Research Themes
Evolution of lithospheric mantle by studying ultramafic-mafic rocks
Investigation on genesis of chromite, Ni-Cu sulfides and PGE deposits
Tools: field geology, igneous petrology, geochemistry and isotopic studies
Bifurcating chromitite layers, Eastern Bushveld Complex. Photo: Sisir Mondal, 2004.
Selected Publications
Mondal, S.K., Mukherjee, R., Rosing, M.T., Frei, R., Waight, T. (2008): Petrologic, geochemical and isotopic study of 3.1Ga peridotite-chromitite suite from the western Dharwar craton (India): evidence for recycling of oceanic crust in the Mesoarchean. Eos Trans. AGU 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V33C-2237, AGU 2008 (San Francisco). pdf
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. 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
Mondal, S.K., Ripley, E.M., Li, C., Ahmed A.H., Arai, S., Liipo, J., Stowe, C., (2003): Oxygen isotopic compositions of Cr-spinels from Archaean to Phanerozoic chromite deposits. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 18S, Sept. 2003, A30: GOLDSCHMIDT 2003, (Japan). pdf
Mondal, S.K., Baidya, T.K., Rao, K.N.G., Glascock, M. D., (2001): PGE and Ag mineralization in a breccia zone of the Precambrian Nuasahi ultramafic-mafic complex, Orissa India. The Canadian Mineralogist 39, 979-996. pdf
