Geology and Geophysics

• Pr. N.N. Chatterji Medal, 1997
• 1. AvH Fellowship, 2000-01

Journal
• Reconstruction of hydrothermal fluid composition of the Kamthai carbonatite complex, India using lattice strain model: Implications for LREE/HREE fractionation Patel A.K., Upadhyay D., Mishra B., Pruseth K.L. By Lithos 444-445 - (2023)
• Cretaceous potassic igneous activity in the Raniganj Basin, eastern India: Compositional variations in mica and apatite as recorders of lamproite magma evolution Saini J., Patel S. C., Tappe S. , Mitchell R. H., Pruseth K. L., Kaur P. , Singh A. , Kaur G. By Lithos 434-435 106916- (2022)
• Cretaceous potassic igneous activity in the Raniganj Basin, eastern India: Compositional variations in mica and apatite as recorders of lamproite magma evolution Saini J., Patel S.C., Tappe S., Mitchell R.H., Pruseth K.L., Kaur P., Singh A., Kaur G. By Lithos 434-435 - (2022)
• Mineralogical and Geochemical Evidence of Dissolution-Reprecipitation Controlled Hydrothermal Rare Earth Element Mineralization in the Amba Dongar Carbonatite Complex, Gujarat, Western India Patel A.K., Mishra B., Upadhyay D., Pruseth K.L. By Economic Geology 117 683-702 (2022)
• Age, provenance and tectonic setting of metasedimentary rocks of the Simlipal Complex, Singhbhum Craton, eastern India Singh A.K., Upadhyay D., Pruseth K.L., Mezger K., Nanda J.K. By Precambrian Research 355 - (2021)
• Shock Metamorphic Features in the Archean Simlipal Complex, Singhbhum Craton, Eastern India: Possible Remnant of a Large Impact Structure Singh A.K., Upadhyay D., Pruseth K.L., Mezger K., Nanda J.K., Maiti S., Saha D. By Journal of the Geological Society of India 97 35-47 (2021)
• Rare earth element precipitation induced by non-redox transformation of magnetite to hematite: Microtextural and geochemical evidence from the Kamthai carbonatite complex, western India Upadhyay D., Mondal S., Patel A.K., Mishra B., Pruseth K.L., Bhushan S.K. By Lithos 400-401 - (2021)
• 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 538C 116206- (2020)
• 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)
• Ore deposit modeling: the current Indian scenario Panigrahi M. K., Pruseth K. L. By Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 86 275-284 (2020)
• Ore deposit modeling: The current Indian scenario Panigrahi M.K., Pruseth K.L. By Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 86 275-284 (2020)
• Multi-stage magmatic history of olivine leucite lamproite dykes from Banganapalle, Dharwar craton, India: evidence from compositional zoning of spinel Kumar S.P., Shaikh A.M., Patel S.C., Sheikh J.M., Behera D., Pruseth K.L., Ravi S., Tappe S. By Mineralogy and Petrology - (2020)
• Experimentally produced Cu-Pb-Ag-Sb-S melts at 500 °C: Implications to partial melting of massive sulfide ores Govindarao B., Pruseth K.L., Mishra B. By Ore Geology Reviews 121 - (2020)
• Experimentally produced Cu-Pb-Ag-Sb-S melts at 500 °C: Implications to partial melting of massive sulfide ores Govindarao B., Pruseth K. L., Mishra B. By Ore Geology Reviews 121 - (2020)
• Sulfide partial melting and galena tetrahedrite intergrowth texture: An experimental study Boddepalli G., Pruseth K. L., Mishra B. By Mineralogical Magazine 84 859-868 (2020)
• Sulfide partial melting and galena-tetrahedrite intergrowth texture: An experimental study Govindarao B., Pruseth K.L., Mishra B. By Mineralogical Magazine 84 859-868 (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)
• 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)
• 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 Metamorphic Geology 37 113-151 (2019)
• Nature and source of the ore-forming fluids associated with orogenic gold deposits in the Dharwar Craton Mishra B., Pruseth K. L., Hazarika P. , Chinnasamy S. S. By Geoscience Frontiers 9 715-726 (2018)
• Nature and source of the ore-forming fluids associated with orogenic gold deposits in the Dharwar Craton Mishra B., Pruseth K.L., Hazarika P., Chinnasamy S.S. By Geoscience Frontiers 9 715-726 (2018)
• Zircon geochronology of deformed alkaline rocks along the Eastern Ghats Belt margin: Indiaâ Antarctica connection and the Enderbia continent Ranjan S., Upadhyay D., Abhinay K., Pruseth K.L., Nanda J.K. By Precambrian Research 310 407-424 (2018)
