Suryendu Dutta
Professor
Earth Science
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
India
Biography
B.Sc. (Geology), 1999 Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. M.Sc. (Applied Geology), 2001 Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. M.Tech. (Geoexploration), 2003 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India Ph.D. (Organic-Geochemistry), 2006 RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Research Interest
Higher plant biomarkers in sediments and crude oils Plant metabolites and their evolution Shale gas potential studies of organic matter rich shales Molecular taphonomy Hydrocarbon source rock characterization
Publications
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Tewari, A., Dutta, S., Sarkar, T., 2017. Biomarker signatures of Permian Gondwana coals from India and their palaeobotanical significance. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 468, 414-426.
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Dutta, S., Mallick, M., 2017b. Chemical evidence for dammarenediol, a bioactive angiosperm metabolite, from 54 Ma old fossil resins. Review Palaeobotany and Palynology 237, 96-99.
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Dutta, S., Mehrotra, R.C., Paul, S., Tiwari, R.P., Bhattacharya, S., Srivastava, G., Ralte, V.Z., Zoramthara, C. 2017a. Remarkable preservation of terpenoids and record of volatile signalling in plant-animal interactions from Miocene amber. Scientific Reports 7: 10940.
