Thermal evolution of an extensional detachment as constrained by organic metamorphic data and thermal modeling: Graz Paleozoic Nappe Complex (Eastern Alps)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 411, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 57-72

  Rantitsch, Gerd ^a   Sachsenhofer, Reinhard F ^a   Hasenhüttl, Christian ^a   Russegger, Barbara ^b   Rainer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Eastern Alps; Exhumation; Graz Paleozoic Nappe Complex; Thermal maturity; Thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NAPPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 29744445279     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.08.022     Document Type: Article

References (79)

1. P. Árkai A. Fenninger G. Nagy Effects of lithology and bulk chemistry on phyllosilicate reaction progress in the low-T metamorphic Graz Paleozoic, Eastern Alps, Austria European Journal of Mineralogy 14 2002 673-686
2. C.E. Barker Geothermics of petroleum systems: Implications of the stabilization of kerogen thermal maturation after a geologically brief heating duration at peak temperature In: L.B. Magoon (Ed.) Petroleum System of the United States U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin vol. 1870 1988 pp. 26-29
3. G. Bertotti M. ter Voorde Thermal effects of normal faulting during rifted basin formation: 2. The Lugano-Val Grande normal fault and the role of pre-existing thermal anomalies Tectonophysics 240 1994 145-157
4. G. Bertotti D. Seward J. Wijbrans M. ter Voorde A.J. Hurford Crustal thermal regime prior to, during, and after rifting: A geochronological and modeling study of the Mesozoic South Alpine rifted margin Tectonics 18 1999 185-200
5. O. Beyssac J.N. Rouzaud B. Goffé F. Brunet C. Chopin Graphitization in a high-pressure, low-temperature metamorphic gradient: a Raman microspectroscopy and HRTEM study Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 143 2002 19-31
6. O. Beyssac B. Goffé C. Chopin J.N. Rouzaud Raman spectra of carbonaceous material in metasediments: A new geothermometer Journal of Metamorphic Geology 20 2002 859-871
7. O. Beyssac B. Goffé J.-P. Petitet E. Froigneux M. Moreau J.N. Rouzaud On the characterization of disordered and heterogeneous carbonaceous materials by Raman spectroscopy Spectrochimica Acta, Part A 2003 2003 2267-2276
8. O. Beyssac L. Bollinger J.-Ph. Avouac B. Goffé Thermal metamorphism in the lesser Himalaya of Nepal determined from Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material Earth and Planetary Science Letters 225 2004 233-241
9. H.-P. Bojar A.-V. Bojar A. Mogessie H. Fritz O.A.R. Thalhammer Evolution of veins and sub-economic ore at Strassegg, Paleozoic of Graz, Eastern Alps, Austria: Evidence for local fluid transport during metamorphism Chemical Geology 175 2001 757-777
10. A.-V. Bojar H. Fritz Z.D. Sharp H.-P. Bojar J. Loitzenbauer Fluid regime and metamorphism during continental collision: An example from the Micashist-Marble Complex, Eastern Alps, Austria Journal of Conference Abstracts 6 2001 279
11. J.-P. Burg T.V. Gerya The role of viscous heating in Barrovian metamorphism of collisional orogens: Thermomechanical models and application to the Lepontin Dome in the Central Alps Journal of Metamorphic Geology 23 2005 75-95
12. I. Dunkl A. Demény Exhumation of the Rechnitz Window at the border of Eastern Alps and Pannonian basin during Neogene extension Tectonophysics 272 1997 197-211
13. I. Dunkl B. Grasemann W. Frisch Thermal effects of exhumation of a metamorphic core complex on hanging wall syn-rift sediments: An example from the Rechnitz Window, Eastern Alps Tectonophysics 297 1998 31-50
14. F. Ebner G. Rantitsch Das Gosau Becken von Kainach-Ein Überblick Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft der Geologie-und Bergbaustudenten in Österreich 44 2000 157-172
15. F. Ebner R.F. Sachsenhofer Die Entwicklungsgeschichte des Steirischen Tertiärbeckens Mitteilungen der Abteilung für Geologie und Paläontologie am Landesmuseum Joanneum 49 1991 1-96
16. F. Ebner B. Hubmann L. Weber Die Rannach- und Schöckel-Decke des Grazer Paläozoikums Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft der Geologie-und Bergbaustudenten in Österreich 44 2000 1-44
