On the formation and evolution of the Pannonian Basin: Constraints derived from the structure of the junction area between the Carpathians and Dinarides

Tectonics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Matenco, L ^a   Radivojevi, D ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Gazprom Neft   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS;

BACK-ARC BASIN; BACK-ARC DEFORMATION; CARPATHIANS; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; CRUSTAL BLOCK; DINARIDES; EARLY-TO-LATE; ENTIRE SYSTEM; EVOLUTIONARY MODELS; JUNCTION AREA; JUNCTION ZONE; MIDDLE MIOCENE; MIOCENE; OROGENIC EVOLUTION; OROGENS; PANNONIAN BASIN; SEISMIC LINES; UPLIFTED AREAS;

DEFORMATION;

BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; FORMATION MECHANISM; MIOCENE; OROGENY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; SLAB; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALPS; APUSENI MOUNTAINS; CARPATHIANS; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; PANNONIAN BASIN; ROMANIA;

EID: 84871727082     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012TC003206     Document Type: Article

References (137)

1. Bada, G., F. Horváth, P. Dövényi, P. Szafián, G. Windhoffer, and S. Cloetingh (2007), Present-day stress field and tectonic inversion in the Pannonian Basin, Global Planet. Change, 58(1-4), 165-180, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha. 2007.01.007
2. Balintoni, I. (1994), Structure of the Apuseni Mountains, Rom. J. Tectonics Reg. Geol., 75(2), 9-14
3. Balintoni, I., A. Puste, and R. Stan (1996), The Codru nappe system and the Biharia nappe system: A comparative argumentation, Stud. Univ. Babes Bolyai Ser. Geol., XLI(1), 101-113
4. Balintoni, I., C. Balica, M. N. Ducea, F. K. Chen, H. P. Hann, and V. Sabliovschi (2009), Late Cambrian-Early Ordovician Gondwanan terranes in the Romanian Carpathians: A zircon U-b provenance study, Gondwana Res., 16(1), 119-133, doi:10.1016/j.gr.2009.01.007
5. Balintoni, I., C. Balica, M. N. Ducea, H. P. Hann, and V. Sabliovschi (2010), The anatomy of a Gondwanan terrane: The Neoproterozoic-Ordovician basement of the pre-Alpine Sebes-Lotru composite terrane (South Carpathians, Romania), Gondwana Res., 17(2-3), 561-572, doi:10.1016/ j.gr.2009.08.003
6. Balla, Z. (1986), Palaeotectonic reconstruction of the central Alpine-Mediterranean belt for the Neogene, Tectonophysics, 127, 213-243, doi:10.1016/0040-1951(86)90062-4
7. Bennett, R. A., S. Hreinsdóttir, G. Buble, T. Bašic, Ž. Bacic, M. Marjanovic, G. Casale, A. Gendaszek, and D. Cowan (2008), Eocene to present subduction of southern Adria mantle lithosphere beneath the Dinarides, Geology, 36(1), 3-6, doi:10.1130/G24136A.1
8. Berza, T., and A. Draganescu (1988), The Cerna-Jiu fault system (South Carpathians, Romania), a major Tertiary transcurrent lineament, Dari Seama Sedintelor Inst. Geol. Geofiz., 72-73, 43-57
9. Bleahu, M., M. Lupu, D. Patrulius, S. Bordea, A. Stefan, and S. Panin (1981), The Structure of the Apuseni Mountains: Guide to Excursions B3, 170 pp., Inst. of Geol. and Geophys., Bucharest, Romania
10. Brun, J.-., and D. Sokoutis (2010), 45 m.y. of Aegean crust and mantle flow driven by trench retreat, Geology, 38(9), 815-818, doi:10.1130/ G30950.1
