By Dr Indrani Mukherjee

Book Chapters

Large RR; Steadman JA; Mukherjee I; Corkrey R; Sack P; Ireland TR, 2021, 'Trends in Ocean S-Isotopes May Be Influenced by Major LIP Events', in Large Igneous Provinces A Driver of Global Environmental and Biotic Changes, pp. 341 - 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119507444.ch15

Mukherjee I; Corkey R, 2020, 'Abiotic Influences on the Early Evolution of Life', in Filho WL; Azul AM (ed.), Life on Land. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals., Springer, Cham, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71065-5_130-1

Mukherjee I; Chattopadhyay A; Mihir D, 2019, 'Deformation of Pyrite at Varying Metamorphic Grades in Sediment-Hosted Base Metal Sulphide Deposits of Rajasthan, India', in Mondal M (ed.), Geological Evolution of the Precambrian Indian Shield., Springer, Cham, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89698-4_10

Journal articles

Mukherjee I; Corkrey R; Gregory D; Large R; Poole AM, 2025, 'A billion years of geological drama – Boring or brilliant?', Gondwana Research, 142, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2025.02.018

Senol NS; Gregory DD; Mukherjee I; Román N; Kyne R; Boucher KS, 2025, 'Testing Pyrrhotite Trace Element Chemistry as a Vector Towards the Mineralization in the Sullivan Deposit, B.C.', Minerals, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min15050534

McB Martin D; Mukherjee I; McCoy-West AJ; Howard HM, 2024, 'A proposed chronostratigraphic Archean–Proterozoic boundary: Insights from the Australian stratigraphic record', Precambrian Research, 406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2024.107377

Lima MFD; Caxito FA; Large R; Mukherjee I; Uhlein GJ; Hippertt JPTM; Moura SA; Okubo J; Warren L, 2023, 'Trace elements in sedimentary pyrite track redox and nutrient fluctuations in the Ediacaran/Cambrian Bambuí Group, Brazil', Chemical Geology, 635, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121625

Mukherjee I; Corkrey R; Large R; Danyushevsky L, 2023, 'Abiotic and biotic constraints on Earth's ancient colonisers in the Proterozoic', Precambrian Research, 393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2023.107089

Yang L; Wang Q; Large RR; Fougerouse D; Mukherjee I; Zhang Q; Deng J, 2022, 'Texture and geochemistry of pyrite from the Jinya, Nakuang and Gaolong gold deposits in the Youjiang Basin: implications for basin-scale gold mineralization', Mineralium Deposita, 57, pp. 1367 - 1390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00126-022-01115-1

Large RR; Hazen RM; Morrison SM; Gregory DD; Steadman JA; Mukherjee I, 2022, 'Evidence that the GOE was a prolonged event with a peak around 1900 Ma', Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geogeo.2022.100036

Large R; Mukherjee I; Danyushevsky L; Gregory D; Steadman J; Corkrey R, 2022, 'Sedimentary pyrite proxy for atmospheric oxygen: evaluation of strengths and limitations', Earth Science Reviews, 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.103941

Stüeken EE; Gregory DD; Mukherjee I; McGoldrick P, 2021, 'Sedimentary exhalative venting of bioavailable nitrogen into the early ocean', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 565, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116963

Yang L; Wang Q; Large RR; Mukherjee I; Deng J; Li H; Yu H; Wang X, 2021, 'Fluid source and metal precipitation mechanism of sediment-hosted Chang'an orogenic gold deposit, SW China: Constraints from sulfide texture, trace element, S, Pb, and He-Ar isotopes and calcite C-O isotopes', American Mineralogist, 106, pp. 410 - 429, http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2020-7508

Mukherjee I; Large RR, 2020, 'Co-evolution of trace elements and life in Precambrian oceans: The pyrite edition', Geology, 48, pp. 1018 - 1022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G47890.1

Steadman JA; Large RR; Blamey NJ; Mukherjee I; Corkrey R; Danyushevsky LV; Maslennikov V; Hollings P; Garven G; Brand U; Lécuyer C, 2020, 'Evidence for elevated and variable atmospheric oxygen in the Precambrian', Precambrian Research, 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105722

Mukherjee I; Deb M; Large RR; Halpin J; Meffre S; Ávila J; Belousov I, 2020, 'Pyrite textures, trace elements and sulfur isotope chemistry of bijaigarh shales, vindhyan basin, India and their implications', Minerals, 10, pp. 1 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min10070588

