Publications 2008

A list of our recent publications 2008 can be found below.

Papers by our researchers, un-published PhD and Master thesis can be consulted in our library.

o Allibon James, Monjoie Philippe, Lapierre Henriette, Jaillard E., Bussy François, Bosch D., Senebier F.,
The contribution of the young Cretaceous Caribbean Oceanic Plateau to the genesis of late Cretaceous arc magmatism in the Cordillera Occidental of Ecuador.
2008 Journal of South American Earth Sciences 26: 355-368.

o Allibon James, Lapierre Henriette, Bussy François, Tardy Marc, Cruz Gámez M. Esther, Senebier François,
Late Jurassic continental flood basalt doleritic dykes in northwestern Cuba: remants of the Gulf of mexico opening.
2008 Bulletin de la société géologique de France 179: 445-452.

o Bandini Alexandre N., Flores Kennet, Baumgartner Peter O., Jackett Sarah-Jane, Denyer Percy,
Late Cretacous and Paleogene Radiolaria from the Nicoya Peninsula, costa Rica: a tectonostratigraphic application.
2008 Stratigraphy 5: 3-21.

o Baumgartner Peter O., Flores Kennet, Bandini Alexandre N., Girault France, Cruz Daniel,
Upper triassic to cretaceous radiolaria from nicaragua and northern Costa Rica - the mesquito composite oceanic terrane.
2008 Ofioliti 33: 1-19.

o Beccaro Paola, Diserens Marc-Oliver, Gorican Spela, Martire Luca,
Callovian radiolarians from the lowermost calcare selcifero di Fonzaso at Ponte Serra (Trento Plateau, Southern Alps, Italy).
2008 Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 114: 489-504.

o Boivin Pascal, Saade M., Pfeifer Hans-Rudolf, Hammecker C., Degoumois Y.,
Depuration of highway runoff water into grass-covered embankments.
2008 Environmental Science & Technology 29: 709-720.

o Bussien Denise, Bussy François, Masson Henri, Magna Tomas, Rodionov Nickolay,
Variscan Iamprophyres in the Lower Penninic domain (Central Alps): age and tectonic significance.
2008 Bulletin de la société géologique de France 179: 369-381.

o Föllmi Karl B., Gertsch B., Renevey J.-P, De Kaenel E., Stille P.,
Stratigraphy and sedimentology of phosphate-rich sediments in Malta and south-eastern Sicily (latest Oligocene to early Late Miocene).
2008 Sedimentology 55: 1029-1051.

o Föllmi Karl B., Adatte Thierry,
Life and the environment during the Cretaceous.
2008 Cretaceous Research 29: 723-724 .

o Föllmi Karl, Gainon François,
Demise of the northern Tethyan Urgonian carbonate platform and subsequent transition towards pelagic conditions: The sedimentary record of the Col de la Plaine Morte area, central Switzerland.
2008 Sedimentary Geology 205: 142-159.

o Genier Florian, Bussy François, Epard Jean-Luc, Baumgartner Lukas,
Water-assisted migmatization of metagraywackes in a Variscan shear zone, Aiguilles-Rouges massif, western Alps.
2008 Lithos 102: 575-597.

o Genier Florian, Epard Jean-Luc, Bussy François, Magna Tomas,
Lithostratigraphy and U-Pb zircon dating in the overturned limb of the Siviez-Mischabel nappe: a new key for Middle Penninic nappe geometry.
2008 Swiss Journal Geoscience 101: 431-452.

o Godet Alexis, Bodin Stéphane, Adatte Thierry, Föllmi Karl B.,
Platform-inclued clay-mineral fractionation along a northern Tethyan basin-platform transect: implications for the interpretation of Early Cretaceous climate change (Late hauterivian-Early Aptian).
2008 Cretaceous Research 29: 830-847

o Grundler Pascal V., Brugger Joël, Meisser Nicolas, Ansermet Stefan, Borg Stacey, Etschmann Barbara, Testemale Denis, Bolin Trudy,
Xocolatlite Ca2Mn Te2O12H2O, a new tellurate related to kuranakhite: Description and measurement of te oxidation state by XANES spectroscopy.
2008 American Mineralogist 93: 1911-1920.

