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Dr. Anjali Vijayan

Research Associate, Crustal processes (CrP)

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Phone(Off) : 0471-2511631

Fax : 0471-2442280

Education:

Ph. D. : 2017, Geology, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Thesis : Petrology and 40Ar/ 39Ar Geochronology of the Mer Mundwara and Sarnu-Dandali alkaline complexes, Rajasthan, Northwestern India.
M. Sc. : 2012, Applied Geology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry.
B. Sc. : 2010, Geology, Government College Kottayam (Mahatma Gandhi University), Kottayam, Kerala.

Professional career:

2017 (Nov) - Present Research Associate, National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Kerala.
2017 (Aug) - 2017 (Nov) Assistant Professor , Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga, Karnataka.
2014 (July) - 2017 (May) Research Fellow (UGC-SRF) ,IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
2012 (July) - 2014 (July) Research Fellow (UGC-SRF) ,IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Training/Conferences:

  • EGU General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria.
  • GSI Annual Conference-2016 Developments in Geosciences in the Past Decade – Emerging Trends for the Future and Impact on Society, IIT Kharagpur, India.

Research Interest:

Igneous Petrology, geochemistry and geochronology

Honours/ Awards/Fellowships:

  • Qualified GATE 2012 & GATE 2015.
  • ONGC, Chennai Gold medal (2012) for Applied Geology topper at Pondicherry University.
  • Indira Gandhi single girl child scholarship 2011 for post graduate students
  • IAS Summer research fellowship 2011
  • Cleared JRF and Lectureship NET (National Eligibility Test) in December 2011.
  • Secured second rank in B.Sc. Geology examination 2010 (Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala).

Membership in Professional Bodies

  1. Member, European Geosciences Union (EGU)

Publications:

  1. Sheth, H., Pande, K., Vijayan, A., Sharma, K. K. and Cucciniello, C., 2017. Recurrent Early Cretaceous, Indo-Madagascar (89-86 Ma) and Deccan (66 Ma) alkaline magmatism in the Sarnu-Dandali complex, Rajasthan: 40Ar/39Ar age evidence and geodynamic significance. Lithos, v. 284-285, pp. 512-524.
  2. Pande, K., Cucciniello, C., Sheth, H., Vijayan, A., Sharma, K.K., Purohit, R., Jagadeesan, K.C. and Shinde, S., 2017. Polychronous (Early Cretaceous to Palaeogene) emplacement of the Mundwara alkaline complex, Rajasthan, India: 40Ar/39Ar geochronology, petrochemistry and geodynamics. International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geol. Rund.), v.106 (5), pp. 1487-1504.
  3. Vijayan, A., Sheth, H. and Sharma, K.K., 2016. Tectonic significance of dykes in the Sarnu-Dandali alkaline complex.Rajasthan, northwestern Deccan Traps.Geoscience Frontiers, v. 7, pp. 783-791.
  4. Cucciniello, C., Demonterova, E. I., Sheth, H., Pande, K. and Vijayan, A., 2015. 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and geochemistry of the Central Saurashtra mafic dyke swarm: insights into magmatic evolution, magma transport, and dyke-flow relationships in the northwestern Deccan Traps. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 77(5), pp. 1-19.