The Northern Carpathians plate tectonic evolutionary stages and origin of olistoliths and olistostromes

Abstract

The olistostromes formed in Northern Carpathians during the different stages of the development of flysch basins, from rift trough post-

Paleocene sedimentary record of ridge geodynamics in Outer Carpathian basins (Subsilesian Unit)

“…Kambühel Kalk, see Köhler et al 1993;Köhler & Buček 2005) the Haligovce and Velký Lipnik olistolithic limestones (e.g. Cieszkowski et al 2004;Köhler & Buček 2005;Krobicki et al 2005;Cieszkowski et al 2009a), which provide excellent example of coral-algal reefal facies. These limestones were also found as olistoliths within the fore-arc flysch deposits of the Žilina Formation.…”

“…A block consisting of the Goryczkowiec Sandstone is covered by the Gorzeń beds and underlain by grey shales, representing a large olistolith in the highest part of the Krosno Formation section. The various grey and variegated marls also represent olistoliths within the Krosno Beds matrix, so the position of the Szydłowiec and Gorzeń Sandstones is analogous to the olistostrome blocks known as the Andrychów Klippes (Cieszkowski et al 2009b(Cieszkowski et al , 2011(Cieszkowski et al , 2012a. While the olistolithic origin of the block located south of Wadowice is well documented, the positions of similar rocks in the Wiśniowa and Sułkowice areas are still under investigation.…”

“…The number and configuration of the ridges within the Outer Carpathian basins changed over time. The uplifts were subjects of intense geodynamic evolution Cieszkowski et al 2009aCieszkowski et al , 2011. The present-day Outer Carpathians were reorganized tectonically by the Miocene Alpine movements, and the ridges were largely destroyed.…”

The geotourist attractions in the vicinity of Szczawnica spa

“…The Krynica subunit includes the uppermost Cretaceous-Oligocene fl ysch rocks in the area adjacent to the Pieniny Klippen Belt in Poland. The older, Jurassic-Cretaceous deposits, are known only from the olistoliths within the fl ysch (Cieszkowski et al, 2009;Golonka et al, 2010Golonka et al, , 2015 and papers cited therein).…”

Geotouristic values of the Gorce National Park and its surroundings (The Outer Carpathians, Poland)

“…In the higher part of the Bystrica Formation, on the west part of the Gorce Mts. some olistostrome deposits occur (Cieszkowski et al, 2009). The Bystrica Formation deposits gradually pass into thick-bedded sandstones of the Magura Formation.…”