Education:

• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Geol.): Bombay University (K. J. Somaiya College of Science), 1992
• Master of Science (M.Sc.) (Appl. Geol.): Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), 1994
• Dissertation title: Fluid-Melt Inclusion Studies of Mica Pegmatites of Bhilwara Mica Belt, Rajasthan, India
• Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), 1998
  Dissertation title: Geochemistry, Petrogenesis, Stratigraphy and Structure of Deccan Flood Basalts of the Western Satpura-Tapi Region, India

General and specific research and teaching interests:

• Volcanology, igneous petrology, geochemistry
• Flood basalt volcanism (focus: the Deccan Traps, India)
• Volcanic rifted margins: Magmatism, structure and tectonics (focus: western India)
• Silicic volcanism; rhyolites and granites; anorthosites
• Global magmatism, geodynamics and crustal evolution
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• Current and past teaching:

• Igneous Petrology and Volcanology (GS434) M.Sc. (Appl. Geol.)
• Geochemistry and Geochemical Thermodynamics (GS537), M.Sc. (Appl. Geol.) (Geochemistry Part)
• Topics in Igneous Petrology and Volcanology (GS855), Ph.D.
• Isotope Geology (GS853), Ph.D.
• Petrology Lab (GS416), M.Sc. (Appl. Geol.)
• Analytical Geology Lab (GS533), M.Sc. (Appl. Geol.)
• Geology (GS307), B.Tech. (Civil Engg.)
• Earth Processes (GP405), M.Sc. (Appl. Geophys.)
• Earth Resources Lab (GP410), M.Sc. (Appl. Geophys.)
• Communication Skills (HS699) for M.Tech. (Geoexpl.), M. Tech. (Petroleum Geosci.) and Ph.D.

Ph.D. student supervision:

1. Ms. Ranjini Ray (completed January 2009): ‘Dykes in the Deccan Traps’, 148 p.
2. Mr. Archisman Sen (completed January 2013): ‘40Ar/39Ar Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Sindreth and Tavidar Volcanics of Southern Rajasthan’, 161 p. (co-guide, jointly with Prof. K. Pande)
3. Ms. Pooja Kshirsagar (completed March 2013): ‘Volcanology and Petrology of Deccan Magmatism in Parts of Kachchh, Saurashtra, and Mumbai’, 142 p.
4. Ms. Anjali Vijayan (completed July 2017): ‘Petrology and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of the Mer Mundwara and Sarnu-Dandali Alkaline Complexes, Rajasthan, Northwestern Deccan Traps’, 161 p. (co-guide Prof. K. Pande)
5. Mr. Joseph D’Souza (completed November 2020): ‘Crustal Evolution of the Pur-Banera Supracrustal Belt and Basement Rocks in the Bhilwara Region, Rajasthan, Northwestern India’ (co-guide Prof. P. Naraga)
6. Mr. Vanit Patel (completed December 2020): ‘Stratigraphy, Geochemistry, and Geochronology of the Deccan Lavas and Dykes of Elephanta Island, Mumbai harbour, Panvel Flexure Zone’ (co-guide Dr. Bibhas Sen, Geological Survey of India)
7. Mr. Anmol Naik (completed July 2022): ‘From Gabbro-granophyre Plutons to Rhyolitic Ignimbrites: A Field and Textural Perspective on Volcanic Systems of the Deccan Traps’
8. Mr. Arunodaya Shekhar (commenced August 2022): Physical volcanology and petrology of silicic magmatism in the Mumbai, Sutrakar and Rajpardi areas, western Deccan Traps’
9. Ms. B. Astha (commenced August 2022):  ‘Mafic dykes of the Konkan Plain, western Deccan Traps: insights into the magma plumbing system, volcanic stratigraphy, and tectonic evolution’

Languages:

Indian languages: Hindi (fluent); Gujarati (fluent); Marathi (fair); Kachchhi (fair); several certificate exams in Sanskrit passed during schooling

Foreign languages: English (fluent), Spanish (working knowledge), basic German* and Russian**

(* Certificate in Grundstufe-1 level from Goethe Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai, 1995; ** Certificate in Basic level from the Russian Centre for Science and Culture, Mumbai, 2019)

• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, India, September 1998 – December 1999
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centro de Investigación en Energia (CIE), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico, January 2000 – December 2000
• SOEST Young Investigator (Assistant Researcher), School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), University of Hawaii, U.S.A., February 2001 – October 2002
• Visiting Fellow, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India, November 2002 – April 2003
• Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India, April 2003 – February 2009
• Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay, February 2009 – August 2014
• Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay, September 2014 –
• Institute Chair Professor, IIT Bombay, March 2021 – March 2024

Awards and Honours

1. SOEST Young Investigator Award, 2001-02, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), University of Hawaii, USA
2. INSA Young Scientist Medal, 2003, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi
3. Associate, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, 2003-2007
4. IIT Bombay Young Investigator Award 2007 (Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre IRCC, IIT Bombay, awarded on 05/09/09, Teachers’ Day)
5. Krishnan Medal 2010, Indian Geophysical Union (IGU), Hyderabad
6. National Geoscience Award 2010 in Basic Geosciences, Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India
7. M. R. Srinivasa Rao Award 2017 in Petrology, Geological Society of India, Bangalore
8. JSPS Invitational Research Fellowship (Short-term), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Meiji University, May 2018)
9. PRL Award 2017, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad (awarded on 11/11/19, PRL Foundation Day)
10. IRCC Research Dissemination Award 2019, Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre, IIT Bombay (announced 13/10/20)
11. Excellence in Teaching Award 2020, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay (announced 28/08/20)
12. Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) Fellowship 2020/21, Durham University, UK (October-December 2020, virtual only due to coronavirus pandemic)
13. Institute Chair Professorship, IIT Bombay, March 2021 – March 2024
14. Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (FASc) (elected December 2024, effective 2025)

