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Research article
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13 Oct 2020
Research article |
| 13 Oct 2020
| 13 Oct 2020
Long-wavelength late-Miocene thrusting in the north Alpine foreland: implications for late orogenic processes
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1+3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Christoph von Hagke
Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, RWTH Aachen University,
Wüllnerstrasse 2, 52056 Aachen, Germany
Department of Geography and Geology, University of Salzburg,
Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
Fritz Schlunegger
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1+3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
István Dunkl
Geoscience Center, Sedimentology and Environmental Geology, University of Göttingen, Goldschmidtstrasse 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Marco Herwegh
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1+3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Short summary
Based on thermochronological data, we infer thrusting along-strike the northern rim of the Central Alps between 12–4 Ma. While the lithology influences the pattern of thrusting at the local scale, we observe that thrusting in the foreland is a long-wavelength feature occurring between Lake Geneva and Salzburg. This coincides with the geometry and dynamics of the attached lithospheric slab at depth. Thus, thrusting in the foreland is at least partly linked to changes in slab dynamics.
Based on thermochronological data, we infer thrusting along-strike the northern rim of the...
