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Research and Development


Royal School of Environmental & Earth Sciences (RSEES)

Department of Geology

Thrust areas of Research

  • Sedimentalogy
  • Igeous andMetamorphic Petrology
  • Economic Geology
  • Geochemistry


Instruments and Facilities

Ongoing projects:

# Name of Instrument/Apparatus/ Equipment Make Specifications PHOTO
1 Polarizing (Petrological) Microscope (Light Source: Natural Light) CENSICO Model: POL-I-MX Transmitted light Monocular Microscope with 3 objectives (5X, 10X & 40X) and 2 Hughenian Eyepieces 10X and 15X img
2 Polarizing microscope for Petrology (Light Source: Artificial + Natural Light) Radical Scientific Equipments Model: RPL-1 Transmitted light Monocular Microscope with 3 objectives (5X, 10X & 40X) and 2 Hughenian Eyepieces 10X and 15X img
3 Brunton Compass BRUNTON Brunton Compass instrument contains function of Clinmeter, Prismatic, Abney level and Mining Dial img
4 Geological Chisel 8” & 6” N/A - img
5 Clinometer N/A - img
6 Geological Hammer N/A - img
7 Opisometer N/A - img
8 Goniometer N/A - img

PhD Students

Ongoing projects:

# Ongoing projects: Photo
1 “Tectono-sedimentation history and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Tura Formation exposed in Garo Hills, Meghalaya,NE India” PI- Dr. Roshmi Baruah, (Seed Money, The Royal Global University), 1year 5months. img
2 “ Unveiling the Age of Lichi Volcanics in Papumpare District, Arunachal Pradesh,NE India: A Paleomagnetic Perspective”. PI-Dr. Neeta Moni Sharma, ( SeedMoney,The Royal Global University), One and half year. img
3 “Assessment of Gold in pyrite in a shear- Dominated regime in a part of Dima Hasao District of Assam”. PI- Dr. Abhijit Gogoi, (Seed money, The Royal GlobalUniversity), 1 year 5 months. img

Publications For the last 5 years

-2024-

1. Sahariah, N. and Bhattacharyya, P., (2024). Palaeo – depositional environment of Tura Sandstones, Upper Assam Basin, India: Inference from sedimentology and Geochemistry, Journal of Applied Geochemistry,26(2): 52 – 69

-2023-

1. Amulya Chandra Mazumdar, Jayanta Kumar Pati, Anuj Kumar Singh, Balen Bhagabaty, Sarat Phukan, Pritom Borah (2023): Petrography, mineral chemistry, metamorphism and Raman spectroscopic studies ofMahadevpur fall meteorite, India. Geological Journal, Vol. 58(10). pp.3630-3645

-2022-

1. Sharma, N.M., Phukan, P., & Bhattacharyya, P. (2022). Petrogenetic evolution of Lichi volcanics from Arunachal Himalaya, Northeast India:Insights from geochemical modelling. Geological Journal,Wiley, 1-19. http://doi.org/10.1002/gi.4563
2. Majumdar D, Gogoi A, Ghatak A, Saikia A, Bhuyan N, P.V. Sunder Raju;Geochemistry and magnetite mineral properties in a porphyry copper prospect in A-type granitoids: A case study from the Karbi Hills of Northeast India. Geological Journal. 2022 Aug; 57, 12, 4857-4871. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.4577

-2021-

1. Majumdar D, Gogoi A, Dutta P; Assessment of the distribution of RareEarth Metals in rift related granitoids of Karbi Hills, Assam. Book
2. Chapter in “Recent Advances in Earth Science Research in North East India”, published by Nagaland University, NE India; 2021; ISBN: 978-93-89262-08-7, pp. 186-203.
3. Majumdar D, Gogoi A, Ghatak A; An investigation of Fe-Ti, V in the north-east Karbi Hills, Shillong Plateau, north-east India: Implication formineralization. Geological Journal, 2021 Nov; 57, 2, 694-706. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.4312
4. Boruah, R., Laskar, J.J. (2021). Geochemical characteristics of Neogenesandstones of the East andWest Siang Districts of Arunachal Pradesh, NEIndia: implications for source-area weathering, provenance and tectonic settings. Acta Geochem. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-021-00497-9 Pranjit Hazarika, Dewashish Upadhyay, Biswajit Mishra, Pritom Borah and Kumar Abhinay (2021): Modelling B-release and isotopic fractionation during metamorphic dehydration of basalt and pelite: Implications for the source of mineralizing fluid in greenstone-hosted orogenic gold deposits. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol.304,pp.83- 100.

-2020-

1. Majumdar D, Gogoi A; Prospectivity of Mesoproterozoic magmatism inthe northern Karbi Hills, NE India for porphyry copper mineralization. Ore Geology Reviews; 2020 May; 120, 103467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103467
2. Boruah, R.,and Jivan Laskar, J. (2020). Heavy Mineral Composition andSources of Himalayan Neogene Sediments occurring along theGaro- Likabali Road Section,West Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
3. Journal of Geography,Environment and Earth Science International.24(1), 26-33, ISSN: 2454-7352
4. Sahariah, N. and Bhattacharyya, P., 2020. Source rock characteristics and depositional environments of the basal part of Tura Formation in parts of Upper Assam Basin: Insights from petrography and whole rockgeochemistry, International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research, 9(2): 5467 – 5478.

-2019-

1. Gogoi A, Majumdar D, Cottle J, Dutta P; Geochronology and geochemistry of Mesoproterozoic porphyry granitoids inthe northern Karbi Hills, NE India: Implications for early tectonic evolutionof the Karbi Massif. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences; 2019 April; 179, 65-79.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2 019.04.013.
2. Majumdar D, Gogoi A; First report on platinum occurrence in ultramafic-mafic complex, East-Central Karbi Hills of Assam, NE India. Journal of the Geological Society of India; 2019 Sept; 94, 245-248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-019-1303-9
3. Sahariah, N. and Bhattacharyya, P., (2019). Geochemical characteristicsof the Tura Formation in parts of the Upper Assam Basin: An implicationon provenance, Tectonic setting and Source – area weathering, Journal ofApplied Geochemistry, 21(1): 1 – 14
4. Pritom Borah, Pranjit Hazarika, Amulya Chandra Mazumdar and MridulRabha (2019): Monazite and xenotime U–Th–Pbtotal ages from basementrocks of the (central) Shillong–Meghalaya Gneissic Complex, Northeast India. Journal of Earth System Science, 128:68

Research Highlights:

Distinguished talks organized

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Achievements of the faculty: International Young Scientist, Best Oral Presentation( Dr. Nishanta Sahariah) .