American Museum of Natural History, New York City - postdoc with Ed Mathez (7/2004-7/2006)
Nordic Center for Earth Evolution (NordCEE), Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen - research with Minik Rosing (3/2008-4/2010)
current positions
Associate Professor - Jadavpur University, India
Research Associate - American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Ore Deposits Group Leader of the IGCP-SIDA project 599 on "The Changing Early Earth"
contact address
Department of Geological Sciences
Jadavpur University
Calcutta-700032, India
mobile: +91 97480 78079
e-mail: sisir.mondal@gmail.com
Ore Deposits Session in the Goldschmidt 2011 - Prague
Goldschmidit 2011 Session 11b
International Workshop on Magmatic Ore Deposits 2012 - Kuvempu University, India
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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 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 petrologic and Os isotopic studies of mantle xenoliths from western Greenland to understand the character of the mantle within the Greenland craton.
areas of interest
selected publications (2006 onward) 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, doi 10.1007/s00410-010-0511-5. M.Sc. dissertation supervision; corresponding author.
Mondal, S.K. (2009): Origins of the magmas parental to the chromitites. Abstract with programs. Abstract published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. GOLDSCHMIDT 2009 (Davos), invited talk. pdf Mondal, S.K., Zhou, M.-F. (2009): 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. DOI: 10.1007/s00126-009-0264-0.
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
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  Color of life: American Museum of Natural History frog show 2005: photo - Sisir Mondal |
The best frog: American Museum of Natural History frog show 2005: photo - Sisir Mondal
Societies & affiliations: Geological Society of India - American Geophysical Union (AGU) - Geochemical Society (USA) - Society for Economic Geology (SEG) - Society for Geologists Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA) - Mineralogical Society of America - Geological Society of America - The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - International Pt-Symposium: IPS-9 (2002), IPS-11 (2010) - PLATINUM TODAY - The Applied Earth Science of IOM3 (IMM transactions section B) - American Museum of Natural History - Natural History Museum of Denmark - The International Chromium Development Association (ICDA)
IGCP-SIDA Project 599 'The Changing Early Earth'
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