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    Geophysical Research Abstracts

    Vol. 16, EGU2014-14186, 2014


    EGU General Assembly 2014
    Author(s) 2014. CC Attribution 3.0 License.

    Hercynian And Post-Hercynian Events In The


    Balkan/Carpathian/Anatolian Area High Mobility In The Core Of The
    Pangaea

    Nurbike G. SAGDI (1), Grsel SUNAL (2), and A.M. Celal SENGR
    (1)
    (1) Avrasya Yer Bilimleri Enstits, Istanbul Teknik niversitesi, Istanbul, 34469, Turkiye, (2) Jeoloji Blm, Maden
    Fakltesi, Istanbul Teknik niversitesi,Istanbul, 34469, Turkiye

    Hercynian Orogeny built a large orogenic system as a consequence of the formation of the Pangaea during the late
    Paleozoic. It is widely-known that this evolution was governed by the collision between Laurussia and Gondwana-
    Land. While its subduction process was initiated in the late Devonian, collision began probably during the early
    to medial Carboniferous and convergence continued until the Permo-Triassic. Farther east, the collision never
    happened and subduction continued. A late Permian to early Triassic rifting started to form a marginal basin by
    disrupting the former arc in the east and it tore westward, using dextral strike-slip segments, into the present Hel-
    lenic/Dinaric System and the Pannonian/Carpathian area. This basin closed only during the early Jurassic. The
    eastern European part of this system may be its least-known sector. Here, we present the geological structure of
    the tectonic units of Eastern Europe from the Carboniferous to the Jurassic-Cretaceous and discuss their tectonic
    implication for the evolution of the Hercynian Orogeny. To follow its trace in these little-known areas, from Turkey
    to Austria, comparative anatomy of orogens constitutes the key guide. Like any other orogen, the Hercynian oro-
    gen also had fore-arcs, arcs, back-arc basins, flysch and molasse basins, etc. Mostly felsic magmatic rocks and
    flysches of the Carboniferous represent the subduction. Termination of subduction and consequent collision are
    indicated by cover sequences above the suture stitching two colliding continents. On the other hand, for the rift
    zone, volcano-sedimentary complexes disrupting a formerly continuous table, such as a carbonate platform, are
    used. Data collected on Carboniferous rocks show that the core of the orogen goes from the eastern Pontides to the
    Western Carpathians by passing through the Pelagonian Zone and the Rhodope-Pontide Fragment. Flysches also
    show that fore-arc basin/trench/retroarc assemblages are located on the SW part of the Rhodope-Pontide Fragment
    and the inner, i.e. northeastern parts of the Adriatic- Dinaric Platform. Lithostratigraphic charts of all the main
    zones of the Hercynian orogenic belt in Eastern Europe were drawn to delineate the marginal basin that disrupted
    the core of the orogen from the Carboniferous to the Jurassic-Cretaceous. In other words, that basin survived the
    closure of the Rheic Ocean and closed later. According to our lithostratigraphic charts, the rift zone goes from
    the Karakaya Complex to the inner West Carpathians by passing trough the Pelagonian Zone, Internal Dinarides,
    and the Meliaticum. With the aim of revealing the end-Hercynian geometry, a basic reconstruction was attempted,
    so that a proper interpretation could be made. After this basic reconstruction was made for the ALCAPA unit, a
    continuity was obtained from the Northern Calcareous Alps/Southern Alps through the ALCAPA to the Dinarides.
    When the orogen comes to the present Aegean Sea, it now turns to the east/northeast and follows the northern
    ranges of Turkey as far as Eastern Pontides. Moreover, the marginal basin tracks almost the same route by using
    the weak zones of Hercynian magmatic arc. The resulting picture shows much greater lateral mobility of the units
    in the Anatolian/Balkan/Carpathian regions during Pangaea formation than hitherto assumed.

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