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View article: Physical and Anthropogenic Factors Related to Landslide Activity in the Northern Peloponnese, Greece
Physical and Anthropogenic Factors Related to Landslide Activity in the Northern Peloponnese, Greece Open
The geological, geomorphic conditions of a mountainous environment along with precipitation and human activities influence landslide occurrences. In many cases, their relation to landslide events is not well defined. The scope of the prese…
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The Calabria-Peloritani Orogen, a composite terrane in Central Mediterranean; its overall architecture and geodynamic significance for a pre-Alpine scenario around the Tethyan basin Open
The Calabria-Peloritani Orogen is an arcuate segment of the peri-Mediterranean orogenic Alpine nappe system that comprises the whole Calabria and the north-eastern sector of Sicily. It comprises the Sila and Catena Costiera Massifs in nort…
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Southwestern Laurentian zircons in Upper Cretaceous flysch of the Chugach-Prince William terrane in Alaska Open
The Chugach-Prince William (CPW) terrane in southern Alaska is dominated by thick imbricated flysch, mainly Maastrichtian to Paleocene, that represents one of the thickest accretionary complexes in the world. Detrital zircons from sandston…
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Surface faulting during the August 24, 2016, Central Italy earthquake (Mw 6.0): preliminary results Open
We present some preliminary results on the mapping of coseismically-induced ground ruptures following the Aug. 24, 2016, Central Italy earthquake (Mw 6.0). The seismogenic source, as highlighted by InSAR and seismological data, ruptured ac…
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New Constraints on the Evolution of the Inner Northern Apennines by K‐Ar Dating of Late Miocene‐Early Pliocene Compression on the Island of Elba, Italy Open
The Northern Apennines (NA) orogenic wedge formed during Oligocene‐Miocene convergence and westward subduction of Adria beneath the European Plate. Extension ensued in the Mid‐Late Miocene in response to Adria roll‐back, causing opening of…
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Soil-Water Characteristic Curve of Residual Soil from a Flysch Rock Mass Open
Depending on the nature of the material and suction range, laboratory measurements of the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) can be time-consuming and expensive, especially for residual soils, in which a wide range of particle sizes an…
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Weathering Influence on Properties of Siltstones from Istria, Croatia Open
Slaking and weathering of weak rocks result in slope instability. Siltstones from flysch rock masses are highly susceptible to weathering, which causes rapid changes in the geotechnical properties and durability. This study investigated si…
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Proposal of a New Parameter for the Weathering Characterization of Carbonate Flysch-Like Rock Masses: The Potential Degradation Index (PDI) Open
The susceptibility of clay bearing rocks to weathering (erosion and/or differential degradation) is known to influence the stability of heterogeneous slopes. However, not all of these rocks show the same behaviour, as there are considerabl…
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Detrital zircon geochronology of the Carboniferous Baixo Alentejo Flysch Group (South Portugal); constraints on the provenance and geodynamic evolution of the South Portuguese Zone Open
U–Pb detrital zircon data from the Baixo Alentejo Flysch Group in the South Portuguese Zone show significant age differences between formations. The Visean Mértola Formation and Serpukhovian to early Bashkirian Mira Formation are dominated…
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Landslide Hazard Assessment Map as an Element Supporting Spatial Planning: The Flysch Carpathians Region Study Open
Landslides and rock falls are among the many phenomena that have an impact on sustainable construction and infrastructure safety. The main causes of landslides are natural meteorological and hydrological phenomena. In building design and c…
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Evaluating igneous sources of the Taveyannaz formation in the Central Alps by detrital zircon U–Pb age dating and geochemistry Open
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The multiply deformed foreland fold-thrust belt of the Balkan orogen, northern Bulgaria Open
The generally east-west–trending Balkan orogen (eastern Europe) consists of a northern belt of folded and thrusted Mesozoic and Cenozoic strata that forms the external fold-thrust belt of late Mesozoic and early Cenozoic age, and a souther…
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Microtopography shapes soil pH in flysch regions across Switzerland Open
As topography is a key factor controlling soil genesis and strongly influences physical and chemical soil properties, terrain attributes are routinely used in digital soil mapping to spatially predict soil properties. Forests on flysch sed…
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NEW PROPOSED GSI CLASSIFICATION CHARTS FOR WEAK OR COMPLEX ROCK MASSES Open
The paper deals with the geotechnical classification of weak and complex rock masses. The complexity of these geological material demands a more specialized research and geological characterization due to the special features of their rock…
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On the nature of the Teisseyre-Tornquist Zone Open
The authors interpret the structure of the Central Carpathian-North European plates suture zone in Poland, where three main Carpathian tectonic units: the Central Carpathian, Pieniny Klippen Belt (PKB) and Outer Carpathian are present. In …
