no The PMC 10th Anniversary Video is now on YouTube! By www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Published On :: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:00:00 EST A video celebrating PMC's first decade is now available for viewing on the NCBI YouTube Channel. The PMC 10th Anniversary Video can also be found on the regular YouTube site. Full Article
no JATS-Con Dates Announced for 2012! By www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Published On :: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:00:00 EST The third annual Journal Article Tag Suite Conference (JATS-Con) will be held on October 16 and 17, 2012 on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. JATS-Con is a conference for users of the NISO Z39.96 Journal Article Tag Suite: that is, users of any of the NLM DTDs. JATS-Con is a peer-reviewed conference with a broad range of content on the Tag Suite from the technical to publishing theory — and the latest news on the Tag Suite. For more information, see JATS-Con. Full Article
no JATS-Con 2013 Program is Now Available By www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Published On :: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 08:00:00 EST JATS-Con is a conference for users of the Journal Article Tag Suite, that is, users of any of the "NLM DTDs" or NISO Z39.96. JATS-Con will take place on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland on October 22 and 23, 2013.The full program is now available, as are proceedings from previous years. There is no charge for the conference; however, space is limited so registration is required.You may also sign up for a pre-conference tutorial on October 21, 2013. Details are on the Tutorial Registration page. Full Article
no Three Million Articles are Now in PMC!! By www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 08:00:00 EST As of February 21, 2014, PMC became home to three million articles! As listed on our home page, the content has been provided in part by 1441 full participation journals, 277 NIH Portfolio journals and 2470 selective deposit journals. For related information on PMC milestones, see these announcements from 2007 and 2010, respectively. Full Article
no Citation Exporter Feature Now Available By www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Published On :: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 08:00:00 EST PMC is happy to announce the addition of a citation exporter feature. This feature makes it easy to retrieve either styled citations that you can copy/paste into your manuscripts, or to download them into a format compatible with your bibliographic reference manager software.When viewing an Entrez search results page, each result summary will now include a "Citation" link. When, clicked, this will open a pop-up window that you can use to easily copy/paste citations formatted in one of three popular styles: AMA (American Medical Association), MLA (Modern Language Association), or APA (American Psychological Association). In addition, the box has links at the bottom that can be used to download the citation information in one of three machine-readable formats, which most bibliographic reference management software can import.The same citation box can also be invoked from an individual article, either in classic view (with the "Citation" link among the list of formats) or the PubReader view, by clicking on the citation information just below the article title in the banner.These human-readable styled citations, and machine-readable formats, will be available through a public API, and we will be providing more details about that in another announcement, on the pmc-utils-announce mailing list. Please subscribe to that list if you are interested. Full Article
no Full text now available for OA subset articles, in plain text format By www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Published On :: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 08:00:00 EST In order to facilitate text and data mining for articles in the Open Access Subset, we are now providing plain text files for those articles on our FTP site. These files contain the full text of the article, extracted either from the XML source files, or (for those articles that don't have XML) the PDF files. Users are directly and solely responsible for compliance with copyright restrictions and are expected to adhere to the terms and conditions defined by the copyright holder (see the PMC Copyright Notice).These text files are bundled in gzipped archives. Note that these files are quite large (each greater than one gigabyte). They are available for download as: ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/articles.txt.0-9A-B.tar.gz ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/articles.txt.C-H.tar.gz ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/articles.txt.I-N.tar.gz ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/articles.txt.O-Z.tar.gz These files are updated every week, on Saturday.For more information, see the Bulk Packages of OA Articles section of our FTP Service page. Full Article
