Dr. Amal Dev J
Scientist B, Solid Earth Research Group (SERG)
Email : amaldev[dot]j[at]ncess[dot]gov[dot]in, amaldevj[at]gmail[dot]com
Phone: 0471-2511635/2511655
Mobile (optional): +918281440035
Fax : 0471-2511655
SCI Publications :
- Dev, J.A and Tomson, J.K. (2025). Metamorphic evolution of south Indian granulites: New insights from in-situ U-Pb dating and Nd-Hf isotope fingerprinting of zircon, titanite, monazite, and apatite. Geochemistry.
- Bivin, G.G., Ray, J.S., Bivin, G.G., Milan, K.M., Dev, J.A., Tomson, J.K., Haripriya, J., and Alok, K. (2025). Geochronology of the Vindhyan Supergroup: implications for the closure of Proterozoic basins of India. Precambrian Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2025.107790.
- Sahu, M., Banerjee, A., Prabhakar, N., Dev, J.A., Ghosh, S., Sheth, H., and Tomson, J.K. (2025). The Gyangarh-Anjana granitoids in the Sandmata Complex (Aravalli Craton, northwestern India): syn-kinematic batholith emplacement during Late Palaeoproterozoic continental convergence. Geological Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756825000068.
- Talukdar, D., Chalapathi Rao, N.V., Dev, J.A., Tomson, J.K., Alok, K., and Ashutosh, P. (2025). Palaeoproterozoic lamproite pulses from the Eastern Dharwar Craton, southern India: some geodynamic implications. Journal of Geological Society of India.
- Dev, J.A and Tomson, J.K. (2024). U-Pb geochronology of metamorphic rutiles: Deciphering the cooling history of south Indian granulites. Precambrian Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2024.107408.
- Tomson, J.K and Dev, J.A. (2024). Detrital zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of quartzites from Southern Granulite Terrane: Implications for the Precambrian crustal evolution and paleogeography. Precambrian Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2024.107348.
- Deepchand, V., Dev, J. A., Rajesh, V. J., Sorcar, N., Tomson, J. K., & Kumar, R. B. (2024). Origin and thermal evolution of Cr-V-Ti magnetites (lodestones) from Coorg massif, South India. Geochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2024.126142.
- Mukherjee, S., Ghosh, G., Sorcar, N., Dev, J.A., Tomson, J.K., and Bose, S. (2024). Pre-Himalayan tectono-metamorphic impresses in the Baijnath klippe, Kumaun Himalaya, northwest India: implications on a veiled saga of Paleoproterozoic - Neoproterozoic crustal evolution and thermal history of the northern Indian cratonic margin. Geological Society of America Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1130/B37719.1.
- Priti, R., Borgohaina, B., George, M., Dev, J. A., and Tomson, J. K. (2024). Tale of Eastern Himalayan River captures and upper Assam uplift: The paleo Brahmaputra conundrum and migration. Gondwana Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.06.004.
- Parvez, K., Mondal, M.E.A., Dev, J.A., Ahmad, I., Wamiq, M.K., and J. K. Tomson, J.K. (2024). Geochemistry and geochronology of 1.7-1.8 Ga peraluminous A-type granites and granite-gneiss from the Mahakoshal Basin, Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ): Implications for an accretionary orogen for the evolution of CITZ. International Geology Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2024.2400694.
- Francis, K.A., Tomson, J.K., Dev, J.A., Anjitha, J., Sarathlala, K.P., Ajay, K.K., and Dilipkumar, P.G. (2024). Himalayan type strongly peraluminous leucogranite from the western Madurai block, Southern Granulite Terrane, India: Evidence for Tonian crustal reworking. Journal of Earth System Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-024-02405-0.
- Roy, A., Sharma, R.K., Jash, D., Rao, B.P., Dev, J.A., Tomson, J.K. (2024). Imaging of Moho Topography with Conditional Generative Adversarial Network from Observed Gravity Anomalies. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2024.106093.
