SAMBIT GHOSH

Academics

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M.Sc

Applied Geology, Jadavpur University, 2010.

B.Sc

B.Sc, Honours in Geological Sciences, Jadavpur University, 2008.

Research Field

Paleoclimatology | Isotope hydrology

Research Interest

• Sedimentology , Sequence Stratigraphy , Basin Evolution in Himalayan Foreland Sediments.
• Stable Isotope Geochemistry , Organic Geochemistry , Paleo - Climate and Vegetation reconstruction.
• Role of Tectonic and Climate in basin evolution , Role of Himalaya and Tibetan orography for Indian Summer Monsoon.

Experties

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• Geological Field Work-Lithological and Structural Mapping, Logging, Facies Analysis, Sequence boundary identification.
• Technical-Routine operation-cum-maintenance of IRMS MAT 253.
• Technical-Inter-laboratory calibration of various secondary standard.
• Technical-Establishment of experimental protocol for Carbonate, Organic Matter.
• Technical-Establishment of experimental protocol for compound specific isotope analysis for the first time in India.
• Technical-Establishment of experimental protocol for compound specific characterization and quantification of organic matter (n-alkane) in GC - FID system.

Achivements

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Ranked 11th Joint CSIR-UGC Test for Junior Research fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship, 2012.

Publications

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1) Sambit Ghosh, Prasanta Sanyal and Rohtash Kumar, 2017. Evolution of C4 plants and controlling factors: Insight from n-alkane isotopic values of NW Indian Siwalik paleosols. Organic Geochemistry, 110,110–121.

Presentation

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1) Preservation bias of soil organic matter in the Siwalik sediment (Poster presentated, Departmental Day 2013).
2) Molecular level isotopic characterization of Siwalik paleosol organic matter: implication to paleovegetation and paleoclimate ( Talk delivered, Departmental Day 2014).