no CC0 Filter Now Available By www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Published On :: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:00:00 EST PMC includes some journals published by US government agencies that make their articles available under a Creative Commons CC0 (public domain) license. Some other journals also apply a CC0 license to selected articles in PMC. All these articles may be used and reproduced without special permission. However, anyone using the material is requested to properly cite and acknowledge the source. You may now search for CC0 articles by using special filters in both PMC (cc0 license[filter]) and PubMed (pmc cc0 license[filter]). These filters are based on license information that is provided to PMC by publishers and encoded as machine-readable identifiers in the source XML of each article. For more information, see the Open Access Subset page. Please bear in mind that these articles, although made available under a CC0 license, may still contain photographs or illustrations copyrighted by other commercial organizations or individuals that may not be used without obtaining prior approval from the holder of the copyright. Full Article
no PMC Bulk Download via FTP is Now Using New Naming Conventions By www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Published On :: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 08:00:00 EST A large-scale update of the file names used for articles available via the PMC FTP service for bulk download was undertaken in early January 2017. The new file naming convention is PMCID-based (e.g., PMC4855680.tar.gz) rather than being built from article citation data (i.e., journal abbreviation_pub date_volume_issue_page). This update was made following user reports that the previous naming convention was resulting in missing contents in cases where citation data was duplicated across multiple articles. The new convention will ensure that file names are unique and that the corpus available via the FTP service is complete. Full Article
no PMC Tagging Guidance for Peer Review Documents Now Available By www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Published On :: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 08:00:00 EST Peer review documents, including review reports and editor decision letters, are increasingly being published along with the articles they review. This practice is intended to make the publishing process more transparent. To support these efforts, PMC’s Tagging Guidelines have been updated to include the tagging of peer review documents. NLM encourages PMC-participating publishers, journals, and data providers to review this guidance. Please contact us at pubmedcentral@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov if you have any questions. Full Article
no When Is Surgery Not Safe for Seniors? By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: When Is Surgery Not Safe for Seniors?Category: Health NewsCreated: 3/12/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/13/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Nose Jobs Make Women Look Years Younger, Robot Says By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Nose Jobs Make Women Look Years Younger, Robot SaysCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/28/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/28/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no A Woman's Guide to Skin Care During and After Menopause By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: A Woman's Guide to Skin Care During and After MenopauseCategory: Health NewsCreated: 2/23/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/24/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Allow Dead Men to Be Sperm Donors, Medical Ethicists Say By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Allow Dead Men to Be Sperm Donors, Medical Ethicists SayCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/22/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/22/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Another HIV Hazard: Higher Risk for COPD By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Another HIV Hazard: Higher Risk for COPDCategory: Health NewsCreated: 2/20/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/21/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/5/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Biktarvy (bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide) By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Biktarvy (bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide)Category: MedicationsCreated: 4/16/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/16/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Genvoya (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide) By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Genvoya (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide)Category: MedicationsCreated: 4/17/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/17/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Money Not a Good Measure of Your Self-Worth By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Money Not a Good Measure of Your Self-WorthCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/14/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/15/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Middle Age More Stressful Now Than in 1990s: Study By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Middle Age More Stressful Now Than in 1990s: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/7/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 5/8/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Blood Pressure Dips Upon Standing Might Not Be as Dangerous as Thought By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Blood Pressure Dips Upon Standing Might Not Be as Dangerous as ThoughtCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/28/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no AHA News: These Stroke Survivors May Not Be Prescribed Enough Blood Pressure Meds By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: AHA News: These Stroke