Caledonian deformation upon southwest Baltica and its tectonic implications: Alternatives and consequences

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 803-812

  Tanner, Barbara ^a,b   Meissner, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; SEISMOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BOUNDARY FAULTS; DEFORMATION FRONT; FAULT PATTERNS; SCHLESWIG HOLSTEINS; SEISMIC DATAS; SOUTH-WESTERN BALTIC SEAS; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; TRANSPRESSION;

FAULTING;

BALTICA; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; COLLISION; DEFORMATION; SEISMIC DATA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BALTIC SEA; EUROPE, BALTIC SHIELD;

EID: 0030498850     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95TC03686     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Aichroth, B., C. Prodehl, and H. Thybo, Crustal structure along the central segment of the EGT, Tectonophysics, 207, 43-64, 1992.
2. Artyushkov, E.V., and S.V. Sobolev, Mechanisms of passive continental margins and inland seas formation, in Studies in Continental Margin Geology, edited by J.S. Watkins and C.L. Drake, AAPG Mem., 34, 689-701, 1983.
3. Bechmann, G.H., and S. Grosse, Struktur und Entstehung des Norddeutschen Beckens: Geologische und geophysikalische Interpretation einer verbesserten Schwerekarte, Niedersächsische Akad. Geowiss. Veröff., 2, 23-47, 1989.
4. Barker, A.J., and R.A. Gayer, Caledonide-Appalachian tectonic analysis and evolution of related oceans, in The Tectonic Evolution of the Caledonide-Appalachian Orogen, edited by R.A. Gayer, pp. 126-167, F. Vieweg, Braunschweig, Germany, 1985.
5. Berthelsen, A., The early (800-300 Ma) crustal evolution of the off-shield region in Europe, in First EGT Workshop, The Northern Segment, edited by D.A. Galson and St. Mueller, pp. 125-142, Euro. Sci. Found., Strasbourg, France, 1984.
6. Berthelsen, A., Mobile Europe, in A Continent Revealed, The European Geotraverse, edited by D. Blundell, R. Freeman, and St Mueller, pp. 11-32, Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, 1992.
7. Betz, D., F. Führer, G. Greiner, and E. Plein, Evolution of the Lower Saxony Basin, Tectonophysics, 137, 127-170, 1987.
8. Bialas, J., E.R. Flüh, and W. Jokat, Seismic investigations of the Ringkoebing-Fyn High on Langeland, Denmark, Tectonophysics, 137, 127-170, 1990.
9. Bond, G.C, P.A. Nickeson, and M.A. Kominz, Breakup of a supercontnent between 625 Ma and 555 Ma: New evidence and implications for continental histories, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 70, 325-345, 1984.
10. Brink, H.J., H. Dürschner, and H. Trappe, Some aspects of late and post-Variscan development of the northwestern German Basin, Tectonophysics, 207, 65-92, 1992.
11. Brochwicz-Lewinski, W., Sinistral strike-slip movements in central Europe in the Palaeozoic, Publ. Inst. Geophys. Pol. Acad. Sci. A-13, 160, 3-13, 1984.
12. Cocks, L.R.M., and R.A. Fortey, Faunal evidence for oceanic separations in the Palaeozoic of Britain, J. Geol. Soc., 139, 465-478, 1982.
13. Dean, W.T., Relationships of Cambrian-Ordovician faunas in the Caledonide-Appalachian region, with particular reference to trilobites, in The Tectonic Evolution of the CaledonideAppalachian Orogen, edited by R.A. Gayer, pp. 3-16, F. Vieweg, Braunschweig, Germany, 1985
14. ERCEUGT Group, An electrical resistivity crustal section from the Alps to the Baltic Sea (central segment of the EGT), Tectonophysics, 207, 123-139, 1992.
