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Olistostromes of the Pieniny Klippen Belt, Northern Carpathians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2014

JAN GOLONKA ,
MICHAŁ KROBICKI ,
ANNA WAŚKOWSKA ,
MAREK CIESZKOWSKI  and
ANDRZEJ ŚLĄCZKA
JAN GOLONKA*
Affiliation:
AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
MICHAŁ KROBICKI
Affiliation:
AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute, Upper Silesian Branch, Królowej Jadwigi 1, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
ANNA WAŚKOWSKA
Affiliation:
AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
MAREK CIESZKOWSKI
Affiliation:
Jagiellonian University, Institute of Geological Sciences, Oleandry 2a, 30-376 Kraków, Poland
ANDRZEJ ŚLĄCZKA
Affiliation:
Jagiellonian University, Institute of Geological Sciences, Oleandry 2a, 30-376 Kraków, Poland
*
†Author for correspondence: jgolonka@agh.edu.pl
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Abstract

The olistostromes form two belts within the Pieniny Klippen Belt (PKB) in the Northern Carpathians. They mark an early stage of the development of the accretionary prism. The first belt was formed during Late Cretaceous time as a result of subduction of the southern part of the Alpine Tethys. The fore-arc basin originated along this subduction zone, with synorogenic flysch deposits. Huge olistoliths deposited within the Cretaceous–Palaeogene flysch of the Złatne Basin, presently located in the vicinity of the Haligovce village (eastern Slovakia), provide a good example of the fore-arc olistostrome setting. The second belt is related to the movement of the accretionary prism, which overrode the Czorsztyn Ridge during Late Cretaceous–Paleocene time. The destruction of this ridge led to the formation of submarine slumps and olistoliths along the southern margin of the Magura Basin. The Upper Cretaceous – Paleocene flysch sequences of the Magura Basin constitute the matrix of olistostromes. The large Homole block in the Jaworki village represents the best example of the Magura Basin olistolith. Numerous examples of olistoliths were documented in western Slovakia, Poland, eastern Slovakia and Ukraine. The olistostromes formed within the Złatne and Magura basins orginated during the tectonic process, forming the olistostrome belts along the strike of the PKB structure.

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olistolitholistostromeflyschPieniny Klippen BeltCarpathiansplate tectonics
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Geological Magazine , Volume 152 , Issue 2 , March 2015 , pp. 269 - 286
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