Fault contact of the Pieniny Klippen Belt with the Central Carpathian Paleogene Basin (Western Carpathians): new data from a unique temporary exposure in utina village (Eastern Slovakia)

作者：Plasienka Dusan^*; Jozsa Stefan; Gedl Przemyslaw; Madzin Jozef

来源：Geologica Carpathica, 2013, 64(2): 165-168.

DOI：10.2478/geoca-2013-0012

• Western Carpathians
• Klippen Belt
• regional tectonics
• lithology
• stratigraphy
• structures

An exceptional, briefly exposed section across the boundary between the Pieniny Klippen Belt (PKB) and the Central Carpathian Paleogene Basin (CCPB) in Eastern Slovakia showed that the contact is formed by a single, subvertical fault plane. Whereas the Oligocene CCPB deposits exhibit only weak deformation with S-verging fold-and-thrust structures, the Cretaceous PKB sediments are internally strongly sheared with scaly fabric and numerous calcite veins. It is inferred that the PKB suffered strong thrusting-and wrenching-related deformation in pre-Oligocene times, while the Early Miocene oblique backthrusting resulted in exhumation of the PKB and formation of its steep fault boundaries.

• 出版日期2013-4