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CV of Dr. Rajat Mazumder

Associate Professor

Department of Applied Geosciences (AGEO), German University of Technology (GUtech) in Oman, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

Academic History

Ph.D in Science in 2002 from the Jadavpur University, India; Thesis title Sedimentation history of

Paleoproterozoic Dhanjori and Chaibasa formations, eastern India and its implications [under the

supervision of Drs. P.K. Bose and S. Sarkar].

M.Sc in Applied Geology in 1991 from University of Allahabad, India

B.Sc (Hons.) in Geology (with Chemistry and Mathematics) from Burdwan University (India) in 1989.

Professional Career

Associate Professor, Department of Applied Geosciences, German University of Technology (GuTech)

in Oman since January 2019.

Adjunct Professor, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Quingdao, China (2018-2021).

Associate Professor (Curtin University, Sarawak; offshore campus of Curtin University, Western

Australia) (2015-2018).

Associate Professor (November 2006 –March 2013) at the Geological Studies Unit, Indian Statistical

Institute Kolkata.

Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (July- November 2006)

Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the Asutosh College (February 1999 – October 2005), Calcutta

University.

Research Experience

17 years of post-doctoral field and laboratory experience in India, Japan, Germany, Australia, Malaysia

and Oman; visited and worked at Geology and Geochemistry Laboratories of Yokohama National

University, National Institute of Polar Research (Tokyo), Munich University (Germany), University of

New South Wales, Curtin University (Australia); participated in field expedition in remote areas of

Japanese islands, east Malaysia, Western Australia (Pilbara) and Germany (Alps).

Research Fellowships

Post-doctoral Researcher (April 2012 –December 2013 with sabbatical leave from Indian

Statistical Institute Kolkata) and subsequently promoted to Research Fellow (Lecturer,

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Academic Level B) (January 2014 –December 2014) at the School of Biological, Earth and

Environmental Sciences, the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) invitation fellowship for 2 months for

experienced researchers in 2008 to deliver lecture and build up research collaboration with the

Japanese Universities at the Yokohama National University, Japan.

Alexander Von Humboldt (AVH) Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Munich University, Germany in

2005-2006.

JSPS Post-doctoral fellowship at Yokohama National University, Japan from 2002-2004.

One of the ten invited participants (only participant from Asia) in the Advanced Field workshop

on Geobiology in Western Australia organized by the Agouron Institute, USA in July 2012 with

support from the Cal Tech, MIT, Harvard University and the UNSW (research output: Martindale

et al., 2015, Precambrian Research, 266, 194-211).

National Scholarship from the Government of India in 1989-1990 for excellent academic

performance in B.Sc (Honours) examination (securing First class).

Research Grant

1. Chief Investigator of GUtech Seed fund on Coevolution of life and environment on early earth

(OMR 4000; 2019-2021).

2. Chief Investigator of Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) TRC (Oman) funded third-party (external)

competitive research grant on Sedimentology and volcanic stratigraphy of the Paleoarchean Iron Ore

Group, Singhbhum Craton, India and implications for early earth processes (OMR 9000; 2019-2021).

3. Co-Investigator of PETRONAS Funded research project entitled “Basin Analysis and Petroleum

System Characterization of Tertiary Coal-bearing sub basins of Sarawak, Malaysia” to Associate Prof.

Hadi Rahman, UTP Perak, west Malaysia (RM 153,000 for 3 years, 2017-2020).

4. Co-investigator, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Government of India sponsored

research project on “Nellore Schist Belt and Proterozoic Tectonics of south eastern margin of India”

(2010-2014; cost AUD 30,000) (with two co-authored publications; Saha et al., 2015, 2017).

5. Chief Investigator Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India sponsored

research project on “Sedimentation history of Paleoproterozoic Dhalbhum and Dalma Formations,

Singhbhum crustal province, eastern India and its implications” (2009-2012; cost: AUD 28,000) (with

six publications Van Loon and Mazumder, 2011; Mazumder and Van Loon, 2012; Mazumder et al.,

2012a, b; Van Loon et al., 2012; Chatterjee et al., 2013; the paper by De et al. 2015).

6. Chief Investigator Indian Statistical Institute, Government of India sponsored research project

“Sediment transportation and sorting processes in sand-pebble mixture in experimental channel and

their geological implications” (2008-2011; cost AUD 12,000).

7. Global Co-leader, UNESCO-IGCP funded research project “Paleoproterozoic Supercontinents and

global evolution” (IGCP 509; 2005-2009; cost: AUD 50,000) with Steve M. Reddy (Curtin University,

Australia) and David Evans (Yale University, USA) (http://earth.geology.yale.edu/igcp509) (two special

publications 323 and 365 of the Geological Society of London, one field guide book by Mazumder and

Saha, 2009.

8. Chief Investigator, Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences funded Research project (2002-

2004) with Prof. Makoto Arima on the development of Palaeoproterozoic volcano-sedimentary

successions of the Singhbhum crustal province, eastern India (cost AUD 20,000).

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9. Chief Investigator, University Grants Commission, Government of India Sponsored minor research

Project (PSW/00-01/045 [ERO]; 2000-2002) on Sedimentological aspects of the Paleoproterozoic

Chaibasa Formation, eastern India (2000-2002; Cost AUD 1000).

Service and Leadership

1. Invitation to lead a field workshop for researchers of the German SPP 1833 “Building a habitable Earth” from February 18th to 24th, 2020 in Singhbhum craton, eastern India.

2. Member of the Sedimentary geology working group of the Barberton Drilling Project (ICDP funded USD 900000.00 2020-2023).

3. Invitation with full funding support to attend International Geological field workshop in South Africa (Barberton) from 5th to 10th October 2017 sponsored by the International Continental Drilling Program (ICDP).