Community service:

1. Associate Editor, Journal of Earth System Science (May 2004 – May 2007) [formerly Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences)] Now co-published by Indian Academy of Sciences and Springer www.ias.ac.in/jess
2. Editorial Board Member, Geosciences (February 2020 – present): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/geosciences/editors
3. Advisory Editorial Board Member, Journal of Petrology (February 2021-present): https://academic.oup.com/petrology/pages/Editorial_Board
4. Sheth, H. C., Pande, K. (Guest Editors), 2004. Magmatism in India through Time. Special issue, Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences), v. 113, No. 4, pp. 517-838. Open access at: www.ias.ac.in/jess/contdec2004.html
5. Sheth, H. C., Vanderkluysen, L. (Guest Editors), 2014. Flood Basalts of Asia. John J. Mahoney Memorial Volume, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 84, pp. 1-200. Weblink: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13679120/84
6. Regular reviewer of manuscripts for various professional journals
7. Deputy Website Manager, www.mantleplumes.org (October 2003 – September 2005)

Memberships of professional bodies:

1. Life Member, Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID), 1994 –
2. Associate, Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS), 2003 – 2007
3. Fellow (Life), Geological Society of India, 2004 –
4. Life Member, Gondwana Geological Society, Nagpur, 2016 –
5. Life Member, Geochemical Society, 2023 –

Sheth, H., Tripathi, S. (2024) “Deccan Traps”. Site 154, The Second 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites. IUGS, pp. 152–153. https://iugs-geoheritage.org/geoheritage_sites/deccan-traps/

Book/Monograph

Sheth, H., 2018. A PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF FLOOD BASALT VOLCANISM. Springer International Publishing, 363 + xvi pages, hardcover, 12 chapters with 583 colour illustrations (582 photographs), and more.

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67705-7, Book website: http://www.springer.com/in/book/9783319677040

REVIEWS of the book (SIX)  

1. Carlos Borrero, Bulletin of Volcanology: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00445-018-1220-6
2. Cliff Ollier, Current Science: www.currentscience.ac.in (10 July 2018 issue)
3. P. Krishnamurthy, Journal of Geological Society of India (July 2018 issue): http://www.geosocindia.org/index.php/jgsi
4. Matthew E. Brueseke, Frontiers in Earth Science: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2018.00115/full?utm_source=F-NTF&utm_medium=EMLX&utm_campaign=PRD_FEOPS_20170000_ARTICLE
5. Kent Brooks, Geology  Today (Jan-Feb 2019 issue): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/gto.12253
6. Wanfang Zhou and Mingtang Lei, Environmental Earth Sciences 78:324 (May 2019 issue): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-019-8327-8

Research papers: (latest first; student authors identified by *, postdocs by **)

(The papers are available for download from ResearchGate)

94. Sahu*, M., Banerjee**, A., Prabhakar, N., Ghosh**, S., Sheth, H.C., Tomson, J.K., 2025. Zircon-monazite geochronology, petrogenesis and deformation of the Gyangarh-Anjana monzogranites (Aravalli Craton): records of two Proterozoic orogenic events in northwestern India. Geological Magazine, v. 162(e13), pp. 1–24, doi:10.1017/S0016756825000068.

93. Shekhar*, A., Jourdan, F., Cucciniello, C., Naik, A., Sheth, H., Astha*, B., 2025. Geology and 40Ar/39Ar age of the Khopoli olivine gabbro intrusion, Konkan Plain, western Deccan Traps. Geological Magazine, v. 161 (e12), doi: 10.1017/S0016756824000293

92. Sheth, H., Naik, A., Shekhar*, A., Astha*, B., Samant, H., 2024. Lava squeeze-ups and volcanic resurfacing: a review. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 450, art. 108085, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2024.108085

91. Rader, E., Peters, S., Vanderkluysen, L., Clarke, A. B., Sheth, H., 2024. Morphological transitions between lobate resurfacing and distal breakout lava flows in flood basalts: insights from analog experiments. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 86, art. 8, doi: 10.1007/s00445-023-01693-6

89. Ghosh*, S., Tomson, J. K., Prabhakar, N., Sheth, H., 2023. An extended Neoarchaean to Neoproterozoic history of the Sandmata Complex (Aravalli Craton, northwestern India): insights from metamorphic P-T evolution and zircon-monazite geochronology of high-grade quartzofeldspathic gneisses. Precambrian Research, v. 394, art. 107107, doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2023.107107.

88. Sheikh, J. M., Cucciniello, C., Naik**, A., Sheth, H., Duraiswami, R. A., 2023. Basaltic thermal and material inputs in rhyolite petrogenesis: the Chhapariyali rhyolite dyke, Saurashtra, northwestern Deccan Traps. Geochemistry (Chemie der Erde), v. 83, art. 125984, doi: 10.1016/j.chemer.2023.125984.