11. Burchfiel, B. C., and M. Bleahu (1976), Geology of Romania, Spec. Pap Geol. Soc. Am., 158, 82 pp.
12. Canovic, M., and M. Kemenci (1988), The Mesozoic of the Pannonian Basin in Vojvodina (Yougoslavia): Stratigraphy and Facies, Magmatism, Paleogeography, 339 pp., Matica Srpska, Novi Sad, Serbia
13. Canovic, M., and M. Kemenci (1999), Geologic setting of the Pre-Tertiary basement in Vojvodina (Yugoslavia). Part II: The north part of the Vardar zone in the south of Vojvodina, Acta Geol. Hung., 42, 427-449
14. Ciculic, T. M., and M. Rakic (1976), Basic geological map of Yugoslavia, Sheet Novi Sad, scale 1:100,000, Geoinstitute, Belgrade
15. Ciculic, T. M., and M. Rakic (1977), Explanatory booklet for sheet Novi Sad: Basic geological map of Yugoslavia (in Serbian), scale 1:100,000, 54 pp., Geol. Inst. of Serbia, Belgrade
16. Cloetingh, S., G. Bada, L. Matenco, A. Lankreijer, F. Horváth, and C. Dinu (2006), Modes of basin (de)formation, lithospheric strength and vertical motions in the Pannonian-Carpathian system: Inferences from thermomechanical modelling, in European Lithosphere Dynamics, edited by D. G. Gee and R. A. Stephenson, Geol. Soc. Mem., 32(1), 207-221, doi:10.1144/GSL.MEM. 2006.032.01.12
17. Csontos, L. (1995), Tertiary tectonic evolution of the Intra-Carpathian area: A review, Acta Vulcanol., 7, 1-13
18. Csontos, L., and A. Vörös (2004), Mesozoic plate tectonic reconstruction of the Carpathian region, Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 210(1), 1-56, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.033
19. Dallmeyer, D. R., D. I. Pana, F. Neubauer, and P. Erdmer (1999), Tectonothermal evolution of the Apuseni Mountains, Romania: Resolution of Variscan versus Alpine events with 40Ar/39Ar ages, J. Geol., 107, 329-352, doi:10.1086/314352
20. de Leeuw, A., O. Mandic, A. Vranjkovic, D. Pavelic, M. Harzhauser, W. Krijgsman, and K. F. Kuiper (2010), Chronology and integrated stratigraphy of the Miocene Sinj Basin (Dinaride Lake System, Croatia), Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 292(1-2), 155-167, doi:10.1016/ j.palaeo.2010.03.040
21. Dewey, J. F. (1981), Episodicity, sequence and style at convergent plate boundaries, in The Continental Crust and Its Mineral Deposits, edited by D. W. Strangway, pp. 553-573, Geol. Assoc. of Can., Waterloo, Ont
22. Dicea, O., M. Ianas, A. Lungu, G. Georghiu, G. Ionescu, and D. Talos (1984), Paradigmes structuraux-depositionnels des formations pannoniennes deduits par analyse et interpretation des prospections sismiques de reflection, An. Inst. Geol. Geofiz., 64, 391-399
23. Dimitrijevic, M. D. (1997), Geology of Yugoslavia, 2nd ed., 187 pp., Geoinstitute, Belgrade
24. Doglioni, C., E. Carminati, M. Cuffaro, and D. Scrocca (2007), Subduction kinematics and dynamic constraints, Earth Sci. Rev., 83(3-4), 125-175, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.04.001
25. Eaton, G. P. (1982), The Basin and Range Province: Origin and tectonic significance, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 10(1), 409-440, doi:10.1146/ annurev.ea.10.050182.002205
26. Faccenna, C., C. Piromallo, A. Crespo-Blanc, L. Jolivet, and F. Rosetti (2004), Lateral slab deformation and the origin of the western Mediterranean arcs, Tectonics, 23, TC1012, doi:10.1029/2002TC001488
27. Filipovic, I., D. Jovanovic, M. Sudar, P. Pelikán, S. Kovac, G. Less, and K. Hips (2003), Comparison of the Variscan-early Alpine evolution of the Jdar Block (NW Serbia) and "Bukkium" (NE Hungary) terranes: Some paleogeographic implications, Slovak Geol. Mag., 9, 3-21
28. Fodor, L., L.Csontos, G. Bada, I. Györfi, and L. Benkovics (1999), Tertiary tectonic evolution of the Pannonian Basin system and neighbouring orogens: A new synthesis of paleostress data, in The Mediterranean Basins: Tertiary Extension Within the Alpine Orogen, edited by B. Durand et al., Geol. Soc Spec. Publ., 156, 295-334, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.15
29. Fodor, L., G. Bada, G. Csillag, E. Horváth, Z. Ruszkiczay-Rudiger, K. Palotas, F. Sikhegyi, G. Timar, and S. Cloetingh (2005), An outline of neotectonic structures and morphotectonics of the western and central Pannonian Basin, Tectonophysics, 410, 15-41, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2005. 06.008