4. Program Co-ordinator and Acting Head of the Department, Applied Geology, Faculty of

Engineering and Science, Curtin University Sarawak since June 2016-June 2018..

5. Chairman, Curtin University Technology Science and Engineering (CUTSE 2015) International

conference (6th-8th November, 2015) at Curtin Sarawak.

6. Chairman, UNESCO-IGCP 509 International conference and field workshop on

Paleoproterozoic Supercontinents and global evolution (26th Oct. – 3rd November 2009) at Indian

Statistical Institute Kolkata.

7. Associate Editor, Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM, Boulder, Colorado) from January

2020 onwards.

8. Associate Editor, Geological Society of America Bulletin (2018-2020)

9. Advisory Editor, Journal of the Geological Society of London (2013 - 2016).

10. Associate Editor, Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology, Elsevier (2012 - 2019)

11. Associate Editor, Geologos (Poland) (2012- 2019)

12. Associate Editor, Journal of Earth System Sciences (Springer) 2007-2012.

13. Associate Editor, Gondwana Research (Elsevier) (2006-2008)

14. Member, American Association for Petroleum Geologists (Membership No. 10119370)

15. Reviewed manuscripts for Geology (Geol. Soc. America), Journal of Sedimentary Research

(SEPM, Colorado), Precambrian Research, Facies (Springer), Journal of Geology (Chicago)

Estuaries (USA), Earth Science Reviews (Elsevier), Gondwana Research (Elsevier), Journal of

Asian Earth Sciences (Elsevier), Tectonophysics (Elsevier), Sedimentary Geology (Elsevier),

Journal of Earth System Sciences (Springer), Journal of the Geological Society of India

(Springer), Marine and Petroleum Geology (Elsevier), Geomorphology (Elsevier).

16. Book reviewer, Journal of Sedimentary Research, SEPM, Colorado, USA and Geologos

(Poland) (published 14 book reviews since 2006).

17. Honours thesis examiner, The University of New South Wales, Australia (2012-2014).

18. Examiner, Master’s thesis on Petroleum Geosciences, University Technologies PETRONAS

(UTP), August 2015.

19. Evaluated grant proposals for PETRONAS (UTP, Perak), MOSTI and FRGS (Malaysian

Government Funding agencies) in 2015-2016.

20. External Grant Evaluator, PETRONAS University (UTP, Perak, Malaysia) 2018-2022.

List of subjects taught/currently teaching:

Undergraduate

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At Asutosh College, University of Calcutta, India (February 1999-November 2002 and in 2005)

1. Optical Mineralogy and crystallography

2. Mineralogy (stability of silicate minerals and mineral paragenesis)

3. Sedimentary Petrology

4. Principles of Geochemistry

5. Principles of Stratigraphy and Paleontology

6. Basic Geology

At Curtin University, Malaysia (2015-2018)

1. Basin Analysis and Petroleum Systems (GEOL 3000 course) (Sem 1. 2015,

2016, 2017) (Unit Co-ordinator) 2018 (Resource Person on Tectonics of Sedimentary

Basins and Sequence Stratigraphy)

2. Field Geology Techniques (GEOL 2800) (Sem 1 2015) (Unit Co-ordinator), 2016-2018

(Resource Person)

3. Metamorphic Petrology (GEOL 2006) (Sem 2, 2015, 2016, 2017) (Unit Co-ordinator)

4. Tectonics and Dynamic Earth (GEOL 3001) (Sem. 2, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) (Unit

Co-ordinator)

5. Field Mapping in sedimentary basins (GEOL 3009) (Sem 2, 2016, 2017, 2018) (Unit

Co-ordinator)

6. Petroleum Geology Project Supervision (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018).

At GUtech in Oman (2019-)

1. Earth History (1st year students)

2. Introduction to Petroleum Geology (2nd year students)

3. Sedimentology (1st year students)

4. Paleontology (1st year students)

5. Petroleum Exploration (3rd year students)

6. Undergraduate thesis supervision (Summer Sem. 5 students)

Postgraduate

(as Visiting Faculty of University of Allahabad in 2000 and subsequently at Indian Institute of

Technology Roorkee in 2006)

1. Sedimentology

2. Basic Geology (M.Tech Geophysics students have attended this course who learned

Geology for the first time)

Summer training at the Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata (2007-2011)

I have supervised 14 postgraduate summer trainee from leading Universities and Institutes of

India like Indian Institute of Technology, Indian School of Mines and Calcutta University since

2007. I taught them basic principles of field sedimentology, sedimentary facies analysis,

experimental sedimentology and conducted several field schools of 3-4 days duration in the

coastal tracts of the Bay of Bengal and Precambrian terrain of Singhbhum to teach and

demonstrate the process-product relationship in Sedimentary geology and stratigraphy. Details

of such training are available in the Dean’s office, Indian Statistical Institute Calcutta. Some of

the students are well placed in industries (Coal India Limited, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

India, Geological Survey of India), involved in doctoral research in leading Indian Institutes in

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India (Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Statistical Institute) and abroad (Pennsylvania State

University, University of Alberta, University of Sussex, UK).

Ph.D thesis Supervision as the Chief Supervisor:

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Name of the

Student Thesis Title

Degree

Awarded

Year of

Award

(YYYY)

Name of

University/Institut

e Awarding the

Degree

Co-

Supervisors

(if any)

1 Leena Mallik

Geology of the

Singhbhum

Group of rocks in

the Tata-

Dhalbhumgarh-

Kokpara sector,

India.

