Prof. VINOD KUMAR SINGH is working on Tectonics, Structural Geology, Precambrian Geology. He edited 6 books and published 66 papers. He visited Russia in Oct. 01–14, 2018; Sep. 28–Oct. 08, 2017; Aug. 20–Sept. 09, 2012; Oct. 04-29, 2011 and Germany in Sept. 99 to 18 Nov. 1999; March-June 1999; June – December, 1997; July - Oct. 1991. His papers have Cited in Lithos, PR, GR; JSG; JAES; Geosphere; IGR; EPSL; Geophysical Review; Tectonophysics; Geology; Minerals etc.
Mesoarchaean mafic–ultramafic Ikauna layered intrusion, Bundelkhand craton, India: geology, U–Th–Pb age (SHRIMP) and correlation А.I Slabunov, S.V. Egorova, Vinod K. Singh International Geology Review, 2024 Mafic–ultramafic rocks, occurring as intrusions in the Ikauna area, are a well-differentiated complex comprising dunite (serpentinite), pyroxenite, gabbro, and gabbro-pegmatite in the southern Bundelkhand craton. This complex intruded into Palaeo-Mesoarchaean TTG and was cut by Neoarchaean granites. The age of a late stage in the formation of the layered intrusion is estimated at 2798 ± 17 Ma, based on the U – Th – Pb dating (SHRIMP) of zircons from pegmatitic gabbro. The presence of grains with Palaeo-Mesoarchaean cores among the zircons indicates the contamination of the gabbro with crustal TTG granitoids. Furthermore, zircons, altered hydrothermally in the Palaeoproterozoic, were revealed. Thus, the age dates for the zircons are in good agreement with the relative geological age of the intrusion and the crustal evolution of the Bundelkhand craton. No mafic – ultramafic layered intrusions, similar to the Ikauna layered intrusion, have been reported from other cratons in the Indian Shield, but Keshargaria Swarm dykes of similar age (2800 ± 0.7 Ma) have been described from the Singhbhum craton.
Petrology and geochemistry of the Palaeo-Mesoarchean Banded Iron formations (BIFs) from the central Bundelkhand greenstone belts, Bundelkhand Craton, India: Source characteristics and depositional environment Vivek P. Malviya, Makoto Arima, Sanjeet K. Verma, Jayanta K. Pati, Mohamed Shareef, Muduru L. Dora, Vinod K. Singh, Satya Prakash, Mayank Shukla Geological Journal, 2022 Palaeo‐Mesoarchean Banded Iron formations (BIFs) of central Bundelkhand greenstone belts occur from Babina (in the west) to Mahoba (in the east) via Mauranipur along with the E–W trending of the Bundelkhand Tectonic Zone (BTZ). In the present study, we report petrological, geochemical, and mineralogical data of BIFs from the Babina, Mauranipur, and Mahoba greenstone belts of central Bundelkhand Greenstone Complex to address their source characteristics and deposition environment. The lithological association of BIFs in the Babina and Mauranipur greenstone belts consists of pillowed basic–ultrabasic volcanics and metasediments, whereas in the Mahoba greenstone belt, BIFs and quartzite occur within basic volcanics. These lithological associations collectively suggest that the entire succession was deposited in a marine environment. Based on geological setting, they are classified as Algoma‐type. The main mineral assemblages of the Babina and Mauranipur BIFs are composed of magnetite, quartz, ±garnet, hornblende, chlorite, and apatite, whereas the Mahoba BIFs along with magnetite and quartz, poised of two distinct mineral assemblages; the first one is Opx–Cpx–Grt and the other one is Grt–Hbl. The preliminary P–T study of these BIFs implies that they had gone through amphibolite‐ to granulite‐facies metamorphism. The geochemical characteristics show that BIFs from the Babina and Mauranipur greenstone belts are dominated by higher quartz and magnetite (total content = 90.63–99.95 wt.%), whereas the Mahoba greenstone belt is characterized by lesser quartz and magnetite components (total content = 86.68–94.58 wt.%). The PAAS (Post Archean Average of Australian Sediments)‐normalized REE patterns display significant positive Eu anomaly (Eu/Eu* up to 2.50) with well‐represented negative Ce anomalies (Ce/Ce* = 0.27–1.20). The REE and trace element ratios of BIFs from the Babina and Mauranipur greenstone belts suggest that they were formed by high‐T hydrothermal fluid activity without or very less continental input. Moreover, the Mahoba greenstone belt BIFs are formed by low‐T hydrothermal fluid activity with substantial continental input. Their chemical variation suggests the shallowing of the proto‐basin from the Babina in the west to Mahoba in the east. Tectonic discrimination plots imply the BIFs of the Babina, Mauranipur, and Mahoba greenstone belts of the central Bundelkhand Greenstone Complex are formed in a back‐arc tectonic setting.
