Neogene terrestrial sedimentary environments of the Orava-Nowy Targ basin: case study of the Oravica section near Čimhová, Slovakia

Authors

  • Maciej Łoziński Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
  • Anna Wysocka Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
  • Mirosław Ludwiniak Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7306/gq.1209

Keywords:

sedimentology, lithofacies, Neogene, Orava-Nowy Targ basin, Carpathians

Abstract

The Orava-Nowy Targ Basin is an intramontane depression located at the border of the Inner and Outer Carpathians. It is filled mostly with fine-grained terrestrial and fresh-water deposits of Neogene and Quaternary age, which record the structural evolution and denudation processes of the surrounding regions: Orava, Podhale, and the Tatra Mts. The Orava-Nowy Targ Basin fill was studied in the Oravica River section, which reveals 90 m thick Neogene deposits and allows observation of their lateral diversity. Fifteen lithofacies and seven facies associations distinguished here document the depositional evolution of the basin fill, starting from hill-slope debris flow through silt turbidite-bearing lake, to flood-dominated fluvial plain, swamp and alluvial fan deposits, as well as a pyroclastic event. The palaeorelief was low during deposition and the Orava-Nowy Targ Basin could have spread significantly more to the south. 

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Published

2014-12-29

Issue

Vol. 59 No. 1 (2015)

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