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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Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
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)

Urheber
Krzywiec, Piotr
Kufrasa, Mateusz
Poprawa, Paweł
Mazur, Stanisław
Koperska, Małgorzata
Ślemp, Piotr

DOI
10.5194/se-13-639-2022
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022032404322571666645
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  • Krzywiec, Piotr
  • Kufrasa, Mateusz
  • Poprawa, Paweł
  • Mazur, Stanisław
  • Koperska, Małgorzata
  • Ślemp, Piotr

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