Geoscience research has been going through a paradigm shift over the last few decades from mere observational science to technology and data-driven multidisciplinary science heavily dependent upon numerical approaches. The fundamental research into geodynamics, understanding paleoclimates, mineral exploration, and hydrocarbon prospecting require a multidisciplinary approach. The Geochronology and Isotope Studies Division at the CSIR-NGRI is poised to take up this challenge by deploying capital-intensive and technologically challenging analytical tools by working on the leading-edge research in the country.
Our work areas include (i) absolute age determinations on bulk and in-situ through U-Pb zircon geochronology and other radiogenic isotopic systematics such as Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, Lu-Hf (ii) applying stable isotopic systematics to understand early redox evolution of the Earth (iii) Neotectonics (iv) surface geochemical prospecting for hydrocarbons (v) organic geochemistry. Towards this, we deployed state-of-the-art analytical equipment such as EPMA, XRF, XRD, ICP-MS, LA-MC-ICPMS, LA-ICPMS, EA-IRMS, CF-IRMS, MAT-253-Kiel Carbonate, Rock EVAL pyrolysis, GC-MS-MS etc. backed by a range of sample preparation and chemical laboratories. We are supported generously by federal funding from CSIR-MoES, DST, and industry with active collaborations involving IITs, IISc/IISERs, and other academic and R&D institutes in the country. This enabled us to have our footprints on almost all the geological terrains of India.
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