Abhishek Prakash

Research

Structural geology

Experimental studies of high temperature creep mechanisms of carbonates (dolomite and magnesite)

Water weakening of feldspar

Selected Publications

Prakash, A., Piazolo, S., Saha, L., Bhattacharya, A., Pal, D.K., & Sarkar, S. (2018). Deformation behavior of migmatites: Insights from microstructural analysis of a garnet-sillimanite-mullite-quartz-feldspar bearing anatectic migmatite at Rampura-Agucha, Aravalli Delhi Fold Belt, NW India. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 1-28, doi:10.1007/s00531-018-1598-6.

Prakash, A., Saha, L., Petrik, I., Janak, M., & Bhattacharya, A. (2017). Metamorphic evolution of Palaeoproterozoic anatectic migmatites in the eastern part of the Aravalli–Delhi Fold Belt, India: Constraints from thermodynamic modelling and monazite dating. Geological Magazine, 1-24. doi:10.1017/S0016756816001242.

Prakash, A., Saha, L., Sarkar, S. (2016) Origin of peak and retrograde assemblages during Grenvillian orogeny from garnet-staurolite bearing mica schist of Bhilwara Supergroup, NW India: constraints from pseudosection modelling. EGU General Assembly 2016.

Piazolo, S., Montagnat, M., Prakash, A., Borthwick, V., Evans, L., Griera, A., Bons, P. D., Svahnberg, H., Prior, D. J. (2015) Utilizing microstructural characteristics to derive insights into deformation and annealing behaviour: Numerical simulations, experiments and nature. EGU General Assembly 2015.

Education

Integrated M.Tech, Geology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

Awards

Talisman Fellowship, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University

Courses

LABS: Structural Geology & Tectonics, Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology

Additional Information

Advisor: Andreas Kronenberg

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