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Goswami, S.
- A Genetic Re-Iinterpretation of the Shore Parallel Sand Ridges on the Balasore-contai Floodplain, W. Bengal and Orissa
Authors
1 School of Oceanography, Jadavpur University, Calcutta - 700 032, IN
Source
Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 49, No 6 (1997), Pagination: 687-692Abstract
Linear mounds of sands, spread over 400 km2 in the Balasore-Contai floodplain and aligned parallel as well as close to the shoreline are not past strandline markers. It is suggested that these are compound products of fluviatile deposits capped by aeolian accumulations during late Holocene, albeit undated, arid intervals. The mounds were stabilished by soil and vegetation cover and are presently under anthropogenic attack.Keywords
Oceanography, Quaternary, Floodplain, W. Bengal, Orissa.- Delayed Peripheral Neuropathy Due to Organophosphate Tri-Ortho-Cresyl Phosphate Poisoning
Authors
1 Department of Medicine, B J Medical College, Ahmedabad, IN
Source
The Indian Practitioner, Vol 69, No 6 (2016), Pagination: 52-54Abstract
Introduction: 15 patients were admitted to Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad with complains of cramping pain and weakness in bilateral lower limbs. They were found to be suffering from subacute motor neuropathy.
Material And Methods: All were investigated for abnormalities in complete haemogram, blood biochemistry, B12 levels, nerve conduction studies and cholinesterase levels. Results: There was distal muscle weakness in bilateral lower limbs with loss of deep tendon reflexes in lower limbs with EMG suggestive of axonal and demyelinating neuropathy with reduced RBC cholinesterase levels. Discussion: From history and investigations it was found that the ingestion of wheat contaminated with tri-ortho-cresyl phosphate (TOCP) lead to axonal and demyelinating type of polyneuropathy.
Keywords
Delayed Neuropathy, Tri-Ortho-Cresyl Phosphate.References
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- Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Pyrophyllite Deposit of Madrangjodi, Keonjhar District, Orissa
Authors
1 Department of Geology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar - 751 004, IN
2 Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar - 751 013, IN
3 Department of Geology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack - 753 003, IN
Source
Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 79, No 5 (2012), Pagination: 460-466Abstract
Pyrophyllite deposit at Madrangjodi is a large lensoidal massif overlain unconformably by Dhanjori quartzite and underlain by the parent Singhbhum granite (Phase - II). Pyrophyllite and quartz are the major minerals with minor to trace amounts of muscovite, chloritoid opaques and tourmaline. It is broadly divisible into lamellar, granular and schistose varieties. SiO2 (66.90-74.36 %) and Al2O3 (20.80-27.54 %) are the major oxides. The major elements data indicate its derivation from Singhbhum granite with depletion of SiO2 and increment of Al2O3. Trace and REE data are discussed to corroborate its genesis.Keywords
Pyrophyllite, Hydrothermal Alteration, Madrangjodi, Orissa.References
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- Arthur Ashkin (1922–2020)
Authors
1 Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208 016, IN
Source
Current Science, Vol 120, No 4 (2021), Pagination: 726-728Abstract
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