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    Late Precambrian U-Pb titanite age for peak regional metamorphism and deformation (Knoydartian orogeny) in the western Moine, Scotland

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    There has been controversy over the number and timing of orogenies in the Precambrian Moine block in the Scottish Caledonides since the earliest radiometric dating in the 1960s. This work challenges a recent hypothesis, that this sector of the Laurentian margin was subjected to continuous crustal extension between greater than 900 and 470 Ma. U-Pb dating (thermal ionization mass spectrometry) of titanite from a calcsilicate pod in the Moine (Morar Group) of the western Highlands gives an age of 737 ñ 5 Ma. The titanite grew from Fe-Ti-bearing detrital minerals during the main progressive, syn-D2, amphibolite-facies (sillimanite zone) regional metamorphism, thus demonstrating that a Neoproterozoic contractional tectonothermal event (Knoydartian orogeny) affected the Moine block following the rift-related emplacement of the West Highland granite gneiss at 873 Ma. We conclude that the Sgurr Beag Thrust, a major tectonic break separating the Morar and Glenfinnan groups of the Moine, is mainly of Neoproterozoic, not Caledonian, age. The early tectonothermal event was succeeded by the Grampian Phase (Caledonian orogeny) at 460-470 Ma

    Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic extensional and compressional history of East Laurentian margin sequences:the Moine Supergroup, Scottish Caledonides

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    This work was in part supported by Natural Environment Research Council grant NE/J021822/1, National Science Foundation grant EAR-0087650, and funds from our respective institutions.Neoproterozoic siliciclastic-dominated sequences are widespread along the eastern margin of Laurentia and are related to rifting associated with the breakout of Laurentia from the supercontinent Rodinia. Detrital zircons from the Moine Supergroup, NW Scotland, yield Archean to early Neoproterozoic U-Pb ages, consistent with derivation from the Grenville-Sveconorwegian orogen and environs and accumulation post–1000 Ma. U-Pb zircon ages for felsic and associated mafic intrusions confirm a widespread pulse of extension-related magmatism at around 870 Ma. Pegmatites yielding U-Pb zircon ages between 830 Ma and 745 Ma constrain a series of deformation and metamorphic pulses related to Knoydartian orogenesis of the host Moine rocks. Additional U-Pb zircon and monazite data, and 40Ar/39Ar ages for pegmatites and host gneisses indicate high-grade metamorphic events at ca. 458–446 Ma and ca. 426 Ma during the Caledonian orogenic cycle.The presence of early Neoproterozoic siliciclastic sedimentation and deformation in the Moine and equivalent successions around the North Atlantic and their absence along strike in eastern North America reflect contrasting Laurentian paleogeography during the breakup of Rodinia. The North Atlantic realm occupied an external location on the margin of Laurentia, and this region acted as a locus for accumulation of detritus (Moine Supergroup and equivalents) derived from the Grenville-Sveconorwegian orogenic welt, which developed as a consequence of collisional assembly of Rodinia. Neoproterozoic orogenic activity corresponds with the inferred development of convergent plate-margin activity along the periphery of the supercontinent. In contrast in eastern North America, which lay within the internal parts of Rodinia, sedimentation did not commence until the mid-Neoproterozoic (ca. 760 Ma) during initial stages of supercontinent fragmentation. In the North Atlantic region, this time frame corresponds to a second pulse of extension represented by units such as the Dalradian Supergroup, which unconformably overlies the predeformed Moine succession.Peer reviewe

    U-Pn geochronology of deformed metagranites in central Sutherland, Scotland: evidence for widespread late Silurian metamorphism and ductile deformation of the Moine Supergroup during the Caledonian orogeny

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    Within the Caledonides of central Sutherland, Scotland, the Neoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks of the Moine Supergroup record NW-directed D2 ductile thrusting and nappe assembly, accompanied by widespread tight-to-isoclinal folding and amphibolite-facies metamorphism. A series of metagranite sheets which were emplaced and penetratively deformed during D2 have been dated using SHRIMP UâPb geochronology. Zircon ages of 424 8 Ma (Vagastie Bridge granite), 420 6 Ma (Klibreck granite) and 429 11 Ma (Strathnaver granite) are interpreted to date emplacement, and hence regional D2 deformation, during mid- to late Silurian time. Titanite ages of 413 3 Ma (Vagastie Bridge granite) and 416 3 Ma (Klibreck granite) are thought to date post-metamorphic cooling through a blocking temperature of c. 550â 500 8C. A mid- to late Silurian age for D2 deformation supports published models that have viewed the internal ductile thrusts of this part of the orogen as part of the same kinematically linked system of forelandpropagating thrusts as the marginal Moine Thrust Zone. The new data contrast with previous interpretations that have viewed the dominant structures and metamorphic assemblages within the Moine Supergroup as having formed during the early to mid-Ordovician Grampian arcâcontinent orogeny. The mid-to late Silurian D2 nappe stacking event in Sutherland is probably a result of the collision of Baltica with the Scottish segment of Laurentia

    L’isola di domani. Cultura materiale e contesti archeologici a San Giacomo in Paludo (Venezia)