30. Frisch, W., I. Dunkl, and J. Kuhlemann (2000), Post-collisional orogenparallel large-scale extension in the Eastern Alps, Tectonophysics, 327, 239-265, doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00204-3
31. Fügenschuh, B., and S. M. Schmid (2005), Age and significance of core complex formation in a very curved orogen: Evidence from fission track studies in the South Carpathians (Romania), Tectonophysics, 404, 33-53, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2005.03.019
32. Haas, J., and C. Péró (2004), Mesozoic evolution of the Tisza Mega-unit, Int. J. Earth Sci., 93(2), 297-313, doi:10.1007/s00531-004- 0384-9
33. Haas, J., T. Budai, L. Csontos, L. Fodor, and G. Konrad (2010), Pre- Cenozoic geological map of Hungary, Geol. Inst. of Hung., Budapest
34. Hall, R. (2011), Australia-SE Asia collision: Plate tectonics and crustal flow, in The SE Asian Gateway: History and Tectonics of the Australia- Asia Collision, edited by R. Hall, M. A. Cottam, and M. E. J. Wilson, Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ., 355, 75-109, doi:10.1144/SP355.5
35. Handy, M. R., S. M. Schmid, R. Bousquet, E. Kissling, and D. Bernoulli (2010), Reconciling plate-tectonic reconstructions of Alpine Tethys with the geological-geophysical record of spreading and subduction in the Alps, Earth Sci. Rev., 102(3-4), 121-158, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.06.002
36. Harzhauser, M., and O. Mandic (2008), Neogene lake systems of central and south-eastern Europe: Faunal diversity, gradients and interrelations, Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 260(3-4), 417-434, doi:10.1016/ j.palaeo.2007.12.013
37. Harzhauser, M., and W. E. Piller (2007), Benchmark data of a changing sea - Palaeogeography, palaeobiogeography and events in the Central Paratethys during the Miocene, Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 253(1-2), 8-31, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.031
38. Hoeck, V., C. Ionescu, I. Balintoni, and F. Koller (2009), The eastern Carpathians "ophiolites" (Romania): Remnants of a Triassic ocean, Lithos, 108(1-4), 151-171, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2008.08.001
39. Horváth, F. (1993), Towards a mechanical model for the formation of the Pannonian Basin, Tectonophysics, 226, 333-357, doi:10.1016/0040- 1951(93)90126-5
40. Horváth, F. (1995), Phases of compression during the evolution of the Pannonian Basin and its bearing on hydrocarbon exploration, Mar Pet. Geol., 12, 837-844, doi:10.1016/0264-8172(95)98851-U.
41. Horváth, F., and S. Cloetingh (1996), Stress-induced late-stage subsidence anomalies in the Pannonian Basin, Tectonophysics, 266, 287-300, doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00194-1
42. Horváth, F., G. Bada, P. Szafian, G. Tari, A. Adam, and S. Cloetingh (2006), Formation and deformation of the Pannonian Basin: Constraints from observational data, in European Lithosphere Dynamics, edited by D. G. Gee and R. A. Stephenson, Geol. Soc. Mem., 32(1), 191-206, doi:10.1144/GSL.MEM.2006. 032.01.11
43. Iancu, V., T. Berza, A. Seghedi, I. Gheuca, andH.-. Hann (2005),Alpine polyphase tectono-metamorphic evolution of the South Carpathians: A new overview, Tectonophysics, 410, 337-365, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2004.12.038
44. Ionescu, C., V. Hoeck, C. Tomek, F. Koller, I. Balintoni, and L. Besutiu (2009), New insights into the basement of the Transylvanian Depression (Romania), Lithos, 108(1-4), 172-191, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2008.06.004
45. Jarosinski, M., F. Beekman, L. Matenco, and S. Cloetingh (2011), Mechanics of basin inversion: Finite element modelling of the Pannonian Basin System, Tectonophysics, 502, 121-145, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.09.015
46. Jolivet, L., and J.-. Brun (2010), Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Aegean, Int. J. Earth Sci., 99(1), 109-138, doi:10.1007/s00531-008- 0366-4
47. Jolivet, L., and C. Faccenna (2000), Mediterranean extension and the Africa-Eurasia collision, Tectonics, 19, 1095-1106, doi:10.1029/2000TC900018
48. Juhász, G., G. Pogácsás, I. Magyar, and G. Vakarcs (2007), Tectonic versus climatic control on the evolution of fluvio-deltaic systems in a lake basin, eastern Pannonian Basin, Sediment. Geol., 202(1-2), 72-95, doi:10.1016/ j.sedgeo.2007.05.001