Palaeoproterozoic S-type granites from Garhwal Himalaya, NW India: Geochemistry, Sm–Nd isotope systematics and tectonic implications Sumit Mishra, Alexander I. Slabunov, Harish C. Nainwal, Vinod K. Singh, Pradip K. Singh, Natalia S. Nesterova, Sergei A. Svetov Geological Journal, 2022 A combined geochemical and Sm–Nd isotopic study on the Palaeoproterozoic (1,845 Ma) granites of the Lesser Himalayan Crystalline Sequence (LHCS) in the Garhwal region of NW India has been done in the present study. These granite samples are characterized by high silica, alumina, and potash and belong to a peraluminous to strongly peraluminous series, having molar A/CNK values of 1.01 to 2.4. The low P2O5 contents and its negative correlation with SiO2 presiding out that the granites have S‐type affinity, also supported by various classification diagrams (ACF; SiO2 vs. P2O5, Na2O + K2O‐CaO, and Th). The concentration of trace elements Ba, Sr, Nb, and Ti are low, and Rb, Th, U, and Pb are found to be high. The granites have low total rare earth elements contents of 56.19–229.16 ppm with enrichment in Light rare earth elements (LREE) ([La/Yb]N = 1.61–15.08) and negative europium anomaly (Eu/Eu* = 0.12–0.31). Sm–Nd isotope studies were also performed for three granite samples. Estimated model ages as 2.5–2.7 Ga, indicates the contribution of the Archean crustal substrate as their protolith source. Therefore, we assume that the melting of metasedimentary rocks with Archean protolith can form these peraluminous granites in an accretional–collisional event, during the Palaeoproterozoic on the western flank of the Columbia supercontinent.
Giant Quartz Veins of the Bundelkhand Craton, Indian Shield: New Geological Data and U-Th-Pb Age Alexander I. Slabunov, Vinod K. Singh Minerals, 2022 Giant quartz veins are widespread on the Bundelkhand Craton of the Indian Shield which precise ages with a SHRIMP-II, U-Th-Pb isotope are quantified in this article. Their relative geological age is well-documented: they cut the Paleoproterozoic (2150–1800 Ma) sediments of the Bijawar Group and are overlain by Proterozoic (1670–1030 Ma) sediments at the base of the Upper Vindhyan Supergroup. U-Th-Pb dating of zircon grains from a quartz vein was carried out to assess major event of their formation as 1866 ± 12 Ma. This data is consistent with the relative geological age of the veins. In addition, the quartz veins were shown to contain 2.86, 2.7, and 2.54 Ga xenocrystic zircon grains. Rocks with these ages are abundant in the craton. The formation of a giant quartz vein swarm is associated with the deformation of the Bundelkhand Craton lithosphere during 1.9–1.8 Ga ago triggered by compression caused by collision processes at the western flank of the Columbia Supercontinent on one side and plume activity on the other.
Metamorphism of the Central Bundelkhand Greenstone Complex, Indian Shield: Mineral Compositions, Paragenesises, and P–T Path O. S. Sibelev, A. I. Slabunov, S. Mishra, V. K. Singh Petrology, 2021 The paper presents data acquired on epigenetic processes in rocks of the Meso- to Neoarchean greenstone complex of the Bundelkhand Craton of the Indian Shield. The study was focused on felsic and mafic metavolcanic and mafic–ultramafic rocks of the Central Bundelkhand Greenstone Complex (CBGC). The rocks contain metamorphic mineral assemblages produced during an earlier high-temperature [Grt–Prg–Pl; Cpx–Prg–Pl; Cpx–Grt–Pl; Cpx–Prg (± Ksp, Qz, Mag)] and later retrograde [Grt–Pl–Hbl; Grt–Chl–(Hbl–Act); Grt–(Zo–Czo)–(Hbl–Act); Grt–Chl–Pl (± Ksp, Qz, Mag, Ms)] episodes of metamorphism. The retrograde metamorphism was associated with the origin of zoned Ep and Qz–Ep (±Grt, Act) veins, patches, stripes, and small bodies of epidosites and actinolites. The mineral assemblages of the final episodes of the rock transformations contain prehnite and pumpellyite (Prh–Pmp–Alb; Prh–Pmp–Grs; Pmp–Grs–Alb; Prh–Cc–Act; and Prh–Grs–Cc). The composition of the garnet and amphibole was determined to broadly vary (Alm–Sps to Grs and Prg–Ts to Act and Cum, Gru, respectively). The garnet is contrastingly zoned (comprises three zones), with the boundaries of the zones marking drastic changes in the crystallization parameters (episodes of transformations). The identified sequence of the epigenetic events was as follows: amphibolite-facies metamorphism under elevated pressures (580–680°C at 7.2–10 kbar), with a clockwise P-T-t path and retrogression to the greenschist facies → Ca(Mn) metasomatism → metamorphism to the prehnite–pumpellyite facies. The metamorphic evolution of the CBGC rocks in the Bundelkhand Craton is in good agreement with the geodynamic model of cratonic crustal growth, with Archean subduction–accretion processes and Paleoproterozoic intraplate rifting.
