Miocene-Pliocene tectonic evolution of the Slovenian Periadriatic fault: implications for Alpine-Carpathian extrusion models

Article Abstract:

A structural analysis of the eastern segment of the Periadriatic Fault and its southern and northern vicinity in north and northeast Slovenia has made it possible to gain a more detailed insight into the Miocene-Pliocene evolution of the Slovenian segment of the Periadriatic Line. Discordant Karpatian and Badenian sediments over deformed Paleogene rocks indicate that dextral slip occurred in the early Miocene. This deformation led to the initial disruption of the Paleogene basin into North Hungarian and Slovenian subbasins.

Research, Slovenia, Faults (Geology)

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Paleomagnetic evidence for post-late Miocene intra-arc rotation of south Kyushu, Japan

Article Abstract:

Paleomagnetism of sedimentary rocks of the Miocene Uchiumigawa Group in southeast Kyushu show that both south Kyushu and the northernmost Ryukyu arc have experienced 27 degrees +- six degrees of counterclockwise rotation with respect to the Eurasian continent during the last six million years. Therefore, arc rotation is caused by widespread stretching of continental crust prior to the back-arc opening.

Analysis, Japan, Geology, Stratigraphic, Stratigraphy, Miocene Epoch, Paleomagnetism

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