scholarly journals Tectonic control of tufa occurrences in the Podhale Synclinorium (Central Western Carpathians, southern Poland)

2012 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 733-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Mastella ◽  
Barbara Rybak-Ostrowska
Keyword(s):  
Western Carpathians ◽  
Tectonic Control ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Central Western Carpathians

scholarly journals Orobanche mayeri (Suess. & Ronniger) Bertsch & F. Bertsch – a species new to Poland

2011 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Piwowarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Western Carpathians ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
The Family ◽  
New Localities ◽  
Central Western Carpathians ◽  
Distribution In Europe

Two new localities of <em>Orobanche mayeri </em>(Suess. &amp; Ronniger) Bertsch &amp; F. Bertsch, one of the rarest representatives of the family Orobanchaceae in Europe, are reported from southern Poland. The species was recorded in the Pieniny Mts (Central Western Carpathians) in July 2009. The hosts, abundance and habitat preferences at the new localities are described and a supplemented map of the distribution in Europe and Poland is given.

scholarly journals A Middle Triassic pachypleurosaur (Diapsida: Eosauropterygia) from a restricted carbonate ramp in the Western Carpathians (Gutenstein Formation, Fatric Unit): paleogeographic implications

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrej Čerňanský ◽  
Nicole Klein ◽  
Ján Soták ◽  
Mário Olšavský ◽  
Juraj Šurka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Triassic ◽  
Carbonate Platform ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Western Carpathians ◽  
Subtidal Zone ◽  
Postcranial Skeleton ◽  
Tatra Mountains ◽  
Carbonate Ramps ◽  
Shallow Subtidal ◽  
Central Western Carpathians

AbstractAn eosauropterygian skeleton found in the Middle Triassic (upper Anisian) Gutenstein Formation of the Fatric Unit (Demänovská dolina Valley, Low Tatra Mountains, Slovakia) represents the earliest known occurrence of marine tetrapods in the Western Carpathians. The specimen represents a partly articulated portion of the postcranial skeleton (nine dorsal vertebrae, coracoid, ribs, gastral ribs, pelvic girdle, femur and one zeugopodial element). It is assigned to the Pachypleurosauria, more precisely to theSerpianosaurus–Neusticosaurusclade based on the following combination of features: (1) small body size; (2) morphology of vertebrae, ribs and femur; (3) tripartite gastral ribs; and (4) microanatomy of the femur as revealed by μCT. Members of this clade were described from the epicontinental Germanic Basin and the Alpine Triassic (now southern Germany, Switzerland, Italy), and possibly from Spain. This finding shows that pachypleurosaur reptiles attained a broader geographical distribution during the Middle Triassic, with their geographical range reaching to the Central Western Carpathians. Pachypleurosaurs are often found in sediments formed in shallow, hypersaline carbonate-platform environments. The specimen found here occurs in a succession with vermicular limestones in a shallow subtidal zone and stromatolitic limestones in a peritidal zone, indicating that pachypleurosaurs inhabited hypersaline, restricted carbonate ramps in the Western Carpathians.

scholarly journals Structural pattern and emplacement mechanisms of the Krížna cover nappe (Central Western Carpathians)

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Prokešová ◽  
Dušan Plašienka ◽  
Rastislav Milovský
Keyword(s):  
Driving Forces ◽  
Structural Evolution ◽  
Evolutionary Model ◽  
Structural Data ◽  
Western Carpathians ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Structural Pattern ◽  
Thrust Tectonics ◽  
Central Western Carpathians ◽  
Nappe Emplacement

Structural pattern and emplacement mechanisms of the Krížna cover nappe (Central Western Carpathians)The Central Western Carpathians are characterized by both the thick- and thin-skinned thrust tectonics that originated during the Cretaceous. The Krížna Unit (Fatric Superunit) with a thickness of only a few km is the most widespread cover nappe system that completely overthrusts the Tatric basement/cover superunit over an area of about 12 thousands square km. In searching for a reliable model of its origin and emplacement, we have collected structural data throughout the nappe body from its hinterland backstop (Veporic Superunit) to its frontal parts. Fluid inclusion (FI) data from carbonate cataclastic rocks occurring at the nappe sole provided useful information about the p-T conditions during the nappe transport. The crucial phenomena considered for formulation of our evolutionary model are: (1) the nappe was derived from a broad rifted basinal area bounded by elevated domains; (2) the nappe body is composed of alternating, rheologically very variable sedimentary rock complexes, hence creating a mechanically stratified multilayer; (3) presence of soft strata serving as décollement horizons; (4) stress and strain gradients increasing towards the backstop; (5) progressive internal deformation at very low-grade conditions partitioned into several deformation stages reflecting varying external constraints for the nappe movement; (6) a very weak nappe sole formed by cataclasites indicating fluid-assisted nappe transport during all stages; (7) injection of hot overpressured fluids from external sources (deformed basement units) facilitating frontal ramp overthrusting under supralithostatic conditions. It was found that no simple mechanical model can be applied, but that all known principal emplacement mechanisms and driving forces temporarily participated in progressive structural evolution of the nappe. The rear compression operated during the early stages, when the sedimentary succession was detached, shortened and transported over the frontal ramp. Subsequently, gravity spreading and gliding governed the final nappe emplacement over the unconstrained basinal foreland.