49. Karamata, S. (2006), The geological development of the Balkan Peninsula related to the approach, collision and compression of Gondwanan and Eurasian units, in Tectonic Development of the Eastern Mediterranean Region, edited by A. H. F. Robertson and D. Mountrakis, Geol. Soc Spec. Publ., 260, 155-178
50. Kovác, M., P. Kovác, F. Marko, S. Karoli, and J. Janocko (1995), The East Slovakian Basin: A complex back-arc basin, Tectonophysics, 252, 453-466, doi:10.1016/0040-1951(95)00183-2
51. Kräutner, H. G., and G. Bindea (2002), Structural units in the pre-Alpine basement of the eastern Carpathians, Geol. Carpathica, 53, 143-146
52. Kräutner, H. G., and B. Krstic (2003), Geological map of the Carpatho-Balkanides between Oravita-Nis and Sofia, Geoinstitute, Belgrade
53. Krézsek, C., and A. W. Bally (2006), The Transylvanian Basin (Romania and its relation to the Carpathian fold and thrust belt: Insights in gravitational salt tectonics, Mar. Pet. Geol., 23(4), 405-442, doi:10.1016/ j.marpetgeo.2006.03.003
54. Krézsek, C., S. Filipescu, L. Silye, L. Matenco, and H. Doust (2010), Miocene facies associations and sedimentary evolution of the southern Transylvanian Basin (Romania): Implications for hydrocarbon exploration, Mar. Pet. Geol., 27(1), 191-214, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.07.009
55. Lelkes-Felvári, G., R. Schuster, W. Frank, and R. Sassi (2005), Metamorphic history of the Algyõ High (Tisza Mega-unit, basement of Great Hungarian Plain) - A counterpart of crystalline units of the Koralpe-Wölz nappe system (Austroalpine, Eastern Alps), Acta Geol. Hung., 48(4), 371-394, doi:10.1556/AGeol.48.2005.4.2
56. Lesic, V., E. Marton, and V. Cvetkov (2007), Paleomagnetic detection of Tertiary rotations in the southern Pannonian Basin (Fruška Gora), Geol Carpathica, 58(2), 185-193
57. Lister, G. S., and G. A. Davis (1989), The origin of metamorphic core complexes and detachment faults formed during Tertiary continental extension in the northern Colorado River region, USA, J. Struct. Geol., 11, 65-94, doi:10.1016/0191-8141(89)90036-9
58. Magyar, I., and O. Sztanó (2008), Is there a Messinian unconformity in the central Paratethys?, Stratigraphy, 5(3-4), 245-255
59. Magyar, I., D. H. Geary, and P. Muller (1999a), Paleogeographic evolution of the late Miocene Lake Pannon in central Europe, Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 147, 151-167, doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00155-2
60. Magyar, I., D. H. Geary, M. Suto-Szentai, and M. Lantos (1999b), Integrated biostratigraphic, magnetostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic correlations of the late Miocene Lake Panon deposits, Acta Geol. Hung., 42(1), 5-31
61. Magyar, I., P. Muller, D. H. Geary, H. C. Sanders, and G. Tari (1999c), Diachronous deposits of Lake Pannon in the Kisalföld Basin reflect basin and mollusc evolution, Abh. Geol. Bundesanst., 56(2), 669-678
62. Magyar, I., A. Fogarasi, G. Vakarcs, L. Buko, and G. Tari (2006), The largest hydrocarbon field discovered to date in Hungary: Algyo, in The Carpathians and Their Foreland: Geology and Hydrocarbon Resources, edited by J. Golonka and F. J. Picha, AAPG Mem., 84, 619-632
63. Magyar, I., D. Radivojevic, O. Sztanó, R. Synak, K. Ujszászi, and M. Pócsik (2012), Progradation of the paleo-Danube shelf margin across the Pannonian Basin during the late Miocene and early Pliocene, Global Planet. Change, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.06.007, in press
64. Marovic, M., I. Djokovic, L.Pešic, S. Radovanovic, M. Toljic, and N. Gerzina (2002), Neotectonics and seismicity of the southern margin of the Pannonian Basin in Serbia, in Neotectonics and Surface Processes: The Pannonian Basin and Alpine/Carpathian System, Stephan Mueller Spec. Publ. Ser., vol. 3 edited by S. A. P. L. Cloetingh et al., pp. 277-295, Copernicus, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
65. Marovic, M., M. Toljic, L. Rundic, and J. Milivojevic (2007a), Neoalpine tectonics of Serbia, report, 87 pp., Serb. Geol. Surv., Belgrade
66. Marovic, M., I. Djokovic, M. Toljic, D. Spahic, and J. Milivojevic (2007b), Extensional unroofing of the Veliki Jastrebac Dome Serbia), Geol. An. Balk. Poluostrva, 68, 21-27, doi:10.2298/GABP0701021M.
67. Martin, M., and F. Wenzel (2006), High-resolution teleseismic body wave tomography beneath SE-Romania. II. Imaging of a slab detachment scenario, Geophys. J. Int., 164(3), 579-595, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02884.x.