Survivors May Not Be Prescribed Enough Blood Pressure MedsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 2/21/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/24/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Sublocade (buprenorphine extended release) By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Sublocade (buprenorphine extended release)Category: MedicationsCreated: 4/17/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/17/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Sublocade (buprenorphine) By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Sublocade (buprenorphine)Category: MedicationsCreated: 4/21/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/21/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no How Common Are STDs? Most People Have No Clue By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: How Common Are STDs? Most People Have No ClueCategory: Health NewsCreated: 2/25/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/25/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Health Tip: Coping With Winter Nosebleeds By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Health Tip: Coping With Winter NosebleedsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/10/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/10/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Perimenopause By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 00:00:00 PDT Title: PerimenopauseCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 7/5/2005 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/17/2019 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Study Links Menopausal Night Sweats to Impaired Thinking By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:00:00 PDT Title: Study Links Menopausal Night Sweats to Impaired ThinkingCategory: Health NewsCreated: 9/25/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/25/2019 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no How Does Early Menopause Affect a Woman's Heart? By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:00:00 PDT Title: How Does Early Menopause Affect a Woman's Heart?Category: Health NewsCreated: 10/10/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 10/11/2019 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no HIV Could Speed Menopause Onset By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 00:00:00 PDT Title: HIV Could Speed Menopause OnsetCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/6/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/7/2019 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Health Tip: Understanding the Menopausal Transition By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 00:00:00 PDT Title: Health Tip: Understanding the Menopausal TransitionCategory: Health NewsCreated: 12/2/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 12/2/2019 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Less Sex Could Mean Earlier Menopause By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Less Sex Could Mean Earlier MenopauseCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/15/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/16/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no AHA News: Estrogen Therapy in Early Menopause May Help Keep Arteries Clear By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: AHA News: Estrogen Therapy in Early Menopause May Help Keep Arteries ClearCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/3/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/4/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Menopause May Someday Disappear as Women Postpone Pregnancy: Study By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Menopause May Someday Disappear as Women Postpone Pregnancy: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/27/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Prolia (denosumab) By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Prolia (denosumab)Category: MedicationsCreated: 4/17/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/17/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Back in Touch: Technology Restores Hand Sensitivity to Young Quadraplegic By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Back in Touch: Technology Restores Hand Sensitivity to Young QuadraplegicCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/23/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Some NFL Players May Be Misdiagnosed With Brain Disease: Study By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Some NFL Players May Be Misdiagnosed With Brain Disease: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/27/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/28/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no What Is a Hepaticojejunostomy? By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: What Is a Hepaticojejunostomy?Category: Procedures and TestsCreated: 4/22/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no What Is a Choledochojejunostomy? By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: What Is a Choledochojejunostomy?Category: Procedures and TestsCreated: 5/6/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 5/6/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Parent or Sibling With Colon Cancer? You May Need Colonoscopy Earlier By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Parent or Sibling With Colon Cancer? You May Need Colonoscopy EarlierCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/20/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/21/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Vyxeos (daunorubicin and cytarabine) By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Vyxeos (daunorubicin and cytarabine)Category: MedicationsCreated: 4/24/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Fewer Kids in Cancer Trials, Which Might Not Be a Bad Thing By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Fewer Kids in Cancer Trials, Which Might Not Be a Bad ThingCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/5/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 5/6/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Silence Your Snore, Save Your Romance By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Silence Your Snore, Save Your RomanceCategory: Health NewsCreated: 2/9/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/10/2020 12:00:00 AM Full Article
