SOURCES OF PLEISTOCENE TO RECENT ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS OF NORTHWESTERN BILOGORA AND SURROUNDING AREAS (CROATIA)
This study aims to determine the provenance of Pleistocene to recent alluvial sediments in the area of NW Bilogora. The research area includes Pannonian inselbergs of northern Croatia with a major focus on Bilogora Mountain. Framework composition and heavy mineral assemblages of sand samples, togeth...
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| description | This study aims to determine the provenance of Pleistocene to recent alluvial sediments in the area of NW Bilogora. The research area includes Pannonian inselbergs of northern Croatia with a major focus on Bilogora Mountain. Framework composition and heavy mineral assemblages of sand samples, together with micropetrographical characteristics and whole-rock geochemistry of volcanic and volcaniclastic pebbles and rocks are used to explore sources of Lower-Middle Pleistocene deposits of the oldest Drava River terrace, along with local stream and river sediments. The development of this area is closely linked to local and regional tectonic processes, as well as the formation of the Drava-Mura River system which has supplied detrital material from the Eastern Alps, at least since Miocene times. The composition of Pleistocene sands points to extensive recycling from local Neogene sedimentary units, a process which is still ongoing today. Silicic pebbles correlate well with the widespread Permian-Triassic igneous activity in the Austroalpine units and Tisia, though the pebbles are likely recycled from Miocene conglomerates. Findings of mafic volcanic lithoclasts indicate the possibility of erosion of the pre-Neogene basement of mountains Kalnik and Ivanščica as well. During the Early-Middle Pleistocene, the Drava River basin of today’s northern Bilogora area received material from the Alps, along with local supply from units exposed on uplifting local inselbergs. Intermittent changes in sediment supply dynamics could have been affected by climatic changes and local uplift tectonics, coupled with hydrological dynamics in the Drava River during the Pleistocene. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cbf8adcc233047188d8bbbe9e2db00bd2025-08-20T03:28:13ZengUniversity of ZagrebRudarsko-geološko-naftni Zbornik0353-45291849-04092025-01-0140314716610.17794/rgn.2025.3.11SOURCES OF PLEISTOCENE TO RECENT ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS OF NORTHWESTERN BILOGORA AND SURROUNDING AREAS (CROATIA)Tea Mendek0Borna Lužar-Oberiter1Duje Smirčić2Zorica Petrinec3Bojan Matoš4Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 102a, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 102a, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Mineral Resources, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 102a, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaThis study aims to determine the provenance of Pleistocene to recent alluvial sediments in the area of NW Bilogora. The research area includes Pannonian inselbergs of northern Croatia with a major focus on Bilogora Mountain. Framework composition and heavy mineral assemblages of sand samples, together with micropetrographical characteristics and whole-rock geochemistry of volcanic and volcaniclastic pebbles and rocks are used to explore sources of Lower-Middle Pleistocene deposits of the oldest Drava River terrace, along with local stream and river sediments. The development of this area is closely linked to local and regional tectonic processes, as well as the formation of the Drava-Mura River system which has supplied detrital material from the Eastern Alps, at least since Miocene times. The composition of Pleistocene sands points to extensive recycling from local Neogene sedimentary units, a process which is still ongoing today. Silicic pebbles correlate well with the widespread Permian-Triassic igneous activity in the Austroalpine units and Tisia, though the pebbles are likely recycled from Miocene conglomerates. Findings of mafic volcanic lithoclasts indicate the possibility of erosion of the pre-Neogene basement of mountains Kalnik and Ivanščica as well. During the Early-Middle Pleistocene, the Drava River basin of today’s northern Bilogora area received material from the Alps, along with local supply from units exposed on uplifting local inselbergs. Intermittent changes in sediment supply dynamics could have been affected by climatic changes and local uplift tectonics, coupled with hydrological dynamics in the Drava River during the Pleistocene.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/482047NW BilogoraSW Pannonian BasinPleistocenerecent stream sedimentprovenance |
| spellingShingle | Tea Mendek Borna Lužar-Oberiter Duje Smirčić Zorica Petrinec Bojan Matoš SOURCES OF PLEISTOCENE TO RECENT ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS OF NORTHWESTERN BILOGORA AND SURROUNDING AREAS (CROATIA) Rudarsko-geološko-naftni Zbornik NW Bilogora SW Pannonian Basin Pleistocene recent stream sediment provenance |
| title | SOURCES OF PLEISTOCENE TO RECENT ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS OF NORTHWESTERN BILOGORA AND SURROUNDING AREAS (CROATIA) |
| title_full | SOURCES OF PLEISTOCENE TO RECENT ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS OF NORTHWESTERN BILOGORA AND SURROUNDING AREAS (CROATIA) |
| title_fullStr | SOURCES OF PLEISTOCENE TO RECENT ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS OF NORTHWESTERN BILOGORA AND SURROUNDING AREAS (CROATIA) |
| title_full_unstemmed | SOURCES OF PLEISTOCENE TO RECENT ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS OF NORTHWESTERN BILOGORA AND SURROUNDING AREAS (CROATIA) |
| title_short | SOURCES OF PLEISTOCENE TO RECENT ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS OF NORTHWESTERN BILOGORA AND SURROUNDING AREAS (CROATIA) |
| title_sort | sources of pleistocene to recent alluvial sediments of northwestern bilogora and surrounding areas croatia |
| topic | NW Bilogora SW Pannonian Basin Pleistocene recent stream sediment provenance |
| url | https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/482047 |
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