68. Martins-Neto, M. A., and O. Catunean (2010), Rift sequence stratigraphy, Mar. Pet. Geol., 27, 247-253, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.08.001
69. Márton, E. (2000), The Tisza Megatectonic Unit in the light of paleomagnetic data, Acta Geol. Hung., 43(3), 329-343
70. Márton, E., D. Zampieri, P. Grandesso, V. Cosovic, and A. Moro (2010), New Cretaceous paleomagnetic results from the foreland of the southern Alps and the refined apparent polar wander path for stable Adria, Tectonophysics, 480, 57-72, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.09.003
71. Matenco, L., G. Bertotti, K. Leever, S. Cloetingh, S. Schmid, M. Tarapoanca, and C. Dinu (2007), Large-scale deformation in a locked collisional boundary: Interplay between subsidence and uplift, intraplate stress, and inherited lithospheric structure in the late stage of the SE Carpathians evolution, Tectonics, 26, TC4011, doi:10.1029/2006TC001951
72. Matenco, L., C. Krézsek, S. Merten, S. Schmid, S. Cloetingh, and P. Andriessen (2010), Characteristics of collisional orogens with low topographic build-up: An example from the Carpathians, Terra Nova, 22(3), 155-165, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00931.x.
73. Mathisen, M. E., and C. F. Vondra (1983), The fluvial and pyroclastic deposits of the Cagayan Basin, northern Luzon, Philippines - An example of nonmarine volcaniclastic sedimentation in an interarc basin, Sedimentology, 30(3), 369-392, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.1983.tb00678.x.
74. Merten, S. (2011), Thermo-tectonic evolution of a convergent orogen with low-topographic build-up: Exhumation and kinematic patterns in the Romanian Carpathians derived from thermochronology, PhD thesis, 202 pp., Fac. of Earth and Life Sci., Vrije Univ. Amsterdam, Amsterdam
75. Merten, S., L. Matenco, J. P. T. Foeken, F. M. Stuart, and P. A. M. Andriessen (2010), From nappe stacking to out-of-sequence postcollisional deformations: Cretaceous to Quaternary exhumation history of the SE Carpathians assessed by low-temperature thermochronology, Tectonics, 29, TC3013, doi:10.1029/2009TC002550
76. Merten, S., L. Matenco, J. P. T. Foeken, and P. A. M. Andriessen (2011), Toward understanding the post-collisional evolution of an orogen influenced by convergence at adjacent plate margins: Late Cretaceous-Tertiary thermotectonic history of the Apuseni Mountains, Tectonics, 30, TC6008, doi:10.1029/ 2011TC002887
77. Meschede, M., and W. Frisch (1998), A plate-tectonic model for the Mesozoic and early Cenozoic history of the Caribbean plate, Tectonophysics, 296, 269-291, doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00157-7
78. Munteanu, I., L. Matenco, C. Dinu, and S. Cloetingh (2012), Effects of large sea-level variations in connected basins: The Dacian-Black Sea system of the eastern Paratethys, Basin Res., 24(5), 583-597, doi:10.1111/ j.1365-2117.2012.00541.x.
79. Nicolae, I., and E. Saccani (2003), Petrology and geochemistry of the Late Jurassic calc-alkaline series associated to Middle Jurassic ophiolites in the South Apuseni Mountains (Romania), Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt., 83, 81-96
80. Pamic, J. (2002), The Sava-Vardar Zone of the Dinarides and Hellenides versus the Vardar Ocean, Eclogae Geol. Helv., 95(1), 99-113
81. Patrascu, S., M. Bleahu, and C. Panaiotu (1990), Tectonic implications of paleomagnetic research into Upper Cretaceous magmatic rocks in the Apuseni Mountains, Romania, Tectonophysics, 180, 309-322, doi:10.1016/0040-1951(90) 90316-Z.
82. Patrascu, S., M. Bleahu, C. Panaiotu, and C. E. Panaiotu (1992), The paleomagnetism of the Upper Cretaceous magmatic rocks in the Banat area of South Carpathians: Tectonic implications, Tectonophysics, 213, 341-352, doi:10.1016/0040-1951(92)90462-F.
83. Patrascu, S., C. Panaiotu, M. Secleman, and C. E. Panaiotu (1994), Timing of rotational motion of Apuseni Mountains (Romania): Paleomagnetic data from Tertiary magmatic rocks, Tectonophysics, 233, 163-176, doi:10.1016/0040-1951(94) 90239-9
84. Pavelic, D. (2001), Tectonostratigraphic model for the North Croatian and North Bosnian sector of the Miocene Pannonian Basin System, Basin Res., 13(3), 359-376, doi:10.1046/j.0950-091x.2001.00155.x.
