Tectonic units of the Alpine collision zone between Eastern Alps and western Turkey

SM Schmid, B Fügenschuh, A Kounov, L Maţenco… - Gondwana …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
We present a map that correlates tectonic units between Alps and western Turkey
accompanied by a text providing access to literature data, explaining the concepts used for …

Reconstructing the Alps–Carpathians–Dinarides as a key to understanding switches in subduction polarity, slab gaps and surface motion

MR Handy, K Ustaszewski, E Kissling - International Journal of Earth …, 2015‏ - Springer
Palinspastic map reconstructions and plate motion studies reveal that switches in
subduction polarity and the opening of slab gaps beneath the Alps and Dinarides were …

Lateral extrusion in the Eastern Alps, part 2: structural analysis

L Ratschbacher, W Frisch, HG Linzer, O Merle - Tectonics, 1991‏ - Wiley Online Library
The late Oligocene‐Miocene tectonic style of the Alps is variable along strike of the orogen.
In the Western and Central Alps, foreland imbrication, backthrusting, and backfolding …

From rifting to drifting: tectonic evolution of the South-Alpine upper crust from the Triassic to the Early Cretaceous

G Bertotti, V Picotti, D Bernoulli, A Castellarin - Sedimentary Geology, 1993‏ - Elsevier
The tectonic evolution of the South-Alpine rifted margin is discussed on the base of four
palinspastic upper crustal profiles. Extension, related to the movements between Adria and …

Eoalpine and mesoalpine tectonics in the Southern Alps

C Doglioni, A Bosellini - Geologische Rundschau, 1987‏ - Springer
According to structural and stratigraphic data, eoalpine and mesoalpine tectonics can be
clearly recognized in the Southern Alps and distinguished from the better known neoalpine …

Palinspastic reconstruction and topographic evolution of the Eastern Alps during late Tertiary tectonic extrusion

W Frisch, J Kuhlemann, I Dunkl, A Brügel - Tectonophysics, 1998‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents a new palinspastic restoration of the Eastern Alps for Neogene time and
an attempt to reconstruct the Neogene palaeogeology, palaeotopography and …

Neo-Alpine evolution of the southern Eastern Alps

A Castellarin, L Cantelli - Journal of Geodynamics, 2000‏ - Elsevier
The Eastern Southern Alps, located to the east of the N Giudicarie Line, have been
originated by polyphase compressional evolution of Tertiary age. The oldest structural …

Alpine tectonics of the Alps and Western Carpathians

N Froitzheim, D Plašienka, R Schuster - 2008‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Alps and Western Carpathians constitute that part of the Alpine-Mediterranean
orogenic belt which advances furthest to the north into Central Europe. They were formed by …

Tectonic evolution of the Eastern Southern Alps (Italy): A reappraisal from new structural data and geochronological constraints

M Curzi, G Viola, C Zuccari, L Aldega, A Billi… - …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Eastern Southern Alps fold‐and‐thrust belt (ESA) is part of the seismically
active S‐verging retro‐wedge of the European Alps. Its temporal tectonic evolution during …

Miocene‐Pliocene tectonic evolution of the Slovenian Periadriatic fault: Implications for Alpine‐Carpathian extrusion models

L Fodor, B Jelen, E Márton, D Skaberne, J Čar… - …, 1998‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Periadriatic Line (PAL) is a remarkable, several hundred kilometer long fault system of
the Alpine orogen. Its dextral character was documented by several authors using diverse …