• Zircon geochronology of deformed alkaline rocks along the Eastern Ghats Belt margin: India Antarctica connection and the Enderbia continent Ranjan S., Upadhyay D. , Abhinay K. , Pruseth K. L., Nanda J. K. By Precambrian Research 310 407-424 (2018)
• New constraints from zircon, monazite and uraninite dating on the commencement of sedimentation in the Cuddapah basin, India Sahoo D., Pruseth K. L., Upadhyay D. , Ranjan S. , Pal D. C., Banerjee R. , Gupta S. By Geological Magazine 155 1230-1246 (2018)
• Sulfide partial melting and chalcopyrite disease: an experimental study Govindarao B., Pruseth K. L., Mishra B. By American Mineralogist 103 1200-1207 (2018)
• Sulfide partial melting and chalcopyrite disease: An experimental study Govindarao B., Pruseth K.L., Mishra B. By American Mineralogist 103 1200-1207 (2018)
• ): Episodic tourmaline growth and re-equilibration in mica pegmatite from the Bihar Mica Belt, India: major- and trace-element variations under pegmatitic and hydrothermal conditions Hazarika P., Upadhyay D. , Pruseth K. L. By Geological Magazine 154 68-86 (2017)
• The occurrence of breithauptite and nisbite-like Sb-Ni phases at Sindesar-khurd, Rajasthan, India: implications for melt-assisted Sulfide remobilization Govindarao B., Pruseth K. L., Biswajit B. By Canadian Mineralogist 55 75-87 (2017)
• The occurrence of breithauptite and nisbite-like Sb-Ni phases at Sindesar-Khurd, Rajasthan, India: implication to melt-assisted sulfide remobilization Govinda Rao B., Parihar R. , Pruseth K. L., Mishra B. By Canadian Mineralogist 55 75-87 (2017)
• Mineralogy of the TK1 and TK4 kimberlites in the Timmasamudram cluster, Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, India: implications for lamproite magmatism in a field of kimberlites and ultramafic lamprophyres Shaikh A. M., Patel S. C., Ravi S. , Behera D. , Pruseth K. L. By Chemical Geology 455 208-230 (2017)
• Trace element geochemistry of pyrite and arsenopyrite: ore genetic implications for late Archean orogenic gold deposits in southern India Hazarika P., Mishra B. , Pruseth K. L. By Mineralogical Magazine 81 661-678 (2017)
• An improved EPMA analytical protocol for U-Th-Pbtotal dating in xenotime: Age constraints from polygenetic Mangalwar Complex, Northwestern India Hazarika P., Mishra B. , Ozha M. K., Pruseth K. L. By Chemie der Erde (Geochemistry) 77 69-79 (2017)
• 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)
• Genetic aspects of gold mineralization in the Southern Granulite Terrain, India Sahoo A. K., Krishnamurthi R. , Vadlamani R. , Pruseth K. L., Narayanan M. , Varghese S. , Pradeepkumar T. By Ore Geology Reviews 72 1243-1262 (2016)
• Magmatic, hydrothermal and subsolidus evolution of the agpaitic nepheline syenites of the Sushina Hill Complex, India: implications for the metamorphism of peralkaline syenites Chakrabarty A., Mitchel R. H., Ren M. , Saha P. K., Pruseth K. L., Sen A. K. By Mineralogical Magazine 80 1161-1193 (2016)
• Hematite-rich concretions from Mesoproterozoic Vindhyan sandstone in northern India: a terrestrial Martian blueberries analogue with a difference Pati J. K., Pruseth K. L., Chatterjee R. S., Patel S. C., Prakash K. , Chakarvorty M. , Singh R. P., Bhushan R. , Malviya V. P., Sharma R. , Champati Ray P. K. By Current Science 111 535-542 (2016)
• Scheelite, apatite, calcite and tourmaline compositions from the late Archean Hutti orogenic gold deposit: Implications for analogous two stage ore fluids Hazarika P., Mishra B. , Pruseth K. L. By Ore Geology Reviews 72 989-1003 (2016)
• Diverse tourmaline compositions from orogenic gold deposits in the Hutti-Maski greenstone belt, India: characterization of possible ore fluid sources Hazarika P, Mishra B and Pruseth KL By Economic Geology 110 337-353 (2015)
• Proto-India was a part of Rodinia: evidence from Grenville-age suturing of the Eastern Ghats Province with the Paleoarchean Singhbhum Craton Chattopadhyay S, Upadhyay D, Nanda JK, Mezger K, Pruseth KL and Berndt J By Precambrian Research 266 506-529 (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 possibility of a ZnS-bearing sulfide melt at 600 °C: Evidence from the RajpuraDariba deposit, India, supported by laboratory melting experiment Pruseth KL, Jehan N, Sahu P and Mishra B By Ore Geology Reviews 60 50-59 (2014)