Archean crustal evolution of the bundelkhand craton: Evidence from granitoid magmatism Vinod K. Singh, Sanjeet K. Verma, Pradip K. Singh, A. I. Slabunov, Sumit Mishra, Neeraj Chaudhary Geological Society Special Publication, 2020 This study presents petrological and geochemical data on Neoarchean granitoids from the northern and central parts of the Bundelkhand Craton to discuss its crustal evolution and tectonic history. The study deals with two granitoid suites, i.e. tonalites–trondhjemites–granodiorites (TTG) and sanukitoids. TTGs are characterized by high SiO 2 , Na 2 O and mostly low to moderate Mg#. They display enrichment in light rare earth elements, low to moderately fractionated heavy rare earth elements (HREE) and low Sr/Y ratios, suggesting their high-HREE character or low-pressure origin from melting of a mafic protolith. The sanukitoid samples show relatively low SiO 2 , high K 2 O (2.1–4.6 wt%), Pb, Sr and Ba, and moderate to low Mg#, Cr, Ni. These granitoids probably generated from partial melting of hydrous mafic rocks followed by interaction with a mantle peridotite. Geochemical characteristics, tectonic discrimination using ratios like (Ce/Pb) PM , (La/Nb) PM and (Th/Nb) PM and regional rock association suggest that the Neoarchean TTGs and sanukitoids were emplaced in a subduction setting. Combining the existing knowledge base, a schematic model for generation and evolution of crust from Paleoarchean to Neoarchean has been proposed for the Bundelkhand Craton.
Undernutrition and recovery in Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Insights from a study in Lucknow, India P Kaur, M Agarwal, MA Akshata, VK Singh, S Kant Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 38, 102270 , 2026 2026 Citations: 1
Early Precambrian crustal evolution of the Bundelkhand Craton, Indian Shield VK Singh, A Slabunov Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre RAS. 2026 (2), 92–96 , 2026 2026
Archean TTGs and high-K granitoids from the Madawara domain, Southern Bundelkhand Craton: Insights into petrogenesis, crustal growth, and mantle metasomatism PK Singh, A Kumar, B Sahoo, KB Joshi, S Kumar, D Paul, EP Oliveira, ... Lithos, 108363 , 2025 2025 Citations: 4
NEOARCHEAN GABBROIDS OF THE SOUTHERN BUNDELKHAND TERRANE, BUNDELKHAND CRATON: NEW GEOCHRONOLOGY DATA AND GEODYNAMIC SETTINGS A Slabunov, A Kervinen, S Mishra, V Singh Proceedings of the Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of … , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Perspectives of Drought in Bundelkhand, Central India; Causes, Effects, and Mitigation: A Review SC Bhatt, VK Singh, MM Singh Geospatial Technologies for Integrated Water Resources Management: Mapping … , 2024 2024 Citations: 11
A GIS-based morphometric and morphotectonic analysis of Johilla River Basin, Central India SC Bhatt, A Patel, P Srivastava, VK Singh, MM Singh, SK Singh Geospatial Technologies for Integrated Water Resources Management: Mapping … , 2024 2024 Citations: 7
Morphometric analysis and Sub-watersheds prioritization of Shipra river, central India, for evaluation of groundwater SC Bhatt, S Kumar, A Patel, VK Singh, SK Singh, AH Dar Geospatial technologies for integrated water resources management: mapping … , 2024 2024 Citations: 3
Water Management and Mineral Issues: Need of New Times GK Dinkar, P Prabhat, M Kumar, R Kumar, VK Singh Geospatial Technologies for Integrated Water Resources Management: Mapping … , 2024 2024
Morphometric and morphotectonic attributes of Ken basin, central India: depicting status of soil erosion, and tectonic activities SC Bhatt, A Patel, SR Pradhan, SK Singh, VK Singh, GP Tripathi, K Kishor Total Environment Advances 9, 200088 , 2024 2024 Citations: 25
