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    Magmatic Processes at Euganean Hills (Veneto Volcanic Province, Italy): Clinopyroxene Investigation to Unravel Magmatic Interactions

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    The Euganean Hills (NE Italy) magmatic district represents the final volcanic activity of the Veneto Volcanic Province. Alkaline to subalkaline magmatic suite dominated by intermediate to felsic volcanic rocks characterises the latest volcanic activity of the Euganean Hills. Magmatic (intrusive and volcanic) enclaves are common in Euganean Hills trachytes. We used the ability of clinopyroxene to record variations of P, T, and fO2 to reconstruct the geological history of the volcanic enclaves and trachytic host. Despite similar major and trace elements composition, clinopyroxene from host is higher in Ca and Na (and Fe3+) and lower in Mg than enclaves and is slightly enriched in trace elements but with the same pattern distribution. Minor differences in geochemistry and crystal structure of clinopyroxene from enclaves and trachytic host suggest similar parental magmas that differs by small degrees of fractional crystallisation. Clinopyroxene geobarometry performed combining X-ray diffraction with mineral geochemistry for volcanic enclaves–trachytic host combined with amphibole geobarometry for intrusive enclaves and crystal mushes points to a crystallisation pressure range between 4.8–2.0 kbars. Our data support the model of a complex system of magma chambers at intermediate to shallow crustal level where mafic magma accumulated, evolved by fractionation processes and mixed

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

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    “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

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    We 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

    Rheological evolution of eruptible Basaltic-Andesite Magmas under dynamic conditions: The importance of plagioclase growth rates

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    The effects of crystal nucleation and growth on the viscosity of andesitic magmas are investigated at 1 atm. Pressure. The data are used to describe the rheological evolution of andesitic magmas and to derive empirical equations to model the crystallization dynamics. Viscosity experiments were performed at temperatures of 1473, 1483, and 1493 K with shear rates of 0.5 s−1 by using wide-gap concentric cylinder viscometry. We focused on eruptible magmas (i.e., crystal contents well-below ~50%) by following the time evolution of crystal nucleation and growth of a natural andesitic magma, while continuously monitoring the changes in viscosity. At near-equilibrium conditions, the basaltic-andesite contains 6, 13, and 25 area % crystals at 1493, 1483, and 1473 K, respectively, resulting in a viscosity increase of ca. 1 log unit. We show that the timescale of viscosity increase is mainly dictated by the delay time preceding crystallization and markedly decreases with increasing undercooling (from 22 to 42 K) and shear rates (from 0.1 to 1 s−1). The plagioclase growth rates estimated from our data are in the order of ~3–5 × 10−6 cm/s, which is much faster than the rates estimated for crystallization in static conditions. We conclude that the effect of the shear rate must be taken into account in modelling magmatic and volcanic processes, especially when transient changes in viscosity need to be estimated. Our results are important for understanding the dynamics of lava flows where deformation plays a significant role in promoting crystallization

    Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts

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    We 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

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