Yes 2016 Jadavpur University

India

Prof. Pulak

Sengupta

2 Shuvabrata De

Palaeoproterozoi

c sedimentation

pattern in the

eastern part of

the Singhbhum

craton, India

Yes 2015

University of

Calcutta

India

Prof. Tapas

Bhattacharyy

a

3 Priyanka

Chatterjee

Sedimentological

aspects of the

Proterozoic

Chandil

Formation,

Eastern India

Ongoing

2018

(Expected

)

University of

Calcutta

India

Prof. Tapas

Bhattacharyy

a

4 Suwannathong

, Apiradee

Sedimentological

aspects of

Miocene Setap

Shale and Sibuti

Formations,

Sarawak and

their Petroleum

Significance

Ongoing Since

2017

Heriot Watt

University,

Edinburgh, UK

Prof. Dorrik

Stow

(Chief

Supervisor)

5. Ernest Antwi

Sedimentology

of Miocene

Shallow-marine

Succession of

Labuan Island,

Sabah, East

Malaysia and its

Paleoclimatic

Approve

d 2018

Curtin University

Malaysia

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and Petroleum

Implications.

Level 1 Supervisor (For Ph.D and Masters Dissertation as the Chief Supervisor), Curtin University

Bentley, Australia.

Undergraduate student supervision:

Supervised eight (8) Final year undergraduate students (Petroleum Geology Projects) in 2015, ten

(10) in 2016, nine (9) students in 2017, four (4) in 2018, five (5) in 2019.

Research Collaboration

1. Prof. Makoto Arima, Yokohama National University, Japan (Geochemistry of Palaeoproterozoic

metavolcanics of Singhbhum cratonic province; Sedimentology and volcanism of Izu-Bonin-Honsu arc-

arc collision zone, Miura Peninsula, Japan; 2002 -).

2. Prof. P.G. Eriksson, University of Pretoria, South Africa (Precambrian sedimentation,

continental freeboard variation, contemporary basin tectonics; 1999- )

3. Prof. Wlady Altermann, University of Pretoria, South Africa (Palaeoproterozoic sedimentation

in Singhbhum cratonic province; 1999- ).

4. Prof. A.J. van Loon, Adam Macquize University, Poland (paleoseismicity and soft sediment

deformation, contemporary tectonics of Singhbhum basin; 2006 -).

5. Dr. Dallas Abbott, LDEO, Columbia University, USA (detecting impact ejecta in Precambrian

successions using magnetic susceptibility; 2006 -).

6. Dr. Tohru Ohta, Waseada University, Tokyo, Japan (Geochemistry of Palaeoproterozoic clastic

sedimentary rocks of Singhbhum cratonic province, provenance study; 2012 -).

7. Prof. Ernst Hegner, Munich University, Germany (Paleoproterozoic sedimentation in Singhhum

craton; 2012 - 2015).

8. Prof. M. Satish-Kumar, Department of Geology, Niigata University, Japan (geochemistry of

Archean metasediments and granitoids of Singhbhum craton, India; 2015 - 2017).

9. Prof. S. Reddy, Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Perth (Late Archean-

Paleoproterozoic stratigraphy and geochronology of Singhbhum Craton, eastern India 2005-2009).

10. Prof. J. Chiarenzelli, St. Lawrance University, NY, USA (Sedimentology and geochemistry of

Paleoproterozoic rocks of Singhbhum craton, India 2014- ).

11. Dr. Yusheng Wan, Beijing SHRIMP Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing

(Geochronology of Hadean and Paleoarchean zircons of eastern India; 2016- 2018).

12. Prof. Simon Wilde, Curtin University Australia (Geochronology of Critical stratigraphic units of

Singhbhum craton).

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Research Output of Dr. Rajat Mazumder

(Total 96)

62 in peer reviewed journals

8 books/field guide/special publications

14 book chapters

12 Conference publications

WOS h-index: 16

SCOPUS h-index 18

Google Scholar h-index 20

In Preparation

Dey, S. (IISER Kolkata, India) and Mazumder, R. (German University of Technology in Oman):

Hadean to Neoproterozoic evolution of Singhbhum craton, India. Special issue proposal has been

approved by Precambrian Research (Elsevier). Submission deadline is 31st March 2020 (23 papers

on various aspects of Singhbhum geology).

In Review

1. Taro Higuchi, Kentaro Oe, Nguyen Quoc Dinh, Rajat Mazumder, Tohru Ohta. The early and

mid-Cretaceous paleoclimate transition in the Southeast Asian continent: aridification of the

low-latitude area.

2. Mazumder, R., De, S., Sain, B., Tang, J., Cateanau, O., Marriot, S. Sedimentation history of

Miocene Belait Formation, Labuan Island (Sabah) and its implications.

In Press

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1. Mazumder, R. (German University of Technology in Oman) and Eriksson, P.G (University of

Pretoria). ARCHEAN EARTH PROCESSES (Special Issue proposal approved by Elsevier

and the Editors of Earth Science Reviews on 30th January 2018): submission ends in Dec.

2018 and publication by end 2019 (no. of papers = 10); Virtual special issue to be published

by January 2020. All accepted papers are published in regular issues.

2. Sunder Raju, P.V. and Mazumder, R. 2019. Archean sedimentation in Dharwar Craton, India

and its implications. Earth Science Reviews, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102999 (accepted

on 30th October 2019).

