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

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

Revised: 2016-05-31

Accepted: 2016-05-31

Published 2011-03-21

How to Cite

MichalÌk, J. (2011). Mesozoic paleogeography and facies distribution in the Northern Mediterranean Tethys from Western Carpathians view. Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences, 3(2), 10-19. https://oiccpress.com/ijes/article/view/5700

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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.
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