Combination and correlation of petrology, geochemistry and geochronology to understand crustal evolution.
Academic Background
PhD (Petrology), Institute for Geosciences (University of Kiel, Germany), 2014, Awarded highest grade
MSc (Applied Geology), Department of Geological Sciences (Jadavpur University), 2010
BSc (Geology (Hons), Physics, Mathematics), Department of Geological Sciences (Jadavpur University), 2008
ISC (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Computer Science), Julien Day School (NA), 2005
Positions
Assistant Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
Post doctoral fellow, University of Johannesburg (2015 - 2016)
Awards and Honors
Associate Fellow from West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (2024)
Selected Publications
Selected Publications:
Tiwari, Ashish Kumar; Sarkar, Tapabrato; Karmakar, Sourav; Sorcar, Nilanjana and Mukherjee, Sneha. 2023."Long-lived high-grade metamorphism in southern India: Constraints from charnockites and sapphirine-bearing semipelitic granulites from the Madurai Block. ." Journal of Metamorphic Geology , 41, 1261-1297
Talukdar, Moumita; Sarkar, Tapabrato; Sengupta, Pulak and Mukhopadhyay, Dhrubajyoti. 2022."The Southern Granulite Terrane, India: The saga of over 2 billion years of Earth's history." Earth Science Reviews, 232, 1-35
J, Padmaja; Sarkar, Tapabrato; Dasgupta, Somnath; Dash, J K; Bhutani, Rajneesh and Chauhan, Hiredya. 2021."High pressure granulite facies metamorphism at the interface of the Archean Bastar craton and the Proterozoic Eastern Ghats Belt, India.." Precambrian Research, 363, 1-19
Sarkar, Tapabrato. 2021."Ultrahigh-temperature mafic granulites from the Madurai Block, southern India: Constraints from conventional thermobarometry, pseudosection analysis, and rare earth element-based thermometry." Geological Journal, 56, 1-25
Chowdhury, Jashodhara; Mitra, Supriyo and Sarkar, Tapabrato. 2021."Hales discontinuity in the southern Indian continental lithosphere: seismological and petrological models." Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 126, 1-20
All Publications:
Tiwari, Ashish Kumar; Sarkar, Tapabrato; Karmakar, Sourav; Sorcar, Nilanjana and Mukherjee, Sneha. 2023."Long-lived high-grade metamorphism in southern India: Constraints from charnockites and sapphirine-bearing semipelitic granulites from the Madurai Block. ." Journal of Metamorphic Geology , 41, 1261-1297
Padmaja, J.; Sarkar, Tapabrato; Sorcar, Nilanjana; Mukherjee, Sneha; Das, Nitish and Dasgupta, Somnath. 2022."Petrochronological evolution of Mg-Al granulites and associated metapelites from the contact zone of the Archean Bastar Craton and Proterozoic Eastern Ghats Province, and its implications.." Geoscience and Geoenvironment, 1, 1-23
Talukdar, Moumita; Sarkar, Tapabrato; Sengupta, Pulak and Mukhopadhyay, Dhrubajyoti. 2022."The Southern Granulite Terrane, India: The saga of over 2 billion years of Earth's history." Earth Science Reviews, 232, 1-35
J, Padmaja; Sarkar, Tapabrato; Dasgupta, Somnath; Dash, J K; Bhutani, Rajneesh and Chauhan, Hiredya. 2021."High pressure granulite facies metamorphism at the interface of the Archean Bastar craton and the Proterozoic Eastern Ghats Belt, India.." Precambrian Research, 363, 1-19
Sarkar, Tapabrato. 2021."Ultrahigh-temperature mafic granulites from the Madurai Block, southern India: Constraints from conventional thermobarometry, pseudosection analysis, and rare earth element-based thermometry." Geological Journal, 56, 1-25
Chowdhury, Jashodhara; Mitra, Supriyo and Sarkar, Tapabrato. 2021."Hales discontinuity in the southern Indian continental lithosphere: seismological and petrological models." Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 126, 1-20
Tiwari, Ashish Kumar. 2020."P-T-t evolution of sapphirine-bearing semipelitic granulites from Vadkampatti in Eastern Madurai Domain, southern India_ Insights from petrography, pseudosection modelling and in-situ monazite geochronology." Precambrian Research, 348, 1-25