3. Wang, X., Fan, A., Yang, R., Mazumder, R., et al. Flash flood as an effective pebble transport

mechanism: a case study from the Permian Sulige Gas Field, Ordos Basin, China. Arab J

Geosci 12, 737 (2019) doi:10.1007/s12517-019-4817-y

4. Eriksson, P.G. and Mazumder, R. 2019. Archean Earth Processes (Preface), Earth Science

Reviews, in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.103058

(A) Publications in peer reviewed journals (student names are in italic) (53)

1. Mazumder, R., Chaudhuri, T., Biswas, S. 2019. Palaeoarchaean sedimentation and magmatic

processes in the eastern Iron Ore Group, eastern India: A commentary. Geological Journal;

DOI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/gj.3479

2. Mazumder, R. and Chaudhuri, T. 2019. Precambrian mafic dyke swarms in the Singhbhum

craton (eastern India)and their links with dyke swarms of the eastern Dharwar craton (southern

India) – Discussion. Precambrian Research,

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301926818304960?via%3Dihub

3. Chaudhuri, T. and Mazumder, R. 2019. Detrital Zircons Reveal Evidence of Hadean Crust in

the Singhbhum Craton, India: A Discussion. Journal of Geology, DOI: 10.1086/702553

(published in May 2019 issue).

4. Hugo K.H. Olierook, Chris Clark, Steven M. Reddy, Mazumder, R., Fred Jourdan, Noreen J.

Evans, Evolution of the Singhbhum Craton and supracrustal provinces from age, isotopic and

chemical constraints, Earth-Science Reviews,193, 237-259.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.04.020.

5. Mazumder, R., De, S. and Sundar Raju. 2019. Archean-Proterozoic transition: the Indian

Perspective. Earth Science Reviews. 188, 427-440.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.11.013

6. Mazumder, R., Catuneanu, O., Malviya, V., Arima, M. 2018. Sedimentological consequences

of Arc-Arc collision: an example from Mio-Pliocene Miura Group, Japan. Marine and Petroleum

Geology, 97, 127-136.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.07.002

7. Mazumder, R., 2019. A Paleoproterozoic Aeolianite (the Nummana Member) from the Lower

Wyloo Group, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, and Its Implication," The Journal of Geology

127, no. 1: 109-118.

https://doi.org/10.1086/700651

8. Chaudhuri, T., Yusheng, W., Mazumder, R., Mingzhu M. and Dunyi L 2018. Evidence of Enriched, Hadean Mantle Reservoir from 4.2-4.0 Ga zircon xenocrysts from Paleoarchean TTGs of the Singhbhum Craton, Eastern India. Scientific Reports, 8: Article number: 7069. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-25494-6

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9. Mazumder, R. 2017. A tale of two basins? Stratigraphy and detrital zircon provenance of the Paleoproterozoic Turee Creek and Horseshoe basins of Western Australia: Discussion. Precambrian Research (Elsevier) 298, 62-71. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301926817303157 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2017.06.026

10. Saha, D., Mazumder, R., Kar, R. 2017. Shallow marine to pelagic sediments from a dismembered ophiolite, Kandra, southern India - glimpses of ancient subduction zone related sedimentation. Gondwana Research 49: 21-41 (Elsevier), http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X17302381 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2017.04.032

11. Van Loon, A.J., Mazumder, R., De, S. 2017. The response of stromatolites to seismic shocks: Tomboliths from the Palaeoproterozoic Chaibasa Formation, E India”: Reply. Journal of Palogeography (Elsevier), 6, 235-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jop.2017.04.002

12. Chaudhuri, T., Satish-Kumar, M., Mazumder, R., Biswas, S. 2017. Geochemistry and Sm-Nd isotopic characteristics of Paleoarchean Komatites, Eastern India and their implications. Precambrian Research, 298, 385-402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2017.06.014.

13. Purkait, B., Majumdar, D., Mazumder, R. 2017. Bed roughness and grain sorting- an experimental study over fine to medium sand beds. International Journal of Sediment Research (Elsevier), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsrc.2017.06.002

14. De, S., Mallik, L., Mazumder, R., Ohta, T., Chatterjee, P., Satoshi, Saito, Chiarenzelli, J., 2016. Sedimentation history of Paleoproterozoic Singhbhum Group of rocks, India and its implications. Earth Science Reviews, 163, 141-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.10.001

15. Mazumder, R., Van Loon, A.J., Malviya, V., Arima, M., Ogawa, Y. 2016. Soft-sediment deformations in the Mio-Pliocene Misaki Formation with alternating deep-sea clays and volcanic ashes (Miura Peninsula, Japan) Sedimentary Geology, 344, 323-335.

16. Van Loon, A.J., Mazumder, R., De, S. 2016. The response of stromatolites to seismic shocks: Tomboliths from the Palaeoproterozoic Chaibasa Formation, E India. Journal of Paleogeography, 5, 381-390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jop.2016.08.003

17. Rowan C. Martindale Justin V. Strauss Erik A. Sperling, Jena E. Johnson Martin van Kranendonk, David Flannery, Katherine French, Kevin Lepot, Rajat Mazumder, Melissa S. Rice, Daniel P. Schrag, Roger Summons, Malcolm Walter, John Abelson, Andrew H. Knoll. 2015. Sedimentology, chemostratigraphy and stromatolites of lower Paleoproterozoic carbonates, Turee Creek Group, Western Australia., Precambrian Research, 266, 194-211 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2015.05.021

18. Van Kranendonk, M.J., Altermann, W., Mazumder, R. 2015. A squall by the seashore c. 2.3 billion years ago: Raindrop imprints in a Paleoproterozoic tidal flat deposit, Kungarra Formation, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2015, 62(3), 265-274. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2015.1016105

19. Mazumder, R., Van Kranendonk, M., Altermann, W. 2015. A marine to fluvial transition in the the Paleoproterozoic Koolbye Formation, Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. Precambrian Research, 258, 161-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2014.12.005

