Asish Basu - PhD University of California, Davis 1975
Asish Basu

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227 Hutchison Hall
Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY  14627

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Telephone: 585-275-2413
Fax: 585-244-5689

Click here for the talk "A Tale of two plumes"

Click here to read more about "June 2011 LIP of the month"

Click here to see a photo of "Volcán Basu", located near San Quintin, Baja, Mexico. In the late 70s, I did work on the geochemistry of xenoliths from this locale.
Related publications can be found here
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My primary research interest lies in applying trace elements, major elements and isotopes in studying Earth processes. Specifically, these include

  • Petrology and geochemistry of igneous and metamorphic rocks

  • Applications of Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb systematics in geochronology and thermochronology

  • Isotope geochemistry and geochronology in studies of crust-mantle evolution and petrogenesis

  • Ground water and river water geochemistry and the marine Sr and Os isotopic record

  • Continental flood basalt geochemistry and geochronology and mantle plume volcanism

  • Mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry of impact craters and meteorites

  • Impact tracers at geological boundaries and mass extinction

  • Petrology and geochemistry of subduction-zone metamorphic rocks, mantle-wedge processes and tectonics

  • Archean geochronology, crustal evolution and sedimentary Fe-Mn ore deposition



  • We have used the above geochemical tools to study a wide variety of topics in earth sciences such as: Archean crustal evolution; meteorite impact origin of the Sudbury Complex, the P-T impact evidence from the discovery of chondritic meteorite fragments at the Graphite Peak, Antarctica; Mesozoic mantle plume volcanism; Tertiary arc-trench collision evidence, understanding volatile and mass transfer mechanisms in the mantle wedge; arsenic release mechanism in the Bengal Basin groundwater, submarine groundwater discharge and the marine Sr-isotopic record, Himalayan foreland basin weathering; and others.

    Get more information on current research projects here.