85. Pigott, J., and D. Radivojevic (2010), Seismic stratigraphy based chronostratigraphy (SSBC) of the Serbian Banat region of the Pannonian Basin, Cent. Eur. J. Geosci., 2(4), 481-500, doi:10.2478/v10085-010-0027-2
86. Pinter, N., G. Grenerczy, J. Weber, S. Stein, and D. Medak (Eds.) (2005), The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics and Hazards, Nato Sci Ser. IV, vol. 61, 413 pp., Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands
87. Piromallo, C., and A. Morelli (2003), P wave tomography of the mantle under the Alpine-Mediterranean area, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B2), 2065, doi:10.1029/2002JB001757
88. Placer, L. (1998), Contribution to the macrotectonic subdivision of the border region between southern Alps and External Dinarides, Geologija, 41, 223-255, doi:10.5474/geologija.1998.013
89. Prosser, S. (1993), Rift related depositional system and their seismic expression, in Tectonics and Seismic Sequence Stratigraphy, edited by G. D. Williams and A. Dobb, Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ., 71, 35-66, doi:10.1144/ GSL.SP.1993.071.01.03
90. Rabagia, A.-M. (2009), Sequential stratigraphic studies in the northern part of the Pannonian Basin for deriving the tectono-stratigraphic evolution, PhD thesis, 98 pp, Fac. of Geol. and Geophys., Univ. of Bucharest, Bucharest
91. Radivojevic, D., L. Rundic, and S. Kneževic (2010), Geology of the Coka structure in northern Banat (central Paratethys, Serbia), Geol. Carpathica, 61(4), 341-352, doi:10.2478/v10096-010-0020-5
92. Ratschbacher, L., W. Frisch, H. G. Linzer, and O. Merle (1991), Lateral extrusion in the Eastern Alps: 2. Structural analysis, Tectonics, 10, 257-271, doi:10.1029/90TC02623
93. Ratschbacher, L., H. G. Linzer, F. Moser, R. O. Strusievicz, H. Bedelean, N. Har, and P. A. Mogos (1993), Cretaceous to Miocene thrusting and wrenching along the central South Carpathians due to a corner effect during collision and orocline formation, Tectonics, 12, 855-873, doi:10.1029/93TC00232
94. Robertson, A., S. Karamata, and K. Saric (2009), Overview of ophiolites and related units in the Late Palaeozoic-early Cenozoic magmatic and tectonic development of Tethys in the northern part of the Balkan region, Lithos, 108(1-4), 1-36, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2008.09.007
95. Rögl, F. (1996), Stratigraphic correlation of Paratethys Oligocene and Miocene, Mitt. Ges. Geol. Bergbaustud. Oesterr., 41, 65-73
96. Rögl, F. (1999), Mediterranean and Paratethys: Facts and hypotheses of an Oligocene to Miocene paleogeography, Geol. Carpathica, 50, 339-349
97. Royden, L. H. (1988), Late Cenozoic tectonics of the Pannonian Basin system, AAPG Mem., 45, 27-48
98. Sacchi, M., F. Horváth, and O. Magyari (1999), Role of unconformitybounded units in the stratigraphy of the continental record: A case study from the late Miocene of the western Pannonian Basin, Hungary, in The Mediterranean Basins: Extension Within the Alpine Orogen, edited by B. Durand et al., Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ., 156, 357-390
99. Saftic, B., J. Velic, O. Sztanó, G. Juhász, and Ž. Ivkovic (2003), Tertiary subsurface facies, source rocks and hydrocarbon reservoirs in the SW part of the Pannonian Basin (northern Croatia and south-western Hungary), Geol. Croat., 56(1), 101-122
100. Sandulescu, M. (1975), Essai de synthese structurale des Carpathes, Bull Soc. Geol. Fr., XVII, 299-310
101. Sandulescu, M. (1984), Geotectonics of Romania, Tehnica, Bucharest
102. Sandulescu, M. (1988), Cenozoic tectonic history of the Carpathians, in The Pannonian BasinL A Study in Basin Evolution, edited by L. H. Royden and F. Horváth, AAPG Mem., 45, 17-25
103. Sasaran, E. F. (2005), Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous carbonates sedimentation from Bedeleu nappe (Apuseni Mountains): Facies, biostratigraphy and sedimentary evolution, PhD thesis, 317 pp., Babes-Bolyai Univ. of Cluj Napoca, Cluj Napoca, Romania
104. Schefer, S. (2010), Tectono-metamorphic and magmatic evolution of the Internal Dinarides (Kopaonik area, southern Serbia) and its significance for the geodynamic evolution of the Balkan Peninsula, dissertation, 230 pp., Univ. Basel, Basel, Switzerland
105. Schefer, S., D. Egli, S. Missoni, D. Bernoulli, H.-J. Gawlick, D. Jovanovic, L. Krystyn, R. Lein, S. M. Schmid, and M. Sudar (2010), Triassic sediments in the Internal Dinarides (Kopaonik area, southern Serbia): Stratigraphy, paleogeographic and tectonic significance, Geol. Carpathica, 61(2), 89-109, doi:10.2478/v10096-010-0003-6
106. Schefer, S., V. Cvetkovic, B. Fügenschuh, A. Kounov, M. Ovtcharova, U. Schaltegger, and S. Schmid (2011), Cenozoic granitoids in the Dinarides of southern Serbia: Age of intrusion, isotope geochemistry, exhumation history and significance for the geodynamic evolution of the Balkan Peninsula, Int. J. Earth Sci., 100(5), 1181-1206, doi:10.1007/s00531- 010-0599-x.