15. EUGENO-S Working Group, Crustal structure and tectonic evolution of the transition between the Baltic Shield and the North German Caledonides (the EUGENO-S Project), Tectonophysics, 150, 253-348, 1988.
16. Fortey, R.A., and L.R.M. Cocks, Arenig to Llandovery faunal distributions in the Caledonides, in The Caledonian-Appalachian Orogen, edited by A.L. Harris and D.J. Fettes, Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ. London, 38, 233-246, 1988.
17. Fountain, D.M., R. Arculus, and R.W. Kay (Eds.), Continental Lower Crust, Dev. in Geotectonics, vol. 23, Elsevier, New York, 485 pp., 1992.
18. Franke, D., Der präpermische Untergrund der Mitteleuropäischen Senke Fakten und Hypothesen, Niedersächsische Akad. Geowiss. Veröff., 4, 19-75, 1990.
19. Franke, D., The southern border of Baltica-A review of the present state of knowledge, Precambrian Res., 64, 419-430, 1993.
20. Frost, R.T.C., F.J. Fitch, and J.A. Miller, The age and nature of the crystalline basement of the North Sea Basin, in Petroleum Geology of the Continental Shelf of North-West Europe, edited by L.V. Illing and G.D. Hobson, pp. 43-57, Heyden, London, 1981.
21. Hoffmann, N., Zur paläodynamischen Entwicklung des Präzechsteins in der Norddeutschen Senke, Niedersächsische Akad. Geowiss. Veröff., 4, 5-18, 1990.
22. Kämpf, H., D. Korich, and H. Brause, Anorthosit-, Gabbro- und Ilmeniterz-Xenolithe in permischen Basalten der Tiefbohrung Schwerin, 1, Ein petrographisches Indiz für das Ostelbische Massiv, Z. Geol. Wiss., 22, 115-128, 1994.
23. Katzung, G., U. Giese, R. Walter, and C. von Winterfeld, The Rügen Caledonies, northeast Germany, Geol. Mag., 130(5), 725-30, 1993.
24. Lefort, J.P., Possible "Caledonian" subduction under the Domnonean domain, North Armorican area. Geology, 5, 523-526, 1977.
25. Mckerrow, W.S., J.F. Dewey, and C.R. Scotese, The Ordovician and Silurian development of the lapetus ocean, Spec. Pap. Palaeontol., 44, 165-178, 1991.
26. Meissner, R., and B. Tanner, From collision to collapse: Phases of lithospheric evolution as monitored by seismic records, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 79, 75-86, 1993.
27. Meissner, R., D. Snyder, N. Balling, and E. Staroste (Eds.), The BABEL Project, First Status Report, Comm. of the Eur. Commun., Brussels, 1992.
28. Meissner, R., P. Sadowiak, and S.A Thomas, Avalonia, the third partner in the Caledonian collisions: Evidence from deep seismic data, Geol. Rundsch., 83, 186-196, 1994.
29. Oliver, G.J H., F. Corfu, and T.E. Krogh, U-Pb ages from SW Poland: Evidence for a Caledonian suture zone between Baltica and Gondwana, J. Geol. Soc. London, 150, 355-369, 1993.
30. Pegrum, R.M., The extension of the Tornquist Zone in the Norwegian North Sea, Nor. Geol. Tidsskr., 64, 39-68, 1984.
31. Piske, J., and E. Neumann, Tektonische Gliederung des prävariskischen Untergrundes in der südwestlichen Ostsee, Geol. Jahrb, Reihe A, 131, 361-388, 1993.
32. Pratsch, J.C., Basement deformation and basement structure in the northwestern German Basin, Geol. Rundsch., 69, 601-621, 1980.
33. Rabbel, W., K. Förste, A. Schulze, R. Bittner, J. Röhl, and J.C. Reichert, A high velocity layer in the lower crust of the North German Basin, Terra Nova, 7, 327-337, 1994.
34. Scotese, C., R., Paleozoic paleomagnetism and the assembly of Pangea, in Plate Reconstruction From Paleozoic Paleomagnetism, edited by R. Van der Voo, C.R., Scotese, and N. Bonhommet, Geodyn. Ser., vol. 12, pp. 1-10, AGU, Washington, D.C., 1984.