scholarly journals Web-spinning sawflies of the genus Cephalcia Panzer (Hymenoptera, Pamphiliidae) in the Picea abies forests of the Beskidy Mountains (Poland)

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (Special Issue) ◽  
pp. 63-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Jachym
Keyword(s):  
Picea Abies ◽  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Western Carpathians ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Spruce Stands

This article presents a review of data and results of investigations from the period 1958–2006 regarding the occurrence of insects of the genus <I>Cephalcia</I> Panzer (Hymenoptera, Pamphiliidae) in Norway spruce stands of the Beskidy Mountains (Western Carpathians, southern Poland). Currently, eight species are known for the area: <I>C. abietis, C. alashanica, C. alpina, C. annulicornis, C. arvensis, C. erythrogaster, C. fulva</I> and <I>C. masuttii</I>. Information regarding each species is given, with details on identification, local occurrence and importance.

Taxonomy and distribution of Poa carpatica in the Western Carpathians

Biologia ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana Bernátová ◽  
Jozef Májovský ◽  
Ján Kliment ◽  
Ján Topercer
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Western Carpathians ◽  
Subalpine Belt ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Central Western Carpathians

AbstractWe examined the taxonomic status and distribution of Poa populations from supramontane and subalpine belt of the central Western Carpathians, so far classified as P. nemoralis subsp. carpatica and P. nemoralis subsp. montana. Significant morphological differences from P. nemoralis s. str. as well as combination of shared vs distinct characters allow us to attribute the populations under study to the species P. carpatica (V. Jirásek) Chopyk with two subspecies: P. carpatica subsp. carpatica a P. carpatica subsp. supramontana subsp. nova.

scholarly journals Re-Os and U-Th-Pb dating of the Rochovce granite and its mineralization (Western Carpathians, Slovakia)

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Kohút ◽  
Holly Stein ◽  
Pavel Uher ◽  
Aaron Aimmerman ◽  
L’ubomír Hraško
Keyword(s):  
Oscillatory Zoning ◽  
Western Carpathians ◽  
Alkaline Magmatism ◽  
Calc Alkaline ◽  
Collisional Orogen ◽  
Granite Intrusion ◽  
Metallogenic Belt ◽  
Central Western Carpathians ◽  
Lower Crustal ◽  
Gemeric Unit

Abstract The subsurface Rochovce granite intrusion was emplaced into the contact zone between two principal tectonic units (the Veporic Unit and the Gemeric Unit) of the Central Western Carpathians (CWC), Slovakia. The Cretaceous age of this granite and its Mo-W mineralization is shown using two independent methods: U-Pb on zircon and Re-Os on molybdenite. The studied zircons have a typical homogeneous character with oscillatory zoning and scarce restite cores. SHRIMP U-Pb data provide an age of 81.5 ± 0.7 Ma, whereas restite cores suggest a latest Neoproterozoic-Ediacaran age (~565 Ma) source. Zircon εHf(81) values -5.2 to + 0.2 suggest a lower crustal source, whereas one from the Neoproterozoic core εHf(565)= + 7.4 call for the mantle influenced old precursor. Two molybdenite- bearing samples of very different character affirm a genetic relation between W-Mo mineralization and the Rochovce granite. One sample, a quartz-molybdenite vein from the exocontact (altered quartz-sericite schist of the Ochtiná Formation), provides a Re-Os age of 81.4 ± 0.3 Ma. The second molybdenite occurs as 1-2 mm disseminations in finegrained granite, and provides an age of 81.6 ± 0.3 Ma. Both Re-Os ages are identical within their 2-sigma analytical uncertainty and suggest rapid exhumation as a consequence of post-collisional, orogen-parallel extension and unroofing. The Rochovce granite represents the northernmost occurrence of Cretaceous calc-alkaline magmatism with Mo-W mineralization associated with the Alpine-Balkan-Carpathian-Dinaride metallogenic belt.

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