Pleistocene speleothem fracturing in the Western Carpathian orogenic foreland : A case study from transtensional setting at the eastern margin of the Bohemian Massif

• Autorzy: Babek O. , Briestenský M. , Přecechtělová G. , Štěpančíková P. , Hellstrom J. C. , Drysdale R. N.

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DOI

10.7306/gq.1225

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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We studied speleothem-fracturing styles and their tectonic context in three cave systems situated in the eastern Bohemian Massif, close to the Western Carpathians orogenic front: the Za hájovnou, Javoříčko, and Mladeč caves. The morphology of the speleothems in particularly thin stalactites, and supporting evidence from the cave interior, indicates a tectonic origin of the breakage. U/Th series dating of the stalactites, supported by Optically Stimulated Luminiscence (OSL) and 14C dating of soft sediments indicate that most of the fracturing occurred in the Upper Pleistocene, with the last fracturing events corresponding to MIS6 and MIS5 stages. OSL dating of faulted soft-sediment infill may even indicate that latest Pleistocene to Early Holocene tectonic events occurred in the Mladeč Cave. The speleothem fracturing is discussed in the regional context of the seismically active Nysa-Morava Zone situated at the junction between the Bohemian Massif (Elbe Fault Zone) and the Western Carpathians. This study provides the first evidence of palaeoseismicity from the subsurface and the oldest dated palaeoseismicity from the contact between the Western Carpathians and the Bohemian Massif.

Słowa kluczowe

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speleothems; U/Th series dating; palaeoseismicity; Pleistocene; Bohemian Massif; Western Carpathians

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: Vol. 59, No. 3
• Strony: 491–--506
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 76poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

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Babek O.

• Palacký Univer sity of Olomouc, Department of Geology, 17 listopadu 12, 77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic

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Briestenský M.

• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, v.v.i., V Holešovickách 41, Prague 8 182 09, Czech Republic

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Přecechtělová G.

• Palacký Univer sity of Olomouc, Department of Geology, 17 listopadu 12, 77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic

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Štěpančíková P.

• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, v.v.i., V Holešovickách 41, Prague 8 182 09, Czech Republic

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Hellstrom J. C.

• Univer sity of Melbourne, Department of Resource Management and Geography, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia

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Drysdale R. N.

• Univer sity of Melbourne, School of Earth Sciences, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia

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