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Research Article| August 01, 1982 Transform faulting, extension, and subduction in the Carpathian Pannonian region LEIGH H. ROYDEN; LEIGH H. ROYDEN 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar FERENC HORVÁTH; FERENC HORVÁTH 2Department of Geophysics, Lorand Eotvos University, Kun Bela ter 2, 1083 Budapest, Hungary Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar B. C. BURCHFIEL B. C. BURCHFIEL 3Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information LEIGH H. ROYDEN 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 FERENC HORVÁTH 2Department of Geophysics, Lorand Eotvos University, Kun Bela ter 2, 1083 Budapest, Hungary B. C. BURCHFIEL 3Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Geological Society of America GSA Bulletin (1982) 93 (8): 717–725. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1982)932.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation LEIGH H. ROYDEN, FERENC HORVÁTH, B. C. BURCHFIEL; Transform faulting, extension, and subduction in the Carpathian Pannonian region. GSA Bulletin 1982;; 93 (8): 717–725. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1982)932.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract The Carpathian arc formed during the Cretaceous to Miocene continental collision of Europe with a smaller continental fragment following southward and westward subduction of an oceanic terrane. During and after the last stages of thrusting in the outer Carpathians, a set of discrete basins opened up inside the Carpathian loop. These basins are regions of local extension, which appear to be associated with strike-slip faults. In general, northeast- and northwest-trending sets of conjugate shears reflect east-west extension of the intra-Carpathian region during the middle and late Miocene. Palinspastic reconstruction of the basins indicates approximately 75 to 100 km of extension, comparable to the magnitude of synchronous crustal shortening in the East Carpathians. Extension may have occurred to accommodate continued westward (A-type) subduction after plate convergence was prohibited by geometrical constraints and suggests that in this region Miocene subduction is driven by forces acting on the downgoing plate. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.
Royden et al. (Fri,) studied this question.