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Mudlappa Jayananda

Mudlappa Jayananda

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Overview

Mudlappa Jayananda is affiliated with the University of Hyderabad in India and has a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Mechanics of Materials, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's research covers multiple topics, most notably:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Laser-induced Spectroscopy and Plasma
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications

Jayananda has published papers in several respected scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Lithos
  • Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Recent publications reflect a strong engagement with Archean geology and geochemical processes. Notable recent papers are:

  • Origin of the oldest (3600-3200 Ma) cratonic core in the Western Dharwar Craton, Southern India: Implications for evolving tectonics of the Archean Earth (2022) in Earth-Science Reviews
  • Standoff femtosecond filament-induced breakdown spectroscopy for classification of geological materials (2020) in Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • About this title - Archean Granitoids of India: Windows into Early Earth Tectonics (2020) in Geological Society London Special Publications
  • High-temperature fluids in granites during the Neoarchaean-Palaeoproterozoic transition: Insight from Closepet titanite chemistry and U-Pb dating (Dharwar craton, India) (2021) in Lithos
  • Archean Polymetamorphism in the Central Dharwar Craton, Southern India (2024) in Journal of Metamorphic Geology

The scientist collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors, which includes:

  • K.R. Aadhiseshan
  • Martin Guitreau
  • M. Satyanarayanan
  • S. V. Balaji Manasa Rao
  • Hervé Martin

Their research contributes to a better understanding of geological structures and processes in the Indian subcontinent, with a particular focus on the Darwar Craton, a significant Archean geological formation. They also incorporate analytical techniques such as spectroscopy and mass spectrometry to investigate geological and geochemical phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Late Archaean (2550–2520 Ma) juvenile magmatism in the Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India: constraints from geochronology, Nd–Sr isotopes and whole rock geochemistry

    M Jayananda;J.-F Moyen;H Martin;J.-J Peucat

  • Late Archaean granites: a typology based on the Dharwar Craton (India)

    J.-F. Moyen;H. Martin;M. Jayananda;B. Auvray

  • 2.61 Ga potassic granites and crustal reworking in the western Dharwar craton, southern India: Tectonic, geochronologic and geochemical constraints

    M. Jayananda;D. Chardon;J.-J. Peucat;R. Capdevila

  • Neoarchean greenstone volcanism and continental growth, Dharwar craton, southern India: Constraints from SIMS U–Pb zircon geochronology and Nd isotopes

    M. Jayananda;J-J Peucat;D Chardon;B. Krishna Rao

  • Age of younger tonalitic magmatism and granulitic metamorphism in the South Indian transition zone (Krishnagiri area); comparison with older Peninsular gneisses from the Gorur–Hassan area

    J. J. Peucat;B. Mahabaleswar;M. Jayananda

  • Multi-element geochemical modelling of crust–mantle interactions during late-Archaean crustal growth: the Closepet granite (South India)

    Jean-François Moyen;Hervé Martin;Mudlappa Jayananda

  • The lower crust of the Dharwar Craton, Southern India: Patchwork of Archean granulitic domains

    Jean-Jacques Peucat;Mudlappa Jayananda;Dominique Chardon;Ramon Capdevila

  • 3.35Ga komatiite volcanism in the western Dharwar craton, southern India: Constraints from Nd isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry

    M. Jayananda;T. Kano;Jean-Jacques Peucat;S. Channabasappa

  • Formation of Archean (3600-2500 Ma) continental crust in the Dharwar Craton, southern India

    M Jayananda;M Santosh;M Santosh;M Santosh;K R Aadhiseshan

  • Lateral constrictional flow of hot orogenic crust: Insights from the Neoarchean of south India, geological and geophysical implications for orogenic plateaux

    Dominique Chardon;Dominique Chardon;Mudlappa Jayananda;Jean-Jacques Peucat

  • Late Archaean crust-mantle interactions: geochemistry of LREE-enriched mantle derived magmas. Example of the Closepet batholith, southern India

    M. Jayananda;M. Jayananda;H. Martin;J. J. Peucat;B. Mahabaleswar

  • Precambrian continental strain and shear zone patterns: South Indian case

    Dominique Chardon;Dominique Chardon;Mudlappa Jayananda;Talari R. K. Chetty;Jean-Jacques Peucat

  • Archean granite-greenstone tectonics at Kolar (South India): Interplay of diapirism and bulk inhomogeneous contraction during juvenile magmatic accretion

    Dominique Chardon;Jean-Jacques Peucat;Mudlappa Jayananda;Pierre Choukroune

  • Age of the Holenarsipur Greenstone Belt, Relationships with the Surrounding Gneisses (Karnataka, South India)

    J. J. Peucat;H. Bouhallier;C. M. Fanning;M. Jayananda

  • Paleo- to Mesoarchean TTG accretion and continental growth in the western Dharwar craton, Southern India: Constraints from SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology, whole-rock geochemistry and Nd–Sr isotopes

    M. Jayananda;M. Jayananda;Dominique Chardon;Dominique Chardon;J. J. Peucat;Tushipokla

  • Sinking of the Dharwar Basin (South India): implications for Archaean tectonics

    Dominique Chardon;Pierre Choukroune;Mudlappa Jayananda

  • Strain patterns, décollement and incipient sagducted greenstone terrains in the Archaean Dharwar craton (south India)

    Dominique Chardon;Pierre Choukroune;Mudlappa Jayananda

  • Geochronological constraints on Meso- and Neoarchean regional metamorphism and magmatism in the Dharwar craton, southern India

    M. Jayananda;Y. Tsutsumi;T. Miyazaki;R.V. Gireesh

  • Syntectonic granite emplacement at different structural levels: the Closepet granite, South India

    Jean-François Moyen;Anne Nédélec;Hervé Martin;Mudlappa Jayananda

  • Geochronologic and isotopic constraints on granulite formation in the Kodaikanal area, southern India

    M. Jayananda;A.S. Janardhan;P. Sivasubramanian;J.J. Peucat

  • Multi-stage crustal growth and Neoarchean geodynamics in the Eastern Dharwar Craton, southern India

    M. Jayananda;K.R. Aadhiseshan;K.R. Aadhiseshan;Monika Kusiak;Simon Wilde

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominique Chardon
Dominique Chardon Paul Sabatier University
Hervé Martin
Hervé Martin University of Clermont Auvergne
Jean-Jacques Peucat
Jean-Jacques Peucat University of Rennes
Jean-François Moyen
Jean-François Moyen Jean Monnet University
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Hitoshi Soyama
Hitoshi Soyama Tohoku University
Pierre Choukroune
Pierre Choukroune University of Rennes
Jens Götze
Jens Götze TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Christopher Fanning
Christopher Fanning Australian National University
Nicolas Arnaud
Nicolas Arnaud University of Montpellier

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