Sarkar, Tapabrato; Dubinina, Elena; Harris, Chris; Maier, Wolfgang and Mouri, Hassina. 2018."Petrogenesis of ultramafic rocks of komatiitic composition from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa: evidence from O and H isotopes. ." Journal of African Earth Sciences , 147, 68-77
Sarkar, Tapabrato and Mouri, Hassina. 2016."Metamorphic evolution of ultramafic rocks of komatiitic composition from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa.." South African Journal of Geology, 119, 519-534
Sarkar, Tapabrato and Schenk, Volker. 2016."Early Mesoproterozoic (1.6 - 1.5 Ga) granulite-facies events in the Ongole domain: Geodynamic significance and global correlation.." Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 34, 765-784
Sarkar, Tapabrato; Schenk, Volker and Berndt, Jasper. 2015."Formation and evolution of a Proterozoic continental arc: geochemical and geochronological constraints from meta-igneous rocks of the Ongole domain, Eastern Ghats belt, India.." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 169, 1-27
Sarkar, Tapabrato and Schenk, Volker. 2014."Two-stage granulite formation in a Proterozoic island arc (Ongole domain of the Eastern Ghats Belt, India): Part 1. Petrology and pressure-temperature evolution.." Precambrian Research, 255, 485-509
Sarkar, Tapabrato; Schenk, Volker; Appel, Peter; Berndt, Jasper and Sengupta, Pulak. 2014."Two-stage granulite formation in a Proterozoic island arc (Ongole domain of the Eastern Ghats Belt, India): Part 2. LA-ICP-MS zircon dating and texturally controlled in-situ monazite dating.." Precambrian Research, 255, 467-484
Sarkar, Tapabrato; Tiwari, Ashish Kumar and Singha, Arpita. 2023." Cryogenian tectonothermal events in the Madurai Block of the Southern Granulite Terrane, India: Characterization and implications.", "European Geological Union General Assembly". EGU General Assembly 2023,
Tiwari, Ashish Kumar; Sarkar, Tapabrato; Sorcar, Nilanjana and Mukherjee, Sneha. 2023." Petrochronological appraisal on the timing and duration of ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in southern India: Insights from charnockite and sapphirine bearing semipelitic granulite from the Madurai Block", "EGU General Assembly 2023". EGU General Assembly 2023,
Padmaja, J.; Sarkar, Tapabrato and Dasgupta, Somnath. 2023." Geodynamic significance of the Archean A-type granites exposed along the western margin of a Proterozoic orogenic belt: Insights on the final docking of the Eastern Ghats Belt with the Indian subcontinent.", "EGU General Assembly 2023". EGU General Assembly 2023,
Sarkar, Tapabrato; Dey, Anindita; Mukherjee, Subham and Mouri, Hassina. 2016." Near-isothermal decompressive P-T path identified from micro- textural studies: Example from a suite of mafic granulite from the western part of Eastern Madurai Domain, Southern Granulite terrane, India.", "International conference on Electron Microscopy 2016". Electron Microscopy Society of India,
Sarkar, Tapabrato; Schenk, Volker; Appel, Peter; Berndt, Jasper and Sengupta, Pulak. 2014." A Palaeoproterozoic magmatic arc: Ongole domain of the Eastern Ghats Belt, India.", "Geological Society of America 2014 Annual Meeting". Geological Society of America,
Sarkar, Tapabrato; Schenk, Volker and Berndt, Jasper. 2013." Linking petrology with monazite and zircon geochronology: The polymetamorphic Ongole domain, Eastern Ghats Belt, India.", "DMG 2013. Geofluids: Lubricants of the Dynamic Earth, Tübingen.". Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft ,
Sarkar, Tapabrato and Schenk, Volker. 2013." Correlating petrographic textures with monazite and zircon ages: The granulie-facies Ongole domain, Eastern Ghats Belt, India.", "Granulites and Granulites 2013". Granulites and Granulites 2013 abstracts,
Sarkar, Tapabrato and Schenk, Volker. 2012." The granulite-facies Ongole domain of the Eastern Ghats Belt, India – A Proterozoic island arc?", "European Mineralogical Conference (EMC) 2012". European Mineralogical Conference (EMC) 2012 Abstracts volume,
