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Emplacement of the Middle Triassic Monzoni Intrusive Complex (Dolomites, Italy): Insights from Analogue Models and Field Observations
No full textThe Dolomites form the central-eastern portion of the Southern Alps, in Northern Italy. The stratigraphic framework of the Dolomitic area includes mainly Permian to Cretaceous terrains, while it is largely dominated by the magnificent Triassic carbonate platforms and basinal systems. The area of the Dolomites recorded several tectonic and magmatic events, from Permian up to Cretaceous. During the Middle Triassic transtensional tectonics, associated with differential subsidence and uplifting, the south-western part of the Dolomites has witnessed a massive and short-lived Ladinian (Middle Triassic) tectono-magmatic event, forming a series of significant magmatic features. The Monzoni, Predazzo and Cima Pape Intrusive Complexes are situated in the southwestern Dolomites and represent the main intrusive expressions of the Ladinian magmatism. This PhD project offers new insights regarding the emplacement mechanisms of the Monzoni Intrusive Complex, by combining fieldwork data and analogue models on magma emplacement.
The Monzoni pluton is located parallel to San Pellegrino Valley and appears elongated, with an NE-SW orientation, covering an area of approximately 4.0 km2. The main characteristics of Monzoni pluton, that is the elongated shape and the shoshonitic orogenic affinity, suggest a potential correlation and emplacement control by the Triassic developing and/or reactivated inherited strike-slip structure. The generation, ascent and emplacement of Monzoni pluton and its relation to strike-slip faulting, is still a matter of debate. The lack of direct field observations attributed to the volcano-tectonic activity, keeps the mechanisms of magma–strike-slip fault interactions poorly understood.
Updated geological maps, based on field campaign data, bring new insights regarding intrusion, fault-controlled boundaries and deformational pattern of the pluton and host-rock formations. In addition, investigations on anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) on Monzoni pluton, reveal zonation within the pluton and indicate the presence of magmatic feeder in the north-eastern part of the intrusion. Finally, the 3D modelling of the Monzoni Intrusive Complex, projecting all geological data, constrains the pluton’s volume to 4.35km3 and offers a simplified profile-view projection of the pluton/host-rock system.
The Monzoni Intrusive Complex, due to its excellent three-dimensional exposure, is particularly suited for the study of volcano-tectonic systems allowing the application and comparison to analogue models. During this project we conducted sandbox-type analogue modelling experiments on magma emplacement along crustal scale strike-slip fault zones. We investigate two tectonic regimes, strike–slip and transtension, and three temporal relationships between magmatism and tectonics; pre-tectonic, syn-tectonic and post-tectonic intrusion. Experimental results show that there is a strong interaction between tectonic structures, evolving or inherited, and magmatism and that the geometrical characteristics of the experimental plutons represent a good indicator for the classification of plutons, defining the timing and tectonic setting of emplacement. The combination of all applied methodologies suggests magmatic emplacement in transtensional tectonic regime with two possible kinematic scenarios; a left lateral strike –slip direction along the N70° fault set or a right-lateral strike slip direction, along the N30° faults.Le Dolomiti formano la parte centro-orientale delle Alpi meridionali, nel Nord Italia. L’organizzazione stratigrafica dell'area dolomitica comprende principalmente terreni dal Permiano al Cretaceo, mentre è in gran parte dominata dalle magnifiche piattaforme carbonatiche triassiche e dai relativi bacini. L'area delle Dolomiti ha registrato numerosi eventi tettonici e magmatici, dal Permiano fino al Cretaceo. Durante la tettonica transtensionale del Triassico medio, associata a subsidenza differenziale, la parte sud-occidentale delle Dolomiti è stata soggetta a un evento tettonico-magmatico Ladinico (Medio Triassico) di breve durata, sviluppando una serie di rilevanti strutture magmatiche. I complessi intrusivi di Monzoni, Predazzo e Cima Pape sono situati nelle Dolomiti sud-occidentali e rappresentano le principali espressioni intrusive del magmatismo Ladinico. Questo progetto di dottorato offre nuove conoscenze sui meccanismi di messa in posto del Complesso Intrusivo dei Monzoni, combinando dati sul campo e modelli analogici su postazioni di magma.
Il plutone dei Monzoni, che si trova parallelo alla Valle di San Pellegrino, appare allungato, con orientamento NE-SO, coprendo un'area di circa 4,0 km2. Le principali caratteristiche del plutone dei Monzoni, la forma allungata e l'affinità shoshonitica orogenica, suggeriscono una potenziale correlazione e controllo della messa in posto da parte di strutture trascorrenti ereditate o medio-triassiche.
La generazione, l'ascesa e la messa in posto del plutone dei Monzoni e il suo rapporto con le strutture trascorrenti, sono ancora oggetto di dibattito. La mancanza di osservazioni dirette sul campo attribuite all'attività vulcano-tettonica, rende difficile la comprensione dei meccanismi di interazione tra faglie e magmatismo.
Le mappe geologiche aggiornate basate sui nuovi dati di terreno, forniscono nuove informazioni sui limiti di intrusione controllati da faglie e sul modello deformativo delle formazioni incassanti e del plutone. Inoltre, indagini su anisotropia di suscettività magnetica (AMS) sull’intrusione dei Monzoni, rivelano la zonazione all'interno del plutone e indicano la presenza di un condotto di alimentazione principale nella parte nord-orientale dell'intrusione. Infine, la modellazione geologica 3D del complesso intrusivo dei Monzoni, coerente con i dati geologici, limita il volume del plutone a 4.35 km3 e offre una visione - semplificata dei rapporti tra plutone e rocce incassanti.
Il Complesso Intrusive di Monzoni, grazie alla sua eccellente esposizione tridimensionale, è particolarmente adatto allo studio di sistemi vulcano-tettonici, permettendo anche l'applicazione e il confronto con modelli analogici. Durante questo progetto, sono stati condotti esperimenti di modellazione analogica di tipo sandbox, su lungo zone di taglio trascorrenti a scala crostale. Sono stati distinti due regimi tettonici, trascorrenza pura e transtensione, e tre relazioni temporali tra magmatismo e tettonica; intrusione pre-tettonica, sin-tettonica e post-tettonica. I risultati sperimentali mostrano che esiste una forte interazione tra le strutture tettoniche, in evoluzione o ereditate, ed il magmatismo e che le caratteristiche geometriche dei plutoni sperimentali rappresentano un buon indicatore per la classificazione dei plutoni, definendo i tempi e l'ambiente tettonico della messa in posto. La combinazione di tutte le metodologie applicate, suggerisce la messa in posto del plutone durante un regime tettonico transtensionale con due possibili scenari cinematici; una transtensione sinistra - direzione N70° o una transtensione destra lungo faglie N30°
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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