20. De, S., Mazumder, R., Ohta, T., Hegner, E., Yamada, K., Chiarenzelli, J., Altermann, W., Bhattacharyya, T., and Arima, M. 2015. Geochemistry and Nd isotopic characteristics of the

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Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks of the Singhbhum craton and their implications for provenance, paleoclimate and paleo weathering. Precambrian Research, 256, 62-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2014.10.020

21. Chaudhuri, T., Mazumder, R., Arima, M. 2015. Petrography and geochemistry of Mesoarchaean komatiites from the eastern Iron Ore belt, Singhbhum craton, India, and its similarity with ‘Barberton type komatiite’. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 101, 135–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.09.014

22. Van Kranendonk M.J., Mazumder, R. 2015. Two glacio-eustatic cycles in the Paleoproterozoic Turee Creek Group, Western Australia. Bulletin Geological Society of America, 127, 596-607. https://doi.org/10.1130/B31025.1

23. Van Kranendonk, M.J., Mazumder, R., Yamaguchi, K. E., Yamada, K. Ikehara, M. 2015. Sedimentology of the Paleoproterozoic Kungarra Formation, Turee Creek Group, Western Australia: A conformable record of the transition from early to modern Earth. Precambrian Research, 256, 314-343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2014.09.015

24. Flannery, D.T., Van Kranendonk, M.J., Mazumder, R., Walter, M.R. 2014. The ca. 2.74 Ga Mopoke Member, Kylena Formation: a marine incursion into the northern Fortescue Group? Australian Journal of Earth Science, 61(8), 1095-1108.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2014.960898

25. Mazumder, R., Van Kranendonk, M.J. 2013. Paleoproterozoic terrestrial sedimentation in the the Beasley River Quartzite, Lower Wyloo Group, Western Australia. Precambrian Research, 231, 98-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2013.03.018

26. Mazumder, R. Arima, M. 2013. Tidal rhythm in deep sea environment: an example from Miocene MIsaki Formation, Miura Peninsula, Japan. Marine and Petroleum Geology, (Elsevier), 43, 320-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.01.006

27. Van Loon, A.J., Mazumder, R. 2013. First find of biogenic activity in the Paleoproterozoic of the Singhbhum craton (E India). Geologos, (Poland), 19, 185–192. https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2013-0011

28. Chatterjee, P., De, S., Ranaivoson, M. Mazumder, R., Arima, M. 2013. A review of the ~1600 Ma sedimentation, volcanism, and tectono-thermal events in the Singhbhum craton, Eastern India. Geoscience Frontiers (Elsevier), 4, 277-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2012.11.006

29. Van Loon, A.J., Mazumder, R., De, S. 2012. Unravelling the depositional environment of the Archaean Rajkharsawan conglomerate (Jharkhand, eastern India). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences-Geologie en Mijnbouw, 91 (1/2), 129-135.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600001542

30. Mallik, L, Mazumder, R. Mazumder, B.S., Arima, M., Chatterjee, P. 2012, Tidal rhythmites in offshore shale: A case study from the Palaeoproterozoic Chaibasa shale, eastern India and implications. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 30, 43-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.10.005

31. P.G. Eriksson, N. Lenhardt, D.T. Wright, R. Mazumder, A.J. Bumby, 2012. Late Neoarchaean-Palaeoproterozoic supracrustal basin-fills of the Kaapvaal craton: Relevance of the supercontinent cycle, the "Great Oxidation Event" and "Snowball Earth"?, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 28, 1385-1401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.05.007

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32. Mazumder, R., A.J. van Loon, 2012. Depositional history of diamictites from the Late Paleoproterozoic Dalma Formation (E India), Sedimentary Geology, 251–252, 15, 49-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.01.010

33. P.G. Eriksson, R. Bartman, O. Catuneanu, R. Mazumder, N. Lenhardt 2011. A case study of microbial mat-related features in coastal epeiric sandstones from the Paleoproterozoic Pretoria Group (Transvaal Supergroup, Kaapvaal craton, South Africa); The effect of preservation (reflecting sequence stratigraphic models) on the relationship between mat features and inferred paleoenvironment. Sedimentary Geology, 263–264, 67-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.08.006

34. Van Loon, A.J., Mazumder, R., 2011. Can once lithified rocks later undergo soft-sediment deformation? Sedimentary Geology 238, 101-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.04.005

35. D. Frieling, R. Mazumder, B. Reichenbacher 2009. Tidal sediments in the Upper Marine Molasse (OMM) of the Allgaeu area (Lower Miocene, Southwest-Germany). Neues Jahrbuch Fuer Geologie und Paelontologie (E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, Germany), 254, 151-163. https://doi.org/10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0008

36. Mazumder, R. and Arima, M. 2009. Implication of mafic magmatism in an in-tracontinental rift setting: a case study from the Palaeoproterozoic Dhanjori Formation, Singhbhum crustal province, India. Journal of Geology, 117, 455-466.

https://doi.org/10.1086/599197

37. Abbott, D., Mazumder, R. 2007. Using Magnetic Susceptibility to find Precambrian Impact Ejecta: A Proposal. Gondwana Research, 12, 571-575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2007.04.003

38. Mazumder, R., Van Loon, A.J., Arima, M. 2006. Soft sediment deformation structures in the Earths oldest seismites. Sedimentary Geology (Expressed), 186, 19-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.12.002

39. Eriksson, P.G., Mazumder, R., Catuneanu, O., Bumby, A.J., Ountsch Ilondo, B. 2006. Precambrian continental freeboard and geological evolution: a time perspective, Earth Science Reviews, 79, 165-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2006.07.001

40. Mazumder, R. 2005. Proterozoic sedimentation and volcanism in the Singhbhum Crustal province, India and their implications. Sedimentary Geology, 176, 167-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.12.011

41. Mazumder, R. and Arima, M. 2005. Tidal rhythmites and their implications. Earth Science Reviews, 69, 79-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2004.07.004

42. Mazumder, R. 2004. Implications of lunar orbital periodicities from Chaibasa tidal rhythmite of late Paleoproterozoic age. Geology, 32, 841-844. https://doi.org/10.1130/G20424.1

43. Mazumder, R., Arima, M., 2004. Proterozoic events in the Singhbhum crustal province, India. Gondwana Research, 7(4S), 1343-1345.