35. Scrutton, R.A., Passive continental margins: A review of observations and mecanisms, in Dynamics of Passive Margins, Geadyn. Ser., vol. 6, pp. 5-11, edited by R.A. Scrutton, , AGU, Washington, D.C., 1982a.
36. Scrutton, R.A., Crustal structure and development of sheared passive continental margins, in Dynamics of Passive Margins, Geodyn. Ser., vol. 6, pp. 133-140, edited by R.A. Scrutton, AGU, Washington, D.C., 1982b.
37. Seifert, M., et al., Bericht über seeseismische CDP-Arbeiten im Flachschelfbereich der DDR, 1986 (Sucharbeiten N und NE der Insel Rügen) (in Russian), report VEB-Geo-phys. Leipzig, Germany , 1989.
38. Seifert, M., H. Glöss, H. Doss, S.A. Thomas, and R. Meissner, Marine seismic studies of geotectonic structures north of Rügen (Baltic Sea): Projects PetroBaltic and BABEL, in The BABEL Project, First Status Report, edited by R. Meissner, D. Snyder, N. Balling, and E. Staroste, pp. 147-150, Comm. of the Eur. Commun., Brussels, 1992.
39. Servais, T., The Ordovician acritarchs from Rüen (NE-Germany): Palaeobiogeographical evidence for the attribution to eastern Avalonia, Neues Jahrb. Geol. Paläontol. Monatsh., 9, 566-580, 1994.
40. Sorgenfrei, T., and A. Buch, Deep Tests in Denmark 1935-1959, Geol. Surv. of Denmark, 11 Ser., no. 36, 1964.
41. Thomas, S.A., and N.R. Deeks, Seismic evidence for inversion tectonics in the strike-slip regime of the Tornquist Zone, southern Baltic Sea, Z. Geol. Wiss., 22, 33-46, 1994.
42. Thybo, H., and E.R. Flüh, Interpretation of coincident seismic reflection and refraction data across the Tornquist Fan in the southern Baltic Sea, in The BABEL Project, First Status Report, edited by R. Meißner, D. Snyder, N. Balling, and E. Staroste, pp. 151-155, Comm. of the Eur. Commun., Brussels, 1992.
43. Thybo, H., L.L. Kiöboe, C. Möller, G. Schönharting, and A. Berthelsen, Geophysical and tectonic modelling of EUGENO-S profiles, in Sixth EGT Work Shop: Data Compilation and Synoptic Interpretation, edited by R. Freeman, and St. Müller, pp. 93-104, Eur. Sci. Found., Strasbourg, France, 1990.
44. Torsvik, T.H., M.A. Smethurst, R van der Voo, A. Trench, N. Abrahamsen, and E. Halvorsen, Baltica: A synopsis of Vendian-Permian palaeomagnetic data and their palaeotectonic implications, Earth Sci. Rev., 33, 133-152, 1992.
45. Torsvik, T.H., A. Trench, I. Svensson, and H.J. Walderhaug, Palaeogeographic significance of mid-Silurian palaeomagnetic results from southern Britain- Major revision of the apparent polar wander path for eastern Avalonia, Geophys. J. Int., 113, 651-668, 1993.
46. Vejbaek, O.V., The Horn Graben and its relationship to the Oslo Graben and the Danish Basin, Tectonophysics, 178, 29-49, 1990.
47. Ziegler, P.A., North-western Europe: Tectonics and basin development, Geol. Mijnbouw, 57, 589-626, 1978.
48. Ziegler, P.A., Caledonian and Hercynian crustal consolidation of western and central Europe- a working Hypothesis, Geol. Mijnbouw, 63, 93-108, 1984.
49. Ziegler, P.A., Geodynamic model for the Palaeozoic crustal consolidation of western Europe, Tectonophysics, 126, 303-328, 1986.
50. Ziegler, P.A., Geological Atlas of Western and Central Europe, 2nd ed., 239pp., Shell, Amsterdam, 1990.
51. Zwart, H.J., and U.F. Dornsiepen, The tectonic framework of central and western Europe, Geol. Mijnbouw, 57, 627-654, 1978.