{"id":2762,"date":"2019-02-04T16:26:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T10:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?page_id=2762"},"modified":"2025-08-11T06:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:29:00","slug":"pn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.geos.iitb.ac.in\/index.php\/pn\/","title":{"rendered":"Naraga Prabhakar"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2762\" class=\"elementor elementor-2762\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d8f8ea elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d8f8ea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9244\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Positions<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9245\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9245\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Awards & Honors<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9246\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9246\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Publications<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9241\" aria-expanded=\"false\">About Me<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9241\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9241\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p><strong>Research Interest<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><em><strong>Metamorphic Petrology<\/strong><\/em>: Fundamental processes of metamorphism, Fluid mediated metamorphic phase transformations, Metamorphic phase equilibria and P-T-t paths<\/li><li><em><strong>Tectonics<\/strong><\/em>: Archean crustal evolution, Tectonics of Proterozoic mobile belts and Deformation microstructures<\/li><li><em><strong>Electron Microbeam analysis:<\/strong><\/em> Mineral trace element analysis using Electron Probe Micro Analyzer (EPMA), Monazite mineral chemistry and geochronology using EPMA<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9242\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Teaching<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9242\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9242\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li>GP-422: Geological Fieldwork (M.Sc. course)<\/li><li>GP-413: Mineralogy and Petrology (M.Sc. course)<\/li><li>GS-537: Geochemistry and Geochemical Thermodynamics (M.Sc. course)<\/li><li>GS-818: Topics in Metamorphic Petrology (Ph.D. course)<\/li><li>GS-558: Electron Probe Microanalysis and Mineral Chemistry (M.Sc. elective course)<\/li><li>GS-318: Applied Geology for Civil Engineers (B.Tech. course)<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9243\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Academics<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9243\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9243\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li>Ph.D. (Metamorphic Petrology and Tectonics), 2013\u00a0<br \/>Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India<\/li><li>M.Sc. (Applied Geology), 2009\u00a0<br \/>Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India<\/li><li>B.Sc. (Mathematics, Physics and Geology), 2007<br \/>Osmania University, Hyderabad, India<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9244\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Positions<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9244\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9244\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li>Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay (2021-present)<\/li><li>Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay (2014-2021)<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9245\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Awards & Honors<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9245\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9245\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li>INSA Medal for Young Scientists 2020<\/li><li>SERB (Science and Engineering Research Board) Fast track young scientist award, 2014<\/li><li>Gold Medalist in M.Sc. (Pondicherry University), 2009<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9246\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Publications<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9246\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9246\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><strong>Google Scholar Link:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=u4SlPmUAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=u4SlPmUAAAAJ&amp;hl=en<\/a><\/p><p><strong>*PhD students; **Post-doc students<\/strong><\/p><ol reversed=\"\"><li>Sreejith K*, Bhadra S, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong> (2025). Metamorphic evolution of Neoarchean \u2013 Siderian mafic granulites from the northern margin of the Southern granulite Terrane, India and its bearing on early\u2013Earth convergent margin processes. <em><u>Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.