A natural and controlled source seismic profile through the Eastern Alps: TRANSALP

Kummerow, J.; Kind, R.; Oncken, Onno; Giese, P.; Ryberg, Trond; Wylegalla, K.; Scherbaum, Frank

doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2004.05.040

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“…First, horizontal decoupling beneath the Tauern Window area probably localized at or just above the tip of the crustal wedge, facilitating the preservation of the pre-Miocene, S-dipping European Moho below this wedge as imaged in the TRANSALP section (Kummerow et al 2004;Lüschen et al 2004Lüschen et al , 2006. Furthermore, it allowed the overlying AlCaPa orogenic crust to extrude laterally to the east, subperpendicular to the direction of convergence and indentation (Oldow et al 1990).…”

Section: Kinematics Of Adriatic Subduction and Crustal Indentation Inmentioning

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

Handy

Ustaszewski

Kissling

2014

Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch)

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Section: Kinematics Of Adriatic Subduction and Crustal Indentation Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Handy

Ustaszewski

Kissling

2014

Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch)

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356

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“…Higher up in the section, the former plate boundary was deformed by the indentation of lower crust of the Adriatic margin into the European upper crust. The Eastern Alps have recently been explored by reflection seismics in the TRANSALP project [192][193][194] and complemented by earthquake tomography ( [137] for the crustal structure, [191] for the lithosphere structure). The cross-section shown in Figure 21B is located 120 km east of the TRANSALP traverse.…”

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Thick-Skinned and Thin-Skinned Tectonics: A Global Perspective

Pfiffner¹

2017

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This paper gives an overview of the large-scale tectonic styles encountered in orogens worldwide. Thin-skinned and thick-skinned tectonics represents two end member styles recognized in mountain ranges. A thick-skinned tectonic style is typical for margins of continental plates. Thick-skinned style including the entire crust and possibly the lithospheric mantle are associated with intracontinental contraction. Delamination of subducting continental crust and horizontal protrusion of upper plate crust into the opening gap occurs in the terminal stage of continent-continent collision. Continental crust thinned prior to contraction is likely to develop relatively thin thrust sheets of crystalline basement. A true thin-skinned type requires a detachment layer of sufficient thickness. Thickness of the décollement layer as well as the mechanical contrast between décollement layer and detached cover control the style of folding and thrusting within the detached cover units. In subduction related orogens, thin-and thick-skinned deformation may occur several hundreds of kilometers from the plate contact zone. Basin inversion resulting from horizontal contraction may lead to the formation of basement uplifts by the combined reactivation of pre-existing normal faults and initiation of new reverse faults. In composite orogens thick-skinned and thin-skinned structures evolve with a pattern where nappe stacking propagates outward and downward.

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“…This crust is still in contact with its lithospheric mantle and dips southwards beneath the Alps (e.g. Kummerow et al, 2004).…”

Section: Actively-deforming Tectonic Regions/regimes In Western Northmentioning

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Correlated crustal and mantle deformation in the Tauern Window, Eastern Alps

Qorbani¹,

Kurz²,

Bianchi³

et al. 2015

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A natural and controlled source seismic profile through the Eastern Alps: TRANSALP

Cited by 102 publications

References 34 publications

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

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

Thick-Skinned and Thin-Skinned Tectonics: A Global Perspective

Correlated crustal and mantle deformation in the Tauern Window, Eastern Alps

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