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Dr. Vikas

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Dr. Vikas

Dr. Vikas

Designation : Scientist ‘D’

Phone : 9416810084

E-mail : vikas[dot]himg[at]wihg[dot]res[dot]in

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  • Research Group

    Structure & Tectonics

  • Specialization

    Exhumation, Geochronology, Low-temperature Thermochronology, Magmatism, Tectonics

  • Academic Qualification

    Ph. D.

  • Professional Experience

    11 years

  • Visiting Positions

    None

  • Services

    None

  • Awards/Fellowships/Honors/Memorial Lectures

    None

  • Countries Visited

    Italy

  • National/International (outside WIHG)Collaboration

    • Collaborated on the work on the exhumation studies of Western Arunachal Himalaya (Study was published in Tectonophysics journal in 2013).

  • List of Publications

    Published
    • Patel, R.C., Adlakha, V., Lal, N., Singh, P. and Kumar, Y. (2011) Spatiotemporal variation in the exhumation of the Crystallines in the NW-Himalaya, India: Constraints from Fission Track dating analysis, Tectonophysics, v. 504, pp. 1-13.
    • Adlakha, V.**, Patel, R. C. and Lal, N. (2011) Exhumation and Thermal history of the Shillong Plateau: Constraints from Apatite Fission Track analysis, Memoir Geological Society of India, v. 77, pp. 57-73.
    • Patel R. C., Adlakha, V., Singh, P., Kumar, Y. and Lal, N. (2011) A review and few new observations on Geology, Structural and Exhumation history of the Higher Himalayan Crystallines in Kumaon Himalaya, India , Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 77, pp. 47-72.
    • Adlakha, V., Lang, K., Patel R. C., Lal, N. and Huntington, K. (2013) Rapid long-term erosion in the rain shadow of the Shillong Plateau, Eastern Himalaya, Tectonophysics, v. 582, pp. 76-83.
    • Adlakha, V.**, Patel R. C. and Lal N. (2013) Exhumation and its mechanisms: a Review of Exhumation studies in the Himalaya, Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 81, pp. 481-502.
    • Adlakha, V.**, Patel R. C., Lal N., Mehta, Y. P., Jain, A. K. and Kumar, A. (2013) Tectonics and climate interplay: exhumation patterns of the Dhauladhar Range, NW Himalaya, Current Science, v. 104, no. 11, 1551-1559.
    • Jain, A. K., Dasgupta, S., Bhargava, O. N., Israil, M. D., Jayangondaperumal, R., Patel, R. C., Mukul, M., Parcha, S. K., Adlakha, V., Agarwal, K. K., Singh, P., Bhattacharyya, K. and Pant, N.C., (2016), Tectonics and Evolution of the Himalaya Proceedings of Indian National Science Academy, v. 82 No. 3, , p. 581-604.
    • Mukherjee, P. K., Singhal, S., Adlakha, V., Rai, S. K., Dutt, S., Kharya, A. and Gupta, A. K. (2017) In-situ U-Pb micro-geochronology of zircon, using LA-MC- ICPMS technique in mixed collector configuration, Current Science v. 112, no. 4, p. 802-810.
    • Sen K, Adlakha V., Singhal S, Chaudhury R. (2018), Migmatization and intrusion of “S‐type” granites in the trans‐Himalayan Ladakh Magmatic Arc of north India and their bearing on Indo‐Eurasian collisional tectonics. Geological Journal v. 53 (4), 1543-1556.
    • Adlakha, V.**, Patel, RC, Kumar, A., Lal, N. (2019) Tectonic control over exhumation in the Arunachal Himalaya: new constraints from Apatite Fission Track Analysis, In SHARMA, R., VILLA, I.M.&KUMAR, S. (eds) 2019. Crustal Architecture and Evolution of the Himalaya–Karakoram–Tibet Orogen. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 65–79.
    • Rao, Y.J.B., Chopra, S., Kumar, P., Mukherjee, P.K., Singhal, S., Adlakha, V., Kumar, T.V., Sreenivas, B., Babu, E.V.S.S.K. (2020) New initiatives to bolster analytical facilities in India for in situ U-Th-Pb Geochronology, Hf and O isotope systematics in zircon: a focus on laboratories at the IUAC, WIHG and CSIR-NGRI. Proceedings of Indian National Science Academy v. 86 no. 1, pp. 643-650
