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 …

Pre-Alpine tectonic evolution of the Eastern Alps: from Prototethys to Paleotethys

F Neubauer, Y Liu, Y Dong, R Chang, J Genser… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
In all reconstructions published during the last two decades, the Austroalpine and the
correlative Southalpine basement units of the Eastern Alps were considered to represent a …

The Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaridic orogenic system: correlation and evolution of tectonic units

SM Schmid, D Bernoulli, B Fügenschuh… - Swiss Journal of …, 2008 - Springer
A correlation of tectonic units of the Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaridic system of orogens,
including the substrate of the Pannonian and Transylvanian basins, is presented in the form …

Tectonic map and overall architecture of the Alpine orogen

SM Schmid, B Fügenschuh, E Kissling… - Eclogae Geologicae …, 2004 - Springer
The new tectonic map of the Alps is based on the combination of purely structural data with
criteria regarding paleogeographical affiliation and/or tectono-metamorphic evolution. The …

[HTML][HTML] Kinematics and extent of the Piemont–Liguria Basin–implications for subduction processes in the Alps

E Le Breton, S Brune, K Ustaszewski, S Zahirovic… - Solid Earth, 2021 - se.copernicus.org
Assessing the size of a former ocean of which only remnants are found in mountain belts is
challenging but crucial to understanding subduction and exhumation processes. Here we …

The Tauern Window (Eastern Alps, Austria): a new tectonic map, with cross-sections and a tectonometamorphic synthesis

SM Schmid, A Scharf, MR Handy… - Swiss Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
We present a tectonic map of the Tauern Window and surrounding units (Eastern Alps,
Austria), combined with a series of crustal-scale cross-sections parallel and perpendicular to …

Characterization of polymetamorphism in the Austroalpine basement east of the Tauern Window using garnet isopleth thermobarometry

F Gaidies, R Abart, C De Capitani… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Garnet in metapelites from the Wölz and Rappold Complexes of the Austroalpine basement
east of the Tauern Window typically shows two distinct growth zones. A first garnet …

Sm–Nd isotope systematics in garnet from different lithologies (Eastern Alps): age results, and an evaluation of potential problems for garnet Sm–Nd chronometry …

M Thöni - Chemical Geology, 2003 - Elsevier
Interpretation of Sm–Nd garnet ages is frequently impaired by one of the following
restrictions:(a) high-LREE inclusions,(b) isotopic disequilibrium, and (c) the uncertainty …

[HTML][HTML] Lithium pegmatite of anatectic origin–A case study from the Austroalpine Unit Pegmatite Province (Eastern European Alps): Geological data and geochemical …

T Knoll, B Huet, R Schuster, H Mali, T Ntaflos… - Ore geology …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is an ongoing debate as to whether rare element pegmatite is always related to
fractional crystallization of huge fertile granite bodies or whether it can also form directly from …

The nappe structure of the central Northern Calcareous Alps and its disintegration during Miocene tectonic extrusion—a contribution to understanding the orogenic …

W Frisch, HJ Gawlick - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2003 - Springer
The classical concept of the nappe structure of the central Northern Calcareous Alps (NCA)
is in contradiction with modern stratigraphic, structural, metamorphic and geochronological …