About the Author

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Dr. Soumyajit Mukherjee is an Associate Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Dr. Mukherjee completed his Bachelor's degree with Geology Hons. at Presidency College, University of Calcutta, in 1999 and his M.Tech. in Applied Geology at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2002, where he subsequently received his Ph.D. degree in Geology in 2007. Dr. Mukherjee was a Guest Researcher at the Hans Ramberg Tectonic Lab, Uppsala University, Sweden during 2005-2006. He joined the Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay in 2009. Dr. Mukherjee has published more than 50 articles in internationally reputed journals and authored and edited more than 14 books/thematic volumes. He is also an Associate Editor of the "International Journal of Earth Sciences" (Springer).