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Assessment of time–spatial changes of shear wave velocities of flysch formation prone to mass movements by seismic interferometry with the use of ambient noise Open
This paper presents the results of monitoring flysch formation shear wave velocities at varying conditions of water content by seismic interferometry. Studies were conducted on a section of the active Just-Tegoborze landslide in the southe…
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Unconformity development in retroarc foreland basins: implications for the geodynamics of Andean-type margins Open
Unconformities in foreland basins may be generated by tectonic processes that operate in the basin, the adjacent fold–thrust belt or the broader convergent margin. Foreland basin unconformities represent shifts from high accommodation to n…
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Evolutionary trend of <i>Zoophycos</i> morphotypes from the Upper Cretaceous–Lower Miocene in the type pelagic sections of Gubbio, Italy Open
About 200 Zoophycos specimens, including 90 specimens studied in detail, have been analysed in the continuous Upper Cretaceous-Lower Miocene pelagic sedimentary type sections of the Gubbio area (the Contessa Highway, Contessa Quarry and Bo…
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Evidence for Late Triassic crustal suturing of the Central and Southern Pamir Open
The timing of closure of the Paleotethys and Rushan ocean basins and suturing of Gondwanan crustal fragments in the Pamir is not well resolved. Whereas the Central Pamir terrane is generally interpreted to have collided with the Northern P…
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Mechanisms of rock slope failures triggered by the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake and implications for landslide susceptibility Open
Landslide failure mechanisms are influenced by topography, lithology, structure and rock mass damage – factors that also control landslide susceptibility. Failure mechanisms, however, are rarely considered in regional-scale coseismic lands…
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Disentangling Sedimentary Pathways for the Pleniglacial Lower Danube Loess Based on Geochemical Signatures Open
The source of aeolian sediments such as loess has been investigated since decades. Reliable knowledge on potential dust sources is crucial to understand past climatic and environmental conditions accompanying the dispersal of early modern …
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Tectonic evolution and high-pressure rock exhumation in the Qiangtang terrane, central Tibet Open
Conflicting interpretations of the > 500 km long, east–west-trending Qiangtang metamorphic belt have led to very different and contradicting models for the Permo–Triassic tectonic evolution of central Tibet. We define two metamorphic event…
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Slab Load Controls Beneath the Alps on the Source-to-Sink Sedimentary Pathways in the Molasse Basin Open
The stratigraphic development of foreland basins has mainly been related to surface loading in the adjacent orogens, whereas the control of slab loads on these basins has received much less attention. This has also been the case for interp…
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The geochemical characterization of two long distance chert tracers by ED-XRF and LA-ICP-MS. Implications for Magdalenian human mobility in the Pyrenees (SW Europe) Open
We geochemically characterize two chert formations outcropping in the Pyrenees and presenting similar characteristics at the visual and microscopic scale: The Montgaillard flysch cherts and the Montsaunès cherts. Cherts presenting identica…
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Detrital zircon ages of Oligocene to Miocene sandstone suites of the Southern Apennines foreland basin system, Italy Open
U/Pb spot ages on detrital zircons from turbidite quartzarenites, quartz-feldspathic and volcaniclastic sandstones of the Tufiti di Tusa (TTF), Numidian Flysch (NF), Bifurto (BF), Gorgoglione (GF) and Serra Palazzo (SPF) formations, expose…
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Deep structure of the Pieniny Klippen Belt in Poland Open
An interpretation of the deep structure of the Pieniny Klippen Belt in Poland is presented, utilizing a high-resolution deep seismic reflection survey. The studied profiles reach a depth of around 23 km. The seismic lines depict the struct…
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Interpreting siliciclastic sedimentation in the upper Paleozoic Mulargia-Escalaplano Basin (Sardinia, Italy): influence of tectonics on provenance Open
Late to post-Variscan molassic basins of Late Pennsylvanian-Permian age are exposed in Sardinia (Italy). Here, the compositional and stratigraphic evolution of the Mulargia-Escalaplano sedimentary basin (central Sardinia) has been investig…
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Progressive Deformation Patterns from an Accretionary Prism (Helminthoid Flysch, Ligurian Alps, Italy) Open
This paper reports the results of a field-based structural investigation of a well-exposed paleo-accretionary prism, which experienced complex deformation in a low-grade metamorphic setting. Field analyses focused on the description of str…
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The North European Platform suture zone in Poland Open
The authors interpret the structure of the Central Carpathian-North European plates suture zone in Poland, where three main Carpathian tectonic units: the Central Carpathian, Pieniny Klippen Belt (PKB) and Outer Carpathian are present. In …
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Tectono‐Stratigraphic and Thermal Evolution of the Western Betic Flysch: Implications for the Geodynamics of South Iberian Margin and Alboran Domain Open
The Betic‐Rif orogen is a key region to understand the evolution of the plate boundary between Africa and Iberia/Europe. This study focuses on the Flysch Complex, which is considered the sedimentary cover of a domain originally positioned …