Prasanta Sanyal

Professor
Dept: DES
E-mail: psanyal [at] iiserkol.ac.in


All Publications:
  1. Pillai,Anusree and Anoop,Ambili and Sankaran,Mahesh and Sanyal,Prasanta and Jha,Deepak K. and Ratnam,Jayashree 2017 ."Mid-late Holocene vegetation response to climatic drivers and biotic disturbances in the Banni grasslands of western India". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,485, 869-878

  2. Basu,Sayak and Ambili,Anoop and Sanyal,Prasanta and Singh,Pramod 2017 ."Lipid distribution in the lake Ennamangalam, south India: Indicators of organic matter sources and paleoclimatic history,". Quaternary International,DOI, DOI

  3. Ghosh,Sambit and Sanyal,Prasanta and Kumar,Rohtash 2017 ."Evolution of C4 plants and controlling factors: Insight from n-alkane isotopic values of NW Indian Siwalik paleosols". Organic Geochemistry,110, 110-121

  4. Basu,Sayak and Agrawal,Shailesh and Sanyal,Prasanta and Mahato,Poritosh and Kumar,Satyam and Sarkar,Anindya 2015 ."Carbon isotopic ratios of modern C3–C4 plants from the Gangetic Plain, India and its implications to paleovegetational reconstruction". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,440, 22–32

  5. MAIBAM,B. and Sanyal,Prasanta and Bhattacharya,S. K. 2015 ."Geochronological Study of Metasediments and Carbon Isotopes in Associated Graphites from the Sargur Area, Dharwar Craton: Constraints on the Age and Nature of the Protoliths". JOURNAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA,85, 577-585

  6. Agrawal,Shailesh and Sanyal,Prasanta and Balakrishnan,Srinivasanan and Dash,Jitendra K. 2014 ."Climate induced temporal change in Sr-Nd isotope ratios in the valley-fill deposits of the Ganga River.". Geochemical Journal,48, 451-462

  7. Agrawal,Shailesh and Galy,Valier and Sanyal,Prasanta and Eglinton,Timothy 2014 ."C4 plant expansion in the Ganga Plain during the last glacial cycle: Insights from isotopic composition of vascular plant biomarkers". Organic Geochemistry,67, 58-71

  8. Agrawal,Shailesh and Sanyal,Prasanta and Bera,M. K. and Dash,J K. and Balakrishnan,S. 2013 ."Paleoclimatic, paleovegetational and provenance change in the Ganga Plain during the late Quaternary". Journal of Earth System Science,122, 1141-1152

  9. Agrawal,Shailesh and Sanyal,Prasanta and Balakrishnan,Srinivasanan and Dash,Jitendra 2013 ."Exploring the temporal change in provenance encoded in the late Quaternary deposits of the Ganga Plain". Sedimentary Geology,293, 1-8

  10. Agrawal,Shailesh and Sanyal,Prasanta and Sarkar,Anindya and Jaiswal,Manoj Kumar and Dutta,Koushik 2012 ."Variability of Indian monsoonal rainfall over the past 100 ka and its implication for C3–C4 vegetational change". Quaternary Research,77, 159-170

  11. Bera,M. K. and Sarkar,A. and Tandon,S. K. and Samanta,A. and Sanyal,P. 2010 ."Does burial diagenesis reset pristine isotopic compositions in paleosol carbonates?". Earth and Planetary Science Letters,300, 85–100

  12. Sanyal,Prasanta and Sarkar,A. and Bhattacharya,S. K. and Kumar,Rohtash and Ghosh,S. K. and Agrawal,S. 2010 ."Intensification of monsoon, microclimate and asynchronous C4 appearance: Isotopic evidence from the Indian Siwalik sediments". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,296, 165–173

  13. Purohit,Ritesh and Sanyal,Prasanta and Bhattacharya,S. K. and Roy,A. B. 2010 ."13C enrichment in the Palaeoproterozoic carbonate rocks of the Aravalli Supergroup, northwest India: Influence of depositional environment". Gondwana Research,18, 538–546

  14. Sanyal,Prasanta and Sinha,R. 2010 ."Evolution of the Indian summer monsoon: synthesis of continental records". Geological Society, London,342, 153-183

  15. Bera,M. K. and Sarkar,A. and Chakraborty,P. P. and Loyal,R. S. and Sanyal,P. 2010 ."Marine to continental transition in Himalayan foreland: Reply". GSA Bulletin,122, 956–959

  16. Sanyal,Prasanta and Acharya,B. C. and Bhattacharya,S. K. and Sarkar,A. and Agrawal,S. and Bera,M. K. 2009 ."Origin of graphite, and temperature of metamorphism in Precambrian Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, Orissa, India: A carbon isotope approach". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,36, 252-260

  17. SARKAR,A and CHAKRABORTY,P. P. and MISHRA,B. and BERA,M. K. and Sanyal,P. and PAUL,S. 2009 ."Mesoproterozoic sulphidic ocean, delayed oxygenation and evolution of early life: sulphur isotope clues from Indian Proterozoic basins". Geological Magazine,147, 206–218

  18. Bera,M. and Sarkar,A. and Chakraborty,P. P. and Loyal,R. S. and Sanyal,P. 2008 ."Marine to continental transition in Himalayan foreland". GSA Bulletin,120, 1214–1232

  19. SINHA,SUBHAJIT and GHOSH,SUMIT K. and KUMAR,ROHTASH and ISLAM,R. and SANYAL,P. and SANGODE,S. J. 2008 ."Role of Tectono-Climatic Factors in the Neogene Himalayan Foreland Sediments: Petrology and Geochemical Approach, Kangra Sub-basin". JOURNAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA,71, 787-807