17. T.A. Ehlers D.S. Chapman Normal fault thermal regimes: Conductive and hydrothermal heat transfer surrounding the Wasatch fault, Utah Tectonophysics 312 1999 217-234
18. R. Ferreiro Mählmann Correlation of very low grade data to calibrate a thermal maturity model in a nappe tectonic setting, a case study from the Alps Tectonophysics 334 2001 1-33
19. H.W. Flügel Die Geologie des Grazer Paläozoikums Mitteilungen der Abteilung für Geologie und Paläontologie am Landesmuseum Joanneum SH1 1975 1-288
20. H. Fritz Kinematics and geochronology of Early Cretaceous thrusting in the northwestern Paleozoic of Graz (Eastern Alps) Geodinamica Acta 2 1988 53-62
21. H. Fritz Stratigraphie, Fazies und Tektonik im nordwestlichen Grazer Paläozoikum (Ostalpen) Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 134 1991 227-255
22. N. Froitzheim S.M. Schmidt P. Conti Repeated changes from crustal shortening to orogen-parallel extension in the Austroalpine units of Graubünden Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 87 1994 559-612
23. N. Froitzheim P. Conti M. van Daalen Late Cretaceous, synorogenic, low-angle normal faulting along the Schlinig Fault (Switzerland, Italy, Austria) and its significance for the tectonics of the Eastern Alps Tectonophysics 280 1997 267-293
24. B. Fügenschuh D. Seward N. Mancktelow Exhumation in a convergent orogen: The western Tauern Window Terra Nova 9 1997 213-217
25. B. Fügenschuh N.S. Mancktelow D. Seward Cretaceous to Neogene cooling and exhumation history of the Oetztal-Stubai basement complex, Eastern Alps; a structural and fission track study Tectonics 19 2000 905-918
26. J. Genser J.D. Van Wees S. Cloetingh F. Neubauer Eastern Alpine tectono-metamorphic evolution: Constraints from two-dimensional P-T-t modeling Tectonics 15 1996 584-604
27. B. Grasemann I. Dunkl Effects of the geometry of normal faulting on the near surface heat flow during extension: The example of the Rechnitz Metamorphic Core Complex (Austria) Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geologischen Gesellschaft 93 2003 87-103
28. B. Grasemann N.S. Mancktelow Two-dimensional thermal modelling of normal faulting: The Simplon Fault Zone, Central Alps, Switzerland Tectonophysics 225 1993 155-165
29. J. Haas S. Kovács L. Krystyn R. Lein Significance of Late Permian-Triassic facies zones in terrane reconstruction in the Alpine-North Pannonian domain Tectonophysics 242 1995 19-40
30. J. Haas P. Mioč J. Pamić B. Tomljenović P. Árkai A. Bérczi-Makk B. Koroknai S. Kovács E. Rálisch-Felgenhauer Complex structural pattern of the Alpine-Dinaridic-Pannonian triple junction International Journal of Earth Sciences 89 2000 377-389
31. Hasenhüttl, Ch., 1994. Eine Wärmegeschichte des Grazer Berglandes. Inkohlung, Illitkristallinität, Tonmineralogie und Conodont Colour Alteration Index im nördlichen Teil des Grazer Deckenkomplexes (Grazer Paläozoikum, Österreich). PhD thesis. University of Graz, Graz. 165 pp.
32. Ch. Hasenhüttl B. Russegger Niedrigstgradige Metamorphose im Grazer Paläozoikum Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 135 1992 287-297
33. E. Hejl 'Cold spots' during the Cenozoic evolution of the Eastern Alps: thermochronological interpretation of apatite fission-track data Tectonophysics 272 1997 159-173
34. Th.D. Hoisch Thermod7: A general two-dimensional numerical modeling program for heat conduction and advection, with special application to faults Computers & Geosciences 31 2005 698-703
35. R.A. Ketcham Thermal models of core-complex evolution in Arizona and New Guinea: Implications for ancient cooling paths and present-day heat flow Tectonics 15 1996 933-951
36. P.O. Koons Some thermal and mechanical consequences of rapid uplift: An example from the Southern Alps, New Zealand Earth and Planetary Science Letters 86 1987 307-319
37. A. Kounov D. Seward D. Bernoulli J.-P. Burg Z. Ivanov Thermotectonic evolution of an extensional dome: The Cenozoic Osogovo-Lisets core complex (Kraishte zone, western Bulgaria) International Journal of Earth Sciences 93 2004 1008-1024
38. Krenn, K., 2001. Structural and thermal control of ore deposits in the Graz Paleozoic. Dr. Thesis, University of Graz, Graz, 115 pp.