87. Sheth, H., 2023. The volcanic geoheritage of the Ajanta and Ellora Caves, central Deccan Traps, India. In: Thakkar, M. G., Mathur, S. C., Chauhan, G. (Guest editors), Indian Geoheritage: From the Precambrian to the Present. Geoheritage, v. 15, art. 39, doi: 10.1007/s12371-023-00809-w.

86. Sheth, H., Duraiswami, R. A., Ghule*, V., Naik*, A., Das*, T., 2022. Flood basalt structures and textures as guides to cooling histories and palaeoclimates: the Deccan Traps of Saurashtra, western India. Geological Magazine, v. 159, pp. 1415–1436.

85. Cucciniello, C., Avanzinelli, R., Sheth, H., Casalini, M., 2022. Mantle and crustal contributions to the Mount Girnar alkaline plutonic complex and the circum-Girnar mafic-silicic intrusions of Saurashtra, northwestern Deccan Traps. Journal of Petrology, v. 63, art. egac007, doi: 10.1093/petrology/egac007

84. Sheth, H., Naik*, A., Sheikh**, J. M., Alok Kumar, 2022. Giant (30 km-diameter) silicic caldera of K/Pg boundary age in the northwestern Deccan Traps: the Alech Hills, Saurashtra. International Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 111, pp. 379-399.

83. Naik*, A., Sheth, H., Sheikh**, J. M., Alok Kumar, 2021. Extremely high-grade, lava-like rhyolitic ignimbrites at Osham Hill, Saurashtra, northwestern Deccan Traps: stratigraphy, structures, textures, and physical volcanology. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 419, art. 107389, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107389

82. Naik*, A., Sheikh**, J. M., Sheth, H., Samant, H., D’Souza, S., 2021. Diverse late-stage (≤ 62.5 Ma) Deccan volcanism and plutonism in the Thane-Vasai region, Panvel flexure zone, western Indian rifted margin. In: Deccan Traps and Other Flood Basalt Provinces: Recent Research Trends. G. Sen Memorial Volume, Journal of Earth System Science, v. 130, art. 152, doi: 10.1007/s12040-021-01654-7

81. D’Souza*, J., Prabhakar, N., Sheth, H., Xu, Y., 2021. Metamorphic P-T-t-d evolution of the Mesoproterozoic Pur-Banera supracrustal belt, Aravalli Craton, northwestern India: insights from phase equilibria modelling and zircon-monazite geochronology of metapelites. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v. 39, pp. 1173-1204, doi: 10.1111/jmg.12606

80. Alok Kumar, Sheth, H., Barman, P., Ibrahim, M., 2021. Volcanic facies as a guide to the palaeodepth and palaeotectonic setting of ancient oceanic crust: the case of the Nidar ophiolite, Ladakh, Indian Trans-Himalaya. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 83, art. 5, doi: 10.1007/s00445-020-01429-w

79. Duraiswami, R. A., Sheth, H., Gadpallu*, P., Youbi, N., Chellai, E. H., 2020. A simple recipe for red bole formation in continental flood basalt provinces: weathering of flow-top and flow-bottom breccias. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, v. 13, art. 953, doi: 10.1007/s12517-020-05973-9

78. Cucciniello, C., Sheth, H., Wegner, W., Duraiswami, R. A., Koeberl, C., Das*, T., Ghule*, V., 2020. The Southeastern Saurashtra dyke swarm, Deccan Traps: magmatic evolution of a tholeiitic basalt–basaltic andesite–andesite–rhyolite suite. Lithos, v. 376-377, art. 105759, doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105759

77. Sheikh**, J. M., Sheth, H., Naik*, A., Keluskar*, T., 2020. Physical volcanology of the Pavagadh rhyolites, northern Deccan Traps: stratigraphic, structural, and textural record of explosive and effusive eruptions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 404, art. 107024, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.107024

76. D’Souza*, J., Sheth, H., Xu, Y., Wegner, W., Prabhakar, N., Sharma, K. K., Koeberl, C., 2020. Neoarchaean crustal reworking in the Aravalli Craton:  petrogenesis and tectonometamorphic history of the Malola granite, Bhilwara area, northwestern India. Geological Journal,  v. 55, pp. 8186-8280.

75. Sheikh**, J. M., Sheth, H., Naik*, A., Keluskar*, T., 2020. Widespread rheomorphic and lava-like silicic ignimbrites overlying flood basalts in the northwestern and northern Deccan Traps. Bulletin of Volcanology,  v. 82,  art. 41, doi: 10.1007/s00445-020-01381-9

74. Patel*, V., Sheth, H., Cucciniello, C., Joshi, G. W., Wegner, W., Samant, H., Sen, B., Koeberl, C., 2020. Geochemistry of Deccan tholeiite flows and dykes of Elephanta Island: insights into the stratigraphy and structure of the Panvel flexure zone, western Indian rifted margin. Geosciences, v. 10, art. 118, doi: 10.3390/geosciences10040118

73. Sheth, H., 2020. “Pipe vesicles” in basalt: Trails left by dense immiscible melt droplets sinking through a viscous basal thermal boundary layer. Earth-Science Reviews, v. 201, art. 103031, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.103031

72. Cucciniello, C., Choudhary, A. K., Pande, K.,Sheth, H., 2019. Mineralogy, geochemistry and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Barda and Alech complexes, Saurashtra, northwestern Deccan Traps: Early silicic magmas derived by flood basalt fractionation. Geological Magazine, v. 156, pp. 1668-1690.