• Rinkite, cerianite-(Ce), and hingganite-(Ce) in syenite gneisses from the Sushina Hill Complex, India: occurrence, compositional data and petrogenetic significance Chakrabarty A, Mitchell RH, Ren M, Sen AK and Pruseth KL By Mineralogical Magazine 77 3137-3153 (2013)
• 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)
• Compositions and Petrogenetic Significance of the Eudialyte Group Minerals from Sushina, Purulia, West Bengal Chakrabarty A, Pruseth KL and Sen AK By Journal of the Geological Society of India 79 449-459 (2012)
• First report of eudialyte occurrence from the Sushina hill region, Purulia district, West Bengal Chakrabarty A, Pruseth KL and Sen AK By Journal of the Geological Society of India 77 12-16 (2011)
• Calculating NORM using composition matrices Pruseth KL By Computers & Geosciences 35 1785-1788 (2009)
• The calculation of the CIPW norm: New formulas Pruseth KL By Journal of Earth System Science 118 101-113 (2009)
• Geology and geochemistry of giant quartz veins from the Bundelkhand Craton, central India and its implications Pati JK, Patel SC, Pruseth KL, Malviya VP, Arima M, Raju S, Pati P and Prakash K By Journal of Earth System Science 116 497-510 (2007)
• Problems in microwave digestion of high-Si and high-Al rocks Pruseth KL, Yadav S, Mehta P, Pandey D and Tripathi JK By Current Science 89 1668-1671 (2005)
• The solubility of Pt in liquid Fe-sulfides Pruseth KL and Palme H By Chemical Geology 208 233-245 (2004)
• The minerals boulangerite, falkmanite and Cu-free meneghinite: synthesis, new powder diffraction data and stability relations Pruseth KL, Mishra B and Bernhardt HJ By European Journal of Mineralogy 13 411-419 (2001)
• An experimental study on cubanite irreversibility: implications for natural chalcopyrite-cubanite intergrowths Pruseth KL, Mishra B and Bernhardt HJ By European Journal of Mineralogy 11 471-476 (1999)
• Solid-solution in synthetic zinkenite, robinsonite and meneghinite in the system Cu2S-PbS-Sb2S3 Pruseth KL, Mishra B and Bernhardt HJ By Canadian Mineralogist 36 207-213 (1998)
• 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 equilibrium study in the system Cu2S-PbS-Sb2S3: non-stoichiometry in sulfosalts and isothermal variation in sulfur fugacity Mishra B and Pruseth KL By Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 118 92-98 (1994)
• Variation in forbidden energy gap on the Pb-AgSbS2 quasi-binary join Pruseth KL and Mishra B By Indian Journal of Earth Science 20 96-103 (1993)
• A diffuse reflectance study of synthetic acanthite, stibnite and bournonite Mishra B, Pruseth KL and Sarkar S By Journal of the Geological Society of India 37 7-12 (1991)
Conferences
• Chemistry of Li-bearing micas (zinnwaldite): clues to magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of granite-hosted W-mineralization at Degana, India Ghosh U., Upadhyay D. , Mishra B. , Pruseth K. L. By Goldschmidt Conference - (2021)
• Fluid-assisted alteration of apatite and mobilization of rare earth elements in carbonatites from Amba Dongar, western India Patel A. K., Mishra B. , Upadhyay D. , Pruseth K. L. By International Geologic Congress - (2020)
• Source of fluid for Balda & Motiya tungsten mineralization, western India: a boron isotope study of tourmaline Ghosh U., Upadhyay D. , Abhinay K. , Mishra B. , Pruseth K. L. By Goldschmidt Conference - (2019)
• Mineralogy of the Banganapalle lamproite, India, and spinel zonation as a record of chemical evolution during crystallization Kumar S. P., Patel S. C., Ravi S. , Pruseth K. L. By EGU2017 - (2017)
• Sulfide partial melting and chalcopyrite disease in sphalerite Govindarao B., Pruseth K. L. By Goldschmidt Conference 2017 - (2017)
• Textural sector zoning in garnet: A result of pseudomorphic replacement of carbonates Parihar R., Pruseth K. L., Upadhyay D. By Goldschmidt Conference 2017 - (2017)
• Crustal accretion across the central Indian Tectonic Zone: constraints from the Gangpur Schist Belt, India Chakraborty T., Upadhyay D. , Pruseth K. L. By Goldschmidt Conference 2017 - (2017)
• Pyrite nanoparticles: potential source of As in groundwater Pruseth K. L., Sahu P. By Goldschmidt Conference 2017 - (2017)
