Endemic PCs and high incidence of malignant mesothelioma from household use of asbestos have been reported in Metsovo in northwestern Greece ("Metsovo lung"). In the present study, we present similar findings in six more areas of Greece. Like Metsovo, all these areas are located within ophiolite belts. Like Metsovo, material similar to "Metsovo whitewash" has been used for various domestic uses...

in present studies the synthesis, characterization and biological properties ofoxovanadium(iv) coordination compounds of 4[n-(4′-ethylbenzalidene)amino] antipyrinethiosemicarbazone (ebaapts) and 4[n-(2′,4′-dimethylbenzalidene)amino] antipyrinethiosemicarbazone (dmbaapts) with the general composition vox2l (x = c1-, br-, i-, no3-or ncs-) and vo(cio4)2(l)h2o (l = ebaapts or dmbaapts) are describe...

Fossil worm tubes of Cretaceous age preserved in the Bayda massive sulfide deposit of the Samail ophiolite, Oman, are apparently the first documented examples of fossils embedded in massive sulfide deposits from the geologic record. The geologic setting of the Bayda deposit and the distinctive mineralogic and textural features of the fossiliferous samples suggest that the Bayda sulfide deposit ...

Ophiolites are widely studied to unravel how new subduction zones form. They may contain crustal and mantle rocks that formed during juvenile stages of intra-oceanic subduction, modifying the pre-existing oceanic lithosphere within which started, in a magmatic arc upon maturation. Previous geochemical work on Cretaceous Andaman Ophiolite its metamorphic sole, located forearc Sunda zone south-ea...

Fault throw gradients create transverse folding, and this can influence accommodation creation sedimentary routing infill patterns in extensional half-graben basin. The Fanja basin (Oman) offers an excellent outcrop of alluvial fan succession displaying cyclical stacking basin-scale growth-fold patterns. These unique conditions allow for investigation fault-timing development related to fault-t...

the vo(iv) complexes of tridentate ono schiff base ligands derived from 2- aminobenzoicacid and salicylaldehyde derivatives were synthesized and characterized by ir, uv–vis and elemental analysis. electrochemical properties of the vanadyl complexes were investigated by cyclic voltammetry. a good linear correlation was observed between the oxidation potentials and the electron-withdrawing charac...