no Long Noncoding RNA MALAT1 Contributes to Sorafenib Resistance by Targeting miR-140-5p/Aurora-A Signaling in Hepatocellular Carcinoma By mct.aacrjournals.org Published On :: 2020-05-04T05:39:42-07:00 Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) have been found to play critical roles in tumorigenesis and the development of various cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Metastasis associated with lung adenocarcinoma transcript-1 (MALAT1) has been identified as an oncogene and prognostic biomarker in HCC. Here, we demonstrated that MALAT1 expression was obviously high in sorafenib-resistant HCC cells. Furthermore, knockdown of MALAT1 increased sorafenib sensitivity in nonresponsive HCC cells, whereas forced expression of MALAT1 conferred sorafenib resistance to responsive HCC cells in vitro. In addition, loss/gain-of-function assays revealed that MALAT1 promoted cell proliferation, migration, and epithelial–mesenchymal transition in HCC cells. Mechanistically, MALAT1 regulated Aurora-A expression by sponging miR-140-5p, thus promoting sorafenib resistance in HCC cells. Moreover, MALAT1 inhibition enhanced the antitumor efficacy of sorafenib in vivo. Clinically, we found that MALAT1 expression was negatively correlated with miR-140-5p expression but positively correlated with Aurora-A expression in patients with HCC and that upregulated MALAT1 was closely correlated with poor survival outcomes in patients with HCC. These findings indicated that MALAT1 may be a novel target for prognosis prediction and therapeutic strategies in patients with HCC treated with sorafenib. Full Article
no Genomics, Morphoproteomics, and Treatment Patterns of Patients with Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma and Response to Multiple Experimental Therapies By mct.aacrjournals.org Published On :: 2020-05-04T05:39:42-07:00 Overexpression of transcription factor 3 in alveolar soft part sarcoma(ASPS) results in upregulation of cell proliferation pathways. No standard treatment algorithm exists for ASPS; multikinase inhibitors[tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)] and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have shown clinical benefit. To date, no studies have reported on management strategies or sequencing of therapy. We evaluated ASPS treatment patterns and responses in an experimental therapeutics clinic. Genomic and morphoproteomic analysis was performed to further elucidate novel targets. We retrospectively reviewed patients with ASPS treated on clinical trials. Demographic and clinical next-generation sequencing (NGS) profiles were collected. AACR GENIE database was queried to further evaluate aberrations in ASPS. Morphoproteomic analysis was carried out to better define the biology of ASPS with integration of genomic and proteomic findings. Eleven patients with ASPS were identified; 7 received NGS testing and mutations in CDKN2A (n = 1) and hepatocyte growth factor (n = 1) were present. Ten patients were treated with TKIs with stable disease as best response and 4 patients with ICI (three partial responses). Within GENIE, 20 patients were identified harboring 3 called pathogenic mutations. Tumor mutation burden was low in all samples. Morphoproteomic analysis confirmed the expression of phosphorylated c-Met. In addition, fatty acid synthase and phosphorylated-STAT3 were detected in tumor cell cytoplasm and nuclei. Patients with ASPS have a quiescent genome and derive clinical benefit from VEGF-targeting TKIs. Morphoproteomic analysis has provided both additional correlative pathways and angiogenic mechanisms that are targetable for patients with ASPS. Our study suggests that sequential therapy with TKIs and immune checkpoint inhibitors is a reasonable management strategy. Full Article
no Decitabine Response in Breast Cancer Requires Efficient Drug Processing and Is Not Limited by Multidrug Resistance By mct.aacrjournals.org Published On :: 2020-05-04T05:39:42-07:00 Dysregulation of DNA methylation is an established feature of breast cancers. DNA demethylating therapies like decitabine are proposed for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) and indicators of response need to be identified. For this purpose, we characterized the effects of decitabine in a panel of 10 breast cancer cell lines and observed a range of sensitivity to decitabine that was not subtype specific. Knockdown of potential key effectors demonstrated the requirement of deoxycytidine kinase (DCK) for decitabine response in breast cancer cells. In treatment-naïve breast tumors, DCK was higher in TNBCs, and DCK levels were sustained or increased post chemotherapy treatment. This suggests that limited DCK levels will not be a barrier to response in patients with TNBC treated with decitabine as a second-line treatment or in a clinical trial. Methylome analysis revealed that genome-wide, region-specific, tumor suppressor gene–specific methylation, and decitabine-induced demethylation did not predict response to decitabine. Gene set enrichment analysis of transcriptome data demonstrated that decitabine induced genes within apoptosis, cell cycle, stress, and immune pathways. Induced genes included those characterized by the viral mimicry response; however, knockdown of key effectors of the pathway did not affect decitabine sensitivity suggesting that breast cancer growth suppression by decitabine is independent of viral mimicry. Finally, taxol-resistant breast cancer cells expressing high levels of multidrug resistance transporter ABCB1 remained sensitive to decitabine, suggesting that the drug could be used as second-line treatment for chemoresistant patients. Full Article
