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Cretaceous Thrusting in the Western Part of the Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria) - Evidences from Synorogenic Sedimentation and Structural Data ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences Jahr/Year: 2001 Band/Volume: 94 Autor(en)/Author(s): Ortner Hugo Artikel/Article: Cretaceous thrusting in the western part of the Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria) - evidences from synorogenic sedimentation and structural data. 63-77 © Österreichische Geologische Gesellschaft/Austria; download unter www.geol-ges.at/ und www.biologiezentrum.at Mitt. Osterr. Geol. Ges. i ISSN 0251-7493 94(2001) 63-77 Wien, August 2003 Northern Calcareous Alps thrust sequence ramp-flat-model strain partitioning ^. .. _•_••.• . .,_* Vorarlberg, Tirol, Salzburg Cretaceous thrusting in the western part of the Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria) - evidences from synorogenic sedimentation and structural data HUGO ORTNER1 8 Figures Content Abstract 63 1. Introduction 63 1.1 Relationship between synorogenic sediments and thrusting 65 2. Nappe geometries and age of synorogenic sediments in the western Northern Calcareous Alps 67 2.1 The Lechtal and Allgäu nappes 67 2.2 The Inntal Nappe 69 2.2.1 Post Nappe-stacking movements 71 2.3 The Thiersee thrust 71 2.4 The Achental thrust 71 2.5 The Berchtesgaden nappe complex 73 3. Discussion 73 4. Conclusions 75 5. Acknowledgements 75 References 75 Abstract The application of a simple ramp-flat model to Cretaceous nappe stacking in the Northern Calcareous Alps and its relation to synorogenic sedimentation allows to assess the large scale geometry of the nappe stack. Different synorogenic formations are related to specific positions within the ramp-flat model: Gosau and Branderfleck Fms. are found on the hangingwall anticlines of the Inntal and Lechtal nappes, respectively, Losenstein and Tannheim Fms. on the upper footwall flat of the Lechtal thrust and the Lech Fm. on the upper footwall flat of the Inntal thrust. The youngest sediments deposited on the upper footwall flat give an approximate age of thrusting, and therefore a sequence of thrusting can be deduced from the ages of synorogenic sediments. Generally, thrusting propagates from the S(E) to the N(W): the oldest thrust at the end of the Barremian is the Juvavic thrust, followed by the Lechtal thrust in the Aptian/Albian. The Inntal thrust in the Albian/Cenomanian is out-of-sequence, followed by thrusting of the Allgäu and Lechtal nappes onto the Cenoman- Randschuppe and Arosazone after the Turanian. Contemporaneous N-directed thrusting in the Northern Calcareous Alps and west- directed thrusting in the southern part (Achental thrust) and in the basement of the Northern Calcareous Alps call for a model of strain partitioning along deep reaching E-W-striking faults near the southern margin of the Northern Calcareous Alps. 1 Introduction Thrusting was accompanied by synorogenic sedimenta­ tion. In the Northern Calcareous Alps, a complete sedi- The Northern Calcareous Alps are a thin-skinned fold- mentary succession from the Jurassic to the end of the and-thrust belt along the northern margin of the Aus- Oligocene is present, covering the whole time of deforma- troalpine nappe pile (Fig. 1). The thrust architecture of the tion. This paper reevaluates the timing of nappe stacking Eastern Alps is a result of polyphase thrusting (and normal in the western Northern Calcareous Alps in the light of faulting) in different directions (e. g. FROITZHEIM et al. 1994; sedimentation ages and geometries of synorogenic de- EISBACHER and BRANDNER, 1996; NEUBAUER et al., 2000). posits. Address of the author 1 Hugo ORTNER, Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Universität Innsbruck, Innrain 52, A-6020 Innsbruck, E-Mail: [email protected] © Österreichische Geologische Gesellschaft/Austria; download unter www.geol-ges.at/ und www.biologiezentrum.at lower plate units (Helvetic, Penninic) ^rxßö-* * , • >genesedTmeffis| upper plate units (Austroalpine, #^Lff- ,-Upper; >ine sedTmentersTraverl Southern Alps) r -^^Br\ Upper A' v qrade metemo^h'ic'basemenl ]J Lower —— v.- , . Molasse Basin 8 : •.•••:• •••.•. >• . .•':• •. 