107. Schmid, S. M., D. Bernoulli, B. Fügenschuh, L. Matenco, S. Schefer, R. Schuster, M. Tischler, and K. Ustaszewski (2008), The Alpine- Carpathian-Dinaridic orogenic system: Correlation and evolution of tectonic units, Swiss J. Geosci., 101(1), 139-183, doi:10.1007/s00015-008- 1247-3
108. Schuller, V., W. Frisch, M. Danisik, I. Dunkl, and M. C. Melinte (2009), Upper Cretaceous Gosau deposits of the Apuseni Mountains (Romania) -Similarities and differences to the Eastern Alps, Aust. J. Earth Sci., 102, 133-145
109. Senes, J. (1973), Correlation hypotheses of the Neogene Tethys and Paratethys, G. Geol., 39, 271-286
110. Šolevic, T., K. Stojanovic, J. Bojesen-Koefoed, H. P. Nytoft, B. Jovancicevic, and D. Vitorovic (2008), Origin of oils in the Velebit oil-gas field, SE Pannonian Basin, Serbia - Source rocks characterization based on biological marker distributions, Org. Geochem., 39(1), 118-134, doi:10.1016/ j.orggeochem.2007.09.003
111. Spakman, W., and R. Hall (2010), Surface deformation and slab-mantle interaction during Banda arc subduction rollback, Nat. Geosci., 3(8), 562-566, doi:10.1038/ngeo917
112. Stojadinovic, U., L. Matenco, P. A. M. Andriessen, M. Toljic, and J. P. T. Foeken (2012), The balance between orogenic building and subsequent extension during the Tertiary evolution of the NE Dinarides: Constraints from low-temperature thermochronology, Global Planet. Change, doi:10.1016/j. gloplacha.2012.08.004, in press
113. Šumanovac, F. (2010), Lithosphere structure at the contact of the Adriatic microplate and the Pannonian segment based on the gravity modelling, Tectonophysics, 485, 94-106, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.12.005
114. Sztanó, O., and F. Mezaros (2006), Variation in dip of lateral accretion surfaces in subrecent fluvial deposits, Pannonian Basin, Hungary: A reflection of climatic fluctuations, in Analogue and Numerical Forward Modelling of Sedimentary Systems: From Understanding to Prediction, pp. 55-59, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, U.K.
115. Sztanó, O., P. Szafián, I. Magyar, A. Horányi, G. Bada, D. W. Hughes, D. L. Hoyer, and R. J. Wallis (2012), Aggradation and progradation controlled clinothems and deep-water sand delivery model in the Neogene Lake Pannon, Makó Trough, Pannonian Basin, SE Hungary, Global Planet. Change, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.05.026, in press
116. Tarapoanca, M., D. Tambrea, V. Avram, and B. M. Popescu (2007), The geometry of the South Carpathians sole thrust and the Moesia boundary: The role of inherited structures in establishing a transcurrent contact on the concave side of the Carpathians, in Thrust Belts and Foreland Basins: From Fold Kinematics to Hydrocarbon Systems, edited by O. Lacombe et al., pp. 492-508, Springer, Berlin
117. Tarapoanca, M., P. Andriessen, K. Broto, L. Chérel, N. Ellouz-Zimmermann, J.-L. Faure, A. Jardin, C. Naville, and F. Roure (2010), Forward kinematic modelling of a regional transect in the Northern Emirates using geological and apatite fission track age constraints on paleo-burial history, Arab. J. Geosci., 3(4), 395-411, doi:10.1007/s12517-010-0213-3
118. Tari, G. C. (1996), Extreme crustal extension in the Rába River extensional corridor (Austria/Hungary), Mitt. Ges. Geol. Bergbaustud. Oesterr., 41, 1-17
119. Tari, G., and F. Horváth (2006), Alpine evolution and hydrocarbon geology of the Pannonian Basin: An overview, in The Carpathians and Their Foreland: Geology and Hydrocarbon Resources, edited by J. Golonka and F. J. Picha, AAPG Mem., 84, 605-618
120. Tari, G., F. Horváth, and J. Rumpler (1992), Styles of extension in the Pannonian Basin, Tectonophysics, 208, 203-219, doi:10.1016/0040-1951 (92)90345-7
121. Tari, G., P. Dovenyi, I. Dunkl, F. Horvath, L. Lenkey, M. Stefanescu, P. Szafian, and T. Toth (1999), Lithospheric structure of the Pannonian Basin derived from seismic, gravity and geothermal data, in The Mediterranean Basins: Extension Within the Alpine Orogen, edited by B. Durand et al., Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ., 156, 215-250
