Processes and Ore Deposits of Ultramafic-Mafic Magmas through Space and Time

Sisir K. Mondal is a Professor of geology in the Department of Geological Sciences at Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India, and a Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. He is a hard-rock geologist whose primary field of specialization is in ore geology, petrology and geochemistry of ultramafic-mafic rocks. He received his PhD from Jadavpur University. William L. Griffin is an Honorary Professor of geology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Griffin’s research interests include the petrology and geochemistry of the deep crust and lithospheric mantle, the geochemical and dynamic evolution of the crust-mantle system, and magma generation and metasomatism in the crust and mantle. He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota.

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