Aleksandrowski, P., Kryza, R., Mazur, S., Pin, C., Zalasiewicz, J. A. (1999) The Polish Sudetes: Caledonian or Variscan?. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 90 (2) 127-146 doi:10.1017/s0263593300007197
| Reference Type | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | The Polish Sudetes: Caledonian or Variscan? | ||
| Journal | Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences | ||
| Authors | Aleksandrowski, P. | Author | |
| Kryza, R. | Author | ||
| Mazur, S. | Author | ||
| Pin, C. | Author | ||
| Zalasiewicz, J. A. | Author | ||
| Year | 1999 | Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 2 | ||
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) | ||
| DOI | doi:10.1017/s0263593300007197Search in ResearchGate | ||
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 494574 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:494574:5 |
| GUID | 0 | ||
| Full Reference | Aleksandrowski, P., Kryza, R., Mazur, S., Pin, C., Zalasiewicz, J. A. (1999) The Polish Sudetes: Caledonian or Variscan?. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 90 (2) 127-146 doi:10.1017/s0263593300007197 | ||
| Plain Text | Aleksandrowski, P., Kryza, R., Mazur, S., Pin, C., Zalasiewicz, J. A. (1999) The Polish Sudetes: Caledonian or Variscan?. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 90 (2) 127-146 doi:10.1017/s0263593300007197 | ||
| In | (1999) Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences Vol. 90 (2) Cambridge University Press (CUP) | ||
| Abstract/Notes | AbstractThe Polish Sudetes on the NE margin of the Bohemian Massif comprise a complex mosaic of pre-Permian basement units, traditionally included in the Variscides. A hypothesis of significant Caledonian orogenesis in this area originated in the 1920s, was subsequently rejected, and then was recently revived in models which invoked Early Palaeozoic to Early-Mid Devonian subduction and continental collision along a proposed extension of the Tornquist suture zone. We reassess the evidence invoked in support of the Caledonian orogeny, such as supposed regional pre-Upper Devonian unconformity, Ordovician bimodal magmatism and radiometric, palaeontological, palaeomagnetic and structural data, and suggest these are either inconclusive or misinterpreted. On the other hand, the Sudetes record Mid?-Late Devonian blueschist metamorphism followed by an Early Carboniferous regional high temperature event, widespread Late Devonian/Early Carboniferous flysch/molasse sedimentation and abundant granite intrusion in the Carboniferous to Early Permian. We discuss the usage of the term ‘Caledonian’ in a plate tectonic context and suggest it should not be used simply to denote Early to Mid-Palaeozoic tectonic activity. The tectonic evolution of the Sudetes was temporally different from, and resulted from convergence of different crustal domains than that of the British-Scandinavian-Pomeranian Caledonides. The Sudetic Palaeozoic sequences most probably developed on Armorican Neoproterozoic crust and in adjacent oceanic(?) domains and, therefore, the Sudetes form part of the Variscan orogenic belt. | ||
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