CFD Online Discussion Forums - [Other] Remove Zero Area Faces?

I created a mesh using Gmsh then used the makeAxialMesh utility to create a wedge. I run in to issues when trying to run my solver with the following error message:

Code:

    Creating particle cloud

--> FOAM Warning : 

    From function tetIndices polyMeshTetDecomposition::triangleTetIndices(const polyMesh&, label, label, label)

    in file meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshTetDecomposition/polyMeshTetDecomposition.C at line 643

    No base point for face 0, 4(3520 13070 1890 295), produces a valid tet decomposition.

--> FOAM Warning : 

    From function tetIndices polyMeshTetDecomposition::triangleTetIndices(const polyMesh&, label, label, label)

    in file meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshTetDecomposition/polyMeshTetDecomposition.C at line 643

    No base point for face 0, 4(3520 13070 1890 295), produces a valid tet decomposition.



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When I perform checkMesh I get the errors:

Code:

***Zero or negative face area detected.  Minimum area: 0

<<Writing 389 zero area faces to set zeroAreaFaces

and

Code:

***Max skewness = 6.66666666667e+296, 389 highly skew faces detected which may impair the quality of the results

<<Writing 389 skew faces to set skewFaces

Is there a utility to remove the zero area faces? I believe that this is what is causing the tet decomposition errors.