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Published In Refreed Journals


A.         In Review in Refereed Journals:

1.  Sandeep Singh, Rajeev Kumar, Mark E. Barley and A.K. Jain (in review) SHRIMP U-Pb ages and depth of emplacement of Ladakh Batholith, eastern Ladakh India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

2.  Arvind K Jain, Nand Lal, B. Solemani, Devender Kumar, A.K. Awasthi, Sandeep Singh and Rajeev Kumar (in review) Exhumation and denudation of the Himalaya during India-Asia collision: evidences from detrital fission track zircon geochronology, NW Himalayan Cenozoic foreland Basin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters (S-06-00543)

3.  Choudhary, A.K., Manickavasagam, RM., Jain, A.K., Singh, S., Chandra, K., Kulshreshtha, C. and Agarwal, N (in review) 2.9 Ga Granulite facies metamorphism, South Indian Granulite Terrain. Current Science

4.     Sandeep Singh, Th. Nikunj Bihari Singha, A.K. Jain and A.K. Choudhary (in review) Migmatites across Higher Himalayan Crystallines: Its role in Collision Tectonics. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

5.     Rajeev Kumar, Nand Lal, Sandeep Singh, and A.K. Jain (in review). Cooling and exhumation of the Trans-Himalayan Ladakh Batholith, as constrained by Fission track apatite and zircon ages. Current Science

B.         Published In Refereed Journals:

2006:

6.     Sandeep Singh and Arvind K. Jain (in press) Liquefaction and fluidization of lacustrine deposits from Lahaul-Spiti and Ladakh Himalaya: geological evidences of paleoseismicity along active fault zone. Sedimentary Geology, 11 pages

7.     Mary L. Leech, Sandeep Singh and A.K. Jain (in press) Zircon reveals complex history in the UHP Tso Morari Complex, western Himalaya. International Geological Review

8.     Mary L. Leech, Sandeep Singh, A.K. Jain, Simon L. Klemperer and R.M. Manickavasagam (2006) Reply to comment by P.J. O’Brien on: “The onset of India-Asia continental collision: Early, steep subduction required by the timing of UHP metamorphism in the western Himalaya” by Mary L. Leech, S. Singh, A.K. Jain, Simon L. Klemperer and RM. Manickavasagam, Earth Planetary Science Letters 234 (2005) 83-97. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 245, pp. 817-820.

9.     Sandeep Singh, Stefan Claesson, A.K. Jain, David G. Gee, P.G. Andreasson and RM. Manickavasagam (2006). 2.0 Ga granite of the lower package of the Higher Himalayan Crystallines (HHC), MagladKhad, Sutlej Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Geological Society of India, 67 (3), 295-300.

10.  Sandeep Singh, Biswajayee A. Patra, A.R. Vijan, and A.K. Jain (2006). Biotite Rb-Sr ages: constraints on exhumation of the Karakoram Metamorphic Belt, eastern Ladakh, India. Journal of Geological Society of India, 67 (1), 27-31.

2005:

11.  Mary L. Leech, Sandeep Singh, A.K. Jain, Simon L. Klemperer and R.M. Manickavasagam (2005). The onset of India-Asia continental collision: Early, steep subduction required by the timing of UHP metamorphism in the western Himalaya. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 234 (1-2), 83-97.

12.  Sandeep Singh (2005). A review of U-Pb ages from Himalayan Collisonal Belt. Journal of Himalayan Geology, 26 (1), 61-76.

13.  A. K. Jain, Rm. Manickavasagam, Sandeep Singh, and S. Mukherjee (2005). Himalayan collision zone: new perspectives - its tectonic evolution in a combined ductile shear zone and channel flow model. Journal of Himalayan Geology, 26 (1), 1-18.

2003:

14.  Sandeep Singh (2003) Conventional and SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of the Chor Granitoid, Himachal Himalaya. Journal of Geological Society of India. V. 62 (5), pp. 614-626.

15.  Sandeep Singh and A. K. Jain (2003) Himalayan Granitoids. In: Singh, S. (ed.) Granitoids of the Himalayan Collisional Belt,  Journal of the Virtual Explorer, v. 11, 1-20.

16.  Singh, Sandeep, Mukherjee, P. K., Jain, A. K., Khanna, P. P., Saini, N. K. and Kumar, R. (2003) Source characterization and possible emplacement mechanism of collision-related Gangotri Leucogranite along Bhagirathi Valley, NW-Himalaya.   In: Singh, S. (ed.) Granitoids of the Himalayan Collisional Belt,  Journal of the Virtual Explorer, v. 11,  60-73.

17.  A. K. Jain, Sandeep Singh and RM. Manickavasagam (2003) Intracontinental Shear Zone in the Southern Granulite Terrain: Their Kinematics and Evolution. In: Ramakrishna, M. (ed.) Tectonics of Southern Graulite Terrain Kuppam-Palni Geotransect, Geological Society of India Memoir 50, pp. 225-253.