44. Mazumder, R., Sarkar, S. 2004. Sedimentation history of the Palaeoproterozoic Dhanjori Formation, Singhbhum, India and its implications. Precambrian Research, 130, 267-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2003.12.005

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45. Mazumder, R. 2003. Sediment transport, aqueous bedform stability and morphodynamics under unidirectional current: a brief overview. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 36, 1-14 (Geological Society of Africa Presidential Review 4). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0899-5362(03)00018-6

46. Mazumder, R. 2000. Turbulence particle interactions and their implications for sediment transport and bedform mechanics under unidirectional current: some recent developments. Earth Science Reviews, 50, 113-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-8252(00)00003-9

47. Mazumder, R., Bose, P.K. and Sarkar, S. 2000: A Commentary on the Tectonosedimentary record of the Pre-2.0Ga continental growth of India vis--Vis Pre-Gondwana Afro-Indian Supercontinent. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 30, 201-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0899-5362(00)00016-6

48. Sarkar, S., Banerjee, S., Chakraborty, S and Mazumder, R. 2000: Could reef growth be the prime reason for the rarity of Carbonate Hummocky – Cross stratifications ? Indian Journal of Earth Sciences, 27, 1-10.

49. Eriksson, P.G., Mazumder, R., Sarkar, S., Bose, P.K., Altermann, W. and van der Merwee, R. 1999. The 2.7-2.0Ga volcano-sedimentary record of Africa, India and Australia: evidence for global and local changes in sea level and continental freeboard. Precambrian Research, 97, 269-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00035-2

50. Sarkar, S., Mazumder, R. and Bose, P. K. 1999. Changing Bedform Dynamics: some observations from Protoproterozoic Chaibasa Formation, India. Journal of Indian Association of Sedimentologists (New Delhi), 18, 31-40.

51. Bose, P. K. Mazumder, R and Sarkar, S. 1997. Tidal sandwaves and related storm deposits in the transgressive Proto-Proterozoic Chaibasa Formation, India. Precambrian Research, 84, 63-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-9268(97)00016-8

52. Bose, P. K. and Mazumder, R. 1996: How rational is the practice of correlating ancient mudcracks with past emergence? Current Science, (New Delhi), 10, 871-872.

53. Mazumder, R. Venkatesh, T. L. and Gupta, A. K. 1993: Experimental study of the system Grossularite Spessertine at PH20 = PTOTAL 1 kb. and variable temperatures. National Academy of Science Letters. (Allahabad, India) 16, 7-11.

Other short contributions in peer reviewed journals (9)

1. Mazumder, R. 2008. Wave generated tidal bundles as an indicator of wave- dominated tidal flats- comment. Geology, 36, e179 doi: 10.1130.G25125C.1

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2. Mazumder, R. 2007. Precambrian Sedimentology and Stratigraphy: problems and prospects. Gondwana Research, 12, No. 4. 548-549.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2007.05.012

3. Mazumder, R., Altermann, W. 2007. Discussion on New aspects of deformed cross-strata in fluuvial sandstones: Examples from Neoproterozoic formations in northern Norway by S.L. Roe and M. Hermansen, 2006, Sedimentary Geology, 198, 351-353. [IF 2.13] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.11.006

4. Mazumder, R. 2005. Reply to comments by George Williams on "Tidal Rhythmites and their implications" Earth Science Reviews, 72, 119-123. [IF 7.885] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.05.002

5. Mazumder, R. 2003 Correlations between the Eastern Block of the North China Craton and the South Indian Block of the Indian Shield: an Archaean to Paleoproterozoic link - Comment. Precambrian Research, 127, 379-380. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00195-5

6. Mazumder, R. 2001 Quantifying the oldest tidal record: the 3.2 Ga Archaean Moodies Group,

Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa by - comment. Geology, 29, p. 1159.

7. Mazumder, R. 1999 Structural Architecture of the Vindhyan strata in Son Valley: Implications for basin Tectonics. - Discussion. Journal Geological Society of India, 53, 132-133.

8. Mazumder, R. 1999 Imprint of wave reworking in Early Proterozoic Chaibasa Sandstone. Journal

Geological Society of India, 53, 615.

9. Mazumder, R. 1998: Depositional framework of the sandy mid-fan complexes of the Proterozoic Chaibasa Formation, E. Singbhum, Bihar - Discussion. Journal Geological Society of India, 51, 830.

Books/Field guide/Edited Volumes (8)

1. Mazumder, R. (Curtin Malaysia), Wilde, S (Curtin Bentley) (Editors). CONVERGENT PLATE MARGIN PROCESSES THROUGH TIME: SEDIMENTATION, MAGMATISM AND METAMORPHISM (19 contributions from geologists across the globe; in press, vol. 129; Journal of Geodynamics)

2. Benham, P. (Shell Sarawak), Mazumder, R. (Curtin University Malaysia) 2016. From Deep water to Tidal Flats: A survey of dynamic depositional systems along Route 4001. Field-trip Guidebook, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Sarawak Section. 40p.