<\/u><\/em> (Accepted \u2013 in press)<\/li><li>Nahak SK*, Dasgupta S**, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Banerjee S (<strong>2025<\/strong>). Correlation of Paleo\u2010Mesozoic Sandstones Based on Heavy Mineral Chemistry and Th\u2013U\u2013Total Pb Monazite Dating: Implications on Paleogeographic Reconstruction in Eastern Gondwanaland. <em><u>Geological Journal<\/u><\/em>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/gj.70023\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/gj.70023<\/a>)<\/li><li>Nag R*, Hrushikesh H, Cogn\u00e9 N, George BG, Thabah DJ, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong> (<strong>2025<\/strong>). Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of\u223c6 Ga and\u223c 0.5 Ga A-type granite magmatism in the Assam-Meghalaya Gneissic Complex (NE India): Insights from geochronology, geochemistry and Sr-Nd isotopes. Geochemistry, v. 85(3), art. 126265. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.chemer.2025.126265\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.chemer.2025.126265<\/a>)<\/li><li>Nag R*, Cogn\u00e9 N, Hrushikesh H, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Mishra D (<strong>2025<\/strong>). Petrochronology and geochemistry of migmatites from the Assam-Meghalaya gneissic complex (NE India): Implications for the crustal anatexis and reworking during Gondwana assembly. <em><u>Precambrian Research<\/u><\/em>, v. 418, art. 107670. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2024.107670\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2024.107670<\/a>)<\/li><li>Sahu M*, Banerjee A**, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Amal Dev J, Ghosh S, Sheth HC, Tomson JK (<strong>2025<\/strong>). Zircon-monazite geochronology, petrogenesis and deformation of the Gyangarh-Anjana monzogranites (Aravalli Craton): records of two Proterozoic orogenic events in Northwestern India. <em><u>Geological Magazine<\/u><\/em>, v. 162:e13. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi:10.1017\/S0016756825000068\">https:\/\/doi:10.1017\/S0016756825000068<\/a>)<\/li><li>Nahak* SK, Dasgupta S, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Banerjee S (<strong>2025<\/strong>). Paleozoic to Mesozoic paleotectonic reconstructions of Gondwana assembly: insights from petrography, heavy mineral chemistry and detrital U\u2013Th\u2013total Pb monazite geochronology of sandstones in the Pranhita-Godavari Basin (SE India). <em><u>Marine and Petroleum Geology<\/u><\/em>, v. 166, art. 106914. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.marpetgeo.2024.106914\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.marpetgeo.2024.106914<\/a>)<\/li><li>Banerjee A**, Sequeira N, Cogn\u00e9 N, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Bhattacharya A (<strong>2024<\/strong>). The South Purulia Shear Zone, eastern India: Its anatomy and implication for timing the Rodinia-age collision in the eastern part of the Central Indian Tectonic Zone. <em><u>Geosphere<\/u><\/em>, v. 20(6): 1483-510. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1130\/GES02769.1\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1130\/GES02769.1<\/a>)<\/li><li>Banerjee** A, Piazolo S, Cogne N, Bhattacharya A, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong> (<strong>2024<\/strong>). Origin of discordant UPb dates in non-metamict zircons in intrusives deformed at granulite facies: Grain scale processes, and relevance to Cambrian orogeny, Eastern Ghats Belt, India. <em><u>Chemical Geology<\/u><\/em>, v. 663, art. 122246. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.chemgeo.2024.122246\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.chemgeo.2024.122246<\/a>)<\/li><li>Nag* R, Hrushikesh* H, Cogn\u00e9 N, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong> (<strong>2024)<\/strong>. Late Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian high-grade metamorphism from Mikir Hills (Assam-Meghalaya gneissic Complex, northeast India): Implications for eastern Gondwana assembly. <em><u>Geoscience Frontiers<\/u><\/em>, v. 15, art. 101850. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.gsf.2024.101850\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.gsf.2024.101850<\/a>)<\/li><li>Rajak* PK, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Banerjee S (<strong>2024<\/strong>). Tracing source and palaeo\u2010weathering conditions of quartzose sandstone in the Cretaceous Cambay Basin: A combined petrographical, geochemical and geochronological approach. <em><u>Geological Journal<\/u><\/em>, v. 59, pp. 762-783. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/gj.4891\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/gj.4891<\/a>)<\/li><li>Rajak* PK, <strong>Prabhakar N,<\/strong> Banerjee S, Dev JA, George BG, Tomson JK (<strong>2024<\/strong>). Provenance of mesozoic sandstones in the Saurashtra Basin using heavy minerals geochemistry and geochronology: Implications for paleogeographic reconstruction in Western India. <em><u>Marine and Petroleum Geology<\/u><\/em>, v. 162, art. 106732. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.marpetgeo.2024.106732\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.marpetgeo.2024.106732<\/a>)<\/li><li>Ghosh* S, Tomson JK, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Sheth H (<strong>2023)<\/strong>. An extended Neoarchaean to Neoproterozoic history of the Sandmata Complex (Aravalli Craton, northwestern India): Insights from metamorphic evolution and zircon-monazite geochronology of high-grade quartzofeldspathic gneisses. <em><u>Precambrian Research<\/u><\/em>, v. 394, art. 107107. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2023.107107\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2023.107107<\/a>)<\/li><li>Ghosh* S, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Nag* R (<strong>2023<\/strong>) Ti-in-zircon and Ti-in-quartz thermometry using electron probe microanalysis: A promising approach in retrieving thermal conditions of granulite facies metamorphism and felsic magmatism in the Sandmata Complex, Aravalli Craton (NW India). <em><u>Geological Journal<\/u>,<\/em> 58, pp. 3220-3246. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/gj.4773\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/gj.4773<\/a>)<\/li><li>Ghosh* S, D\u2019Souza* J, Goud BR, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, (<strong>2022)<\/strong>. A review of the Precambrian tectonic evolution of the Aravalli Craton, northwestern India: Structural, metamorphic and geochronological perspectives from the basement complexes and supracrustal sequences. <em><u>Earth-Science Reviews<\/u><\/em>, v. 232, art. 104098. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.earscirev.2022.104098\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.earscirev.2022.104098<\/a>)<\/li><li>Singh** PC, Ghosh* S, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Hrushikesh* H, (<strong>2022<\/strong>). Neoarchean\u2013Paleoproterozoic HP-HT metamorphism in the Bhopalpatnam granulite belt, Bastar Craton (India): Insights from phase equilibria modelling and monazite geochronology. <em><u>Precambrian Research<\/u><\/em>, v. 373, art. 106629. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2022.106629\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2022.106629<\/a>)<\/li><li>Rajak* PK, Chaudhuri A, <strong>Prabhakar N,<\/strong> Banerjee S, (<strong>2022)<\/strong>. Tracking sources and paleotectonic settings of Mesozoic sandstones in interlinked rift basins of western India: An integrated approach using petrography and heavy mineral chemistry. <em><u>Journal of Palaeogeography<\/u><\/em>, v. 11, pp. 173-193. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jop.2022.02.001\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jop.2022.02.001<\/a>)<\/li><li>Banerjee** A, Sequeira N, Cogn\u00e9 N, <strong>Prabhakar N,<\/strong> Bhattacharya A, Ao S (<strong>2022<\/strong>). Early Neoproterozoic Tectonics in the Godhra\u2013Chhota Udepur Sector: Evidence for Two-Stage Accretion in the Great Indian Proterozoic Fold Belt. <em><u>Lithosphere<\/u><\/em>, Sp. Vol. 8, (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2113\/2022\/9322892\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2113\/2022\/9322892<\/a>)<\/li><li>Banerjee** A, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Sequeira N, Cogne N, Bhattacharya A (<strong>2022)<\/strong>. Dynamics of early Neoproterozoic accretion, west-central India: II ~1.65 Ga HT-LP and ~0.95 Ga LT-HP metamorphism in Godhra-Chhota Udepur, and a tectonic model for Early Neoproterozoic accretion. <em><u>Lithos<\/u><\/em>, v. 422-423, art. 106740. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.lithos.2022.106740\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.lithos.2022.106740<\/a>)<\/li><li>ALI\u2010BIK MW, Ghosh* S, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, RAHIM SHAE Moussa HE (<strong>2022<\/strong>). Tonian\u2013Ediacaran Tectonometamorphic History of the Sa&#8217;al Complex, Sinai (Egypt): Implications for the Tectonostratigraphic Framework of the Northern Arabian\u2013Nubian Shield. <em><u>Acta Geologica Sinica<\/u><\/em><em><u>\u2010<\/u><\/em><em><u>English Edition<\/u><\/em>, v. 96, pp.1545-1565. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1755-6724.14915\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1755-6724.14915<\/a>)<\/li><li>D\u2019Souza* J, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Sheth H, Xu Y (<strong>2021<\/strong>). Metamorphic P\u2013T\u2013t\u2013d evolution of the Mesoproterozoic Pur\u2010Banera supracrustal belt, Aravalli Craton, northwestern India: Insights from phase equilibria modelling and zircon\u2013monazite geochronology of metapelites. <em><u>Journal of Metamorphic Geology<\/u><\/em>, v. 39, pp. 1173-1204. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jmg.12606\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jmg.12606<\/a>)<\/li><li>Deshmukh* T, <strong>Prabhakar N,<\/strong> Bhattacharya A (<strong>2021)<\/strong>. Proterozoic high-temperature\u2013low-pressure metamorphism in the mahakoshal belt, central indian tectonic zone (India): Structure, metamorphism, U-Th-Pb monazite geochronology, and tectonic implications. <em><u>The Journal of Geology<\/u><\/em>, v. 129, pp. 417-444. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/715791\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/715791<\/a>)<\/li><li>Ghosh* S, <strong>Prabhakar N,<\/strong> D\u2019Souza* J, (<strong>2021)<\/strong>. Origin of multilayer corona textures in mafic granulites from the Sandmata Complex, Aravalli Craton (northwestern India): petrological characteristics and tectonic implications. <em><u>Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology<\/u>, <\/em> 176, art. 35. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00410-021-01782-9\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00410-021-01782-9<\/a>)<\/li><li>Hrushikesh* H, Praveen C Singh, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Sachin K Thakur, B Dey (<strong>2020<\/strong>). Tectonothermal evolution of a collision orogen in the Khammam region, southeastern India: insights from structures, phase equilibria and U\u2013Th\u2013(total) Pb monazite geochronology. <em><u>Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology<\/u>, <\/em> 175, pp. 1-20. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00410-020-01744-7\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00410-020-01744-7<\/a>)<\/li><li>D\u2019Souza* J, Sheth H, Xu Yigang, Wegner W, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Sharma KK, Koeberl C (<strong>2020<\/strong>). Neoarchean crustal reworking in the Aravalli Craton: Petrogenesis and tectonometamorphic history of the Malola granite, Bhilwara area, northwestern India. <em><u>Geological Journal<\/u>, <\/em> 55, pp. 8186-8210. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/gj.3927\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/gj.3927<\/a>)<\/li><li>Chaudhuri* A, Banerjee S, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Das A (<strong>2020<\/strong>). The use of heavy mineral chemistry in reconstructing provenance: A case study from Mesozoic sandstones of Kutch Basin, India. <em><u>Geological Journal<\/u>,<\/em> 55, pp. 7807-7817. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/gj.3922\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/gj.3922<\/a>)<\/li><li>Deshmukh* T, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong> (<strong>2020<\/strong>). Linking collision, slab breakoff and subduction polarity reversal in the evolution of the Central Indian Tectonic Zone. <em><u>Geological Magazine<\/u><\/em>, v. 157, pp. 340-350. (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S0016756819001419)<\/li><li>D\u2019Souza* J, <strong>Prabhakar N,<\/strong> Xu Y, Sharma KK, Sheth H (<strong>2019<\/strong>). Mesoarchean to Neoproterozoic (3.2\u20130.8 Ga) crustal growth and reworking in the Aravalli Craton, northwestern India: Insights from the Pur-Banera supracrustal belt. <em><u>Precambrian Research<\/u><\/em>, v. 332, art. 105383. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2019.105383\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2019.105383<\/a>)<\/li><li>Hrushikesh* H, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Bhattacharya A (<strong>2019<\/strong>). Mesoproterozoic P\u2013T\u2013t\u2013d history of metapelites from the Vinjamuru domain, Nellore schist belt (SE India), and implications for SE India\u2013East Antarctica correlation. <em><u>Precambrian Research<\/u><\/em>, v. 327, pp. 273-295. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2019.04.002\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2019.04.002<\/a>)<\/li><li>Deshmukh* T, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Bhattacharya A, Madhavan K (<strong>2017<\/strong>). Late Paleoproterozoic clockwise P\u2013T history in the Mahakoshal Belt, Central Indian Tectonic Zone: Implications for Columbia supercontinent assembly. <em><u>Precambrian Research<\/u><\/em>, v. 298, pp. 56-78. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2017.05.020\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2017.05.020<\/a>)<\/li><li><strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Bhattacharya A, Mukherjee PK (<strong>2016<\/strong>). The origin of chloritoid &#8211; 3-mica pseudomorph growth in staurolite-muscovite schist, Bangriposi (Eastern India). <em><u>Journal of Metamorphic Geology,<\/u><\/em> 34, pp. 463-482. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jmg.12189\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jmg.12189<\/a>)<\/li><li>Patel SC, Khalkho R, Patel SK, Sheikh JM, Behera D, Chaudhari S, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong> (<strong>2014<\/strong>). Fluoride contamination of groundwater in parts of eastern India and a preliminary experimental study of fluoride adsorption by natural haematite iron ore and synthetic magnetite. <em><u>Environmental Earth Sciences,<\/u><\/em> 72, pp. 2033-2049. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12665-014-3112-1\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12665-014-3112-1<\/a>)<\/li><li><strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Bhattacharya A, Satyanarayanan M, Mukherjee PK (<strong>2014<\/strong>) Structural, petrological and chronological constraints from eastern India, and implications for the ~1.0 Ga assembly of Greater India. <em><u>The<\/u><\/em><u> <em>Journal of Geology,<\/em><\/u> 122, pp. 411-432. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/676459\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/676459<\/a>)<\/li><li>Rekha S, Vishwanath TA, Bhattacharya A, <strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong> (<strong>2013<\/strong>) Meso\/Neoarchean crustal domains along the north Konkan coast, western India: the Western Dharwar Craton and the Antongil-Masora Block (NE Madagascar) connection. <em><u>Precambrian Research,<\/u><\/em> 233, pp. 316-336. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2013.05.008\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2013.05.008<\/a>)<\/li><li><strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Bhattacharya A (<strong>2013<\/strong>) Origin of zoned spinel by coupled dissolution-precipitation and inter-crystalline diffusion: Evidence from serpentinized wehrlite, Bangriposi, Eastern India. <em><u>Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology<\/u><\/em>, v. 166, pp. 1047-1066. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00410-013-0909-y\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00410-013-0909-y<\/a>)<\/li><li><strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong> (<strong>2013<\/strong>) Resolving poly-metamorphic Paleoarchean ages by chemical dating of monazites using multi-spectrometer U, Pb and Th analyses and sub-counting methodology. <em><u>Chemical Geology,<\/u> <\/em> 347, pp. 255-270. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.chemgeo.2013.04.012\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.chemgeo.2013.04.012<\/a>)<\/li><li><strong>Prabhakar N<\/strong>, Bhattacharya A (<strong>2013<\/strong>) Paleoarchean partial convective overturn in the Singhbhum Craton, Eastern India. <em><u>Precambrian Research<\/u><\/em>, v. 231, pp. 106-121. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2013.03.009\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.precamres.2013.03.009<\/a>)<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Naraga Prabhakar Associate Professor\u00a0Department of Earth SciencesPhone : +91-22-2576 7295\u00a0prabhakarnaraga[at]iitb.ac.in\u00a0prabhakarnaraga[at]gmail.com Login In: Naraga Prabhakar About Me Teaching Academics Positions Awards &#038; Honors Publications About Me Research Interest Metamorphic Petrology: Fundamental processes of metamorphism, Fluid mediated metamorphic phase transformations, Metamorphic phase equilibria and P-T-t paths Tectonics: Archean crustal evolution, Tectonics of Proterozoic mobile belts and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geos.iitb.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geos.iitb.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geos.iitb.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geos.iitb.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geos.iitb.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2762"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.geos.iitb.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15209,"href":"https:\/\/www.geos.iitb.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2762\/revisions\/15209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geos.iitb.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}