71. D’Souza*, J., Prabhakar, N., Xu, Y., Sharma, K. K., Sheth, H., 2019. Mesoarchaean to Neoproterozoic (3.2-0.8 Ga) crustal growth and reworking in the Aravalli Craton, northwestern India: Insights from the Pur-Banera supracrustal belt. Precambrian Research, v. 332, art. 105383, doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105383

70. Samant, H., Patel*, V., Pande, K., Sheth, H., Jagadeesan, K. C., 2019. 40Ar/39Ar dating of tholeiitic flows and dykes of Elephanta Island, Panvel flexure zone, western Deccan Traps: A five-million-year record of magmatism preceding India-Laxmi Ridge-Seychelles breakup. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 379, pp. 12-22.

69. Sheth, H., Vanderkluysen, L., Demonterova, E. I., Ivanov, A. V., Savatenkov, V. M., 2019. Geochemistry and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Nandurbar-Dhule mafic dyke swarm: dyke-sill-flow correlations and stratigraphic development across the Deccan flood basalt province. Geological Journal, v. 54, pp. 157-176.

68. Sheth, H., 2018. Is the Satpura “horst” in fact a compressional uplift? (Fast-Track article) Journal of Geological Society of India, v. 91, pp. 391-394.

67. Sheth, H., Patel*, V., Samant, H., 2017. Control of early-formed vesicle cylinders on upper crustal prismatic jointing in compound pahoehoe lavas of Elephanta Island, western Deccan Traps, India. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 79, art. 63, doi: 10.1007/s00445-017-1147-3

66. Pande, K., Yatheesh, V.,Sheth, H., 2017. 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Mumbai tholeiites and Panvel flexure: intense 62.5 Ma onshore-offshore Deccan magmatism during India-Laxmi Ridge-Seychelles breakup. Geophysical Journal International, v. 210, pp. 1160-1170.

65. Sheth, H., Pande, K., Vijayan*, A., Sharma, K. K., Cucciniello, C., 2017.  Recurrent Early Cretaceous, Indo-Madagascar (89-86 Ma) and Deccan (66 Ma) alkaline magmatism in the Sarnu-Dandali complex, Rajasthan: 40Ar/39Ar age evidence and geodynamic significance. Lithos, v. 284-285, pp. 512-524.

64. Sheth, H., Pal*, I., Patel*, V., Samant, H., D’Souza*, J., 2017.  Breccia-cored columnar rosettes in a rubbly pahoehoe lava flow, Elephanta Island, Deccan Traps, and a model for their origin. Geoscience Frontiers, v. 8, pp. 1299-1307.

63. Sheth, H., Samant, H., Patel*, V., D’Souza*, J., 2017.  The volcanic geoheritage of the Elephanta Caves, Deccan Traps, western India. In: Németh, K., Casadevall, T., Moufti, M. R., Marti, J. (Eds.), Volcanic Geoheritage. Geoheritage,  v. 9, pp. 359-372.

62. Pande, K., Cucciniello, C., Sheth, H., Vijayan*, A., Sharma, K. K., Purohit, R., Jagadeesan, K. C., Shinde, S., 2017. Polychronous (Early Cretaceous to Palaeogene) emplacement of the Mundwara alkaline complex, Rajasthan, India: 40Ar/39Ar geochronology, petrochemistry, and geodynamics. International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geol. Rund.), v. 106, pp. 1487-1504.

61. Samant, H., Pundalik, A., D’Souza*, J., Sheth, H., Carmo Lobo*, K., D’Souza*, K., Patel*, V., 2017. Geology of the Elephanta Island fault zone, western Indian rifted margin, and its significance for understanding the Panvel flexure. Journal of Earth System Science, v. 126, art. 9, doi: 10.1007/s12040-016-0793-8

60. Vijayan*, A., Sheth, H., Sharma, K. K., 2016. Tectonic significance of dykes in the Sarnu-Dandali alkaline complex, Rajasthan, northwestern Deccan Traps. Geoscience Frontiers, v. 7, pp. 783-791.

59. Sheth, H., 2016. Giant plagioclase basalts: continental flood basalt-induced remobilization of anorthositic mushes in a deep crustal sill complex. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 128, pp. 916-925. (With cover photo of May 2016 issue.)

58. Sheth, H. C., Cañón-Tapia, E., 2015. Are flood basalt eruptions monogenetic or polygenetic? In: Kämpf, H., Németh, K., Puziewicz, J., Mrlina, J., Geissler, W. H. (Eds.), From Mantle Roots to Surface Eruptions: Cenozoic and Mesozoic Continental Basaltic Magmatism. International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geol. Rund.), v. 104, pp. 2147-2162.