    • Pundir S*, Adlakha V.**, Kumar S, Singhal S (2020) Closure of India–Asia collision margin along the Shyok Suture Zone in the eastern Karakoram: new geochemical and zircon U–Pb geochronological observations. Geological Magazine v. 157, p. 1451–1472.
    • Pundir S*, Adlakha V.**, Kumar S, Singhal S, Sen K. (2020) Petrology, geochemistry and geochronology of granites and granite gneisses in the SE Karakoram, India: Record of subduction-related and pre- to syn-kinematic magmatism in the Karakoram Fault Zone. Mineralogy and Petrology v. 114, p. 413–434.
    • Pundir, S.*, Adlakha, V.**, Devrani, R., Kumar S. (2021), Tectonic control over shallow crustal exhumation across the India‐Asia convergent margin, Tectonics, 40 (10), e2021TC006722.
    • Pebam, J., Adlakha, V.**, Jain, A.K., Patel, R.C., Lal, N., Singh, S., Devrani, R. (2021) Apatite and zircon fission-track thermochronology constraining the interplay between tectonics, topography and exhumation, Arunachal Himalaya. Journal of Earth System Science, 130(3), 1-21.
    • Mukherjee, K.*, Adlakha, V.**, Banerjee, S., Sen, K. (2022) Tectonothermal evolution of the Lohit Valley, Eastern Himalaya: New Low-Temperature Thermochronological Constraints Geological Journal 57 (2), 537-556.
    • Adlakha, V., Sain, K., Mukherjee, K. (2022) Exhumation processes and mechanisms in the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen: A Review. Himalayan Geology 43 (1B), 241-252 18. Mukherjee, K., Adlakha, V., Banerjee, S., & Sen, K. (2022). Tectonothermal evolution of the Lohit Valley, Eastern Himalaya: New low‐temperature thermochronological constraints. Geological Journal, 57(2), 537-556.
    • Adlakha, V., & Sain, K. (2022). Crustal Evolution of the Himalaya since Paleoproterozoic. In Earth’s Crust and Its Evolution-From Pangea to the Present Continents. IntechOpen.
    • Bose, S., Adlakha, V., & Pundir, S. (2022). Submagmatic flow to solid-state ductile deformation of the Karakoram Batholith, India: Insights into syn-tectonic cooling and exhumation. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 111(7), 2337-2352.
    • Pundir, S., Adlakha, V., Kumar, S., Singhal, S., & Das, S. (2022). A newly identified cryogenian (ca. 806 ma) basement tonalite gneiss from the Eastern Karakoram, NW India: Constraints from geochemistry and zircon U-Pb geochronology. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, 1027801.
    • Kumar, R., Devrani, R., Pundir, S., Lone, I. U., Adlakha, V., Sathunuri, K., ... & Kumar, A. (2023). Soil Loss Rates in Trans‐Himalayan Region: Case Study of Shyok Suture Zone, Ladakh, India. Weathering and Erosion Processes in the Natural Environment, 243-263.
    • Chauhan, M. M., Ali, S., Singh, B. P., Adlakha, V., Phartiyal, B., Kumar, K., & Sharma, A. (2024). Silicate weathering linked with global climate change along the Mid-Pleistocene transition: A record from the Himalayan foreland Basin, India. Catena, 241, 108047.
    • Pundir, S., & Adlakha, V. (2024). Geological evolution of the Karakoram Terrane since Neoproterozoic. Earth-Science Reviews, 104890.
    • Chauhan, M.M., Ali, S., Singh, B.P., Adlakha, V., Arif, M., Phartiyal, B., Venkateshwarlu, M. and Gahlaud, S.K.S., 2025. Reconstruction of the Late Miocene climate record in the Himalayan foreland Basin: The impact of Himalayan uplift and monsoon dynamics. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 280, p.106445.
    • Pradhan, P. Pundir, S., Adlakha, V., Mukherjee, K., Patel, R. K.2025, Exhumation history of the Karakoram Fault zone, NW India: New constraints from Zircon and Apatite Fission Track Thermochronology, Himalayan Geology 46 (1), 48-60.

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