Geochemistry and U–Pb CHIME Ages of Tonalite–Trondhjemitic–Granodioritic (TTG) Gneiss from the Central Bundelkhand Craton, India: Implication for the Presence of Paleoarchean … VP Malviya, M Arima, SK Verma, JK Pati, K Suzuki, ML Dora, VK Singh, ... Geochemical Treasures and Petrogenetic Processes, 207 , 2022 2022 Citations: 6
Petrology and geochemistry of the Palaeo‐Mesoarchean Banded Iron formations (BIFs) from the central Bundelkhand greenstone belts, Bundelkhand Craton, India: Source … VP Malviya, M Arima, SK Verma, J K Pati, M Shareef, M L Dora, V K Singh, ... Geological Journal 57 (8), 3292-3312 , 2022 2022 Citations: 13
Palaeoproterozoic S‐type granites from Garhwal Himalaya, NW India: Geochemistry, Sm–Nd isotope systematics and tectonic implications S Mishra, AI Slabunov, HC Nainwal, VK Singh, PK Singh, NS Nesterova, ... Geological Journal 57 (6), 2443-2463 , 2022 2022 Citations: 12
Giant quartz veins of the Bundelkhand craton, Indian shield: new geological data and U-Th-Pb age AI Slabunov, VK Singh Minerals 12 (2), 168 , 2022 2022 Citations: 35
Geological and Geo-Environmental Processes on Earth: Introduction AK Shandilya, VK Singh, SC Bhatt, CS Dubey Geological and Geo-Environmental Processes on Earth, 1-4 , 2021 2021 Citations: 8
Tectonostratigraphic terranes of the Bundelkhand Craton (Indian shield) VK Singh, AI Slabunov, NS Nesterova, MM Singh, SC Bhatt Geological and Geo-environmental processes on earth, 155-164 , 2021 2021 Citations: 29
Tectonic evolution of Babina–Prithvipur crustal shear zones, Bundelkhand craton, India: implications of shear indicators SC Bhatt, VK Singh Geological and Geo-Environmental Processes on Earth, 165-174 , 2021 2021 Citations: 9
ARCHEAN MAGMATISM AND CRUSTAL GROWTH IN THE BUNDELKHAND CRATON, INDIA: INSIGHTS FROM ZIRCON U–Pb– Hf ISOTOPES AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF TTG GNEISSES AND GRANITOIDS PK Singh, SK Verma, VK Singh, JA Moreno, EP Oliveira, X Li, VP Malviya, ... 3rd European Mineralogical Conference , 2021 2021
Metamorphism of the Central Bundelkhand greenstone complex, Indian shield: mineral compositions, paragenesises, and P–T path OS Sibelev, AI Slabunov, S Mishra, VK Singh Petrology 29 (4), 404-438 , 2021 2021 Citations: 13
Certificate of Invited Talk VK Singh Institute of Geology , 2021 2021
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
The central Bundelkhand Archaean greenstone complex, Bundelkhand craton, central India: geology, composition, and geochronology of supracrustal rocks VK Singh, A Slabunov International Geology Review 57 (11-12), 1349-1364 , 2015 2015 Citations: 155
LA-SF-ICP-MS zircon U–Pb geochronology of granitic rocks from the central Bundelkhand greenstone complex, Bundelkhand craton, India SK Verma, SP Verma, EP Oliveira, VK Singh, JA Moreno Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 118, 125-137 , 2016 2016 Citations: 128
Meso–Neoarchaean crustal evolution of the Bundelkhand Craton, Indian Shield: new data from greenstone belts АI Slabunov, VK Singh International Geology Review 61 (11), 1409-1428 , 2019 2019 Citations: 100
Geochemistry and petrogenesis of sanukitoids and high-K anatectic granites from the Bundelkhand Craton, India: Implications for late-Archean crustal evolution PK Singh, SK Verma, JA Singh, V.K. Moreno, EP Oliveira, P Mehta Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 174, 263-282 , 2019 2019 Citations: 91
Two types of Archaean supracrustal belts in the Bundelkhand Craton, India: geology, geochemistry, age and implication for craton crustal evolution VK Singh, A Slabunov Journal of the Geological Society of India 88 (5), 539-548 , 2016 2016 Citations: 87
