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 …

Granular porous landslide tsunami modelling–the 2014 Lake Askja flank collapse

M Rauter, S Viroulet, SS Gylfadóttir, W Fellin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Subaerial landslides and volcano flank collapses can generate tsunamis with devastating
consequences. The lack of comprehensive models incorporating both the landslide and the …

Anatomy of a subduction complex: Architecture of the Franciscan Complex, California, at multiple length and time scales

J Wakabayashi - International Geology Review, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The Franciscan Complex of California records over 150 million years of continuous E-
dipping subduction that terminated with conversion to a dextral transform plate boundary …

Coupling rheology and segregation in granular flows

T Barker, M Rauter, ESF Maguire… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
During the last fifteen years there has been a paradigm shift in the continuum modelling of
granular materials; most notably with the development of rheological models, such as the …

Characterization of the Rapanui mass‐transport deposit and the basal shear zone: Mount Messenger Formation, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

S Cardona, LJ Wood, B Dugan, Z Jobe… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Submarine mass‐transport deposits are important in many ancient and modern basins.
Mass‐transport deposits can play a significant role in exploration as reservoir, seal or source …

[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) …

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 …

Episodic hydrofracturing and large-scale flushing along deep subduction interfaces: Implications for fluid transfer and carbon recycling (Zagros Orogen, southeastern …

J Muñoz-Montecinos, S Angiboust, A Garcia-Casco… - Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigate the late Cretaceous blueschist-facies (480° C-1.8 GPa) segment of the
Zagros suture zone, a well-preserved block-in-matrix paleo-subduction channel. We aim to …

[HTML][HTML] The role of structural inheritance in continental break-up and exhumation of Alpine Tethyan mantle (Canavese Zone, Western Alps)

A Festa, G Balestro, A Borghi, S De Caroli, A Succo - Geoscience Frontiers, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Canavese Zone (CZ) in the Western Alps represents the remnant of the distal
passive margin of the Adria microplate, which was stretched and thinned during the Jurassic …