  20. Sanyal,Prasanta 2007 ."Monsoonal rainfall variation for last 11 Ma and its impact on vegetation: study based on Indian Siwalik sediments". Himalayan Geology,28, 22-36

  21. Sinha,R. and Tandon,S. K. and Sanyal,P. and Gibling,M. R. and Stuben,D. and Berner,Z. and Ghazanfari,P. 2006 ."Calcretes from a Late Quaternary interfluve in the Ganga Plains, India: Carbonate types and isotopic systems in a monsoonal setting". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,242, 214–239

  22. Banerjee,Santanu and Jeevankumar,S and Sanyal,P. and Bhattachrya,S. K. 2006 ."STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS AND NODULAR LIMESTONE OF THE PROTEROZOIC ROHTAS LIMESTONE: VINDHYAN BASIN, INDIA". Carbonates and Evaporites,21, 133-143

  23. Sanyal,Prasanta and Bhattacharya,S. K. and Kumar,Rohtash and Ghosh,S. K. and Sangode,S. J. 2005 ."Palaeovegetational reconstruction in Late Miocene: A case study based on early diagenetic carbonate cement from the Indian Siwalik". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,228, 245– 259

  24. Sanyal,Prasanta and Bhattacharya,S. K. and Prasad,M. 2005 ."Chemical diagenesis of Siwalik sandstone: Isotopic and mineralogical proxies from Surai Khola section, Nepal". Sedimentary Geology,180, 57–74

  25. Sanyal,Prasanta and Bhattacharya,S. K. and Bajpai,S. and Sharma,R. 2005 ."Palaeoenvironmental Conditions during Deposition of Deccan Intertrappeans: Evidence from Stable Isotope Analysis of Fossil Ostracods". Gond. Geol. Magz,8, 147-150

  26. Sanyal,Prasanta and Bhattacharya,S. K. and Kumar,Rohtash and Ghosh,S. K. and Sangode,S. J. 2004 ."Mio–Pliocene monsoonal record from Himalayan foreland basin (Indian Siwalik) and its relation to vegetational change". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,205, 23– 41

  27. Chakraborty,P. P. and Sarkar,A. and Bhattacharya,S. K. and Sanyal,P. 2002 ."Isotopic and sedimentological clues to productivity change in Late Riphean Sea: A case study from two intracratonic basins of India". Proc. Indian Acad. Sci.,111, 379-390

Other Publications:
  1. Sarkar,A and Chakraborty,P. P and Misra,B and Bera,M K and Sanyal,P and Paul,S 2009 ."Mesoproterozoic sulphidic ocean, delayed oxygenation and evolution of early life: sulphur isotope clues from Indian Proterozoic basins.". Geological Magazine,147, 787-807

  2. Sanyal,Prasanta and Acharya,B C and Bhattacharya,S K and Sarkar,A and Agrawal,S and Bera,M K 2009 ."Origin of graphite, and temperature of metamorphism in Precambrian Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, Orissa, India: A carbon isotope approach.". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,36, 252–260

  3. Sinha,Subhajit and Ghosh,S K and Kumar,Rohtash and Islam,R and Sanyal,P and Sangode,S J 2008 ."Role of tectonic-climatic factors in the Neogene Himalayan foreland sediments: petrology and geochemical approach, Kangra sub-basin.". J. Geological Society of India,71, 787-807

  4. Bera,M K and Sarkar,A and Chakraborty,P P and Loyal,R S and Sanyal,P 2008 ."Marine to continental transition in Himalayan foreland". Geological Society of American Bulletin,120, 1212-1232

  5. Sanyal,Prasanta 2007 ."Monsoonal rainfall variations for last 11 Myr and its impact on vegetation: study based on Indian Siwalik sediments.". Himalayan Geology,28, 23-36

  6. R. Sinha,R. Sinha and Tandon,S K and Sanyal,P and Gibling,M. R. and Stuben,D and Berner,Z. and Ghazanfari,P. 2006 ."Calcretes from a Late Quaternary interfluve in the Ganga Plains, India: carbonate types and isotopic systems in a monsoonal setting.". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,242, 214-239

  7. Banerjee,Santanu and Jeevankumar,S. and Sanyal,P and Bhattacharya,S K 2006 ."Stable isotope ratios and nodular limestone of the Proterozoic Rohtas limestone : Vindyan Basin, India.". Carbonates and Evaporites,21, 133-143

  8. Sanyal,Prasanta and Bhattacharya,S K and Kumar,Rohtash and Ghosh,S K and Sangode,S J 2005 ."Paleovegetational reconstruction in Late Miocene: a case study based on early diagenetic carbonate cement from Indian Siwalik.". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,228, 245-259

  9. Sanyal,Prasanta and Bhattacharya,S K and Prasad,Mahesh 2005 ."Chemical diagenesis of Siwalik sandstone: Isotopic and mineralogical proxies from Surai Khola section, Nepal.". Sedimentary Geology,180, 57-74

  10. Sanyal,Prasanta and Bhattacharya,S K and Bajpai,Sunil and Sharma,R 2005 ."Palaeoenvironmental conditions during deposition of Deccan intertrappeans: Evidence from stable isotope analysis of fossil ostracods.". Gondwana Geological Magazine,,8, 147-150

  11. Sanyal,Prasanta and Bhattacharya,S K and Kumar,Rohtash and Kumar,Rohtash and Ghosh,S K 2004 ."Mio-Pliocene monsoonal record from Indian Himalayan Foreland basin (Siwalik) and its relation to vegetational change". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,205, 23-41