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• Egg Parasitoid, Trichogramma and its Host Range in India

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Mukhtar Ahmad , M. D. Jamal Ahmad , R. K. Mishra , H. R. Khan

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Indian Forester, Vol 128, No 4 (2002), Pagination: 412-420

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Trichogramma species so far recorded from India include T. acheae, T. agriae, T. australicum, T. brevifringiata, T. chilonis, T. chilotraeae, T. embryophagum, T. flandersi, T. hesperidis, T. japonicum, T. minutum, T. pallidiventris, T. plasseyensis, T. poliae, T. pretiosum, T. raoi and T. semblidis. These were recorded from different States including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Orissa, Punjab, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal parasitising upon variety of insect pests of forestry, agriculture, and vegetable crops.

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• First Record of Coccinellid Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on Poplar, Populus deltoides from North India

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Mukhtar Ahmad , M. D. Jamal Ahmad , Shama Afroze , R. K. Mishra

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Indian Forester, Vol 127, No 8 (2001), Pagination: 891-896

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Association of nine coccinellid beetles with Poplar (Populus deltoides) was recorded first - time from Poplar nurseries, in Tarai region of Uttaranchal and Haryana. These include eight predacious species viz. Anegleis cardoni (Weise), Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, Hippodamia variegata (Goeze), Illeis cincta (Fabricius), Menochilus sexmaculatus (Fabricius), Micraspis discolor (Fabricius), Propylea japonica (Thunberg) and Rodolia fumida Mulsant found feeding on aphids and other small insect preys infesting on Poplar foliage. Another coccinellis, Epilachna vigintioctopunctata (Fabricius) was found to be a phytophagous species feeding on Poplar foliage. A key for easy identification of the recorded species has been incorporated.

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• White-fly Epidemic in Holoptelea integrifolia Forest in Kanpur Zoological Park, Uttar Pradesh

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R. M. Misra , R. K. Mishra

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Indian Forester, Vol 121, No 1 (1995), Pagination: 55-58

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Epidemic infestation of Holoptelea integrifolia (Kanju) was reported for the first time in Allen Forest (Zoological Park) Kanpur in 1989. A study was undertaken in Septemher, 1989 to diagnose the epidemic and suggest control measures which is described in this paper.

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• Bionomics and Control of Philosamia (Attacus) Cynthia Drury (Leptdoptera : Saturnitdae)

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R. M. Misra , G. Prasad , R. K. Mishra , B. M. Misra

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Indian Forester, Vol 117, No 1 (1991), Pagination: 48-52

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The deffotiation epidemic in ailanthus excelsa roxb in satyanarain research nursery was studies. The insect responsible for epidemic was philosamia cythia drury. This is a polyphagous pest and reported for the first time as deffolator of ailanthus excelsa Egg, larva, pups and adult of the species are described and notes on their biology are given. A fungal pathogen, beauveria basslana(Balsama) Vulliemin has been recorded killing the larvae of P.cynthia in the field. The pathogen appears to be a promising organism for microbial control of Ailanthus deffolator in the field.

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• Epidemic of Deodar Defoliator Ectropis deodarae Prout (Lepidoptera : Geometridae) in Kamraj Forest Division (J & K) and its Control by Aerial Spraying of Fenitrothion

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Pratap Singh , R. S. Bhandari , Massrat Fasih , Ganga Prasad , B. D. S. Tyagl , B. M. Mishra , R. K. Mishra

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Indian Forester, Vol 115, No 7 (1989), Pagination: 459-474

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Epidemic defoliation of deodar forests by Ectropis deodarae in Lolab Valley was reported in August, 1982. The population of the pest was monitored in early spring of 1983, by counting pupae on the ground per unit area, the ascending female moth stuck up on sticky bands applied to deodar trees and also larval population per twig. As the population was found to be on the increase and an epidemic was threatened a decision was taken to spray an organophosphorous compound fenitrothion from the air. Two Beaver aircrafts were used for the operation. The dispensing equipment used was boom and nozzle and the insecticide dosage was 1 litre per hectare Pre and Post-treatment counts of the pest population gave 92% kill. Non-target organisms hit by the spray were also monitored. There was no mortality of birds and other vertebrates. A good number of non-target insects including Calosoma beesoni, the predator beetle of Ectropis deodarae were also hit. The dosage can be safely reduced to 775 ml/hectare which will effectively kill tbe pest and cause less harm to predators.