no Erratum for 'The Chalk Group (Upper Cretaceous) of the Northern Province, eastern England - a review, Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 62, 153-177 By pygs.lyellcollection.org Published On :: 2019-11-22T06:43:26-08:00 Full Article
no Yorkshire Geological Society Registered Charity No. 220014 Society Proceedings 2018 By pygs.lyellcollection.org Published On :: 2019-11-22T06:43:26-08:00 Full Article
no Glacial lake terraces at the eastern end of the Vale of Pickering, North Yorkshire, UK By pygs.lyellcollection.org Published On :: 2019-11-22T06:43:26-08:00 Detailed landform mapping of key areas in the Vale of Pickering, supported by LiDAR interpretation, has produced sufficient evidence to establish a reinterpretation of the Mid to Late Pleistocene chronology of the Vale of Pickering by defining the margins of two temporally distinct proglacial lakes and reaching a new understanding of the origin of some well-documented geomorphological features. The main significance of the mapping has been to establish that the Hutton Buscel terrace probably originated by lateral erosion along the southern edge of the Corallian Group dip slope of the North York Moors prior to deposition of a broad alluvial plain below a 70 m strandline. Traces of a comparable feature were also located below the Chalk Group escarpment on the southern side of the Vale of Pickering. Perhaps of equal significance has been confirmation that the younger of the two lakes, which has a 45 m shoreline, was possibly connected to Lake Humber in the Vale of York through the Derwent Valley. Evidence for such a lake was provided by mapped shorelines at Malton and Pickering that appear compatible with shorelines in Lake Humber. To account for deep erosion of the Derwent and Mere valleys and the occurrence of laminated clays at c. 65 m, below a 70 m shoreline above Crambe, regional uplift has been evoked post the older 70 m lake. In-valley alluvial fans have been mapped for the first time in Newton Dale and Thornton Dale. Full Article
no Age of the Acadian deformation and Devonian granites in northern England: a review By pygs.lyellcollection.org Published On :: 2019-11-22T06:43:26-08:00 Field evidence shows that emplacement of Devonian granites in northern England overlaps in space and time with the end of the supposed Acadian deformation in their country rocks. The age of this Acadian event in England and Wales is in need of review because of revised Rb-Sr and K-Ar decay constants and recently acquired radiometric ages on the granites. Published K-Ar and Ar-Ar cleavage ages recalculated to the new decay constants range from 404 to 394 Ma (Emsian, Early Devonian). Emplacement of the Skiddaw and Weardale granites at 398.8 ± 0.4 and 399.3 ± 0.7 Ma respectively is indicated by U-Pb zircon ages, and is compatible with the field evidence. However, emplacement of the Shap Granite at a Re-Os molybdenite age of 405.2 ± 1.8 Ma and at the youngest U-Pb zircon age of 403 ± 8 Ma matches the field evidence less well. The apparent paradox in these ages is resolved if the K-Ar ages record only the end of millions of years of cleavage formation. An earlier cluster of K-Ar and Ar-Ar cleavage ages at 426–420 Ma (Ludlow to Přídolí, late Silurian) dates a pre-Acadian resetting event soon after Iapetus closure, an event of uncertain significance. Ion microprobe U-Pb zircon ages for the Shap Granite have a mean of 415.6 ± 1.4 Ma but a range of 428–403 Ma, compatible with a long magmatic history. Thermal considerations suggest that this history was not at the upper crustal emplacement site but in a mid-crustal mush zone, now preserved at about 10 km depth as a component of the Lake District and North Pennine batholiths. Full Article
no Emplacement of oil in the Devonian Weardale Granite of northern England By pygs.lyellcollection.org Published On :: 2019-11-22T06:43:26-08:00 Oil residues occur as solid bitumen in mineralized zones within the Devonian Weardale Granite of the northern Pennines, northern England. Comparable residues are present in the overlying Mississippian rocks and were probably derived from a Carboniferous source, i.e. during later mineralization of the granite. The bitumen was already solidified during fluorite mineralization, which does not contain oil inclusions. The residues do not show the high thermal maturity of organic matter in the region altered by the earliest Permian Whin Sill. Like the sulphide-fluorite mineralization, oil emplacement post-dated intrusion of the sill. Pyrite associated with the oil residues is enriched in trace elements including lead, silver, gold, selenium and tellurium, which suggests that mineralizing fluids at least shared pathways with migrating hydrocarbons and possibly also suggests undiscovered valuable metal resources. Full Article