Together but separate: decoupled Variscan (late Carboniferous) and Alpine (Late Cretaceous–Paleogene) inversion tectonics in NW Poland
Abstract In Europe, formation of the Palaeozoic Variscan orogenic belt, and the Mesozoic–Cenozoic Alpine–Carpathian orogenic belt led to a widespread inversion events within forelands of both orogenic domains. We used legacy 2-D seismic data together with the newly acquired 3-D seismic data that, for the first time, precisely imaged sub-Zechstein (i.e. sub-evaporitic) upper Palaeozoic successions in NW Poland in order to develop a quantitative, balanced 2-D model of the late Palaeozoic–recent evolution of this area, characterised by a complex pattern of repeated extension and inversion. Four main tectonic phases have been determined: (1) Late Devonian–early Carboniferous extension and subsidence possibly related to extensional reactivation of Caledonian thrusts, (2) late Carboniferous inversion caused by the Variscan orogeny, (3) Permo-Mesozoic subsidence related to the development of the Polish Basin and (4) its Late Cretaceous–Paleogene inversion. Variscan and Alpine structures form a superimposed multilayer inversion system, mechanically decoupled by the Zechstein evaporites.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Together but separate: decoupled Variscan (late Carboniferous) and Alpine (Late Cretaceous–Paleogene) inversion tectonics in NW Poland ; volume:13 ; number:3 ; year:2022 ; pages:639-658 ; extent:20
Solid earth ; 13, Heft 3 (2022), 639-658 (gesamt 20)
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Krzywiec, Piotr
Kufrasa, Mateusz
Poprawa, Paweł
Mazur, Stanisław
Koperska, Małgorzata
Ślemp, Piotr
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10.5194/se-13-639-2022
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022032404322571666645
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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15.08.2025, 7:38 AM CEST
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- Krzywiec, Piotr
- Kufrasa, Mateusz
- Poprawa, Paweł
- Mazur, Stanisław
- Koperska, Małgorzata
- Ślemp, Piotr
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Late Paleogene - Early Neogene Abandoned Rift along the River Nile, Egypt
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