International Geological Journal - Official Journal of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association

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ROTATION ALONG THE TRANSVERSE TRANSFORMING ORAVA STRIKE-SLIP FAULT: BASED ON GEOMORPHOLOGICAL, GEOPHYSICAL AND PALEOMAGNETIC DATA (WESTERN CARPATHIANS)

Published: Jun 2004

Pages: 219 - 226

Authors: MARIA BAUMGART-KOTARBA, HENRYK MARCAK, EMO MARTON

Abstract: Morphostructure pattern suggests rotation of the Orava block along the Orava transforming transversal fault. The shortening of the Western Carpathians during their shift to the north in a N–S direction is well known, but the press in between the Bohemian Massif and the European Platform also caused substantial shortening in a W–E direction. The crucial role for such tectonic processes was played by the transversal Orava Fault and Orava block rotation. Paleomagnetic preliminary results and geophysical data seem to confirm such a hypothesis.

Keywords: Neogene, Tatra Mts, Orava Basin, paleomagnetism, transforming fault, horizontal rotation, magnetotelluric profile, Bouguer gravity anomalies

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