18.  A. K. Jain, Sandeep Singh, RM. Manickavasagam, M. Joshi and P. K. Verma (2003) HIMPROBE  Programme: Integrated studies on geology, petrology, geochronology and geophysics of the Trans-Himalaya and Karakoram. Geological Society of India Memoir no. 53, pp. 1-56.

2002:

19.  Sandeep Singh, M.E. Barley, S.J. Brown, A.K. Jain  and RM. Manickavasagam (2002)  SHRIMP U-Pb in zircon geochronology of the Chor Granitoid: evidence for Neoproterozoic magmatism in the Lesser Himalayan granite belt of NW India. Precambrian Research, 118, pp. 285-292.

2001:

20.  Sandeep Singh, (2001): Status of geochronological studies in Himalaya: a review. Jour. Indian Geophys. Union., vol 5, no. 1, pp 57-72.

21.  Sandeep Singh, and A. K. Jain (2001): Paleosiesmicity : Geological evidences along the Kaurik-Chango Fault Zone and other related areas in Lahaul-Spiti and Ladakh Himalaya. In: Highlights in Earth Sciences (Varma, O.P. – ed), DST's Special volume 2, on SEISMICITY, Indian Geological Congress, pp. 205-225.

2000:

22.  A. K. Jain, Kumar, D., Sandeep Singh, Kumar, A. and Lal, N (2000): Timing, quantification and tectonic modelling of Pliocene  Quaternary movements in the NW Himalaya: evidences from fission track dating. Earth and Planet. Sci. Letters, 179, 437-451.

1999:

23.  Rm. Manickavasagam, A.K. Jain, Sandeep Singh and A. Asokan (1999):  Metamorphism from NW-Himalaya: P‑T constraints and inverted metamorphism from SE-Kashmir, Sutlej valley in Himachal and Bhagirathi valley in western Garhwal. In : Himalaya and Tibet: Mountain Roots to Mountain Tops (eds. Macfarlane, A., Sorkhabi, R.B. and Quade, J.), Geological Society of American Bulletine, 328, pp. 179-198.

24.  A.K. Jain,  Rm. Manickavasagam and Sandeep Singh  (1999) :  Collision Tectonics in the NW-Himalaya: Deformation,  metamorphism, emplacement of leucogranite along Beas Parbati Valleys, Himachal Pradesh. In : Geodynamics of the NW-Himalaya, (eds. A. K. Jain and RM. Manickavasagam), Gondwana Research Group Memoir no. 6, 1-37.

25.  S. K. Kwatra, Sandeep Singh, V. P. Singh, R. K. Sharma, Bimal Rai and Naval Kishor (1999): Geochemical and geochronological characteristics of the Early Paleozoic Granitoids From Sutlej-Baspa Valley, Himachal Himalaya. In : Geodynamics of the NW-Himalaya, (eds. A. K. Jain and RM. Manickavasagam), Gondwana Research Group Memoir no. 6, 145-158.

1998:

26.  Sandeep Singh (1998): Geochemistry and field relationship of collision related Cenozoic Tos Leucogranite of Parvati valley, Himachal Pradesh, NW-Himalaya. Special Issue, Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 31, 188-190.

1996:

27.  Sandeep Singh and A.K. Jain (1996): Ductile shearing and thrusting of the Proterozoic Chor granitoid in the Lesser Himalaya and its tectonic significance. Journal of Geological Society of India, 47 (1), 133-138.

1995:

28.  Sandeep Singh, A. K. Jain and RM. Manickavasagam (1995) : Comment on the paper "Granitoid rock of Wangtu Gnessic Complex, Himachal Pradesh : an example of in situ fractional crystallisation and volatile action" by D. Rameshwar Rao, Kewal K. Sharma and K. Gopalan, Journ. Geol. Soc. India, 46 (1), 5-14. Jouranal of Geological Society of India, 46 (6), 682-685.

1994:

29.  Gee, David, Lobcowicz, Michal and Singh, Sandeep (1994) : Late Extension in the Scandinavian Caledonides-the Roragen Detachment Revisited. Tectonophysics, 41 (1), 319-335.

1993:

30.  Sandeep Singh and A. K. Jain (1993) : Deformation and strain pattern in parts of the Jutogh Nappe along the Sutlej valley in Jeori-Wangtu region, Himachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Himalayan Geology, 4(1), 41-55.

31.  Patel, R.C., Singh, S., Asokan, A., Manickavasagam, RM. and Jain, A.K. (1993) :  Extensional Tectonics in the Himalayan Orogen, Zanskar, NW India. In : Himalayan Tectonics (eds. Treloar, P.J. and Searle, M.P.) Special Publication Journal of Geological Society of London, 74, 445-459.

