Mukul Sharma
Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
Dartmouth College
United States of America
Biography
Mukul Sharma is currently working as Professor of Earth Science at Dartmouth College, USA. He studies geological processes utilizing isotopic effects as tracers. He has worked on diverse problems including the evolution of early earth, genesis of flood basalts, generation of oceanic lithosphere, meteorite impacts, generation of mantle heterogeneities, serpentinization and methane production on planetary surfaces, economy of osmium in the oceans and relationship between solar magnetism and terrestrial climate.
Research Interest
Origin and evolution of early earth, platinum group element chemistry of natural waters, large igneous provinces, generation of oceanic lithosphere, water-rock interaction during fracking
Publications
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T. Blazina and M. Sharma (2013) The impact of arc terrain weathering on the global cycles of Sr, Os and C as deduced from the North Island of New Zealand. G3
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D. Renock, J. Landis, and M. Sharma (2016) Reductive weathering of black shale and release of barium during hydraulic fracturing. Applied Geochemistry 65: 73-86
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D. Niu, D. Renock, M. Whitehouse, J. Leone, Harry Rowe, J. Landis, K. Hamren, C. W. Symcox, and M. Sharma (2016) A relict sulfate–methane transition zone in the mid-Devonian Marcellus Shale. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 182: 73–87
