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Variable structural styles and tectonic evolution of an ancient backstop boundary: the Pieniny Klippen Belt of the Western Carpathians

  1. TitleVariable structural styles and tectonic evolution of an ancient backstop boundary: the Pieniny Klippen Belt of the Western Carpathians
    Author infoDušan Plašienka ... [et al.]
    Author Plašienka Dušan (60%)
    Co-authors Bučová Jana (20%)
    Šimonová Viera 1977- (20%) UMBFP01 - Katedra geografie a geológie
    Source document International Journal of Earth Sciences : Geologische Rundschau : journal of Geologische Vereinigung. Vol. 109, no. 4 (2020), pp. 1355-1376. - Berlín : Springer Nature, 2020 ; Conference on Thermal and Mechanical Evolution of Collisional and Accretionary Orogens konferencia
    Keywords cretaceous volcanism   evolúcia - evolution  
    Headings Geogr. Západné Karpaty (pohorie)
    Pieniny Klippen Belt
    Form. Descr.články - journal articles
    LanguageEnglish
    CountryGermany
    AnnotationThe Pieniny Klippen Belt (PKB) and adjoining zones form a narrow, but lengthy belt that separates the Cretaceous nappe stack of the Central (Austroalpine) and the Cenozoic accretionary wedge of the External Western Carpathians (Flysch Belt). The PKB shares units and structures of both, in addition to the distinctive Oravic units, derived from a continental fragment in the Middle Penninic position. In map view, the northward-convex PKB consists of two branches—the western one striking roughly SW–NE and the eastern one oriented in the NW–SE direction. The western branch experienced a continuous NW–SE convergence and forward accretion of units derived from the foreland plate during the Late Cretaceous up to Oligocene. The developing accretionary wedge was supported by the backstop of the Central Carpathians. In contrast, the eastern branch originated by separation of PKB units and their dextral translation along the NE margin of the Central Carpathian block in the Late Eocene. During the Miocene reorganization of plate movements in the Carpathian area, the situation reversed. The eastern, formerly dextral transform margin was converted to the frontal backstop of the eastern part of the accretionary wedge. In contrast, the western, previously orthogonally convergent branch was affected by along-strike sinistral movements. Despite these considerable kinematic changes, the PKB remained fixed to both backstop edges and records deformation structures and associated sediments differentiated into several evolutionary stages.
    Public work category ADC
    No. of Archival Copy48914
    Catal.org.BB301 - Univerzitná knižnica Univerzity Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici
    Databasexpca - PUBLIKAČNÁ ČINNOSŤ
    ReferencesPERIODIKÁ-Súborný záznam periodika
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