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Variscan structures and their control on latest to post-Variscan basin architecture: insights from the westernmost Bohemian Massif and southeastern Germany
Hamed Fazlikhani
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GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU)
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schlossgarten 5, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
Wolfgang Bauer
GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU)
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schlossgarten 5, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
Harald Stollhofen
GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU)
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schlossgarten 5, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Short summary
Interpretation of newly acquired FRANKEN 2D seismic survey data in southeeastern Germany shows that upper Paleozoic low-grade metasedimentary rocks and possible nappe units are transported by Variscan shear zones to ca. 65 km west of the Franconian Fault System (FFS). We show that the locations of post-Variscan upper Carboniferous–Permian normal faults and associated graben and half-graben basins are controlled by the geometry of underlying Variscan shear zones.
Interpretation of newly acquired FRANKEN 2D seismic survey data in southeeastern Germany shows...