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    Il libro è la storia dell’isola di ieri e soprattutto della relazione tra i suoi spazi, i suoi abitanti, gli edifici che hanno occupato ed i loro oggetti quotidiani, dal basso medioevo ad oggi. San Giacomo in Paludo è un’isola della laguna nord di Venezia, oggi disabitata, ma che a partire dal XIII secolo ha ospitato prima una comunità di monache cistercensi, poi un priorato francescano ed infine alcuni presidi militari. La prima parte del libro racconta le ricerche archeologiche e storiche: la descrizione generale degli spazi occupati e delle singole aree scavate è seguita dalla discussione su specifiche tipologie di dati quali ceramica, resti umani, fauna e fonti storiche. La seconda parte del lavoro cerca di comprendere il significato di questo luogo nel corso dei diversi momenti storici attraverso il punto di vista degli abitanti e quello di più ampio respiro della laguna. Il tema principale della ricerca sono le comunità che vi hanno abitato e i loro resti materiali. Le tre principali variabili utilizzate per la loro carattterizzazione sono state l’uso dello spazio, le relazioni con l’area esterna all’isola e, infine, il trattamento dei rifiuti. In passato il sito è sempre stato uno specchio del rapporto tra Venezia e la sua laguna. Quale sarà l’isola di domani? Sommario Ieri, oggi, domani. Storie di un’isola e delle sue genti, di Sauro Gelichi 1. Introduzione, di Margherita Ferri, Cecilia Moine 2. La sequenza insediativa, di Margherita Ferri, Cecilia Moine 3. Tecnologie edilizie, di Fulvio Baudo 4. UTS 1000, di Margherita Ferri, Cecilia Moine 5. UTS 4000, di Carlo Beltrame, Margherita Ferri, Cecilia Moine 6. UTS 3000, di Fulvio Baudo, Margherita Ferri, Cecilia Moine 7. UTS 2000, di Margherita Ferri, Cecilia Moine 8. La sequenza della UTS 7000, di Margherita Ferri 9. La ceramica, di Margherita Ferri, Alberto García Porras, Laura Martín Ramos 10. Ossa animali di mammiferi e di uccelli dal monastero e dal priorato, di Aleks Pluskowski, Kris Seetah, Silvia Garavello 11. Le sepolture di San Giacomo in Paludo, di Francesca Bertoldi, Carlotta Sisalli 12. Le monete rinvenute nello scavo di San Giacomo in Paludo, di Michele Chimienti 13. L’Isola attraverso le fonti scritte, di Cecilia Moine, Elisa Corrò 14. Anima di un’isola, di Margherita Ferri, Cecilia Moine 15. L’isola di domani, di Margherita Ferri, Cecilia Moine Bibliografia Summar

    Thrust sheet evolution in the Kinlochewe region of the Moine Thrust Zone, N.W. Scotland and the Pelvoux-Brianconnais, French Alps

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    Balanced and restored cross sections demonstrate a minimum 16 km shortening below the Moine Thrust and minimum restored wi1ths of 17 km between the La Meije and Combeynot Thrusts (external Alps), and 54 km between the frontal Subbrianconnais Thrust and the western Brianconnais Zone (internal Alps). Imbricate thrusts within the Moine Thrust Zone branch off a floor thrust which cuts up stratigraphic section from basement (Lewisian gneiss) to Cambrian shelf sediments parallel to the ESE-WNW movement direction. Cut-off relationships and fold geometries within the Pelvoux-Brianconnais suggest a change in move-ment direction of thrust sheets during the evolution of the French Alps from ENE-WSW for the Brianconnais and Sub-brianconnais Zones to ESE-WNW for the External Zones. Higher thrust sheets are frequently flexured as a result of slip on lower thrust surfaces (in-sequence thrusting). Important examples occur of Imver thrust assemblages which are truncated by higher thrust surfaces (out-of-sequence thrusting). Strains within thrust sheets from the Kinlochewe region suggest 0%-20% layer parallel shortening may develop in the footwall to an abandoned thrust as a tip strain to a newly developing thrust. Variations in strain may reflect variable propagation rates; differential displacement has resulted in differential movement within thrust sheets. Fault-bend folds (structurally necessary folds) have developed following slip of thrust sheets across irregular thrust surfaces and buckle folds have grown during shortening within the sheet. Extensional fault sheets (surge zones) can be mapped out in the Briancon region which both truncate and are flexured by thrust structures; important extensional structures have developed during evolution of the thrust belt

    Prophylaxie de la tuberculose bovine I. — Exigences et difficultés de la finition

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    Moine Gilbert, Hublart Maurice. Prophylaxie de la tuberculose bovine. I. Exigences et difficultés de la finition. In: Bulletin de l'Académie Vétérinaire de France tome 121 n°9, 1968. pp. 383-388

    Hémagglutination — Tuberculination — Nécropsie

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    Moine Gilbert. Hémagglutination - Tuberculination - Nécropsie. In: Bulletin de l'Académie Vétérinaire de France tome 118 n°7, 1965. pp. 271-277

    Sur l’épidémiologie de la tuberculose bovine

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    Moine Gilbert. Sur l’épidémiologie de la tuberculose bovine. In: Bulletin de l'Académie Vétérinaire de France tome 117 n°9, 1964. pp. 443-448

    Influence de l’hypodermotuberculination sur le test d’hémagglutination de Middelbrook et Dubos. Interprétation

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    Moine Gilbert. Influence de l’hypodermo tuberculination sur le test d’hémagglutination de Middelbrook et Dubos. Interprétation. In: Bulletin de l'Académie Vétérinaire de France tome 118 n°7, 1965. pp. 279-284
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