Two subduction-related heterogeneities beneath the Eastern Alps and the Bohemian Massif imaged by high-resolution P-wave tomography

Abstract ∼ ∼  100–200 km beneath the southern part of the BM. We associate this anomaly with the western end of a SW–NE-striking heterogeneity beneath the south-eastern part of the BM, imaged in models of larger extent. The strike, parallel with the Moldanubian–Brunovistulian mantle–lithosphere boundary in the BM and with the westernmost part of the Carpathian front, leads us to consider potential scenarios relating the heterogeneity to (1) a remnant of the delaminated European plate, (2) a piece of continental-and-oceanic lithosphere mixture related to the building of the BM, particularly to the closure of the old Rheic ocean during the MD–BV collision, or (3) a lithospheric fragment going through to the NW between the Eastern Alps and Western Carpathians fronts in a preceding subduction phase. The study is dedicated to our outstanding and respected colleague Vladislav Babuška, who coined innovative views on the European lithosphere and died on 30 March 2021.

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

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• Bibliographic citation: Two subduction-related heterogeneities beneath the Eastern Alps and the Bohemian Massif imaged by high-resolution P-wave tomography ; volume:13 ; number:1 ; year:2022 ; pages:251-270 ; extent:20 ; Solid earth ; 13, Heft 1 (2022), 251-270 (gesamt 20)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Plomerová, Jaroslava ; Žlebčíková, Helena ; Hetényi, György ; Vecsey, Luděk ; Babuška, Vladislav

Further information

• DOI: 10.5194/se-13-251-2022
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022020304215071540612
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.