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The Alps-Dianrides-Carpathians Connection: a Compilation of Tectonic Units as a First Step for Retrodeforming the Pre-Miocene Configuration
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Geolines
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January 1, 2005
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In an attempt to understand the evolution of the Alps-Dinarides-Carpathian connection in time and space we attempted to design a tectonic map of the entire system. This map was arrived at by compiling existing geological maps and by using subsurface information taken from the literature for those parts of the system that are covered by very thick Mio-Pliocene (in case of the Pannonian basin) or Mid-Cretaceous to Pliocene deposits (in case of the Transylvanian basin). This map will serve as a base map for a series of retrodeformations we plan to perform in the future. The first obvious step in such retro-deformations consists in establishing the preMid-Miocene (pre 20 Ma) geometry of the ...