From the Variscan to the Alpine Orogeny: crustal structure of the Bohemian Massif and the Western Carpathians in the light of the SUDETES 2003 seismic data

0348408 - GFÚ 2011 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Hrubcová, Pavla - Środa, P. - Grad, M. - Geissler, W.H. - Guterch, A. - Vozár, J. - Hegedüs, E.
From the Variscan to the Alpine Orogeny: crustal structure of the Bohemian Massif and the Western Carpathians in the light of the SUDETES 2003 seismic data.
Geophysical Journal International. Roč. 183, č. 2 (2010), s. 611-633. ISSN 0956-540X. E-ISSN 1365-246X
R&D Projects: GA ČR GAP210/10/2063
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z30120515
Keywords : controlled source seismology * body waves * continental margins: convergent * crustal structure * Europe
Subject RIV: DC - Siesmology, Volcanology, Earth Structure
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The Variscan orogeny is the major Middle to Late Palaeozoic tectonometamorphic event in central Europe, and the Bohemian Massif is the largest exposure of rocks deformed during this orogeny. The Bohemian Massif consists of the Saxothuringian, Barrandian and Moldanubian units. Adjacent to this massif in the southeast, the Western Carpathians form an arc-shaped mountain range related to the Alpine orogeny during the Cretaceous to Tertiary. The complex crustal-scale geological structure of the Variscan Bohemian Massif and the Western Carpathians, and especially their contact, were analysed in this study employing the data of the SUDETES 2003 international seismic refraction experiment.
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