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Ray, Jyotiranjan S.
- Origin of the Mile Tilek Tuff, South Andaman: Evidence from 40Ar-39Ar Chronology and Geochemistry
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1 Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, IN
2 Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, IN
1 Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, IN
2 Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, IN
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Current Science, Vol 108, No 2 (2015), Pagination: 205-210Abstract
The Mile Tilek Tuff is one of several consolidated volcanic ash deposits in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands that has preserved evidence of a large-scale volcanic eruption in Southeast Asia. Assumed to be of Mio-Pliocene age (~25-2 Ma), the tuff was thought to have been generated by the Andaman-Indonesia volcanic arc. Little was known about its source volcano because of absence of critical isotope data. To provide accurate age information and determine its source, we dated the tuff by 40Ar-39Ar method and measured its trace element contents and Sr-Nd isotopic ratios. The 40Ar-39Ar plateau age for the whole rock is 0.73 ± 0.16 (2σ) Ma, which suggests that the tuff got deposited much later than previously believed. Chemically, the tuff possesses typical characteristics of subduction zone magmatism. Its Sr-Nd isotopic compositions (87Sr/86Sr = 0.7073 and εNd ≤ 0.9) suggest substantial continental crustal contamination of its source magma, which points to a source volcano in Sumatra. Based on available age information on large-scale volcanic eruptions in Indonesia, we speculate that the Ranau volcano in south Sumatra could have been the source of the Mile Tilek Tuff.Keywords
40Ar–39Ar Dating, Geochemical Fingerprinting, Mile Tilek Tuff, Sumatra.- Early 2017 Activity of the Barren Island Volcano:Facts Versus Hype
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1 Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, IN
1 Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, IN
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Current Science, Vol 113, No 09 (2017), Pagination: 1657-1659Abstract
Barren Island is the northernmost active stratovolcano of the Sunda Volcanic Arc system in the northeastern Indian Ocean. It is the only active volcano in the Indian territory. The arc is a result of subduction of the Indian plate beneath the Burma plate, a sliver of the Eurasian plate. This subduction zone is a southward extension of the Himalayan convergent boundary that takes a turn at the Eastern Syntaxial Bend. Located ~135 km northeast of Port Blair (12°70'N/93°51'E), the Barren Island volcano covers a subaerial area of ~8 km.References
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- Principles of Radiometric Dating
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1 Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, IN
1 Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, IN
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Current Science, Vol 114, No 02 (2018), Pagination: 397-398Abstract
Even after more than 100 years of the initial discovery of isotopes, we are yet to fully utilize their potential in science and technology. The unique properties of isotopes of elements covering the entire periodic table have wide-ranging applications. The modern earth and planetary sciences owe a lot to such exploits for understanding of the fundamental aspects of evolution of the solar system and planetary interiors. Isotopes have remained the most advanced tools in determining the timescales of various events that shaped the solar system and understanding the nature of processes that occur in it. Isotopes are either stable or radioactive. Stable isotopes are powerful tracers of geochemical processes, whereas radioactive isotopes and their products (radiogenic isotopes) are the basis of geochronology or radiometric dating.- Rengaswamy Ramesh (1956–2018)
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1 Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, IN
1 Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, IN
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Current Science, Vol 114, No 10 (2018), Pagination: 2199-2200Abstract
Rengaswamy Ramesh was a man of extraordinary scientific latitude with countless important contributions to stable isotope geochemistry, palaeoclimatology, oceanography, biogeochemistry and solid earth studies. He was mentor to a long list of Master’s and Ph D students, postdoctoral fellows and university teachers, and had inspired many young minds to take up science as a career. He was instrumental in shaping stable isotope research activities in numerous universities and institutions in India. He was extremely intelligent and a scholar in the true sense.- Tracking Indian Monsoon Variability from Changes in Sediment Provenance
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1 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Prof. Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) Institute of Physical Sciences for Study and Research, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur 222 003, IN
2 Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, IN
1 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Prof. Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) Institute of Physical Sciences for Study and Research, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur 222 003, IN
2 Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, IN