122. Toljic, M., L. Matenco, M. N. Ducea, U. Stojadinovic, J. Milivojevic, and N. Etheric (2012), The evolution of a key segment in the Europe-Adria collision: The Fruška Gora of northern Serbia, Global Planet. Change, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.10.009, in press
123. Tomljenovic, B. (2000), Zagorje-Mid-Transdanubian Zone, in Pancardi 2000 Fieldtrip Guidebook, Vijesti 37/2, edited by J. Pamic and B. Tomljenovic, pp. 27-33, Univ. of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
124. Tomljenovic, B., and L. Csontos (2001), Neogene-Quaternary structures in the border zone between Alps, Dinarides and Pannonian Basin (Hrvatsko zagorje and Karlovac Basins, Croatia), Int. J. Earth Sci., 90(3), 560-578, doi:10.1007/s005310000176
125. Tulucan, A. (2007), Complex geological study of the Romanian sector of the Pannonian Depression with special regard to hydrocarbon accumulation, PhD thesis, 220 pp., Fac. of Geol. and Geophys., Univ. of Bucharest, Bucharest
126. Ustaszewski, K., S. Schmid, B. Fügenschuh, M. Tischler, E. Kissling, and W. Spakman (2008), A map-view restoration of the Alpine-Carpathian- Dinaridic system for the early Miocene, Swiss, J. Geosci. Prague, 101(0), 273-294, doi:10.1007/s00015-008-1288-7
127. Ustaszewski, K., S. M. Schmid, B. Lugovic, R. Schuster, U. Schaltegger, D. Bernoulli, L. Hottinger, A. Kounov, B. Fügenschuh, and S. Schefer (2009), Late Cretaceous intra-oceanic magmatism in the internal Dinarides (northern Bosnia and Herzegovina): Implications for the collision of the Adriatic and European plates, Lithos, 108(1-4), 106-125, doi:10.1016/j.lithos. 2008.09.010
128. Ustaszewski, K., A. Kounov, S. M. Schmid, U. Schaltegger, E. Krenn, W. Frank, and B. Fügenschuh (2010), Evolution of the Adria-Europe plate boundary in the northern Dinarides: From continent-continent collision to back-arc extension, Tectonics, 29, TC6017, doi:10.1029/2010TC002668
129. Uyeda, S., and H. Kanamori (1979), Back-arc opening and the mode of subduction, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 1049-1061, doi:10.1029/JB084iB03p01049
130. Vakarcs, G., P. R. Vail, G. Tari, G. Pogacsas, R. E. Mattick, and A. Szabo (1994), Third-order middle Miocene-early Pliocene depositional sequences in the prograding delta complex of the Pannonian Basin, Tectonophysics, 240, 81-106, doi:10.1016/0040-1951(94)90265-8
131. van Wagoner, J. C., R. M. Mitchum, K. M. Campion, and V. D. Rahmanian (1990), Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy in Well Logs, Cores, and Outcrops, Methods Explor. Ser., vol. 7, pp. 211-240, Am. Assoc. of Pet. Geophys., Tulsa, Okla
132. Vasiliev, I., W. Krijgsman, M. Stoica, and C. G. Langereis (2005), Mio-Pliocene magnetostratigraphy in the southern Carpathian foredeep and Mediterranean-aratethys correlations, Terra Nova, 17, 376-384, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00624.x.
133. Vasiliev, I., A. de Leeuw, S. Filipescu, W. Krijgsman, K. Kuiper, M. Stoica, and A. Briceag (2010), The age of the Sarmatian-annonian transition in the Transylvanian Basin (central Paratethys), Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 297(1), 54-69, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.015
134. Vörös, A. (1977), Provinciality of the Mediterranean Lower Jurassic brachiopod fauna: Causes and plate-tectonic implications, Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 21, 1-16, doi:10.1016/0031-0182(77) 90002-5
135. Vrabec, M., and L. Fodor (2005), Late Cenozoic tectonics of Slovenia: Structural styles at the northeastern corner of the Adriatic microplate, in The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics and Hazards, Nato Science Ser. IV, vol. 61, edited by N. Pinter et al., pp. 151-168, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, doi:10.1007/1-4020-4235-3-10
136. Wernicke, B. (1985), Uniform-sense normal simple shear of the continental lithosphere, Can. J. Earth Sci., 22, 108-125, doi:10.1139/e85-009
137. Windhoffer, G., G. Bada, D. Nieuwland, G. Worum, F. Horváth, and S. Cloetingh (2005), On the mechanics of basin formation in the Pannonian Basin: Inferences from analogue and numerical modelling, Tectonophysics, 410(1-4), 389-415, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2004.10.019