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• Integrating Hr Functions for Sustainability

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R. K. Mishra ¹, Shulagna Sarkar ², Punam Singh ²

Affiliations
1 Director, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad
2 Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad

Source

Drishtikon: A Management Journal, Vol 4, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 

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Sustainability has become a business imperative and many organizations are making signifcant investments in this space. A sustainable business stands an excellent chance of being more successful tomorrow than it is today, and remaining successful, not just for months or even years, but for decades or generations. HR has an important role in the increase of the return from the initiatives. The role of HR in an ever changing scenario has become more crucial and challenging. The greatest challenge for HR professionals is to ensure the involvement of people to establish a sustainability culture. The objectives of this paper are to unfold the best practices in HR for sustainability and to develop a model emphasizing on integrating the HR functions for sustainability. The paper shares the areas of initiatives that can be taken by corporate to establish a sustainability culture.

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• Cross Cultural Dimension of Compensation Management: Global Perspectives

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R. K. Mishra ¹, Punam Singh ², Shulagna Sarkar ²

Affiliations
1 Senior Professor and Director, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, IN
2 Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, IN

Source

Journal of Strategic Human Resource Management, Vol 1, No 2 (2012), Pagination: 63-71

Abstract

With the advent of globalization, companies have realized the need to operate transnational and mark their footsteps across the world. The rise in frequent cross-nation transaction and operation has lead companies to focus on people centric approaches. Cross cultural issues have acted as hindrances in the performance of the organizations. Thus, there is a huge scope for companies to focus on HR approaches which act as a solution to numerous cross cultural issues. One such area which requires close attention of HR professionals is the 'Compensation Management'. While developing the global compensation and benefit composition, HR must deal with many factors that are not present in a domestic environment. In this paper, it is attempted to discuss about some of those factors that unswervingly impacts global compensation and benefits strategies. The paper identifies the factors affecting international compensation management and discusses the role of culture in developing compensation strategies.

Keywords

Expatriate Pay, Compensation Management, Cross-Culture, International Compensation

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• Corporate Social Responsibility: Interventions of Oil and Gas Central Public Sector Enterprises in India

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Authors

R. K. Mishra ¹, Punam Singh ², Shulagna Sarkar ²

Affiliations
1 Senior Professor and Director, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, IN
2 Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, IN

Source

International Journal of Business Ethics in Developing Economies, Vol 2, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 1-9

Abstract

Oil and gas companies have immensely contributed to India's growth. Considering the nature of operation, there is a growing need for research in the area of CSR initiatives of these companies to commensurate the damages caused by them to environment, people and other stakeholders. The paper provides a platform to explain the various guidelines on CSR applicable to oil and gas public sector enterprises in India and intends to elaborate the need for CSR practises by oil and gas sector. The study is an exploratory research based on secondary data collected from seven major oil and gas sector companies in India to identify the various social and environmental interventions undertaken as CSR. The paper acts as a framework for further researches on assessment of the CSR impact of oil and gas companies in India for environmental sustainability and social upliftment. The paper identifies the future thrust areas of CSR and elaborates the need for collective sectoral effort in initiating CSR activities.

Keywords

Corporate Social Responsibility, Central Public Sector Enterprise, Oil and Gas Sector, Metric, India

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• Performance Related Pay in Central Public Sector Enterprises in India

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Authors

Punam Singh ¹, R. K. Mishra ¹

Affiliations
1 Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Industrial Relations: Economics & Social Dev., Vol 49, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 314-327

Abstract

The latest second pay revision for central public sector enterprises (CPSE), accepted in 2008 in India, calls for implementation of the concept of performance related pay (PRP) based on a transparent and robust performance management system (PMS) for executives. This paper studies the implementation of performance related pay in CPSEs and the perception of employees towards performance related pay. The paper is based on both primary data collected through questionnaire and also on secondary data. The paper highlights the pre-requisite of PRP implementation in CPSEs in India, the need for a transparent and robust PMS and the various challenges in the implementation process.

