Evolution of basin architecture in an incipient continental rift: the Cenozoic Most Basin, Eger Graben (Central Europe)

0330111 - GFÚ 2010 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Rajchl, M. - Uličný, David - Grygar, R. - Mach, K.
Evolution of basin architecture in an incipient continental rift: the Cenozoic Most Basin, Eger Graben (Central Europe).
Basin Research. Roč. 21, č. 3 (2009), s. 269-294. ISSN 0950-091X. E-ISSN 1365-2117
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Keywords : Cenozoic Most Basin * continental rift * Eger Graben
Subject RIV: DB - Geology ; Mineralogy
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The Oligo-Miocene Most Basin is the largest preserved sedimentary basin within the Eger Graben, the easternmost part of the European Cenozoic Rift System (ECRIS). The basin is interpreted as a part of an incipient rift system that underwent two distinct phases of extension. The first phase, characterised by NNE–SSW- to N–S-oriented horizontal extension between the end of Eocene and early Miocene, was oblique to the rift axis and caused evolution of a fault system characterised by en-échelon-arranged E–W (ENE–WSW) faults. These faults defined a number of small, shallow initial depocentres of very small subsidence rates that gradually merged during the growth and linkage of the normal fault segments.
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