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Jiten Pattnaik

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, University of Johannesburg

Research areas: Earth and Planetary Sciences · Geochemistry and Petrology · Geological and Geochemical Analysis · Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis · High-pressure geophysics and materials

ORCID iD 0000-0003-3867-7271
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I am a researcher in Earth Science. I am interested in petrology and volcanology of kimberlites, in the characterization of diamonds and their mineral inclusions, as well as in the petrology of mantle xenoliths. Constraining the petrological architecture and thermal history of the cratonic lithosphere through conventional and novel approaches to thermobarometry and thermal modeling has always fascinated me. Apart from that, I have developed a keen interest in quantifying the hydrogen contents in nominally anhydrous minerals (NAMs) in the earth’s mantle and how much water they hold, and to understand from where this water came from. Another subject of attention to me is the oxidation state of the mantle and the parameters that control it. The oxidation state is a fundamental parameter for a wide variety of mantle processes, such as the temperature of first melting, the composition of partial melts, the convection behavior (rheological properties) of the mantle, the stability and composition of fluid (C-H-O-S) phases in the mantle, and atmospheric evolution during the Archean when the early atmosphere was controlled by outgassing.
Over the past few years of my career as a master’s and Ph.D. student, I have been enthusiastic to work on the processes involved in mantle melting, understanding the origin of volatiles and deep volatile cycles of the Earth and other terrestrial planetary differentiation mechanisms. I have developed fundamental knowledge to address these problems and am captivated to pursue research in these domains. Moreover, my experience of exploring multiple fields of geology, such as mantle geochemistry, igneous petrology, mantle deformation, water contents in nominally anhydrous minerals, mafic dyke swarms, and large igneous provinces, provide me immense confidence to carry out interdisciplinary research in the future.

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