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Observations on stratified slope deposits, Gesso Valley, Italian Maritime Alps

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  • Marta Pappalardo

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In the Gesso Valley stratified slope deposits occur on limestone and marl outcrops of Mesozoic age. Their thickness varies from a few decimetres to some metres. They overlie alluvial terraces. At present they are inactive. Sections show an alternation of grain‐supported and matrix‐supported layers. Sedimentological analysis indicates that these deposits are éboulis ordonnés; each layer shows its own sedimentological peculiarities, for example concerning grain size, orientation and dip, sorting within the level, relative matrix abundance, degree of cementation and nature of limits. It is impossible, therefore, to account for a true cyclical nature of the layers. The processes responsible for the genesis of this deposit are hypothesized to be congeliturbation, associated with rill episodes and gravitational displacement of gelifracts. The deposits probably formed in a periglacial environment, near the terminal part of a retreating glacier snout. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Dans la vallée du Gesso, des dépôts de pente stratifiés se sont formés à partir d'affleurements de calcaires et de marnes d'âge mésozo|que. Leur épaisseur varie de quelques décimètres à quelques mètres et leur inclinaison est de l'ordre de 40%. Des alluvions de terrasses recouvrent la partie inférieure des dépôts. Actuellement ces dépôts sont inactifs. Des coupes montrent en alternance, des couches avec matrice et sans matrice. Des analyses sédimentologiques indiquent que ces dépôts sont des “éboulis ordonnés”. Chaque couche a des particularités sédimentologiques propres, qu'il s'agisse de la taille des grains, de leur orientation et de leur pendage, de leur triage, de l'abondance de matrice, du degré de cimentation et de la nature des limites entre les couches. Les processus responsables de la genèse de ces dépôts sont supposés être la congélifluxion associée avec des épisodes de ruissellement, ainsi que le déplacement par gravité de gélifracts. Ces dépôts paraissent s'être formés dans un environnement périglaciaire, près de l'extrémité d'un glacier en retrait. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Marta Pappalardo, 1999. "Observations on stratified slope deposits, Gesso Valley, Italian Maritime Alps," Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 10(1), pages 107-111, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:perpro:v:10:y:1999:i:1:p:107-111
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199901/03)10:13.0.CO;2-9
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