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Jahrbuch Der Geologischen Bundesanstalt Jb JAHRBUCH DER GEOLOGISCHEN BUNDESANSTALT Jb. Geol. B.-A. ISSN 0016-7800 Band 151 Heft 3+4 S. 199–280 Wien, Dezember 2011 Triassic Evolution of the Tectonostratigraphic Units of the Circum-Pannonian Region sándor Kovács1, miLan sudar2, Eugen Grădinaru3, Hans-Jürgen GawLicK4, stEvan Karamata5, JÁNOS HAAS1, CSABA PÉRÓ1, maurizio GaEtani6, Ján mello7, miLan PoLáK7, dunJa aljinović8, BOJAN OGORELEC9, tEa KoLar-JurKovšek9, boGdan JurKovšek9 & stanKo busEr10 19 Text-Figures, 7 Plates Paleoenvironments Pannonian Basin Carpathians Stratigraphy Neotethys Dinarides Triassic Alps Contents Zusammenfassung .......................................................................................201 Abstract ...............................................................................................201 Introduction ............................................................................................201 Triassic Stratigraphy and Evolution of Tectonostratigraphic Units ...................................................201 ALCAPA MEGAUNIT ......................................................................................201 Austroalpine – Western Carpathian Units ....................................................................201 Eastern Alps (Austroalpine Unit) .........................................................................201 Northern Calcareous Alps ............................................................................202 Bavaric Unit .....................................................................................203 Tirolic Unit ......................................................................................204 Hallstatt Facies Belt (reworked Jurassic Hallstatt Mélange) .................................................204 Zlambach/Pötschen Facies Zone ...................................................................205 Hallstatt Limestone Facies Zone ....................................................................205 Meliata Facies Zone .............................................................................205 Lower Austroalpine and Central Alpine Mesozoic ..........................................................205 Drau Range .......................................................................................206 Lienz Dolomites and Gailtal Alps .....................................................................206 Northern Karavanks ...............................................................................207 Central Western Carpathian (Tatro-Veporic) Unit .............................................................208 Pieniny Klippen Belt ...............................................................................208 Tatric Unit .......................................................................................208 Fatro-Veporic Unit ................................................................................208 Zemplinic Unit ...................................................................................210 Hronic Unit ......................................................................................210 Silicic Unit s.l. ...................................................................................211 Pelso Unit ............................................................................................212 Transdanubian Range Unit .............................................................................212 Gemer-Bükk-Zagorje Unit ..............................................................................214 1 † SÁNDOR KOVÁCS, JÁNOS HAAS, CSABA PÉRÓ: Geological, Geophysical and Space Science Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Geology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/c, 1117 Budapest, Hungary. [email protected]; [email protected] 2 MILAN SUDAR: Department of Paleontology, Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade, Kamenička St. 6, P. O. Box 227, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. [email protected] 3 EugEn grădinaru: Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, University of Bucharest, Bd. Bălcescu Nicolae 1, 010041 Bucharest, Romania. [email protected] 4 Hans-JürgEn gawlick: Department of Applied Geosciences and Geophysics University Leoben, Prospection and Applied Sedimentology, University of Leoben, Peter-Tunner Str. 5, 8700 Leoben, Austria. [email protected] 5 stEvan karamata: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Knez Mihailova 35, 11000 Belgrade. [email protected] 6 Maurizio gaEtani: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell’Universita degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, 20133 Milano, Italy. [email protected] 7 Ján mEllo, milan Polák: State Geological Institute Dyoníz Štúr, Mlynska dolina 1, 817 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic. [email protected]; [email protected] 8 dunJa alJinović: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. [email protected] 9 BoJan ogorElEc, tEa kolar-JurkovšEk, Bogdan JurkovšEk: Geological Survey of Slovenia, Dimičeva ulica 14, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] 10 † stanko BusEr: Geological Department, University of Ljubljana, NTF, Aškerčeva 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. 199199 Inner Western Carpathian (Gemeric s.l.) Unit ..............................................................214 Gemeric Unit (s.s.) ................................................................................214 Meliatic Unit .....................................................................................214 Turnaic Unit .....................................................................................215 Silicic Unit s.s. (incl. Aggtelek Unit) ...................................................................215 Bódva Unit s.l. ...................................................................................218 Tornakápolna Unit ................................................................................218 Martonyi (Torna) Unit ..............................................................................218 Bükk Unit s.l. ......................................................................................219 Bükk Unit s.s. ....................................................................................219 Mónosbél Unit ...................................................................................219 Szarvaskő Unit ...................................................................................219 Darnó Unit ......................................................................................219 Zagorje-Mid-Transdanubian Unit .......................................................................219 Mid-Transdanubian Unit ............................................................................220 Julian Carbonate Platform ..........................................................................220 Kalnik Unit ......................................................................................220 Medvednica Unit .................................................................................221 ADRIA-DINARIA MEGAUNIT ...............................................................................221 South Alpine Unit .....................................................................................221 Adria Unit ..........................................................................................222 Adriatic-Dinaridic Carbonate Platform .................................................................222 Central Bosnian Mountains Unit ......................................................................224 Slovenian Basin and Bosnian Zone ...................................................................224 Dinaridic Unit ........................................................................................225 East Bosnian-Durmitor Unit .........................................................................226 Dinaridic Ophiolite Belt . 226 Drina-Ivanjica Unit ................................................................................228 VARDAR MEGAUNIT .....................................................................................229 Sana-Una and Banija-Kordun Units ...................................................................229 Jadar Block Unit . 230 Vardar Zone Western Belt . 230 Kopaonik Block and Ridge Unit ......................................................................230 Main Vardar Zone .................................................................................231 Transylvanides .......................................................................................231 Simic Metaliferi Mts Nappe System (Southern Apuseni Mts) ................................................232 Transylvanian Nappe System (Perşani, Olt and Hăghimaş Nappes in the Eastern Carpathians) ......................232 TISZA MEGAUNIT........................................................................................234 Mecsek and Villány-Bihor Units ......................................................................235 Mecsek and Villány Units .........................................................................235 Bihor Unit .....................................................................................236 Papuk-Békés-Codru Unit ...........................................................................237 Papuk Unit ....................................................................................237 Békés Unit ....................................................................................237
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