. L., Mishra B. , Jehan N. , Kumar B. By Ore Geology Reviews 72 1213-1223 (2016)
  • Evidence of sulfide melting and melt fractionation during amphibolite facies metamorphism of the RajpuraDariba polymetallic sulfide ores Pruseth K. L., Mishra B. , Jehan N. , Kumar B. By Ore Geology Reviews 72 1213-1223 (2016)
  • Neoarchean greenstone metamorphism in the Eastern Dharwar Craton, India: constraints from monazite U-Th-Pb total ages and P-T pseudosection calculations Hazarika P, Pruseth KL and Mishra B By Journal of Geology 123 429-461 (2015)
  • Neoarchean greenstone metamorphism in the Eastern Dharwar Craton, India: constraints from monazite U-Th-Pb total ages and P-T pseudosection calculations Hazarika P, Pruseth KL and Mishra B By Journal of Geology 123 429-461 (2015)
  • The solubility of Pt in liquid Fe-sulfides Pruseth KL and Palme H By Chemical Geology 208 233-245 (2004)
  • The solubility of Pt in liquid Fe-sulfides Pruseth KL and Palme H By Chemical Geology 208 233-245 (2004)
  • Phase relations in the Cu2S-PbS-Sb2S3 system: an experimental appraisal and application to natural polymetallic sulfide ores Pruseth KL, Mishra B and Bernhardt HJ By Economic Geology 92 720-732 (1997)
  • Phase relations in the Cu2S-PbS-Sb2S3 system: an experimental appraisal and application to natural polymetallic sulfide ores Pruseth KL, Mishra B and Bernhardt HJ By Economic Geology 92 720-732 (1997)
  • Fluid-induced dissolution breakdown of monazite from Tso Morari complex, NW Himalayas: evidence for immobility of trace elements Upadhyay D and Pruseth KL By Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 164 303-316 (2012)
  • Fluid-induced dissolution breakdown of monazite from Tso Morari complex, NW Himalayas: evidence for immobility of trace elements Upadhyay D and Pruseth KL By Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 164 303-316 (2012)
  • Co-Principal Investigator

Ph. D. Students

Amit Mondal

Area of Research: Ore Geology, Geochemistry

Arkodeep Sengupta

Area of Research: Metallogeny and Crustal Evolution

Debojyoti Pati

Area of Research: Geochemistry

Don Chatterjee

Area of Research: Ore Geology

Lipsa Chakra

Area of Research: Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry

Pratibha Sahu

Area of Research: Ore Geology/Geochemistry

Puja Dey

Area of Research: Geochemistry

Sanghamitra Jena

Area of Research: Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry

Sasmita Mishra

Area of Research: Ore Geology/Geochemistry

Smruti Prakash Mallick

Area of Research: Ore Geology and Geochemistry

Sreemoyee Bhattacherjee

Area of Research: Groundwater Pollution

Suratha Kumar Panda

Area of Research: Geochemistry

Swarachita Mishra

Area of Research: Crustal Evolution and Metallogeny

Swati Ganveer

Area of Research: Ore Geology, Geochemistry

Teresa Akhila Jude

Area of Research: Igneous Petrology & Geochemistry