3. Mazumder, R. (Editor) 2016. Sediment provenance: influence on compositional changes from source to sink (http://store.elsevier.com/Sediment-Provenance/isbn-9780128033869/).

4. Mazumder, R., Eriksson, P.G. (Editors) 2015. Precambrian Basins of India: Stratigraphic and Tectonic contexts. Geological Society of London Memoir 43, 352p. https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/M0043

5. Saha, D., Mazumder, R. 2014 (Editors). Palaeoproterozoic Mineral deposits. Special issue of Indian Journal of Geology (Kolkata, India), in press

6. Mazumder, R., Saha, D. (Editors) 2012. Palaeoproterozoic of India, Geological Society of London

special Publication 365. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP365.2 ISSN 0305-8719

7. Reddy, S.M., Mazumder, R., Evans, D.A. Collins, A.S. (Editors) 2009 "Palaeoproterozoic supercontinent and global evolution" Geological Society of London special publication 323.

https://doi.org/10.1144/SP323.1 ISSN 0305-8719

8. Mazumder, R., Saha, D. 2009. Paleoproterozoic of Singhbhum, Field guide, UNESCO-IGCP 509 post conference field guide book, Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata India.

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9. Saha, D., Mazumder, R. (Editors) 2009. Paleoproterozoic Supercontinents and global evolution, abstract volume, International Association for Gondwana Research (IAGR) conference series 9.

Book Chapters (14)

1. Abbott, D., Gusikov, V., Rambolamanana, Breger, D., Mazumder, R., Galinaskaya, 2016. What are the origins of V-shaped (Chevron) Dunes in Madagascar? The case for their deposition by a Holocene Megatsunami. In: Mazumder, R. (Editor) Sediment provenance: influence on compositional changes from source to sink. Elsevier, pp. 155-182.

https://www.elsevier.com/books/sediment-provenance/mazumder/978-0-12-803386-9

Paperback ISBN 9780128033869

2. Hofmann, A., Mazumder, R. 2015. A review of the current status of the Older Metamorphic Group and Older Metamorphic Tonalite Gneiss: insight into the Palaeoarchean history of the Singhbhum craton, India. In: R.Mazumder, P.G. Eriksson (Editors) Precambrian basins of India: stratigraphic and tectonic context. Geol. Soc. London Memoir 43, pp. 103-108.

https://doi.org/10.1144/M43.7 Print ISSN 0435-4052

3. Saha, D., Sain, A., Kundu, P., Mazumder, R. and Kar, R. 2015. Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Nellore schist belt, southern India, since the Neoarchaean. In: R.Mazumder, P.G. Eriksson (Editors) Precambrian basins of India: stratigraphic and tectonic context. Geol. Soc. London Memoir 43, pp. 269-282.

https://doi.org/10.1144/M43.18

4. Allen, P.A., Eriksson, P.G., Alkmin, F., Betts, P., Cateanue, O., Mazumder, R., Meng, Q., Young, G. 2015. Classification of basins, with special reference to Proterozoic examples. In: R.Mazumder, P.G. Eriksson (Editors) Precambrian basins of India: stratigraphic and tectonic context. Geol. Soc. London Memoir 43, pp. 5-28

ISBN 978-1-86239-723-1

5. Miall, A., Catuneanu, O., Eriksson, P.G., Mazumder, R. 2015. A brief synthesis of Indian Precambrian basins: classification and genesis of basin-fills. In: Mazumder, R., Eriksson, P.G. (Editors) Precambrian Basins of India: Stratigraphic and Tectonic context. Geological Society of London Memoir 43, pp. 339-348.

ISBN 978-1-86239-723-1

6. Mazumder, R., De, S., Ohta, T., Flannery, D.T., Mallik, L., Chaudhuri, T., Chatterjee, P., M. Ranaivoson, Arima, M. 2015. Paleo-mesoproterozoic sedimentation and tectonics of the Singhbhum Craton, eastern India and implications for global and craton-specific geological events. In: Mazumder, R., Eriksson, P.G. (Editors) Precambrian Basins of India: Stratigraphic and Tectonic context. Geological Society of London Memoir 43, pp. 139-150.

ISBN 978-1-86239-723-1

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7. Mazumder R., Saha, D. 2012. Palaeoproterozoic of India: an introduction, R. Mazumder and D. Saha (eds.) Palaeoproterozoic of India, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 365:1-3,doi:10.1144/SP365.1 ISSN 0305-8719

8.. Saha, D., Mazumder R. 2012. An overview of the Palaeoproterozoic geology of Peninsular India, and key stratigraphic and tectonic issues, Palaeoproterozoic of India, R. Mazumder and D. Saha (eds.) Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 365:5-29,doi:10.1144/SP365.2

ISSN 0305-8719

9. Mazumder, R. Van Loon, A. J., Mallik, L., Reddy, S. M., Arima, M., Altermann, W., Eriksson, P. G. and De, S. 2012. Mesoarchaean–Palaeoproterozoic stratigraphic record of the Singhbhum crustal province, eastern India: a synthesis, Palaeoproterozoic of India, R. Mazumder and D. Saha (eds.), Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 365:31-49,doi:10.1144/SP365.3.

ISSN 0305-8719

10.. Mazumder, R., Eriksson, P. G., De, S., Bumby, A. J., and Lenhardt, N. 2012. Palaeoproterozoic sedimentation on the Singhbhum Craton: global context and comparison with Kaapvaal, Palaeoproterozoic of India, R. Mazumder and D. Saha (eds.) Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 365:51-76,doi:10.1144/SP365.4

ISSN 0305-8719

10. Abbott, D., H., Mazumder, R., Dee Breger. 2012. Native iron in the Palaeoproterozoic Chaibasa Formation: primary or secondary?, Palaeoproterozoic of India, R. Mazumder and D. Saha (eds.) Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 365:77-90,doi:10.1144/SP365.5.

