PINI , Gian Andrea

In the Northern Apennines of Italy, mud-rich olistostromes (sedimentary melanges) occur at different stratigraphic levels within the late Oligocene-early Miocene sedimentary record of episutural/wedge-top basins. They are widely distributed along the exhumed outer part of the Ligurian accretionary complex, atop the outer Apenninic prowedge,...

In this study we combine observations and analytical data from large-scale (10-100s of m-thick and 100 m(2)-extensive), siliciclastic and carbonate MTD/MTCs belonging to the Oligocene - Miocene foredeep and wedge-top successions of the Northern Apennines and the Paleocene - Eocene Friuli basin of the northwestern Dinarides (Italy and Slovenia),...

Olistostromes (sedimentary mélanges) represent the products of ancient submarine mass transport processes. We present a comparative analysis of the occurrences and internal structures of these sedimentary mélanges at a global scale with a focus on the Circum-Mediterranean, Appalachian and Circum-Pacific regions, and discuss their formation and...

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Understanding the factors that contribute to anisotropic slopes instability provides important information for safe mining operations in flysch-type units. This work presents the results of sedimentological and structural analyses performed in the Anhovo Quarry (Western Slovenia), where carbonate-rich material is excavated from exhumed mass...

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The Paleogene carbonate "megabreccia" units of the Friuli Basin are composite deposits produced by catastrophic shallow-water carbonate platform collapses re-deposited in relatively deep-water inner foredeep settings developed at the front of the advancing Dinaric thrust system. These thick, basin-wide mass transport deposits (MTDs) record the...

Mass-transport deposits, olistostromes and mélanges represent significant components of both modern and ancient continental margins. Tectonic forces and processes constitute the most common triggering mechanisms to downslope movement and formation of these chaotic rock bodies. At shallow structural levels in tectonically active environments,...

The Paleogene carbonate megabreccias of the Eastern Friuli, South-Eastern Alps of Italy, are thick, up to 260 m, and laterally extensive, up to 100 km, bodies attributed to catastrophic submarine landslides, which occurred in a deep-water, turbidite-filled foredeep basin (Julian Basin or Slovenian Basin of the Slovene geologists). The Grivo...

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Micro- to meso-scale outcrop studies on selected field analogues allow direct calibration and testing of geophysical interpretations performed on mass transport deposits in modern continental margins, in terms of genetic processes and sliding dynamics. This comparative approach provides important information for forecasting and mitigating...