Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the main lignite-rich grabens in Poland. Part 1. Tectonic stages

• Autorzy: Widera Marek

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DOI

10.24425/agp.2023.148021

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Understanding the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of grabens rich in lignite is important in the context of the accumulation of ~40–650 m of peat, as well as the exploitation of later formed lignite seams with a thickness of ~20–250 m. Six such areas were selected for a detailed palaeotectonic analysis: the Gostyń, Szamotuły, Legnica, Zittau, Lubstów, and Kleszczów grabens. During the analysis, borehole data were used, taking into account the compaction of peat at the transition to lignite, in order to reconstruct the magnitude of the total subsidence. This made it possible to distinguish between regional (covering areas also outside the grabens) and local (occurring only in the grabens) tectonic movements, and among the latter, tectonic and compactional subsidence. The hypothetical palaeosurface of the mires was reconstructed based on the lignite decompaction. As a result, it was possible to determine whether the examined peat/lignite seams underwent post-depositional uplift and/or subsidence. Between one (Gostyń Graben) and four (Zittau Basin and Kleszczów Graben) stages of tectonic subsidence were distinguished in the studied lignite-bearing areas. In the case of the Zittau Basin, as well as the Lubstów and Kleszczów grabens, post-depositional stages of tectonic uplift were also indicated. Like the boundaries of lithostratigraphic units, the successive stages of the Cenozoic tectonic development of the examined grabens are diachronic.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

peat-to-lignite; compaction; decompaction; compactional subsidence; tectonic subsidence; tectonic uplift

PL

węgiel brunatny; zagęszczanie; dekompakcja; zagęszczanie osiadania; osiadanie tektoniczne; wypiętrzenie tektoniczne

• Wydawca: Faculty of Geology of the University of Warsaw ; Komitet Nauk Geologicznych PAN
• Czasopismo: Acta Geologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 74, no. 1
• Strony: art. no. e2
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 82 poz., rys.

Twórcy

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Widera Marek

• Institute of Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2026).