57. Cucciniello, C., Demonterova, E. I., Sheth, H., Pande, K., Vijayan*, A., 2015. 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and geochemistry of the Central Saurashtra mafic dyke swarm: insights into magmatic evolution, magma transport, and dyke-flow relationships in the northwestern Deccan Traps. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 77, art. 45, doi: 10.1007/s00445-015-0932-0

56. Sheth, H., Meliksetian, Kh., Gevorgyan*, H., Israyelyan, A., Navasardyan, G., 2015. Intracanyon basalt lavas of the Debed River (northern Armenia), part of a Pliocene-Pleistocene continental flood basalt province in the South Caucasus. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 295, pp. 1-15.

55. Chatterjee, N., Sheth, H., 2015. Origin of the Powai ankaramite, and the composition, P-T conditions of equilibration and evolution of the primary magmas of the Deccan tholeiites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 169, art. 32, doi: 10.1007/s00410-015-1125-8

54. Sheth, H., 2014. What drives centuries-long polygenetic scoria cone activity at Barren Island volcano? Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 289, pp. 64-80.

53. Cucciniello, C., Choudhary, A. K., Zanetti, A., Sheth, H. C., Vichare*, S., Pereira*, R., 2014. Mineralogy, geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Khopoli mafic intrusion, Deccan Traps, India. Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 108, pp. 333-351.

52. Sheth, H. C., Pande, K., 2014. Geological and 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on late-stage Deccan rhyolitic volcanism, inter-volcanic sedimentation, and the Panvel flexure from the Dongri area, Mumbai. In: Sheth, H. C., Vanderkluysen, L. (Eds.), ‘Flood Basalts of Asia’ (John J. Mahoney Memorial Volume). Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 84, pp. 167-175.

51. Sheth, H. C., Zellmer, G. F., Demonterova, E. I., Ivanov, A. V., Kumar*, R., Patel*, R. K. 2014. The Deccan tholeiite lavas and dykes of Ghatkopar-Powai area, Mumbai, Panvel flexure zone: Geochemistry, stratigraphic status, and tectonic significance. In: Sheth, H. C., Vanderkluysen, L. (Eds.), ‘Flood Basalts of Asia’ (John J. Mahoney Memorial Volume). Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 84, pp. 69-82.

50. Sen*, A., Pande, K., Sheth, H. C.,Sharma, K. K., Sarkar, S., Dayal, A. M., Mistry*, H. 2013. An Ediacaran-Cambrian thermal imprint in Rajasthan, western India: Evidence from 40Ar-39Ar geochronology of the Sindreth volcanics. Journal of Earth System Science, v. 122, pp. 1477-1493.

49. Sheth, H. C., Zellmer, G. F., Kshirsagar*, P. V., Cucciniello, C. 2013. Geochemistry of the Palitana flood basalt sequence and the Eastern Saurashtra dykes, Deccan Traps: Clues to petrogenesis, dyke-flow relationships, and regional lava stratigraphy. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 75, art. 701, doi: 10.1007/s00445-013-0701-x

48. Sen*, A., Pande, K., Hegner, E., Sharma, K. K., Dayal, A. M.,Sheth, H. C., Mistry*, H. 2012. Deccan volcanism in Rajasthan: 40Ar-39Ar geochronology and geochemistry of the Tavidar volcanic suite. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 59, pp. 127-140.

47. Kshirsagar*, P. V., Sheth, H. C., Seaman, S. J., Shaikh*, B., Mohite*, P., Gurav, T., Chandrasekharam, D. 2012. Spherulites and thundereggs from pitchstones of the Deccan Traps: Geology, petrochemistry, and emplacement environments. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 74, pp. 559-577.

46. Zellmer, G. F., Sheth, H. C., Iizuka, Y., Lai, Y.-J. 2012. Melting and remobilization of felsic protoliths through mafic recharge: Evidence from basalt-trachyte mingling and hybridization in the Manori-Gorai area, Mumbai, Deccan Traps. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 74, pp. 47-66.

45. Sheth, H. C., Choudhary, A. K., Cucciniello, C., Bhattacharyya*, S., Laishram*, R., Gurav, T. 2012. Geology, petrochemistry, and genesis of the bimodal lavas of Osham Hill, Saurashtra, northwestern Deccan Traps. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 43, pp. 176-192.

44. Kshirsagar*, P. V., Sheth, H. C., Shaikh*, B. 2011. Mafic alkalic magmatism in central Kachchh, India: A monogenetic volcanic field in the northwestern Deccan Traps. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 73, pp. 595-612.

43. Sheth, H. C., Choudhary, A. K., Bhattacharyya*, S., Cucciniello, C., Laishram*, R., Gurav, T. 2011. The Chogat-Chamardi subvolcanic complex, Saurashtra, northwestern Deccan Traps: Geology, petrochemistry, and petrogenetic evolution. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 41, pp. 307-324.

42. Sheth, H. C., Ray, J. S., Kumar*, A., Bhutani, R., Awasthi*, N. 2011. Toothpaste lava from the Barren Island volcano (Andaman Sea). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 202, pp. 73-82.

41. Vanderkluysen*, L., Mahoney, J. J., Hooper, P. R., Sheth, H. C., Ray*, R. 2011. The feeder system of the Deccan Traps (India): Insights from dyke geochemistry. Journal of Petrology, v. 252, pp. 315-343.

40. Sheth, H. C., Ray, J. S., Senthil Kumar, P., Duraiswami, R. A., Chatterjee*, R. N., Gurav, T. 2011. Recycling of flow-top breccia crusts into molten interiors of flood basalt lava flows: Field and geochemical evidence from the Deccan Traps. In: Topics in Igneous Petrology, Springer (Editors: Jyotisankar Ray, Gautam Sen and Biswajit Ghosh), Chapter 8, pp. 161-180.