C.         Books:

1.       A. K. Jain, Sandeep Singh, and RM. Manickavasagam (2002) Himalayan Collision Tectonics. Gondwana Research Group Memoir No. 7, 114 pp.

2.        Sandeep Singh (2003) Granitoids of the Himalayan Collisional Belt. Edited volume of Journal of the Virtual Explorer, Volume 11. 73 pp.

3.        K. Arita, An Yin, Sandeep Singh and Naotake Okada. HKT 19 volume held at Japan. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Published by Elsevier Publication (total 37 papers have been received)

D.         Other Publications:

1.        Sandeep Singh (2004) Radiometric dating of zircon: A small profile. Shilalipi, 1(1), 15-16.

2.        Sandeep Singh (2004) Geochronology of Himalaya. In: Glimpes of Geoscience Research in India (Singhvi, A.K. and Bhatacharya, A. – eds). Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, 26-29.

3.        A. K. Choudhary, R. M. Manickavasagam, A. K. Jain, S. Singh, Chandra, Kailash (2004) National Facility on Geochronology and Isotope Geology at IIT, Roorkee – New data on Southern Granulites Massif, in Aggarwal, S.K. and Jaison, P.G., eds., 11th ISMAS Workshop on Mass Spectrometry, p. 51 –58.

4.        Jain, A.K., Chandra, K., Manickavasagam, Rm., Chaudhary, A.K. and Singh, Sandeep (2003): A New  Laboratory: National Facility on geochronology/isotope geology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Department of Science and Technology, Deep Continental Studies in India Newletter, vol 13 (1), 16-17.

5.        A. K. Jain, A. K. Dubey, Sandeep Singh, M. Joshi, RM. Manickavasagam, P. K. Verma, S. P. Singh, T. K. Ghosh, S. G. Gokaran, C. K. Rao, C. Selvaraj, G. Gupta, J. R. Sahoo and Rajeev Kumar (2000): NW Himalayan Geotransect programme (HIMPROBE): first result. Department of Science and Technology, Deep Continental Studies in India Newletter, vol 10 (1), 9-16.

E.         Book Review:

1.        A. K. Jain and S. Singh (2003) Sahyadri, The Great Escarpment of Indian Subcontinent, Y. Gunnell and B.P. Radhakrishna (eds.) Memoir 47 (1 and 2), Geological Society of India. Current Science, 84 (1), 103-104.

Books
1. A. K. Jain, Sandeep Singh, and RM. Manickavasagam (2002) Himalayan Collision Tectonics. Gondwana Research Group Memoir No. 7, 114 pp.

2.        Sandeep Singh (2003) Granitoids of the Himalayan Collisional Belt. Edited volume of Journal of the Virtual Explorer, Volume 11. 73 pp.

3.        K. Arita, An Yin, Sandeep Singh and Naotake Okada. HKT 19 volume held at Japan. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Published by Elsevier Publication (total 37 papers have been received)



Research Project Awarded:

As Principal Investigator:

  1. Collision Tectonics : emplacement of Late Cenozoic Tos Granite, Parvati Valley, NW-Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh" (April 1996 – May 1998) – DST, New Delhi
  2. Workshop on Himalayan Tectonics (The HIMPROBE Results)” (2003-2004) – DST, New Delhi
  3. Contact Programme for Isotope Geology and Geochronology: Rb-Sr systematcs” completed (2004-2005) – DST, New Delhi
  4. Himalayan Collision Tectonics: Migmatites and Leucogranite generation”. (2002-2006) - DST, New Delhi
  5. Migmatite Petrogenesis and Leucogranite Generation during Himalayan Collision” (2003-2006) – MHRD, New Delhi

As Co-Investigator:

  1. "Geodynamics and Exhumation of the South Indian Granulite Terranes : Role of Intra-Continental Shear Zones across Kanyakumari-Kuppan Transect" (1997-2000). Completed – DST, New Delhi.
  2. “Tectonics, P-T constraints and timing of India-Asia Collision along the NW-Himalayan Geotransect" (1997-2001). Completed – DST, New Delhi
  3. Geochronological and Strontium Isotopic studies of the Granitic and Gneissic rocks of Manali, Chhotadara and Jaspa Area, Himachal Pradesh” (2004-2005) – DST, New Delhi.
  4. "National facility on Geochronology/Isotope Geology at University of Roorkee". (2000-2006) – DST, New Delhi.
  5. “Major Intracontinetal Shear  Zones of South India and their role in Gondwana Assembly: Geochronological and Geochemical constraints” (2003-2006) - DST, New Delhi.
  6. Integrated tectonic, petrological, geochronological and geophysical Investigations, Arunanchal Himalaya”. (2006-2009) – DST, New Delhi.