47° Fig. 1 Simplified geological overview of the Eastern Alps. Thick black lines delineate young (Oligocene and Miocene) faults. © Österreichische Geologische Gesellschaft/Austria; download unter www.geol-ges.at/ und www.biologiezentrum.at Cretaceous thrusting in the western part of the Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria) - evidences from... 65 The existence of far-travelled nappes in the Northern Cal­ the closure of the Hallstatt-Meliata ocean (GAWLICK et al., careous Alps was subject of a long-lasting controversy (for 1999). a review, see TOLLMANN, 1986). Generally the nappe theory Prior to deformation the Northern Calcareous Alps formed in the Northern Calcareous Alps was accepted since the part of the southeastern passive continental margin of the late 1960s, however observations from some areas (Zugs­ Penninic Ocean. Sedimentation was characterized by deep pitze, Wetterstein mountains; MILLER, 1963) are not fully marine calcareous and siliceous deposits. Synorogenic consistent with a model of large distance NNW-directed sedimentation developed continuously from Jurassic-Early thrusting (TOLLMANN, 1976). West of the Inn Valley, the mod­ Cretaceous passive margin deposits and is characterized el proposed for the Northern Calcareous Alps suggests a by an increase in siliciclastic detritus and occurrence of main nappe body ("Stammdecke" = Lechtal nappe; TOLL- ophiolithic detritus (Lech Fm„ Losenstein Fm„ Schrambach MANN, 1976). The Allgäu Nappe and the Cenoman-Rand- Fm., Roßfeld Fm., Lackbach Fm.). These deposits are often schuppe in the north form frontal imbricates, the Inntal overlain by the thrust units. Upper Cretaceous to Paleogene nappe at the southern margin of the western Northern Cal­ synorogenic deposits (Branderfleck Fm., Gosau Group) careous Alps is thought to represent a trailing imbricate of overly the locally deeply eroded Triassic to Early Cretaceous the Lechtal nappe. East of the Inn Valley, the main nappe rocks with an angular unconformity. The Gosau Group and body is the Tirolic nappe, equivalent to the Inntal nappe. At Branderfleck Fm. are mixed carbonatic-siliciclastic succes­ its southern margin, the Tirolic nappe is still in contact with sions starting with terrestrial and shallow marine deposits, its basement, the Greywacke Zone. The Lower and Upper respectively. Juvavic units are two tectonically higher nappe units. The age of nappe stacking in the Northern Calcareous Alps was generally assumed to be the boundary between Early and 1.1 Relationship between synorogenic Late Cretaceous (e. g. FLÜGEL et al., 1987; TOLLMANN, 1987; sediments and thrusting OBERHAUSER, 1995). In the last few years, another Upper A simple ramp-flat model illustrates what to expect during Jurassic event of nappe stacking was described, related to concurrent sedimentation and thrusting in a marine basinal N s Gosau sedimentation (Late Cretaceous) Late stage CO ..level of erosion 3 ififcr-- "'* -COL ilijljjlllij'^ •o CD c Urgonian carbonate platform Early stage c (Early Late Cretaceous) sea |eve| J*: structure growing C/3 Late stage _C '-!—> Gosau sedimentation (Late Cretaceous) CO . level of erosion i. 3 CD C Early stage Urgonian carbonate platform c (Early Late Cretaceous) sea |eve| structure growing CO o lllillilP^^ Fig. 2 Model used to illustrate the effects of thrusting on synorogenic sedimentation. Numbers refer to different structural domains that can be identified in the field (for explanation, see text). The early stage of thrust evolution shows a situation not preserved due to subsequent erosion. However, pebbles from lower Cretaceous carbonate platforms are frequently found in lower Cretaceous basinal deposits and Upper Cretaceous conglomerates (e. g. SCHU\GINTWEIT, 1991). © Österreichische Geologische Gesellschaft/Austria; download unter www.geol-ges.at/ und www.biologiezentrum.at g Jurassic rocks Raibl Fm. Muschelkalk Group Kössen Fm. Wetterstein Fm. Hauptdolomit Fm. 1km Partnach Fm. h t JliilllllgllPlHfH?llllflf?|lll|lS:?' ...... --• ,v ^ ^'^atPsaiÄsssliäillsiisiiss^ap fI«113BrM§ Fig. 3 N-S cross section from the frontal part of the Lechtal nappe, redrawn from MÜLLER-WOLFSKEIL and ZACHER (1984), illustrating the truncation of N-vergent folds by the Lechtal thrust (top). Unfolding of the thrust does not eliminate the folds (bottom). For location of cross section see Fig. 4 © Österreichische Geologische Gesellschaft/Austria; download unter www.geol-ges.at/ und www.biologiezentrum.at Cretaceous thrusting in the western part of the Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria) - evidences from... 67 setting (Fig. 2). The frontal part of the thrust unit starts to nappe over the Allgäu nappe) disappears in a tight anticline climb up the ramp and travel across the flat. Therefore, the (MAY and EISBACHER, 1999) and Upper Triassic rocks form age of the youngest deposits below the thrust records the the base of the Lechtal Nappe. The oldest rocks of the age of onset of thrusting. Growth of the hangingwall anti­ Allgäu nappe are Upper Triassic in age. Tight to isoclinal cline leads to a relative sea level fall on top of the fold. As a ENE-WSW trending folds in the Lechtal nappe are truncated consequence, shallow marine conditions lead to carbonate by the Lechtal thrust (TOLLMANN 1976, MÜLLER-WOLFSKEIL platform growth or at least to development of small biogenic and ZACHER 1984; Fig. 3), and all folds are coaxial. In the buildups above the structure. Continued growth of the footwall of
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