39. Awasthi*, N., Ray, J. S., Laskar, A. H., Kumar*, A., Sudhakar, M., Bhutani, R., Sheth, H. C., Yadava, M. G. 2010. Major ash eruptions of Barren Island Volcano (Andaman Sea) during the past ~72 kyr: Clues from a sediment core record. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 72, pp. 1131-1136.

38. Johnson, C. P., Sheth, H. C., Ollier, C. D. 2010. Geological attractions for tourists in Mauritius. In “Global Geotourism Perspectives”, Chapter 6, pp. 80-92, Editors David Newsome and Ross Dowling, Goodfellow Publishers, U.K.

37. Sheth, H. C., Ray, J. S., Bhutani, R., Kumar*, A., Awasthi*, N. 2010. The latest (2008-09) eruption of Barren Island volcano, and some thoughts on its hazards, logistics, and geotourism aspects. Current Science, v. 98, pp. 620-626.

36. Sheth, H. C., Johnson, C. P., Ollier, C. D. 2010. The “seven-coloured earth” of Chamarel, Mauritius. Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 57, pp. 169-173.

35. Sheth, H. C., Ray, J. S., Bhutani, R., Kumar*, A., Smitha*, R. S. 2009. Volcanology and eruptive styles of Barren Island: An active mafic stratovolcano in the Andaman Sea, NE Indian Ocean. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 71, pp. 1021-1039.

34. Sheth, H. C., Ray, J. S., Ray*, R., Vanderkluysen*, L., Mahoney, J. J., Kumar*, A., Shukla, A. D., Das*, P., Adhikari*, S., Jana*, B. K. 2009. Geology and geochemistry of Pachmarhi dykes and sills, Satpura Gondwana Basin, central India: Problems of dyke-sill-flow correlations in the Deccan Traps. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 158, pp. 357-380.

33. Melluso, L., Sheth, H. C., Mahoney, J. J., Morra, V., Petrone, C. M., Storey, M. 2009. Geochemical correlations between silicic volcanic rocks of the St. Mary’s Islands (southwestern India) and eastern Madagascar: A tool for India-Madagascar reconstructions for the Late Cretaceous. Journal of Geological Society of London, v. 166, pp. 283-294.

32. Ollier, C. D., Sheth, H. C. 2008. The High Deccan duricrusts of India, and their significance for the ‘laterite’ issue. Journal of Earth System Science, v. 117, pp. 537-551.

31. Sheth, H. C. 2008. Do major oxide tectonic discrimination diagrams work?: Evaluating new log-ratio and discriminant-analysis-based diagrams with Indian Ocean mafic volcanics and Asian ophiolites. Terra Nova, v. 20, pp. 229-236.

30. Ray*, R., Shukla, A. D.,Sheth, H. C., Ray, J. S., Duraiswami, R. A., Vanderkluysen*, L., Rautela*, C. M. S., Mallik*, J. 2008. Highly heterogeneous Precambrian basement under the central Deccan Traps, India: Direct evidence from xenoliths in dykes. Gondwana Research, v. 13, pp. 375-385.

29. Sheth, H. C., Melluso, L. 2008. The Mount Pavagadh volcanic suite, Deccan Traps: Geochemical stratigraphy and magmatic evolution. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 32, pp. 5-21.

28. Sheth, H. C. 2007b. ‘Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs)’: Definition, recommended terminology, and a hierarchical classification. Earth-Science Reviews, v. 85, pp. 117-124.

27. Sheth, H. C.2007a. Plume-related regional pre-volcanic uplift in the Deccan Traps: Absence of evidence, evidence of absence. In: Foulger, G. R., Jurdy, D. M. (Editors), ‘Plates, Plumes and Planetary Processes’. Geological Society of America Special Paper 430, Chapter 36, pp. 785-814.

26. Ray*, R., Sheth, H. C., Mallik, J. 2007. Structure and emplacement of the Nandurbar-Dhule mafic dyke swarm, Deccan Traps, and the tectonomagmatic evolution of flood basalts. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 69, pp. 537-551.

25. Bondre*, N. R., Hart, W. K., Sheth, H. C., 2006. Geology and geochemistry of the Sangamner mafic dyke swarm, western Deccan volcanic province, India: Implications for regional stratigraphy. The Journal of Geology, v. 114, pp. 155-170.

24. Sheth, H. C. 2006. The emplacement of pahoehoe lavas on Kilauea and in the Deccan Traps. Journal of Earth System Science, v. 115, pp. 615-629.

23. Sheth, H. C. 2005b. From Deccan to Réunion: No trace of a mantle plume. In: Foulger, G. R., Natland, J. H., Presnall, D. C., Anderson, D. L. (Editors), ‘Plates, Plumes and Paradigms’. Geological Society of America Special Paper388, Chapter 29, pp. 477-501.

22. Sheth, H. C.2005a. Were the Deccan flood basalts derived in part from ancient oceanic crust within the Indian continental lithosphere?. Gondwana Research, v. 8, pp. 109-127.