39. A. Krohe Kinematics of Cretaceous nappe tectonics in the Austroalpine basement of the Koralpe region (eastern Austria) Tectonophysics 136 1987 171-196
40. A. Kröll R. Heller Die Tiefbohrung AFLING U1 in der Kainacher Gosau Verhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 1978 1978 23-34
41. W. Kurz H. Fritz Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Austroalpine Nappe Complex in the central Eastern Alps - consequences for the Eo-Alpine evolution of the Eastern Alps International Geological Review 45 2003 1100-1127
42. W. Kurz H. Fritz V. Tenczer W. Unzog Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Koralm Complex (Eastern Alps): Constraints from microstructure and textures of the 'Plattengneis shear zone' Journal of Structural Geology 24 2002 1957-1970
43. B. Kwiecińska H.I. Petersen Graphite, semi-graphite, natural coke, and natural char classification - ICCP system International Journal of Coal Geology 57 2004 99-116
44. P. Lespade A. Marchand M. Couzi F. Cruege Caractérisations de matériaux carbones par microspectrometrie Raman Carbon 22 1984 375-385
45. R. Littke C. Büker A. Lückge R.F. Sachsenhofer D.H. Welte A new evaluation of paleo-heat flows and eroded thicknesses for the Carboniferous Ruhr basin, western Germany International Journal of Coal Geology 26 1994 155-183
46. N.S. Mancktelow B. Grasemann Time-dependent effects of heat advection and topography on cooling histories during erosion Tectonophysics 270 1997 167-195
47. P. Molnar P. England Temperatures, heat flux, and frictional stress near major thrust faults Journal of Geophysical Research 95 1990 4833-4856
48. F. Neubauer J. Genser H. Fritz E. Wallbrecher Alpine kinematics of the eastern Central Alps In: F. Neubauer (Ed.) The Eastern Central Alps of Austria ALCAPA Field Guide 1992 University of Graz 127-136
49. F. Neubauer R.D. Dallmeyer I. Dunkl D. Schirnik Late Cretaceous exhumation of the metamorphic Gleinalm dome, Eastern Alps: Kinematics, cooling history and sedimentary response in a sinistral wrench corridor Tectonophysics 242 1995 79-89
50. F. Neubauer J. Genser R. Handler The Eastern Alps: Result of a two-stage collision process Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geologische Gesellschaft 92 2000 117-134
51. R. Petschick Zur Wärmegeschichte im kalkalpin Bayerns und Nordtirols (Inkohlung und Illitkristallinität) Frankfurter Geowissenschaftliche Arbeiten. Serie C, Mineralogie 10 1989 1-259
52. Rainer, Th., 2003. Thermal history and hydrocarbon potential of Carboniferous to Eocene sediments of the Alpine-Dinaric transition zone (Austria, Slovenia). Dr. Thesis, University of Leoben. 377 pp.
53. Th. Rainer U. Herlec G. Rantitsch R.F. Sachsenhofer M. Vrabec Organic matter maturation versus clay mineralogy: A comparison for Carboniferous to Eocene sediments from the Alpine-Dinaride junction (Slovenia, Austria) Geologija 45 2002 513-518
54. G. Rantitsch Thermal history of the Carnic Alps (Southern Alps, Austria) and its paleogeographic implications Tectonophysics 272 1997 213-232
55. G. Rantitsch Thermal history of the Drau Range (Eastern Alps) Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 81 2001 181-196
56. G. Rantitsch Th. Rainer Thermal modeling of Carboniferous to Triassic sediments of the Karawanken Range (Southern Alps) as a tool for paleogeographic reconstructions in the Alpine-Dinaridic-Pannonian realm International Journal of Earth Sciences 92 2003 195-209
57. G. Rantitsch B. Russegger Thrust-related very low grade metamorphism within the Gurktal Nappe Complex (Eastern Alps) Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 142 2000 219-225
58. G. Rantitsch W. Grogger Ch. Teichert F. Ebner Ch. Hofer E.-M. Maurer B. Schaffer M. Toth Conversion of carbonaceous material to graphite within the Greywacke Zone of the Eastern Alps International Journal of Earth Sciences 93 2004 959-973
59. L. Ratschbacher F. Neubauer West-directed décollement of Austro-Alpine cover nappes in the eastern Alps: Geometrical and rheological considerations In: M.P. Coward D. Dietrich R.G. Park (Eds.) Alpine Tectonics Geological Society Special Publications vol. 45 1989 Geological Society London pp. 243-262
60. L. Ratschbacher W. Frisch F. Neubauer S.M. Schmid J. Neugebauer Extension in compressional orogenic belts: The Eastern Alps Geology 17 1989 404-407
61. L. Ratschbacher H.-R. Wenk M. Sintubin Calcite textures: Examples from nappes with strain-path partitioning Journal of Structural Geology 13 1991 369-384
62. Russegger, B., 1992. Diagenese bis niedriggradige Metamorphose im südlichen Grazer Paläozoikum (Steiermark, Österreich). PhD thesis. University of Graz, Graz. 180 pp.