Stepanov AS; Danyushevsky LV; Large RR; Mukherjee I; Zhukova IA, 2020, 'Deconvolution of the composition of fine-grained pyrite in sedimentary matrix by regression of time-resolved LA-ICP-MS data', American Mineralogist, 105, pp. 820 - 832, http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2020-7202

Mukherjee I; Large RR; Bull S; Gregory DG; Stepanov AS; Ávila J; Ireland TR; Corkrey R, 2019, 'Pyrite trace-element and sulfur isotope geochemistry of paleo-mesoproterozoic McArthur Basin: Proxy for oxidative weathering', American Mineralogist, 104, pp. 1256 - 1272, http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2019-6873

Gregory D; Mukherjee I; Olson SL; Large RR; Danyushevsky LV; Stepanov AS; Avila JN; Cliff J; Ireland TR; Raiswell R; Olin PH; Maslennikov VV; Lyons TW, 2019, 'The formation mechanisms of sedimentary pyrite nodules determined by trace element and sulfur isotope microanalysis', Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 259, pp. 53 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.05.035

Large RR; Mukherjee I; Gregory D; Steadman J; Corkrey R; Danyushevsky LV, 2019, 'Atmosphere oxygen cycling through the proterozoic and phanerozoic', Mineralium Deposita, 54, pp. 485 - 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00126-019-00873-9

Mukherjee I; Large RR; Corkrey R; Danyushevsky LV, 2018, 'The Boring Billion, a slingshot for Complex Life on Earth', Scientific Reports, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22695-x

Large RR; Mukherjee I; Zhukova I; Corkrey R; Stepanov A; Danyushevsky LV, 2018, 'Role of upper-most crustal composition in the evolution of the Precambrian ocean–atmosphere system', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 487, pp. 44 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.01.019

Mukherjee I; Large R, 2017, 'Application of pyrite trace element chemistry to exploration for SEDEX style Zn-Pb deposits: McArthur Basin, Northern Territory, Australia', Ore Geology Reviews, 81, pp. 1249 - 1270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.08.004

Large RR; Mukherjee I; Gregory DD; Steadman JA; Maslennikov VV; Meffre S, 2017, 'Ocean and atmosphere geochemical proxies derived from trace elements in marine pyrite: Implications for ore genesis in sedimentary basins', Economic Geology, 112, pp. 423 - 450, http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/econgeo.112.2.423

Mukherjee I; Large RR, 2016, 'Pyrite trace element chemistry of the Velkerri Formation, Roper Group, McArthur Basin: Evidence for atmospheric oxygenation during the Boring Billion', Precambrian Research, 281, pp. 13 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2016.05.003

Large RR; Gregory DD; Steadman JA; Tomkins AG; Lounejeva E; Danyushevsky LV; Halpin JA; Maslennikov V; Sack PJ; Mukherjee I; Berry R; Hickman A, 2015, 'Gold in the oceans through time', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 428, pp. 139 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.07.026

Raza T; Ahmad SM; Sahoo M; Banerjee B; Bal I; Dash S; Suseela G; Mukherjee I, 2014, 'Hydrographic changes in the southern Bay of Bengal during the last ~65,000 y inferred from carbon and oxygen isotopes of foraminiferal fossil shells', Quaternary International, 333, pp. 77 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.02.010

Reports

Mukherjee I; Fabris A; Krapf C, 2025, Pyrite chemistry and its value as an exploration tool on the Stuart Shelf, Department for Energy and Mining, Adelaid, South Australia

Mukherjee I, 2024, Pyrite Chemistry in the Stuart shelf

Mukherjee I, 2021, Exploration potential of the McArthur Basin (2019-2021)

Mukherjee I, 2019, Characterising trace element distribution in pyritised microfossils: A tool to test biogenicity. Research Enhancement Proposal (REP) Grant Report, University of Tasmania

Mukherjee I, 2019, Pyrite chemistry halos to Kamoa Cu ore bodies (Ivanhoe Industry Report)

Mukherjee I; Large R; Cracknell M; Bull S; Bourne B, 2018, Application of a Technology Driven Approach to Defining Targets for Cu-Co Deposits Associated within the Neoproterozoic Tapley Hill Formation, South Australia, DGO Gold, Hobart, Tasmania

Large R; Long J; Mukherjee I, 2018, Mountains drove bursts of evolution and extinction, Australasian Science, 39 (3)

Mukherjee I, 2016, Short format industry reports on geochemical analyses, one each for South 32 and MMG in 2025 and 2016

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