Milan Kumar Mahala, PhD

About

Currently, I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Earth Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India. Currently, my research work focuses on the origin and evolution of massive basalts and pyroclastic rocks recovered from the Tristan-Gough-Walvis ridge track during the IODP 397T expedition. My past research has focused on the origin and evolution of carbonatite-forming magma, their temporal and genetic association with alkaline silicate rocks, and their genetic linkage to mantle plumes. Additionally, I have explored the biomobility of domestic animals during the prehistoric Harappan period. I am a geochemist and use geochronological, geochemical, and isotopic methods to address the research questions. civilization.

Employment

• Pondicherry University Research Associate
  2025 - Present
• Physical Research Laboratory Post Doctoral Fellow
  2023 - Present
• Physical Research Laboratory Research Fellow
  2017 - 2023

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Ph.D.
  2017 - 2023
• Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad M.sc-Tech
  2014 - 2017
• RAVENSHAW UNIVERSITY B.Sc
  2011 - 2014

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (10)

• Regional bio‐mobility of bovines during the Harappan period: Evidence from C─O─Sr isotopes of faunal bioapatite at Kanmer and Tigrana
  Journal of Quaternary Science 2026 DOI: 10.1002/jqs.70106
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• Age and geochemistry of carbonatites and associated silicate rocks in Sarnu-Dandali alkaline complex, Deccan Large Igneous Province: Evidence for melt immiscibility and plume-lithosphere interaction
  Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s00410-025-02285-7
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• Origin of the Harappan Ernestites: Geochemical Insights into Provenance and Fabrication
  npj Heritage Science 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s40494-025-02147-2
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• Pb-Pb age of the Gotan Limestone, Marwar Supergroup: Implications for Ediacaran-Cambrian transition events in the peninsular India
  Precambrian Research 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2023.107154
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• C-Sr-Pb isotope systematics of the carbonate sequences of Kaladgi Supergroup, India: Implications for basin evolution and correlation with Proterozoic global events
  Precambrian Research 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2023.107014
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• Dominant role of deglaciation in Late Pleistocene–Early Holocene sediment aggradation in the Upper Chenab valley, NW Himalaya
  Quaternary Research 2023 DOI: 10.1017/qua.2022.57
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• Geochemical provenance of an Indo-Arabian stone anchor from Manikapatna highlights the medieval maritime trade of India
  Scientific Reports 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-17910-9
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• Evaluating the connectivity of the Yamuna and the Sarasvati during the Holocene: Evidence from geochemical provenance of sediment in the Markanda River valley, India
  Geomorphology 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108124
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• Age and geochemistry of the Kamthai carbonatites, Rajasthan, western India
  2022 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-10951
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• On the association of Carbonatites and Alkaline silicate rocks: A case study from Sarnu-Dandali complex, India
  Goldschmidt2022 abstracts 2022 DOI: 10.46427/gold2022.9156
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