21. Tejada, M. L. G., Mahoney, J. J., Castillo, P. R., Ingle, S. P., Sheth, H. C., Weis, D. 2004. Pin-pricking the elephant: evidence on the origin of the Ontong Java Plateau from Pb-Sr-Hf-Nd isotopic characteristics of ODP Leg 192 basalts. In: Fitton, J. G., Mahoney, J. J., Saunders, A. D., Wallace, P. (Editors), ‘Origin and Evolution of the Ontong Java Plateau’. Geological Society of London Special Publication229, pp. 133-150.

20. Sheth, H. C., Mathew, G., Pande, K., Mallick*, S., Jena*, B., 2004. Cones and craters on Mount Pavagadh, Deccan Traps: Rootless cones?. In: Sheth, H. C., Pande, K. (Editors), ‘Magmatism in India through Time’. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Earth & Planetary Sciences), v. 113, pp. 831-838.

19. Sheth, H. C., Mahoney, J. J., Chandrasekharam, D. 2004. Geochemical stratigraphy of Deccan flood basalts of the Bijasan Ghat section, Satpura Range, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 23, pp. 127-139.

18. Sheth, H. C., Mahoney, J. J., Baxter, A. N. 2003. Geochemistry of lavas from Mauritius, Indian Ocean: Mantle sources and petrogenesis. International Geology Review, v. 45, pp. 780-797.

17. Sheth, H. C., Torres-Alvarado, I. S., Verma, S. P. 2002. What is the ‘calc-alkaline rock series’? International Geology Review, v. 44, pp. 686-701.

16. Sheth, H. C., Ray, J. S. 2002. Rb/Sr – 87Sr/86Sr variations in Bombay trachytes and rhyolites (Deccan Traps): Rb-Sr isochron, or AFC process? International Geology Review, v. 44, pp. 624-638.

15. Pande, K., Sheth, H. C., Bhutani*, R. 2001. 40Ar-39Ar age of the St. Mary’s Islands volcanics, southern India: Record of India-Madagascar breakup on the Indian subcontinent. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 193, pp. 39-46.

14. Sheth, H. C., Pande, K., Bhutani*, R. 2001b. 40Ar-39Ar dating of a national geological monument: the Gilbert Hill basalt, Bombay, Deccan Traps. Current Science, v. 80, pp. 1437-1440.

13. Sheth, H. C., Pande, K., Bhutani*, R. 2001a. 40Ar-39Ar ages of Bombay trachytes: Evidence for a Palaeocene phase of Deccan volcanism. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 28, pp. 3513-3516.

12. Sheth, H. C., Torres-Alvarado, I. S., Verma, S. P. 2000. Beyond subduction and plumes: A unified tectonic-petrogenetic model for the Mexican Volcanic Belt. International Geology Review, v. 42, pp. 1116-1132.

11. Sheth, H. C.The timing of crustal extension, diking, and eruption of the Deccan flood basalts. International Geology Review, v. 42, pp. 1007-1016.

10. Chandrasekharam, D., Vaselli, O.,Sheth, H. C., Keshav*, S. 2000. Petrogenetic significance of ferro-enstatite orthopyroxene in basaltic dikes from the Tapi rift, Deccan flood basalt province, India. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 179, pp. 469-476.

9. Mahoney, J. J., Sheth, H. C., Chandrasekharam, D., Peng, Z. X. 2000. Geochemistry of flood basalts of the Toranmal section, northern Deccan Traps, India: Implications for regional Deccan stratigraphy. Journal of Petrology, v. 41, pp. 1099-1120.

8. Chandrasekharam, D., Mahoney, J. J., Sheth, H. C., Duncan, R. A. 1999. Elemental and Nd-Sr-Pb isotope geochemistry of flows and dikes from the Tapi rift, Deccan flood basalt province, India. In: Verma, S. P. (Ed.), ‘Rift-related Volcanism: Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics’, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 93, pp. 111-123.

7. Sheth, H. C.1999b. Flood basalts and large igneous provinces from deep mantle plumes: Fact, fiction, and fallacy. Tectonophysics, v. 311, pp. 1-29.

6. Sheth, H. C.1999a. A historical approach to continental flood basalt volcanism: Insights into pre-volcanic rifting, sedimentation, and early alkaline magmatism. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 168, pp. 19-26.

5. Keshav*, S., Sheth, H. C., Chandrasekharam, D. 1998. Field geology, petrography, and orthopyroxene clusters of the Dhule-Parola dike, central Deccan basalt province. Current Science, v. 74, pp. 252-254.

4. Sheth, H. C.1998. A reappraisal of the coastal Panvel flexure, Deccan Traps, as a listric-fault-controlled reverse drag structure. Tectonophysics, v. 294, pp. 143-149.

3. Sheth, H. C., Duncan, R. A., Chandrasekharam, D., Mahoney, J. J. 1997. Deccan Trap dioritic gabbros from the western Satpura-Tapi region. Current Science, v. 72, pp. 755-757.

2. Sheth, H. C., Chandrasekharam, D. 1997b. Early alkaline magmatism in the Deccan Traps: Implications for plume incubation and lithospheric rifting. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, v. 104, pp. 369-374.

1. Sheth, H. C., Chandrasekharam, D. 1997a. Plume-rift interaction in the Deccan volcanic province. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, v. 99, pp. 179-187.