Paleoarchean zircons from quartzite of South Bundelkhand Supracrustal Complex: origin and implications for crustal evolution in Bundelkhand Craton, Central India A Slabunov, VK Singh, KB Joshi, X Li Current Science 112 (4), 794-801 , 2017 2017 Citations: 69
Geochemistry and SmNd isotope systematics of mafic-ultramafic rocks from the Babina and Mauranipur greenstone belts, Bundelkhand Craton, India: Implications for tectonic … PK Singh, SK Verma, JA Moreno, VK Singh, VP Malviya, EP Oliveira, ... Lithos 330 (331), 90-107 , 2019 2019 Citations: 67
Geochronology and petrogenesis of the TTG gneisses and granitoids from the Central Bundelkhand granite-greenstone terrane, Bundelkhand Craton, India: Implications for Archean … PK Singh, SK Verma, VK Singh, JA Moreno, EP Oliveira, XH Li, ... Precambrian Research 359 (1 July), 106210 , 2021 2021 Citations: 58
Geochemical characteristics of banded iron formation and metavolcanics of Babina greenstone belt of the Bundelkhand Craton, Central India VK Singh, A Slabunov J Econ Geol Georesource Management 10, 63-74 , 2015 2015 Citations: 36
Coupling of late-orogenic tectonics and secondary pyrrhotite remanences: Towards a separation of different rotation processes and quantification of rotational underthrusting in … E Schill, E Appel, O Zeh, VK Singh, P Gautam Tectonophysics 337 (1-2), 1-21 , 2001 2001 Citations: 36
Giant quartz veins of the Bundelkhand craton, Indian shield: new geological data and U-Th-Pb age AI Slabunov, VK Singh Minerals 12 (2), 168 , 2022 2022 Citations: 35
Effect of boron, zinc and their combinations on the yield of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. Botrytis Linn.) hybrid cultivar-Himani K Kant, KP Singh, VK Singh, A Ranjan Asian Journal of Horticulture 8 (1), 238-240 , 2013 2013 Citations: 30
Tectonostratigraphic terranes of the Bundelkhand Craton (Indian shield) VK Singh, AI Slabunov, NS Nesterova, MM Singh, SC Bhatt Geological and Geo-environmental processes on earth, 155-164 , 2021 2021 Citations: 29
Archean crustal evolution of the Bundelkhand Craton: evidence from granitoid magmatism VK Singh, SK Verma, PK Singh, AI Slabunov, S Mishra, N Chaudhary Geological Society, London, Special Publications 489 , 2020 2020 Citations: 29
A new Paleoproterozoic (1.9-1.8 Ga) event in the crustal evolution of the Bundelkhand Craton, India: the results of (SHRIMP) Dating of zircons from giant quartz veins AI Slabunov, VK Singh, VV Shchiptsov, EN Lepekhina, VI Kevlich Early Precambrian vs Modern Geodynamics. Extended Abstracts and Field Trips … , 2017 2017 Citations: 28
Where did rotational shortening occur in the Himalayas?–Inferences from palaeomagnetic remagnetisations E Schill, C Crouzet, P Gautam, VK Singh, E Appel Earth and Planetary Science Letters 203 (1), 45-57 , 2002 2002 Citations: 28
The Greenstone belts of the Bundelkhand craton, Central India: new geochronological data and geodynamic setting VK Singh, A Slabunov International Association for Gondwana Research Conference Series 16, 170-171 , 2013 2013 Citations: 27
Morphometric and morphotectonic attributes of Ken basin, central India: depicting status of soil erosion, and tectonic activities SC Bhatt, A Patel, SR Pradhan, SK Singh, VK Singh, GP Tripathi, K Kishor Total Environment Advances 9, 200088 , 2024 2024 Citations: 25
Geochemistry and Sm-Nd isotope systematics of metabasalts from the Babina and Mauranipur greenstone belts, Bundelkhand craton: Implications for tectonic setting and … PK Singh, SK Verma, JA Moreno, VK Singh, PK Malviya, EP Oliveira, ... Lithos 330, 90-107 , 2019 2019 Citations: 24
Archean Mafic-Ultramafic Ikauna Layered Intrusion, Bundelkhand Craton, India: Petrography and Geochemistry A Slabunov, S Egorova, VK Singh, S Svetov, S Kumar Archaeology & Anthropology: Open Access 3 (Suppl-2), 334-340 , 2018 2018 Citations: 21
