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Evolution of the Adria-Europe plate boundary in the northern Dinarides: From continent-continent collision to back-arc extension

Ustaszewski, K. and Kounov, A. and Schmid, Stefan M. and Schaltegger, U. and Krenn, E. and Frank, W. and Fügenschuh, B.. (2010) Evolution of the Adria-Europe plate boundary in the northern Dinarides: From continent-continent collision to back-arc extension. Tectonics, 29 (6). TC6017.

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Abstract

The Sava Zone of the northern Dinarides is part of the Cenozoic Adria‐Europe plate boundary. Here Late Cretaceous subduction of remnants of Meliata‐Vardaroceanic lithosphere led to the formation of a suture, across which upper plate European‐derived units of Tisza‐Dacia were juxtaposed with Adria‐derived units of the Dinarides. Late Cretaceous siliciclastic sediments,deposited on the Adriatic plate, were incorporated into an accretionary wedge that evolved during the initial stages of continent‐continent collision. Structurally deeper parts of the exposed accretionary wedge underwent amphibolite‐grade metamorphism. Grt‐Pl‐ Ms‐Bt thermobarometry and multiphase equilibria indicate temperatures between 550°C and 630°C and pressures between 5 and 7 kbar for this event. Peak metamorphic conditions were reached at around 65 Ma. Relatively slow cooling from peak metamorphic conditions throughout most of the Paleogene was possibly induced by hanging wall erosion in conjunction with southwest directed propagation of thrusting in the Dinarides. Accelerated cooling took place in Miocene times, when the Sava Zone underwent substantial extension that led to the exhumation of the metamorphosed units along a low‐angle detachment. Footwall exhumation started under greenschist facies conditions and was associated with top‐to‐the‐north tectonic transport, indicating exhumation from below European plate units. Extension postdates the emplacement of a 27 Ma old granitoid that underwent solid‐state deformation under greenschist facies conditions. The 40Ar/39Ar sericite and zircon and apatite fission track ages from the footwall allow bracketing this extensional unroofing between 25 and 14Ma. This extension is hence linked to Miocene rift‐related subsidence in the Pannonian basin, which represents a back‐arc basin formed due to subduction rollback in the Carpathians.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Ehemalige Einheiten Umweltwissenschaften > Tektonik (nn)
UniBasel Contributors:Schmid, Stefan M. and Kounov, Alexandre
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:American Geophysical Union
ISSN:0278-7407
e-ISSN:1944-9194
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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Deposited On:14 Sep 2012 07:14

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