Edited volumes:

2. Sheth, H. C., Vanderkluysen, L. (Guest Editors), 2014. Flood Basalts of Asia. John J. Mahoney Memorial Volume, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 84, pp. 1-200. Weblink: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13679120/84

1. Sheth, H. C., Pande, K. (Guest Editors), 2004. Magmatism in India through Time. Special issue, Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences), v. 113, No. 4, pp. 517-838. Open access at: www.ias.ac.in/jess/contdec2004.html

Technical comments:

2. Sheth, H. C.2005. Crustal source for a syenite complex in the high-grade Eastern Ghats belt, India: Sm-Nd isotopic evidence: Comment. Gondwana Research (Gondwana Newsletter Section), v. 8, pp. 282-284.

1. Sheth, H. C. 2002. Comment on “Generation of Deccan Trap magmas” by Gautam Sen [Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet. Sci.), v. 110, pp. 409-431, 2001]. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences), v. 111, pp. 483-485.

Book reviews:

10. Sheth, H. 2023. Book review of ‘Dynamics of Partially Molten Rock’ by R. F. Katz. Current Science, v. 124, pp. 1353–1354.

9. Sheth, H. 2021. Book review of ‘Pyroclastic Rocks of India in Space & Time’ by N. C. Ghose. Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 97, pp. 326-327.

8. Sheth, H. 2016. Book review of ‘Geoheritage of Volcanic Harrats in Saudi Arabia’ by M. R. Moufti and K. Nemeth. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 78, Art. 67, DOI: 10.1007/s00445-016-1060-1.

7. Sheth, H. 2015. Book review of ‘Dangerous Neighbors: Volcanoes and Cities’ by G. Heiken. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 77, Art. 25, DOI: 10.1007/s00445-015-0911-5.

6. Sheth, H. 2012. Book review of ‘The Field Description of Igneous Rocks’ by D. Jerram and N. Petford. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 74, pp. 301-302.

5.  Sheth, H. C. 2011. Book review of ‘Plates vs Plumes: A Geological Controversy’ by Gillian R. Foulger. Current Science, v. 100, No. 1, pp. 122-124.

4. Sheth, H. C. 2003. Book review of ‘Volcanoes in America’s National Parks’ by Robert Decker and Barbara Decker. Current Science, v. 84, No. 3, p. 459.

3. Sheth, H. C. 2002. Book review of  ‘The Origin of Mountains’ by Cliff Ollier and Colin Pain. Current Science, v. 82, No. 7, p. 886.

2. Sheth, H. C. 2001. Book review of ‘New Concepts in Global Tectonics’ (Special Issue, Himalayan Geology, v. 22, No. 1, 2001, edited by J. M. Dickins, A. K. Dubey, D. R. Choi and Y. Fujita). New Concepts in Global Tectonics Newsletter, No. 19, pp. 22-23.

1. Sheth, H. C. 1998. Book review of ‘Our Evolving Planet: Earth History in New Perspective’ by Karsten M. Storetvedt. Current Science, v. 75, No. 1, pp. 63-65.

Web articles:

1. Sheth, H. C. 2003. The Deccan beyond the plume hypothesis. www.mantleplumes.org/Deccan.html
2. Sheth, H. C. 2006. Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs): Definition, recommended terminology, and a hierarchical classification. www.mantleplumes.org/LIPClass.html
3. Sheth, H. C. 2006. Plume-related regional pre-volcanic uplift in the Deccan Traps: Absence of evidence, evidence of absence. www.mantleplumes.org/DeccanUplift.html
4. Vanderkluysen, L., Mahoney, J. J., Hooper, P. R., Sheth, H. C., Ray, R. 2007. Geochemistry of Deccan Traps dykes: Insights into the evolution of a flood basalt feeder system. www.largeigneousprovinces.org/07may.html

Conference reports:

1. Sheth, H. C. (2003) Beyond the Plume Hypothesis (Meeting Report, GSA Penrose Conference ‘Plume IV: Beyond the Plume Hypothesis’). Current Science, v. 85, pp. 1518–1520.
2. Sheth, H. C., Sensarma, S. (2005) The Great Plume Debate (Meeting Report, AGU Chapman Conference ‘The Great Plume Debate’). Current Science, v. 89, pp. 1659–1661.
3. Sheth, H. (2023) Deccan-next (Meeting Report, International Conference ‘Deccan-next’). Current Science, v. 125, pp. 1171–1172.

Other articles:

1. Sheth, H. C. 2013. Barren Island volcano, Andaman Sea. Geosite photo article, International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geol. Rund.) 102:1671.
2. Sheth, H. C. 2014. Mahabaleshwar, Deccan Traps, India. Geosite photo article, International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geol. Rund.) 103:799.
3. Sheth, H. 2015. Columnar jointing. In: Mukherjee, S. (Ed.), Atlas of Structural Geology, pp. 125-126. Elsevier.
4. Sheth, H., Samant, H., 2016. Field guide to Elephanta Island, Mumbai harbour, India. Field Trip 2 (29 November 2016), International Conference Asian Current Research on Fluid Inclusions (ACROFI) VI, 25 p.
5. Sheth, H., Tripathi, S. (2024) “Deccan Traps”. Site 154, The Second 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites. IUGS, pp. 152–153. https://iugs-geoheritage.org/geoheritage_sites/deccan-traps/