[1] When subjected to lower-mantle pressures and temperatures, natural ‘‘anhydrous’’ basalt containing 0.2 wt.% H2O forms a phase assemblage in which SiO2 stishovite is a significant carrier of hydrogen (up to 500 ppm H2O by weight, as hydroxide), whereas the coexisting (Mg, Fe, Al, Ca)SiO3 perovskite appears to be not (upper bound of 50 ppm (wt) H2O). Contrary to the devolatilization character...

The protoliths of metamorphosed argillaceous rocks from the Garmichay area in the East Azerbaijan province of NW Iran were clay-rich sediments of reworked nature, originating most likely from an andesite to andesite-basalt source and deposited in an active continental margin tectonic setting. The protoliths of the Garmichay metapelites experienced low to moderate chemical weathering. Andalusite...

the study area is a part of cenozoic magmatic belt of central iran, which is located in the west of yazd porovince. contact metamorphism and skarn occurred in conglomerate part of sngestan formation. the oligocene intrusion bodies of ali-abad-darreh zereshk are leucocerate and have the chemical composition of granite to granodiorite with calc-alkaline affinity from volcanic arc geological setti...

This study was undertaken to determine the genetic diversities of Giardia intestinalis isolated in Thailand. G. intestinalis cysts were collected from stool samples of 61 subjects residing in Bangkok or in rural communities of Thailand with and without gastrointestinal symptoms. All the cyst samples gave positive tpi amplicons (100% sensitivity), either of the 148- or the 81-bp tpi segments. Cy...

Tintinnids are planktonic ciliates that play an important role in marine ecosystem. According to their distribution in the world oceans, tintinnid genera were divided into several biogeographical types such as boreal, warm water, austral and neritic. Therefore, the oceanic tintinnid assemblage could be correspondingly divided into boreal assemblage, warm water assemblage and austral assemblage....

Introduction: The CONCORDIA micrometeorite collection recovered from central Antarctic snow contains fluffy, fragile particles [1] among which we identified some UltraCarbonaceous Antarctic Micrometeorites (UCAMMs) [2, 3]. UCAMMs are dominated by up to ~ 80 vol% of carbonaceous material that contains small and complex mineral assemblages [2-4]. Their structure and chemical compositions are remi...