Amygdaloidal, cavity- and fracture-filling zeolites in Eocene volcanic rocks from the Kuh-e-Aradeh of southern Kahrizak, in the northernmost part of Central Iran have been studied in some detail by optical, chemical analysis, SEM, and XRD techniques. The zeolites identified, in order of their relative time of formation from early to late, are tetranatrolite, analcime, natrolite, mesolite, stilb...

Magic is “a concept used to describe a mode of rationality or way of thinking that looks to invisible forces to influence events, effect change in material conditions, or present the illusion of change” (Encyclopedia Britannica s.v. magic). “Magic and sorcery are the influencing of events, objects, people, and physical phenomena by mystical, paranormal or supernatural means. The terms can also ...

ata-kuh forest, a preserved area within hyrcanian relict forests, with an area of 700 ha is located in north of iran. based on floristic studies from 2011 through 2012, 194 vascular plant species were identified belonging to 143 genera and 66 families. among our samples, 24 taxa were endemic to hyrcanian area. the largest families in the area were rosaceae (10.3 %), poaceae (9.7 %), asteraceae ...

the “kuh-e-gorm” non-hunting area is located in the northwest of jahrom city, fars province, iran. since there is no adequate knowledge on fauna of this region, a survey was conducted on the vertebrate fauna of the region from april 2007 to april 2008. in total, 124 vertebrate species were identified including: 11 fishes (belong to 10 genera, four families and three orders), four amphibians (be...

The use of desalination technologies which produce concentrated brines is acutely limited by inadequate waste brine disposal mechanisms such that the brine does not contaminate fresh water resources. The treatment of highly saline brine using freeze desalination technique trade marked as HybridICE technology was investigated at pilot scale. The capacity of the HybridICE process to generate fres...