DRIPTA DUTTA

Last Updated :2026/05/13

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor
Web Site
https://driptadutta.academic.ws/
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AAN-1314-2020
https://researchmap.jp/driptadutta
E-mail
dduttahiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima Prefecture, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima City, 739-8526, Japan
TEL : (+81)82-424-5271 FAX : (+81)
Self-introduction
I am a structural geologist, and much of my recent works focused on investigating the crust's ductile and brittle deformation processes, from outcrop- to grain-scale. I use the EBSD technique and the open-source Matlab toolbox MTEX extensively for the latter. Although having worked in the Indian Himalaya for nearly seven years, laboratory analyses excite me as much as fieldwork. Over the years, I have acquired proficiency in C++, MATLAB, and R programming languages and finite element modelling through independent training. I intend to integrate these tools into my future research projects.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2025/08/01, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor
  • 2023/07, 2025/07, Okayama University of Science, JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • 2021/02, 2023/07, IIT Kanpur, Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 2020/08, 2021/02, IIT Kanpur, Project Scientist
  • 2020/01, 2020/07, IIT Bombay, Research Associate

Educational Backgrounds

  • IIT Bombay, Department of Earth Sciences, Geology, India, 2014/08, 2020/08
  • IIT Bombay, Department of Earth Sciences, Applied Geology, India, 2012/08, 2014/08
  • Presidency College, University of Calcutta, Department of Geology, Geology Honours, India, 2009/07, 2012/07

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), IIT Bombay
  • Master of Science (M.Sc.), IIT Bombay

Research Fields

  • Mathematical and physical sciences;Earth and planetary science;Solid earth and planetary physics

Research Keywords

  • Rock Rheology, Deformation Microstructures, EBSD, Crystallography, Shear Zones, Field Geology, Himalaya

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, Year, Advanced Seminar（Earth science field trip - let's observe the earth in the field）
  2. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, English for Earth and Planetary Sciences II
  3. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, English for Earth and Planetary Sciences I
  4. 2026, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Field Excursion for Earth Science A

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. ★, Creep behaviour of omphacite and amphibole-plagioclase symplectite: the role of heterogeneous hydration in the Tso Morari eclogite during retrogression, Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology, 181(1), 20251208
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  2. Elastic response of doleritic sill to high temperatures, Sonhat Basin, India, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 17(12), 7503-7514, 20251201
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  3. Deformation of the Paleoproterozoic Lower Vindhyan Group in Central India: Synsedimentary origin or associated with the Mesoproterozoic convergence between the Bundelkhand and Bastar Cratons?, Geological Magazine, 20250724
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  4. Supra-subduction zone magmatism and extreme mantle depletion in the Early Cretaceous Nidar Ophiolite Complex, NW India, Gondwana Research, 147, 119-136, 20251101
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  5. Magmatic and metamorphic evolution of the Late Cretaceous Muslim Bagh Ophiolite, western Pakistan: Implications for ridge subduction after subduction initiation., International Geology Review, 67(7), 950-967, 20250101
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  6. The origin of the ultrahigh-pressure Tso Morari Complex, NW Himalaya: Implication for Early Paleozoic rifting, Geological Magazine, 160(11), 1975-1982, 20231101
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  7. Superplastic deformation inside the knife-sharp shear bands in mid-crustal granites, Journal of Structural Geology, 177, 20231201
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  8. Arc-parallel shears in collisional orogens: Global review and paleostress analyses from the NW Lesser Himalayan Sequence (Garhwal region, Uttarakhand, India), Marine & Petroleum Geology, 138, 20220401
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  9. ★, Deformation mechanisms and characteristics of the meta-BIFs from an early Proterozoic shear system of the Southern Granulite Terrane (SGT), India, Journal of Structural Geology, 156, 20220301
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  10. ★, Syn-shearing deformation mechanisms of minerals in partially molten metapelites, Geophysical Research Letters, 48(22), 20211128
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  11. ★, Extrusion kinematics of UHP terrane in a collisional orogen: EBSD and microstructure-based approach from the Tso Morari Crystallines (Ladakh Himalaya), Tectonophysics, 800, 20210205
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  12. Refraction of micro-fractures due to shear-induced mechanical stratigraphy in a low-grade meta-sedimentary rock, Journal of Structural Geology, 133, 20200401
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  13. ★, Opposite shear senses: Geneses, global occurrences, numerical simulations and a case study from the Indian Western Himalaya, Journal of Structural Geology, 126, 357-392, 20190901
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  14. ★, Arc-parallel compression in NW Himalaya: Evidence from structural and palaeostress studies of brittle deformation from the clasts of the Upper Siwalik, Uttarakhand, India, Journal of Earth System Science, 128(125), 20190508
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  15. Role of grain-size in phyllonitisation: Insights from mineralogy, microstructures, strain analyses and numerical modeling, Journal of Structural Geology, 112, 39-52, 20180701
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Publications such as books

  1. 2022/02/09, Electron Microscopy in Science and Engineering, Application of Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) method in Earth Sciences, Texture analysis, Ductile deformation, Rock deformation, Seismic anisotropy, Geodynamics, 2022, February, Scholarly Book, Joint work, English, Dutta D., Maji V., Abdullah S. & Misra S, 978-981-16-5100-7
  2. Structural Geological Atlas, 2019, Scholarly Book, Joint work, English, Soumyajit Mukherjee , Narayan Bose , Rajkumar Ghosh , Dripta Dutta , Achyuta Ayan Misra , Mohit Kumar , Swagato Dasgupta , Tuhin Biswas , Aditya Joshi , Manoj A. Limaye, 978-981-13-9824-7, 623

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Progressive symplectitisation of omphacite in the Tso Morari eclogite: microstructural and mineralogical perspectives, JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting, 2026/05/26, With Invitation, English, JpGU-AGU, Chiba, Japan
  2. An Integrated Approach to analyze the geometry and kinematic evolution of the Main Central thrust in western Arunachal Himalaya, northeastern India, JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting, 2026/05/25, Without Invitation, English, JpGU-AGU, Chiba, Japan
  3. EBSD-based microstructural characterization of the (ultra-) high-pressure eclogite and retrogressed amphibolite from the Tso Morari Crystalline Complex in Ladakh, India, International Geological Congress 2024, 2024/08, Without Invitation, English, International Union of Geological Sciences, Busan, South Korea
  4. Early Paleozoic rift-related magmatic origin of the Tso Morari Complex (NW Indian Himalayas) and the protolithic diversity of the Himalayan high and ultrahigh-pressure rocks, AGU Fall Meeting 2022, 2022/12, Without Invitation, English, American Geophysical Union
  5. Understanding deformation behavior of lower crustal rocks from experimentally deformed metapelitic aggregate: an EBSD-based approach, EGU General Assembly 2021, virtual, 2021/04, Without Invitation, English, European Geosciences Union, Online
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  6. Opposite shear senses: A comprehensive review of geneses, global occurrences, and a case study, GSA Annual Meeting, 2019/09, Without Invitation, English, Geological Society of America, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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  7. Structural and mineralogical studies of the Tso Morari Dome: Insight into the deformation kinematics of the eclogitic gneiss, Ladakh Himalaya, India, AGU Fall Meeting, 2017/12, Without Invitation, English, American Geophysical Union, New Orelans, LA, USA
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  8. Deformation characteristics of migmatites and leucogranites from the Pangong Metamorphic Complex, Karakoram Himalaya, India, Goldschmidt Conference 2025, 2025, Without Invitation, English, European Association of Geochemistry and the Geochemical Society, Prague, Czech Republic
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