Diagnostic features and field-criteria in recognition of tectonic, sedimentary and diapiric mélanges in orogenic belts and exhumed subduction-accretion complexes

A Festa, GA Pini, K Ogata, Y Dilek - Gondwana Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Multiple episodes of deformation during the tectonic evolution of orogenic belts and ancient
subduction-accretion complexes cause obfuscation of primary block-in-matrix fabric of …

Origin and significance of olistostromes in the evolution of orogenic belts: A global synthesis

A Festa, K Ogata, GA Pini, Y Dilek, JL Alonso - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Olistostromes (sedimentary mélanges) represent the products of ancient submarine mass
transport processes. We present a comparative analysis of the occurrences and internal …

Mechanisms and processes of stratal disruption and mixing in the development of mélanges and broken formations: Redefining and classifying mélanges

A Festa, Y Dilek, GA Pini, G Codegone, K Ogata - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
The terms mélange and broken formation have been used in different ways in the literature.
The lack of agreement on their definition often leads to confusion and misinterpretations. An …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing landscape features and geomorphic processes influencing sediment dynamics in a geomorphologically highly active Mediterranean …

M La Licata, A Bosino, M Bettoni, M Maerker - Geomorphology, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The management of Mediterranean Agroecosystems is crucial to prevent or mitigate
sediment-related threats like soil erosion, water quality issues, and reservoir sedimentation …

OPS mélange: A new term for mélanges of convergent margins of the world

K Wakita - International Geology Review, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Ocean plate stratigraphy (OPS) is essential to understanding accretionary wedges and
complexes along convergent plate margins. Mélanges within accretionary wedges and …

[HTML][HTML] Mélanges and chaotic rock units: Implications for exhumed subduction complexes and orogenic belts

A Festa, E Barbero, F Remitti, K Ogata… - Geosystems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Most of mélanges occurring in exhumed subduction complexes and orogenic belts are
commonly interpreted as the product of tectonic processes (eg, underplating and return flow) …

New insights into the geodynamics of Neo-Tethys in the Makran area: Evidence from age and petrology of ophiolites from the Coloured Mélange Complex (SE Iran)

E Saccani, M Delavari, A Dolati, M Marroni… - Gondwana …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Coloured Mélange Complex is part of the North Makran domain (SE Iran) and consists
of an assemblage of metric-to decametric-thick slices mainly represented by volcanic rocks …

Practical classification of geotechnically complex formations with block-in-matrix fabrics

ML Napoli, A Festa, M Barbero - Engineering Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The terms “bimrocks”,“bimsoils” and “soil-rock mixtures” indicate different and very
common types of geological units with a block-in-matrix fabric that are also “geotechnically …

Terminal suturing between the Tarim Craton and the Yili‐Central Tianshan arc: Insights from mélange‐ocean plate stratigraphy, detrital zircon ages, and provenance …

N Abuduxun, W Xiao, BF Windley, Y Chen, P Huang… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
New field relations and U‐Pb ages of detrital zircons from Middle Devonian‐Upper Triassic
sedimentary rocks in the South Tianshan constrain the time and style of terminal suturing …

Early Holocene transgressive palaeogeography in the Po coastal plain (northern Italy)

L Bruno, KM Bohacs, B Campo, TM Drexler… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
To understand the complex stratigraphic response of a coastal depositional system to rapid
eustatic rise and sediment inputs, the evolution of the Adriatic coastline and Po River …