- Rajak, P.K., Prabhakar, N., Banerjee, S., Dev, J. A., Bivin, G.G., Tomson, J.K. (2024): Provenance of Mesozoic sandstones in the Saurashtra Basin using heavy mineral chemistry, geochemistry, and geochronological signatures: implications for paleo-drainage pattern and paleogeographic reconstruction in western India. Marine and Petroleum Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.106732.
- Anjaneyulu, D., Rao, Y. B., Kumar, T. V., Rajesham, T., Dev, J. A., Tomson, J. K.& Babu, E. V. S. S. K. (2024). Geochemistry of granitoids along the eastern margin of Eastern Dharwar Craton, southern India and their tectonic setting. Journal of Applied Geochemistry, 26(3), 162-174.
- Tomson, J.K and Dev, J.A. (2023). Tracing the crustal evolution of Precambrian Southern Granulite Terrane in East Gondwana: New insights from zircon U-Pb/Hf geochronology. Geological Society of America Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1130/B36777.1.
- Dev, J.A., Tomson, J.K., Vijayakumar, T., & Sorcar, N. (2023). Age and petrogenesis of mafic granulites from central Madurai block, south India: Implications on regional tectonics. Geological Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756823000079.
- Sorcar, N., Dev, J.A., Mukherjee, S., Joshi, K.B., and Rao, B.P (2023). Metamorphic evolution of granulites from Grovnes peninsula of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica: Constraints from phase equilibrium modeling and geochronology. Polar Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2023.100982.
- Mukherjee, S., Das, P., Ghosh, G., Bose, S., Dev, J.A., Das, K., & Tomson, J.K. (2023). Reply to Comments on “Petrography, geochemistry and detrital zircon geochronology of the Srisailam Quartzite Formation, Cuddapah Basin, India: Implications for depositional age, correlation and provenance” of Mukherjee et al. (2023). Precambrian Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2023.107237.
- Mukherjee, S., Das, P., Ghosh, G., Bose, S., Dev, J.A., Das, K., & Tomson, J.K. (2023). Detrital zircon geochronology and geochemistry of the Srisailam Formation, Cuddapah Basin, India: implications on sedimentation, provenance, Haedean crustal components, and stratigraphy. Precambrian Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2023.106978.
- Mondal, A.K., Bose, S., Dev, J.A., Tomson, J.K., Sorcar, N and Mukherjee, S. (2023). Petrological, geochemical, and geochronological evolution of massif type charnockite from the Eastern Ghats Province, India: implications on the regional tectonics of the Rayner-Eastern Ghats orogeny. Precambrian Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2023.106994.
- Sajna, S., Tomson, J.K., Dev, J.A., and Sorcar, N. (2023): Timing of garnet growth in granulites from southern India: Insights from zircon-monazite-garnet REE partition modeling. Journal of Geological Society of India. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-023-2457-z.
- Dev, J.A, Sorcar, N, Mukherjee, S., & Tomson, J.K. (2022b). Phase equilibrium modelling and zircon-monazite geochronology of HT-UHT granulites from Kambam ultrahigh-temperature belt, south Indian. International Geology Reviews, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2022.2091671.
- Dev, J.A., Tomson, J.K., Sorcar, N., & Francis, K.A. (2022a). Timing of UHT metamorphism and cooling in south Indian granulites: New P-T-t results from a sapphirine granulite. Precambrian Research, 371, 106582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2022.106582.
- Sajna, S., Tomson, J.K., Dev, J.A., Sorcar, N and Vijaya Kumar, T. (2022): Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of mafic rocks from Nagercoil block, southern India. Minerals. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12121509.
- Dev, J.A., Tomson, J.K., Sorcar, N., & Nandakumar, V. (2021). Combined U-Pb/Hf isotopic studies and phase equilibrium modelling of HT-UHT metapelites from Kambam ultrahigh-temperature belt, south India: Constraints on tectonothermal history of the terrane. Lithos, 406, 106531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106531.
- Sorcar, N., Mukherjee, S., Pant, N.C., Dev, J.A., & Nishanth, N. (2021). Chemical dating of monazite: Testing of analytical protocol for U-Th-total Pb using CAMECA SXFive tatics EPMA at the National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, India. Journal of Earth System Science, 130(4), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-021-01738-4.