I am a metamorphic petrologist, specialized on the high-grade metamorphic rocks, such as amphibolites, granulites and eclogites. These high-grade metamorphic rocks, especially of Precambrian age, may hold significant clues about ancient collisional belts. Hence, to unravel the Precambrian tectonics, I combine metamorphic petrology, mineralogy with geochronology and geochemistry.

To understand the metamorphic evolution of the high-grade rocks with time (P-T-t path), I conduct qualitative (field and microscopical studies) and quantitative (thermodynamic modeling and conventional geothermobarometry) analyses coupled with geochronology (zircon and/or in-situ monazite U-Pb dating) and geochemistry (whole-rock, mineral chemical, trace and REE analysis). Ultimately, integrating the results of these analyses will lead to decode tectonic architecture of an ancient collisional belt of Precambrian time.

Metamorphic petrology, Geochronology, Precambrian tectonics