From Middle Jurassic extension to Late Jurassic obduction: sedimentary records from the Greater Adriatic margin of the Neotethys Ocean in NE Hungary
Abstract A displaced segment of the Late Triassic–Late Jurassic Greater Adriatic margin of the Neotethy Ocean was investigated in NE Hungary. In this area, the Mesozoic basement is largely covered by the Palaeogene—Miocene infill of the North Hungarian Palaeogene Basin and the Pannonian Basin. Micro...
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| author | Szilvia Kövér János Haas Nevenka Djerić Ottilia Szives Péter Ozsvárt László Fodor |
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| description | Abstract A displaced segment of the Late Triassic–Late Jurassic Greater Adriatic margin of the Neotethy Ocean was investigated in NE Hungary. In this area, the Mesozoic basement is largely covered by the Palaeogene—Miocene infill of the North Hungarian Palaeogene Basin and the Pannonian Basin. Micropaleontological, sedimentological and structural investigation of more than thirty wells resulted in the detailed characterisation and 3D depositional model of the area, which may have formed in the eastern continuation of the Slovenian Basin or in a similar sub-basin. The sedimentation in its Bajocian–early Callovian extensional half-grabens was characterised by pelagic limestones followed by dark shales with sandstone intercalations. Mass-flow deposits derived from both the footwalls of graben-bounding normal faults and the Adriatic Carbonate Platform were frequent. The most basin-ward segment of the latter one was penetrated by the south-westernmost well of the area. Both the Middle Jurassic extension of the formerly extended continental crust and the lower plate source of the sediments have great importance, while they change the tectonic interpretation of the basins. In the overlying Tarna olistostrome sedimentation lasted at least until the Tithonian, as indicated by nannofossils. This is the oldest possible age for the overthrusting of the ophiolite nappe over this segment of the Greater Adriatic continental margin. The now eroded ophiolite nappe is underlain by the Darnóhegy Mélange, a typical sub-ophiolitic mélange, which was formed further to the south-east during the Callovian–Oxfordian, at an earlier, intraoceanic stage of the Neotethyan subduction. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8214f60e4c83459d8845bd1d45176f1e2025-02-09T12:48:22ZengSpringerOpenSwiss Journal of Geosciences1661-87261661-87342025-02-01118112010.1186/s00015-024-00474-3From Middle Jurassic extension to Late Jurassic obduction: sedimentary records from the Greater Adriatic margin of the Neotethys Ocean in NE HungarySzilvia Kövér0János Haas1Nevenka Djerić2Ottilia Szives3Péter Ozsvárt4László Fodor5Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science, HUN-RENDepartment of Geology, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, ELTE Eötvös Loránd UniversityFaculty of Mining and Geology, University of BelgradeDepartment of Collections, Geological Survey, Supervisory Authority for Regulatory AffairsResearch Group for Paleontology, HUN-REN-MTM-ELTEInstitute of Earth Physics and Space Science, HUN-RENAbstract A displaced segment of the Late Triassic–Late Jurassic Greater Adriatic margin of the Neotethy Ocean was investigated in NE Hungary. In this area, the Mesozoic basement is largely covered by the Palaeogene—Miocene infill of the North Hungarian Palaeogene Basin and the Pannonian Basin. Micropaleontological, sedimentological and structural investigation of more than thirty wells resulted in the detailed characterisation and 3D depositional model of the area, which may have formed in the eastern continuation of the Slovenian Basin or in a similar sub-basin. The sedimentation in its Bajocian–early Callovian extensional half-grabens was characterised by pelagic limestones followed by dark shales with sandstone intercalations. Mass-flow deposits derived from both the footwalls of graben-bounding normal faults and the Adriatic Carbonate Platform were frequent. The most basin-ward segment of the latter one was penetrated by the south-westernmost well of the area. Both the Middle Jurassic extension of the formerly extended continental crust and the lower plate source of the sediments have great importance, while they change the tectonic interpretation of the basins. In the overlying Tarna olistostrome sedimentation lasted at least until the Tithonian, as indicated by nannofossils. This is the oldest possible age for the overthrusting of the ophiolite nappe over this segment of the Greater Adriatic continental margin. The now eroded ophiolite nappe is underlain by the Darnóhegy Mélange, a typical sub-ophiolitic mélange, which was formed further to the south-east during the Callovian–Oxfordian, at an earlier, intraoceanic stage of the Neotethyan subduction.https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-024-00474-3Middle Jurassic extensionBükkDarnóGreater AdriaMargin evolutionNeotethys |
| spellingShingle | Szilvia Kövér János Haas Nevenka Djerić Ottilia Szives Péter Ozsvárt László Fodor From Middle Jurassic extension to Late Jurassic obduction: sedimentary records from the Greater Adriatic margin of the Neotethys Ocean in NE Hungary Swiss Journal of Geosciences Middle Jurassic extension Bükk Darnó Greater Adria Margin evolution Neotethys |
| title | From Middle Jurassic extension to Late Jurassic obduction: sedimentary records from the Greater Adriatic margin of the Neotethys Ocean in NE Hungary |
| title_full | From Middle Jurassic extension to Late Jurassic obduction: sedimentary records from the Greater Adriatic margin of the Neotethys Ocean in NE Hungary |
| title_fullStr | From Middle Jurassic extension to Late Jurassic obduction: sedimentary records from the Greater Adriatic margin of the Neotethys Ocean in NE Hungary |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Middle Jurassic extension to Late Jurassic obduction: sedimentary records from the Greater Adriatic margin of the Neotethys Ocean in NE Hungary |
| title_short | From Middle Jurassic extension to Late Jurassic obduction: sedimentary records from the Greater Adriatic margin of the Neotethys Ocean in NE Hungary |
| title_sort | from middle jurassic extension to late jurassic obduction sedimentary records from the greater adriatic margin of the neotethys ocean in ne hungary |
| topic | Middle Jurassic extension Bükk Darnó Greater Adria Margin evolution Neotethys |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-024-00474-3 |
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