o Guex Jean, Rakus Milos, Morard Alain, Quartier-la-Terre Mélanie,
Ammonites sinémuriennes du Haut-Atlas marocain.
2008 Mémoire de Géologie, Lausanne 47

o Holloway M. Isabel, Bussy François,
Trace element distribution among rock-forming minerals from metamorphosed to partially molten basic igneous rocks in a contact aureole (Fuerteventura, Canaries).
2008 Lithos 102: 616-639.

o Holloway M.Isabel, Bussy François, Vennemann Torsten W.,
Low-pressure, water-assisted anatexis of basic dykes in a contact metamorphic aureole, Fuerteventura (Canary Islands): oxygen isotope evidence for a meteoric fluid origin. Contrib
2008 Mineral Petrol 155: 111-121.

o Jackett Sarah-Jane, Baumgartner Peter O., Bandini Alexandre N.,
A new low-latitude late Paleocene-early Eocene radiolarian biozonation based on unitary associations: applications for accreted terranes.
2008 Stratigraphy 54: 39-62.

o Kaczmarek Mary-Alix, Müntener Othmar,
Juxtaposition of melt impregnation and high-temperature shear zones in the upper mantle; field and petrological constraints from the Lanzo peridotite (Northern Italy).
2008 Journal of Petrology 49: 2187-2220.

o Kaczmarek Mary-Alix, Müntener Othmar, Rubatto Daniela,
Trace element chemistry and U-Pb dating of zircons from oceanic gabbros and their relationship with whole rock composition (lanzo, Italian alps).
2008 Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 155: 295-312.

o Kocsis László, Vennemann Torsten W., Fontignie D., Baumgartner Claudia, Montanari A.,
Oceanographic and climatic evolution of the Miocene Meditarranean deduced from Nd, Sr, C, and O isotope compositions of marine and sediments.
2008 Paleocenography 23: 1-20.

o Kocsis László, Vennemann Torsten W., Hegner Ernst, Fontignie Denis, Tütken Thomas,
Constraints on Miocene oceanography and climate in the Western and Central Paratethys: O-, Sr-, and Nd-isotope compositions of marine fish and mammal remains.
2008 Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 271: 117-129.

o Mailliot Samuel, Mattioli Emanuela, Bartolini Annachiara, Baudin François, Pittet Bernard, Guex Jean,
Late Pliensbachian-Early Toarcian (Early jurassic) environmental changes in an epicontinental basin of NW Europe (Causses area, central France): A micropaleontological and geochemical approach.
2008 Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

o Maury René C., Lapierre Henriette, Bosch Delphine, Marcoux jean, Krystyn Leopold, Cotten Joseph, Bussy François, Brunet Pierre, Senebier François,
The alkaline intraplate volcanism of the Antalya nappes (Turkey): a Late Triassic remnant of the Neotethys.
2008 Bulletin de la société géologique de France 179: 397-410.

o Michel Jürgen, Baumgartner Lukas, Putlitz Benita, Schaltegger Urs, Ovtcharova Maria,
Incremental growth of the Patagonian Torres del Paine laccolith over 90 k.y..
2008 Geology 36: 459-462.

o Moix Patrice, Beccaletto Laurent, Kozur W. Heinz, Hochard Cyril, Rosselet François, Stampfli M. Gérard,
A new classification of the Turkish terranes and sutures and its implication for the paleotectonic history of the region.
2008 Tectonophysics 451: 7-39.

