Far-field effects of Late Miocene subduction in the Eastern Carpathians: E-W compression and inversion of structures in the Alpine-Carpathian-Pannonian region

Article Abstract:

Late Miocene paleostress data from the Alpine-Carpathian-Pannonian region present evidence of a homogeneous E-W compressive stress field in the brittle upper crust. Compression occurred between 9 Ma and 5.3 Ma and was coeval with late-stage west-directed subduction of the European plate below the Eastern Carpathians. During Late Miocene soft collision, E-W compressive stress was transmitted from the eastern Carpathian plate boundary to the Pannonian Basin and into the Eastern Alps. The basic tectonic effects of the stress field on the area are discussed.

Observations, Geology, Stratigraphic, Stratigraphy, Miocene Epoch, Plate tectonics, Eastern Alps

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Models for relative motion of crustal blocks within the Carpathian region, based on restorations of the outer Carpathian thrust sheets

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A rigid block model and back arc extension model of the relative motion of the crustal blocks within the Carpathian region has been developed. The models perform palinspastic restorations of the outer Carpathians thrust sheets. Thrust transport directions changing with time and divergent transport directions are combined to minimize the required arc-parallel extension. Data from the thrust sheet restorations are used to reconstruct block motions for the Pannonian basin, Adriatic block and the Balkans.

Thrust faults (Geology), Thrust faults

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Evolution of the transport direction of the Carpathian belt during its collision with the east European Platform

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A structural analysis of the transition area between the south Carpathians and the east Carpathians is presented, characterizing the strike-slip fault pattern, and revealing its links with the thrust deformation close by. The study of the Pliocene-quaternary deformation aims to provide information on the evolution of the Carpathian belt transport during the Neogene.

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