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Neogene kinematics of the Giudicarie Belt and eastern Southern Alpine orogenic front (northern Italy)
Vincent F. Verwater
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Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität,
Berlin, Germany
Eline Le Breton
Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität,
Berlin, Germany
Mark R. Handy
Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität,
Berlin, Germany
Vincenzo Picotti
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH-Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Azam Jozi Najafabadi
German Research Centre for Geosciences, GFZ, Potsdam, Germany
Christian Haberland
German Research Centre for Geosciences, GFZ, Potsdam, Germany
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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.
Balancing along geological cross sections reveals that the Giudicarie Belt comprises two...