• India-Antarctica connection: constraints from deformed alkaline rocks and carbonatites Upadhyay D., Ranjan S. , Abhinay K. , Pruseth K. L., Nanda J. K. By Goldschmidt Conference 2017 - (2017)
• Fe concretions from Jaisalmer, India: possible analogue of Martian blueberries Singh A. K., Upadhyay D. , Pruseth K. L. By Goldschmidt Conference - (2016)
Book Chapter/Section
• Dyke Swarms: Keys for Geodynamic Interpretation, Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg Pruseth KL, Ravikant V, Varghese S and Krishnamurthi R By Mantle-derived carbonate fluid alteration and gold mineralization in southern granulite terrain, Wynad, India 125-139 (2011)
• Melting Experiments in the ZnS-PbS-FeS-CuSbS2 system at 600 °C Rao BG, Pruseth KL and Mishra B By Goldschmidt Conference 2016, Yokohama, Japan - (2016)
• Na-metasomatism, U-mobilization and U-Th decoupling at Koppunuru, Palnad Sub-basin, Andhra Pradesh, India: implication for U-transport in Na-zirconosilicate complexes Sahoo D, Pruseth KL, Upadhyay D, Pal DC, Banerjee, R and Gupta S By Goldschmidt Conference 2016, Yokohama, Japan - (2016)
• Ore Fluid Characterization using pyrite and arsenopyrite compositions from the greenstone-hosted Hutti Gold Deposit Mishra B, Pranjit Hazarika P and Pruseth KL By 13th SGA biennial meeting 2015, Nancy, France - (2015)
• Magmatic (?) base metal sulfide deposits Pruseth KL and Mishra B By Proceedings of the 10th International workshop on magmatic ore deposits, Geological Society of India special publication 226-230 (2014)
• Melting experiments in the PbS-FeS-ZnSCu2S-S system: possibility and nature of an anatectic base metal sulfide melt Jehan N and Pruseth KL By Proceedings of the 10th International workshop on magmatic ore deposits, Geological Society of India special publication 221-225 (2014)
• Petrology of P-5 and P-13 Kimberlites from Lattavaram Kimberlite Cluster, Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Andhra Pradesh, India: Reclassification as Lamproites Kaur G, Korakoppa MM, Fareeduddin and Pruseth KL By Proceedings of 10th International Kimberlite Conference, Bangalore 183-194 (2013)
• Contrasting behavior of IPG and PPG Elements: Evidence from solubility of Ir, Pt and Rh in Fe-sulfide melt Pruseth KL By 9th International Symposium on Magmatic Ore Deposits, IMMT, Bhubaneswar - (2009)
• The solubility of Pt in liquid Fe-sulfides Pruseth KL and Palme H By 9th International Symposium on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry (EMPG IX), ETH, Zurich 24-27 (2002)
• Experimental determination of solubility of Pt in Fe-S melts Pruseth KL and Palme H By Berichte der Dt. Mineral. Gesellschaft, Suppl. European Journal of Mineralogy - (2001)
• Viscosity determination of an olivine tholeiite and a tholeiitic andesite at variable temperatures under atmospheric pressure Pruseth KL, Sharma SD and Gupta AK By Proceedings of the first Indo-Soviet Workshop on Experimental Mineralogy and Petrology, New Delhi 53-60 (1987)

Principal Investigator

• PHASE RELATIONS IN THE FE-AS-AN-S SYSTEM AND POSSIBLE ROLE OF PARTIAL MELTING OF ORES IN CONCENTRATING GOLD
• INFLUENCE OF S-FUGACITY ON TH MINIMUM TEPERATURE OF MELTING IN THE SYSTEM PD-FE-ZN-S:IMPLICATION ON SULFIDE ORE REMOBILIZATION BY PARTIAL MELTING
• Deciphering the hydrothermal activity and controls on Uranium mineralization at Koppunuru:Constraints from mineral chemistry, stable isotope and fluid inclusion studies
• Assessment of Greigite (Fe3s4) Formation by Hydrothermal Alteration and Partial Melting of Base-metal Sulfide Deposits as a Potential Mechanism Contributing to Groundwater As-pollution

Co-Principal Investigator

• A MULTIDIMENSIONAL STUDY ON THE ARCHOSAUR REPTILES FROM THE LATE TRIASSIC OF INDIA: ASSESSING FOSSILIZATION PATHWAYS, VERTEBRATE DIVERSITY, PALAEOECOSYSTEM AND PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY
• Characterization of Overburden Materials and to Explore the Alternative Possibilities for Geotechnical Application for Amlohri and Block-B Opencast Mine
• Geodyanamics of crustal accretion, growth and related mineralization across the craton - Eastern ghats belt contact: an integrated geological and seismic investigation
• LA-ICPMS Analytical Facility Various Users
• Petrogenesis & Rare Earth Element Potential of Kamthai & Amba Dongar Carbonatities