ISSN 0305-8719

11. Mazumder, R., Rodriguez-Lopez, J.A., Arima, M., van Loon, A.J. 2009. Palaeo proterozoic seismites fine-grained facies of the Chaibasa Fm., E. India) and their soft-sediment deformation structures. In: Reddy, S.M., Mazumder, R., Evans, D.A. Collins, A.S. (Editors) "Palaeoproterozoic supercontinent and its global evolution" Geological Society of London Special publication, 323, pp. 301-318.

ISSN 0305-8719

13. Mazumder, R. (Editor) 2007. "Precambrian Sedimentology and Stratigraphy: problems and prospects", Gondwana Research, v.12, No.4.

14. Mazumder, R. 2007. K-T magmatism and basin tectonism in western Rajasthan, India, results from extensional tectonics and not from Runion plume activity Discussion. In: G.L. Foulger and D.M. Jurdy (eds.) Plates, Plumes, and Planetary Processes, Geological Society of America special paper 430, p. 784.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (in Reverse Chronology - Latest First)

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S.N. Author Title of Paper Conference Name &

Place Year,Vol,Page Sort Order

1 De, S., Ohta,T., Mazumder, R.

Sedimentary facies and geochemical

characteristics of the Palaeoproterozoic siliciclastics of the

Dhanjori and Chaibasa

Formations, Singhbhum crustal province, eastern

India.

Proceeding in Nat. Conference on “Stratigraphy,

Palaeontology and Palaeoenvironment” (3-5 February, 2011) at the Department of Geology, University

of Rajasthan, Jaipur..

2011, Abstract volume,

p.44

2 Van Loon,

A.J.,Mazumder, R.,

A palaeoproterozoic (~1.6 ga )Lahar deposit (Dalma

Formation , Eastern India)

International Association for

Gondwana Research (IAGR) conference

series 9. Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata (26-28 Oct, 2009)

2009, p 4

Paleoproterozoic Supercontinents

and global evolution,

abstract volume Saha, D.,

Mazumder, R. (Editors)

3 Reddy, S., Clarck, C.,

Mazumder, R.

Temporal constraints on the evolution of

the Singhbhum crustal Province from U-Pb SHRIMP data

International Association for

Gondwana Research (IAGR) conference

series 9. Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata (26-28 Oct, 2009)

2009, p 17-18

Paleoproterozoic Supercontinents

and global evolution,

abstract volume Saha, D.,

Mazumder, R. (Editors)

4 Saha,D.,

Mazumder,

Palaeoproterozoic India and key

Tectonostratigraphic issues

International Association for

Gondwana Research (IAGR) conference

series 9. Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata (26-28 Oct, 2009)

2009, p. 42-44

Paleoproterozoic Supercontinents

and global evolution,

abstract volume Saha, D.,

Mazumder, R. (Editors)

5 Arima, M.,

Mazumder, R., van Loon, A.J.

Unknown soft sediment deformation in Palaeoproterozoic

seismites.

Annual Meeting, International

Association of Sedimentologists (IAS), Fukuoka,

Japan, 27th August-1st September 2006.

2006

6 Abbott, D.,

Mazumder, R., Breger, D.

Native iron in the Chaibasa shales:

result of a pre 1.6 Ga impact?

2006 Lunar and Planetary

Science XXXVII. USA.

2006

7 Eriksson, P.G., Mazumder, R., Catuneanu, O.

Continental freeboard and geological

evolution: a

. In: M.T.D. Wingate, S.A. Pisarevsky, S.A.

(Eds.)

2005 Geol. Soc.

Australia Inc.

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Precambrian perspective

Supercontinents and Earth Evolution

symposium 2005.

abstracts 81, pp.126

8 Mazumder, R., Foulger, G.R.

Large Igneous Province, pre-

volcanic uplift and mantle plumes: a sedimentological

perspective.

San Francisco Annual Meeting,

American Geophysical Union,

13-17th December,2004.

2004 Abstract San

Francisco Annual Meeting, American

Geophysical Union

9 Mazumder, R.,

Abbott, D.

Late

Paleoproterozoic Meteorite impact?

Insights from Chaibasa shale,

eastern India.

Denver Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America

2004, Denver Annual

Meeting, Geological Society of America

Abstracts with Programs, Vol.

36, No. 5.

10 Mazumder, R.,

Arima, M.

Facies, Paleogeography and mode of Sequence

Building of the Paleoproterozoic

Chaibasa Formation, Eastern India and their implications.

.GAC/MAC/SEG Meeting Vancouver,

Canada, 25-28th May.

2003, Abstract

.GAC/MAC/SEG Meeting

Vancouver, Canada, 25-28th

May.

11 Sarkar, S.,

Mazumder, R., Bose, P. K.

Suspension fall-out and form roughness as controlling factors

of bed form dynamics: some

observations from Proto-proterozoic

Chaibasa Formation, India.

XIV Indian Assoc. Sedimentologists

Convention, University of Madras, 55, 15-17 December.

1997, p.55, Abstract. XIV Indian Assoc.

Sedimentologists Convention, University of

Madras, , 15-17 December.

12 Mazumder, R., Venkatesh, T.

L., Gupta, A. K.

Phase relation in the system Grossularite- Spessertine under 1 kb. (PH20 = PTotal) at

700, 750 o C and 800o C

Third Indo- Soviet Symposium on Experimental Mineralogy &

Petrology, New Delhi, 17-21st December.

1991, Third Indo- Soviet

Symposium on Experimental Mineralogy &

Petrology, New Delhi, 17-21st

December.