63. B. Russegger Niedrigst-bis niedriggradige Metamorphose im südlichen Grazer Paläozoikum (Ostalpen) Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 139 1996 93-100
64. Th. Schmidt J. Blau M. Kázmér Large-scale strike-slip displacement of the Drauzug and the Transdanubian Mountains in early Alpine history: Evidence from Permo-Mesozoic facies belts Tectonophysics 200 1991 213-232
65. H.P. Schönlaub H. Heinisch The classical fossiliferous Palaeozoic units of the Eastern and Southern Alps In: J.F. von Raumer F. Neubauer (Eds.) Pre-Mesozoic Geology in the Alps 1993 Springer Berlin pp. 395-422
66. H. Sölva B. Grasemann M. Thöni R. Thiede G. Habler The Schneeberg normal fault zone: Normal faulting associated with Cretaceous SE-directed extrusion in the Eastern Alps Tectonophysics 401 2005 143-166
67. K. Stüwe L. White R. Brown The influence of eroding topography on steady-state isotherms. Application to fission track analysis Earth and Planetary Science Letters 124 1994 63-74
68. J.J. Sweeney A.K. Burnham Evaluation of a simple model of vitrinite reflectance based on chemical kinetics American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 74 1990 1559-1570
69. G.H. Taylor M. Teichmüller A. Davi C.F.K. Diessel R. Littke P. Robert Organic Petrology 1998 Borntraeger Berlin 704 pp.
70. V. Tencer K. Stüwe The metamorphic field gradient in the eclogite type locality, Koralpe region, Eastern Alps Journal of Metamorphic Geology 21 2003 377-393
71. D.L. Turcotte G. Schubert Geodynamics: Application of Continuum Physics to Geological Problems 1982 Wiley New York 450 pp.
72. T.I. Uysal M. Glikson S.D. Golding F. Audsley The thermal history of the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia: Vitrinite reflectance and clay mineralogy of Late Permian coal measures Tectonophysics 323 2000 105-129
73. E. Wilkens Paläogene Sedimente des Krappfeldes und seiner Umgebung In: T. Appold F. Thiedig (Eds.) Arbeitstagung Geologische Bundesanstalt 1989 1989 Geologische Bundesanstalt Wien pp. 85-99
74. E. Willingshofer J.D. van Wees S.A.P.L. Cloetingh F. Neubauer Thermomechanical consequences of Cretaceous continent-continent collision in the eastern Alps (Austria): Insights from two-dimensional modeling Tectonics 18 1999a 809-826
75. E. Willingshofer F. Neubauer S.A.P.L. Cloetingh The significance of Gosau-Type basins for the Late Cretaceous tectonic history of the Alpine-Carpathian belt Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. Part A 8 1999 687-695
76. E.L. Winterer A. Bosellini Subsidence and sedimentation on Jurassic passive continental margin, Southern Alps, Italy American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 65 1981 394-421
77. K.W. Wisian D.D. Blackwell Numerical modeling of Basin and Range geothermal systems Geothermics 33 2004 713-741
78. B.P. Wygrala Integrated computer-aided basin modeling applied to analysis of hydrocarbon generation history in a Northern Italian oil field Organic Geochemistry 13 1988 187-197
79. S. Zeffren T. Avigad A. Heimann Z. Gvirtzman Age resetting of hanging wall rocks above a low-angle detachment fault: Tinos Island (Aegean Sea) Tectonophysics 400 2005 1-25