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Pranabendu Moitra

Member of the Graduate Faculty | Assistant Professor, Geosciences

Geosciences
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9+ Collaborators
$849.9K / $2M Funding
5+ Grants
60+ Publications

Research Area

volcanic eruptions, volcanology, fluid dynamics, geological processes, magma, geology, volcanic activity, magma dynamics, heat transfer, planetary geology, lunar geology, magmatic processes, crystallization, geological hazards, planetary science, magma ocean, impact triggering, permeability, rheology, geothermal energy, experimental geophysics, mars geology, martian geology, mars, ground ice, explosive eruptions, bubble dynamics

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    Flow‐ and Fracture‐Driven Bubble Throat Growth Rates and Dynamic Permeability in Crystallizing Magma

    2025

    Trace Element Analyses of Plagioclase from Troctolite 76535 and Implications for Mg-suite Petrogenesis

    2025

    Unraveling Lunar Volatile Mysteries: How Hydrogen Partitioning during Magma Ocean Crystallization controls the Moon’s Water Budget

    2024

    Volatiles and Volcanism Across the Solar System II Oral

    2024
    volcanism, solar system, volatiles, planetary geology, astronomy

    OPEN ACCESS EDITED BY

    2024
    open access, academic publishing, research collaboration, peer review, scientific communication

    Water Release during Lunar Magma Ocean Crystallization and the Potential Endogeneous Origin of Water-Ice in the Permanently Shadowed Regions of the Moon

    2024
    lunar, water ice, magma ocean, crystallization

    Evolution of Transcrustal Magma Plumbing Systems and Volcanic Eruption Styles: Chemical, Temporal, and Physical Perspectives I Oral

    2024
    volcanic eruptions, geological evolution, physical processes

    Investigation of the Dynamics of Explosive Lunar Eruption From the 74001/2 Glass Bead Textures

    2024

    Rheological arrest vs. rapid growth of bubbles in crystal-rich magma

    2024
    magma, crystal growth, rheology, bubble dynamics, geology

    Evolution of Transcrustal Magma Plumbing Systems, Volcanic Unrest, and Eruption Styles: Chemical, Physical, and Temporal Perspectives V eLightning

    2023

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    • Planetary Geoscience

    • Earth Stories: Interpreting our Dynamic Planet

    • Earth: From Birth to Death

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