Neogene kinematics of the Giudicarie Belt and eastern Southern Alpine orogenic front (northern Italy)

Verwater, Vincent F.; Le Breton, Eline; Handy, Mark R.; Picotti, Vincenzo; Jozi Najafabadi, Azam; Haberland, Christian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1309-2021

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15 Jun 2021

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Neogene kinematics of the Giudicarie Belt and eastern Southern Alpine orogenic front (northern Italy)

Vincent F. Verwater, Eline Le Breton, Mark R. Handy, Vincenzo Picotti, Azam Jozi Najafabadi, and Christian Haberland

Data sets

Balanced cross sections along the Giudicarie Belt (Southern Alps, Northern Italy) in 3-D Move Vincent F. Verwater, Eline Le Breton, Mark R. Handy, Vincenzo Picotti, Azam Jozi Najafabadi, and Christian Haberland https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2021.006

Short summary

Balancing along geological cross sections reveals that the Giudicarie Belt comprises two kinematic domains. The SW domain accommodated at least ~ 18 km Late Oligocene to Early Miocene shortening. Since the Middle Miocene, the SW domain experienced at least ~ 12–22 km shortening, whereas the NE domain underwent at least ~ 25–35 km. Together, these domains contributed to ~ 40–47 km of sinistral offset of the Periadriatic Fault along the Northern Giudicarie Fault since the Late Oligocene.