Sisir's research home

Primary Research Areas
  • Igneous petrology-ore geology-geochemistry of ultramafic-mafic rocks
  • Investigation on genesis of chromite, Ni-Cu sulfides and PGE deposits
    Tools: field geology, mineralogy, igneous petrology, geochemistry and isotopic studies
Current Research
 
Currently I am investigating on petrogenetic evolution of the Mesoarchean ultramafic-mafic rocks and associated chromite and PGE deposits in the Singhbhum and Dharwar cratons of the Indian Shield. The additional aspect of this research is to understand the early crustal evolution and Archean mantle heterogeneity of Earth. I am also investigating on the genesis of world-class PGE , Ni-sulfide and chromite deposits such as the Bushveld Complex, South Africa using petrological, geochemical and isotopic tools. In addition, recently I have started a collaborative project on Os isotopic studies of mantle xenoliths from western Greenland to understand the character of the mantle within the North Atlantic Craton.
 
Areas of Interest
  • Precambrian Geology of Earth
  • Chemical evolution of the Earth's mantle

Bifurcating UG1-chromitite layers, Dwars River, Bushveld Complex, South Africa.  Photo: Sisir Mondal, 2004.

Selected Publications (2006 onward)

Mondal, S.K., Bernstein, S., Rosing, M.T. (2011): Sulfide mineralogy of west Greenland kimberlitic mantle xenoliths. Abstract with programs. Mineralogical Magazine, GOLDSCHMIDT 2011 (Prague).

Mondal, S.K. (2011): Platinum group element (PGE) geochemistry to understand the chemical evolution of the Earth's mantle. Journal of Geological Society of India 77, 295-302.

Mukherjee, R., Mondal, S.K., Rosing, M.T., Frei, R. (2010): Compositional variations in the Mesoarchean chromites of the Nuggihalli schist belt, Western Dharwar craton (India): potential parental melts and implications for tectonic setting. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 160, 865-885. Student supervision; corresponding author.

Mondal, S.K., Zhou, M.-F. (2010): Enrichment of PGE through interaction of evolved boninitic magmas with early formed cumulates in a gabbro-breccia zone of the Mesoarchean Nuasahi massif (eastern India). Mineralium Deposita 45, 69-91.

Srivastava, R.K., Mondal, S.K., Balaram, V., Gautam G.C. (2010): PGE geochemistry of low-Ti high-Mg siliceous mafic rocks within the Archean central Indian Bastar Craton: implications for magma fractionation. Mineralogy and Petrology 98, 329-345.

Mondal, S.K. (2009): Origins of the magmas parental to the chromitites. Abstract with programs. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, GOLDSCHMIDT 2009 (Davos).  invited talk. pdf

Mondal, S.K. (2008): "Orthomagmatic ore deposits related to ultramafic-mafic rocks: An Introduction". Special Issue, Journal of Geological Society of India 72, 591-593.

Mondal, S.K. (2007): PGE distributions in Mesoarchean chromitites and mafic-ultramafic rocks in the Singhbhum Craton (India): Evidence for presence of a subchondritic source mantle domain. Abstract with programs. Abstract published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, GOLDSCHMIDT 2007 (Cologne).

Mondal, S.K., Frei, R., Ripley, E.M. (2007): Os isotope systematics of Mesoarchaean chromitite - PGE deposits in the Singhbhum Craton (India): Implications for the evolution of lithospheric mantle. Chemical Geology 244, 391-408. pdf

Mondal, S.K., Mathez, E.A. (2007): Origin of the UG2 chromitite layer, Bushveld Complex. Journal of Petrology 48, 495-510. Ranked within top 50 Most-Read Articles of the Journal of Petrology. pdf
 
Mondal, S.K., Ripley, E.M., Li, C., Frei, R. (2006): The genesis of Archaean chromitites from the Nuasahi and Sukinda massifs in the Singhbhum Craton, India. Precambrian Research 148, 45-66. pdf