o Monjoie Philippe, Bussy François, Schlategger Urs, Mulch Andreas, Lapierre Henriette, Pfeifer Hans-Ruedi,
Contrasting magma types and timing of intrusion in the Permian layered mafic complex of Mont Collon (Western Alps, Valais, Switzerlant): evidence from U/Pb zircon and 40Ar/39/Ar amphibole dating.
2008 Swiss Journal Geoscience 100: 125-135.

o Mort Haydon P., Adatte Thierry, Keller Gerta, Bartels David, Föllmi Karl, Steinmann Philipp, Berner Zsolt, Chellai E.H,
Organic carbon deposition and phosphorus accumulation during Oceanic Anoxic Event2 in Tarfaya, Morocco.
2008 Cretaceous Research 29: 1008-1023.

o Ounis Anouar, Kocsis László, Chaabani Fredj, Pfeifer Hans-Rudolf,
Rare earth elements and stable isotope geochemistry (§13C and §18O) of phosphorite deposits in the Gafsa Basin, Tunisia.
2008 Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 268: 1-18.

o Pelletier Laure, Müntener Othmar, Kalt Angelika, Vennemann Torsten W., Belgya Tamas,
Emplacement of ultramafic rocks into the continental crust monitored by light and other trace elements: an example from the Geisspfad body (Swiss-Italian alps).
2008 Chemical Geology 255: 143-159.

o Pupier E., Barbey P., Toplis J. M., Bussy François,
Igneous Layering, Fractional Grystallization and Graowth of Granitic Plutons: the Dolbel Batholith in SW Niger.
2008 Journal of Petrology 49: 1043-1068.

o Riond Manuel,
2008 : Sources d'approvisionnement en matériau lithique. Archéologie neuchâteloise 41 : 1-39

o Leducq Annick, Duvaux Rordorf miryam, Tréhoux Alain: Bevaix/Le Bataillard:
occupations terrestres en bordure de marais, Office et musée d'archéologie de Neuchâtel 2008.

o Rubatto Daniela, Müntener Othmar, Barnhoorn Auke, Gregory Courtney,
Dissolution-reprecipitation of zircon at low-temperature, high pressure conditions (Lanzo massif, Italy).
2008 American Mineralogist 93: 1519-1529.

o Schootbrugge van de B., Payne L. J., Tomasovych A., Fiebig Jens, Pross J., Benbrahim M., Föllmi Karl B., Quan M. T.,
Carbon cycle perturbation and stabilization in the wake of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary mass-extinction event. G3 9: 1-16. - 2008

o Smuda Jochen, Dold Bernhard, Spangenberg Jorge E. Pfeifer Hans-Rudolf,
Geochemistry and stable isotope composition of fresh alkaline porphyry copper tailings: Implications on sources and mobility of elements during transport and early stages of deposition.
2008 Chemical Geology 256: 62-76.

o Spangenberg Jorge E., Matuschik Irenaus, Jacomet Stephanie, Schibler Joerg,
Direct evidence for the existence of dairying farms in prehistoric Central Europe (4th millennium BC).
2008 Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 44: 189-200.

o Spangenberg Jorge E., Vennemann Torsten W.,
The stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope variation of water stored in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Rapid communications in mass spectrometry 22: 672-676. – 2008

o Vils Flurin, Pelletier Laure, Kalt Angelika, Müntener Othmar, Ludwig Thomas,
The Lithium, Boron and Beryllium content of serpentinized peridotites from ODP Leg 209 (Sites 1272A and 1274A): Implications for lithium and boron budgets of oceanic lithosphere.
2008 Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta 72: 5475-5504.

o Vonlanthen Pierre, Grobety Bernard,
CSL grain boundary distribution in alumina and zirconia ceramics.
2008 Ceramics International 34: 1459-1472.

o Wiblé François, Meisser Nicolas,
Typologie, origine et usage du cristal de roche du mithraeum de forum Claudii Vallensium / Martigny (Valais).
2007 Bulletin d'études préhistoriques et archéoloiques alpines 18: 351-357.