Jyotirmoy Paul

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
Centre for Planetary Habitability, University of Oslo

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I am a solid Earth geophysicist studying the dynamics and evolution of Earth's deep interior. My research focuses on continental cratons—the ancient, stable cores of continents—and the mechanisms that have preserved them for billions of years. Using numerical models of mantle convection, I investigate the thermo-chemico-mechanical processes governing craton stability, grain size dependent rheology, providing insights into the long-term evolution of Earth's lithosphere and mantle.

jyotirmoy.paul@geo.uio.no

Career

Appointments

2024 – Present
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow Centre for Planetary Habitability, University of Oslo
2021 – 2024
Post-doctoral Researcher Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics (BGI), University of Bayreuth
July – October 2021
Research Associate IISc, Bangalore

Education

2015 – 2021
PhD, IISc, Bangalore PhD thesis. Supervisor: Prof. Attreyee Ghosh
2015
M.Sc, Applied Geology Jadavpur University
2013
B.Sc, Geology Jadavpur University

Recent publications

Full list on Google Scholar

  1. Hydration weakening and destruction of the North China Craton

    J. Paul, A. Spang, A. Piccolo (2025). Tectonophysics, 908, 230756.

    DOI EGU Geodynamics blog

  2. Effect of bridgmanite-ferropericlase grain size evolution on Earth's average mantle viscosity: Implications for mantle convection in early and present-day Earth

    J. Paul, G. J. Golabek, A. B. Rozel, P. J. Tackley, T. Katsura and H. Fei (2024). Progress in Earth and Planetary Sciences, 11 (64).

    DOI

  3. Convective self-compression of cratons and the stabilization of old lithosphere

    J. Paul, C.P. Conrad, T.W. Becker, A. Ghosh (2023). Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL101842.

    DOI

  4. Could the Reunion plume have thinned the Indian craton?

    J. Paul, A. Ghosh (2022). Geology, 50(3): 346-350.

    DOI IISc News EGU Geodynamics blog

  5. Evolution of cratons through the ages: A time-dependent study

    J. Paul, A. Ghosh (2020). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 531, 115962.

    DOI AGU Eos

  6. Burrow morphology of the ocypodid crab Ocypode ceratophthalma at Chandipur Coast, Eastern India and its implications

    J. Paul, S. Mondal, R. Koyal, D. Sarkar (2019). Current Science.

    Online version

  7. Traction and strain-rate at the base of the lithosphere: An insight into cratonic survival

    J. Paul, A. Ghosh, C.P. Conrad (2019). Geophysical Journal International, 217(2): 1024-1039.

    DOI Erratum

  8. Mode of occurrence and geochemistry of amphibole in the Kolihan-Chandmari copper deposits, Rajasthan, India: Insight into the ore-forming process

    A.S. Baidya, J. Paul, D.C. Pal, and D. Upadhyay (2017). Ore Geology Reviews, 80: 1092-1110.

    DOI