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• A Study on Impact of Watershed Development Project of Antisar Watershed in Kheda District of Gujarat

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Authors

Hemant Panwar ¹, Y. C. Zala ², R. S. Pundir ², R. K. Mishra ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Economics, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand (Gujarat), IN
2 International Agribusiness Management Institute, Anand Agricultural University, Anand (Gujarat), IN
3 Poultry Complex, College of Veterinary Sciences, Anand Agricultural University, Anand (Gujarat), IN

Source

International Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Vol 12, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 355-364

Abstract

The present investigation was undertaken during 2009-10 with a view to evaluate the impact of Watershed Development Project on different parameters viz., land utilization pattern, irrigation status, cropping pattern, productivity, status of livestock, labour-use, cost of cultivation and income of beneficiaries using the data collected from Antisar watershed located in kheda district of Gujarat. The result of the study revealed that the net cropped area was increased from 71.96 per cent in pre-project position to 88.64 per cent in post-project position and it was also higher in beneficiaries' farms (88.64 %) than that of nonbeneficiaries' farms (79.37 %). The cropping intensity and irrigation intensity were higher in post-project position of beneficiaries. The cropping pattern of beneficiaries was changed and shifted in favour of commercial crops because of watershed development activities. The productivity of major crops grown in watershed project area was increased in post-project position and watershed development has helped in the diversification of crop-livestock mixes too. It was found that though the cost of cultivation of beneficiaries was higher in post-project position as compared to pre-project position, the farm business income, family labour income and net income were increased during post-project position. Finally, it was concluded on the basis of findings that the watershed technology helps in augmenting returns from dry land crop production as well as other subsidiary activities on sustainable basis.

Keywords

Watershed Development Project.

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• Machiwal, D., Jha, M.K., Singh, P.K., Mahnot, S.C. and Gupta, A. (2004). Planning and design of cost effective water harvesting structures for efficient utilization of scarce water resources in semi-arid regions of Rajasthan.Water Res. Mgmt., 18: 219-235.
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• Restructuring State Finances in Andhra Pradesh

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Authors

R. K. Mishra ¹

Affiliations
1 Institute of Public Enterprise, Osmania University, Hyderabad 5OO 007, A.P., IN

Source

Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Vol 41, No 3 (1999), Pagination: 217-237

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The focus of reforms has shifted from the centre to the states in their second stage. Andhra Pradesh is one of the leading States of the country. The policy-makres of the State are engaged in the formulation of vision-2020. The elimination of the projected deficits in regard to infrastructure. industries and services sectors will require finances of a huge order. A study of the finances of Andhra Pradesh reveals that they are in great disarray. The continuing revenue and fiscal deficits have resulted in halting the economic march of the State. The performance on the revenue-rasing front has been very tardy, both due to lack of effective tax administration and absence of innovotiveness in Ieving new taxes. The buoyancy coefficients of the State's own revenue has turned out to he lower as compared to the other major states of the country. The public expenditure management is not in a healthy shape. The incidence of budgetary subsidies has been rising year after year. The losses incurred by the SLPEs have been on the increase. The expenses on salaries and pensions have recorded an exorbitant growth. The paper discusses, among other things. various strategies to effect stlch a revamp. paying the way for a sound fiscal management in Andhra Pradesh.

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• State Level Public Enterprises in India: Restructuring for Performance Improvement

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Authors

T. L. Sankar , R. K. Mishra

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Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Vol 35, No 4 (1993), Pagination: 301-341

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The State Level Public Enterprises (SLPEs) are an important segment of the public enterprise system in India. This is borne out by the fact that 875 SLPEs, excluding the state electricity boards and the state road transport corporations on March 31, 1992 had an investment of Rs.38,283 crore. Though much has not been written about the working of the Central Public Enterprises (CPEs), the literature is conspicuous by its absence about the efficiency and effectiveness of the SLPEs at the aggregate level. These enterprises had incurred a net loss of Rs. 2,648 crore during 1985-86 to 1991-92.

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• Design of Sequentially Fed Balanced Amplifying Antenna for Circular Polarization

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S. K. Behera ¹, D. R. Poddar ², R. K. Mishra ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, IN
2 Department of Electronics & Tele-Communication Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, IN
3 Department of Electronic Science, Berhampur University, Orissa, IN

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ICTACT Journal on Communication Technology, Vol 1, No 4 (2010), Pagination: 213-217

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This paper presents a sequentially fed balanced amplifying antenna that exhibits circularly polarized radiation. The inherent benefits of good isolation between input and output ports as well as improved matching capabilities of balanced amplifiers provide overall system gain of 8 dBi at frequency 2.36GHz. The planar arrangement of the patch antenna elements are considered to form an array. The phase of the feeding in the array increases progressively from 00 to 2700.Each element in the array is linearly polarized. Here four elements were considered and 2 arranged at the four corners of a square domain. This arrangement shows that each antenna sees its adjacent ones to be radiating from an edge orthogonal to its edge of radiation. Circular polarization is achieved due to this sequential feeding. This array is designed with operating frequency 2.4 GHz. A good axial ratio of 2.4 is obtained at 2.37 GHz frequency. The noise figure is considerably reduced and which is around -19dB.

