New stepping stones, Dugi otok and Vis islands, in the systematic paleomagnetic study of the Adriatic region and their significance in evaluations of existing tectonic models

Palaeomagnetism and rock magnetism of the Permian redbeds from the Velebit Mt. (Karst Dinarides, Croatia): dating of the early Alpine tectonics in the Western Dinarides by a secondary magnetization

“…Although some vertical-axes block rotations were reported from areas nearby (Márton et al, 2010(Márton et al, , 2014, no significant rotation is implied by our data since the Cretaceous, when ChRM, according to the proposed interpretation, was acquired. That is generally in line with conclusions by de Leeuw et al (2012) who found no evidence of rotation in the Central Dinarides.…”

“…Inventory of all palaeomagnetic results published so far from the Karst Dinarides testifies that this orogen did not act as a rigid block during the Alpine orogeny, showing partitioned tectonic rotations of various degrees between structural units (e.g. Márton et al, 2010Márton et al, , 2014 as well as larger-scale rotations postulated for Adria microplate by Satolli et al (2007). Therefore, the Velebit Mt.…”

“…Tertiary history of Alcapa, Tisza-Dacia and Adria terranes is constrained by a wealth of geological and palaeomagnetic data (Channell, 1996;Csontos and Vörös, 2004;Neugebauer et al, 2001;Satolli et al, 2007Satolli et al, , 2008Stampfli and Borel, 2002;Van Dijk and Scheepers, 1995). Significant progress in the Dinarides has recently been made due to works of Emő Márton and co-workers (Márton et al, 1995(Márton et al, , 2002(Márton et al, , 2003(Márton et al, , 2006(Márton et al, , 2008(Márton et al, , 2010(Márton et al, , 2014; see also Márton and Veljović, 1983). Palaeomagnetic data acquired in the Dinaric chain (the north-eastern part of the Adria terrane) suggest that the whole unit experienced 35°c ounter-clockwise rotation with respect to Africa during late Miocene-Pliocene (Márton et al, 1999, 2002 andreferences therein).…”

Reappraisal of the palaeomagnetism of the Miocene intramontane Pag and Drniš–Sinj basins, External Dinarides (Croatia)

“…Pioneering paleomagnetic investigations were carried out both in the Adriatic autochthon and in the External Dinarides on Cretaceous platform carbonates (Márton and Veljović, 1983, 1987, Márton et al, 1990, Márton and Miličević, 1994 and on the Eocene flysch and some outcrops of Miocene and Mio-Pliocene lake sediments of the External Dinarides (Speranza, 1995, Kissel et al, 1995. Paleomagnetic investigations were resumed in the area in the second part of the 1990s and extended to the foreland of the Southern Alps (Márton et al, 2003(Márton et al, , 2010a(Márton et al, , 2010b(Márton et al, , 2011(Márton et al, , 2014. These provided reliable kinematic constraints for subdividing the External Dinarides, into a mainland part (imbricated Adriatic plate margin units in Fig.…”

“…), however, is a matter of speculation. One possibility is that the postEocene CCW rotation of Adria (Márton, 2006, Márton et al, 2002, 2014 did not involve the whole External Dinarides, but only the imbricated Adriatic plate. In this case, Miocene paleomagnetic declinations from the imbricated Adriatic plate margin must be different from those inferred or measured for the gently deformed and imbricated Adriatic plate of Fig.…”