Mesozoic paleogeography and facies distribution in the Northern Mediterranean Tethys from Western Carpathians view

Subject Areas : Mineralogy

J.  MichalÌk ¹ (Geological Institute, Slovak Academy of Science, D˙bravsk· 9, P.O.Box 106, 841 05 Bratislava, Slovakia)

Received: 2016-05-31 Accepted : 2016-05-31 Published : 2011-03-21

Keywords: Mesozoic, Mediterranean Tethys, lithofacies, paleogeography, Western Carpathians,

Abstract :

West Carpathian Mesozoic paleogeographic development indicates the effect of a left lateral shift of the Alpine- Carpathian microcontinent along the European shelf since the Early Jurassic. The evolution during Late Triassic/Early Jurassic was controlled by convergence along the border of the Meliata Ocean and by contemporaneous divergence along the Middle Atlantic/Penninic rift. During Mid-Cretaceous, the convergence between Africa and Paleoeurope started, which finally resulted in collision of Alpine-West Carpathian microcontinent with the Paleoeuropean margin and in the formation of the Alpine Orogen.