Keywords

Sequentially Fed, Circular Polarization, Balanced Amplifying Antenna, Array.

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• Simulated Characteristics of Patch Antenna Loaded With SRRs

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Debasis Mishra ¹, G. Arun Kumar ², D. R. Poddar ³, R. K. Mishra ⁴

Affiliations
1 Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, VSS University of Technology, Burla, Orissa, IN
2 SAMEER Kolkata Centre, IN
3 Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, IN
4 Department Electronic Science, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Orissa, IN

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ICTACT Journal on Communication Technology, Vol 1, No 3 (2010), Pagination: 172-174

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This article investigates, from electromagnetic simulation, the effects on gain and efficiency of a patch antenna loaded with split ring resonators. It is observed that it leads to lowering of resonant frequency; some mismatch resulting in a slight degradation of the impedance bandwidth and improvement of gain and efficiency.

Keywords

Patch Antenna, Split Ring Resonator (SRR).

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• Early Age Strength and Electrical Resistivity of Concrete as Durability Indicator Through Maturity

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R. K. Mishra ¹, R. K. Tripathi ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, G.E Road, Raipur, Chhattisgarh-492001, IN

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International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Vol 10, No 3 (2017), Pagination: 677-682

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Fluid transport properties of concrete can be explained by measuring electrical resistivity in fresh state to hardened state. Electrical resistivity when compared with strength properties shows the quality of concrete. Bulk electrical resistivity measurements are compared with calculated maturity of concrete which is related to time and temperature of curing at early age. It is observed that electrical resistivity and strength are closely related with each other. This work addresses the effect of curing time, type of binder and effect of aggregate on strength and maturity of concrete using electrical resistivity measurements of saturated surface dry samples. Empirical results obtained are used as tools to derive maturity and strength both in non destructive manner. Resistivity is justified with ionic conductivity in pore structure.

Keywords

Bulk Electrical Resistivity, Maturity, Compressive Strength, Ionic Conductivity.

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• Modified Flory Theory and Pseudo Spinodal Equation of State for the Evaluation of Isothermal Compressibility, Isentropic Compressibility, Internal Pressure and Pseudo Gruneisen Parameter of Binary Liquid Mixtures at Elevated Pressure

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J. D. Pandey ¹, Ranjan Dey ¹, N. K. Soni ¹, R. K. Mishra ¹, D. K. Dwivedi ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, IN
2 Department of Electronics, E.C.C., Allahabad, IN

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Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics, Vol 28, No 1 (2006), Pagination: 20-28

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Flory's statistical theory has been extended for the computation of internal pressure, isentropic compressibility, isothermal compressibility and Pseudo Gruneisen parameter of binary mixture nitrobenzene+benzene at pressure up to 10 MPa and at two different temperatures (293.15K, 303.15K & 313.15K). For a comparative study of the isothermal compressibility of this system, equation of state based on the psuedo spinodal hypothesis developed by Baonza et al has also been utilized to deduce the isothermal compressibility of this mixture. The computed values of P_int, β_T, β_s and Γ have been compared with the experimental findings available in literature. Satisfactory agreement has been found between experimental and theoretical values.

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• Acoustic Method for the Estimation of Effective Debye Temperature of Binary and Ternary Liquid Mixtures

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J. D. Pandey ¹, V. Sanguri ¹, R. K. Mishra ¹, A. K. Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, IN

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Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics, Vol 26, No 1 (2004), Pagination: 18-29

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Acoustic methods have been applied to estimate the effective Debye temperature (θ_D) of liquid mixtures (binary and ternary). The theoretical approach, employed earlier, has been completely modified, and a new approach has been suggested. Six binary and six ternary liquid mixtures have been undertaken for computing the values of effective Debye temperature using the present approach. Theoretical values have been compared with the standard findings, and quite good agreement has been achieved. The necessary experimental data needed have been taken from literature.

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• Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Pyrophyllite Deposit of Madrangjodi, Keonjhar District, Orissa

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M. Das ¹, S. M. Monalisa ¹, A. K. Paul ¹, R. K. Mishra ¹, J. K. Mohanty ², A. A. Pradhan ¹, S. Goswami ³

Affiliations
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

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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 79, No 5 (2012), Pagination: 460-466

Abstract

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.

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