Tectonic Interrelation of the Dinarides and the Southern Alps

• Main Author: Milan Herak
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Croatian Geological Survey 2010-11-01
• Series: Geologia Croatica
• Subjects: Alps; Dinarides; Tisia; Slovenian Trough; Sava Nappe; Pannonian Nappe; Mid-Transdanubian Zone; Bosnian Zone; Tectogenesis and geotectonic classification
• Online Access: http://www.geologia-croatica.hr/ojs/index.php/GC/article/view/281

<div>The study focuses on northwestern Croatia which, including the</div><div>Žumberak (Žumberačka gora), Medvednica (Zagrebačka Gora),</div><div>Kalnik, Ivan&sup1;&egrave;ica, and Ravna Gora mountains, make a cross area of</div><div>the Slovenian &Ograve;Sava Folds&Oacute;, Southern Alps, Mid-Transdanubian</div><div>Zone, Tisia, and the Inner Dinarides. This is a complex structural</div><div>region and cannot be attributed merely to one of the units. Therefore,</div><div>a geotectonic interpretation is proposed which respects the diversification</div><div>and multiple superposition of basinal and platform elements.</div><div>This concept allows linkage of the Slovenian Trough with the Bosnian</div><div>Zone and its southeastern prolongation as a major coherent tectonic</div><div>unit overlain by different nappe elements. The possible linkage</div><div>with the Budva Zone beneath the carbonate nappe is also discussed.</div>