Explanatory notes to the digital geological map of the Rax ... - KATER

KATER II Geology of the Rax-Schneeberg-region
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CONTENT
Abstract ............................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 5
1 STRATIGRAPHY ............................................................................................................... 7
1.1 Noric-Tyrolic Nappe System ............................................................................................ 7
Greywacke Zone (95) – (91) .............................................................................. 7
Werfen Imbricates Zone (90) – (85) ..................................................................... 7
1.2 Meliaticum (84) ................................................................................................................. 8
1.3 Juvavic Nappe System ....................................................................................................... 8
Permian – Lower Triassic (83) – (79).................................................................... 8
Middle Triassic to Lower Carnian (78) – (61) ...................................................... 8
Upper Carnian to Rhaetian (60) – (52)................................................................. 11
1.4 Tyrolic Nappe System (Göller Nappe) ............................................................................... 14
Triassic (51) – (44) ................................................................................................ 14
Jurassic (43) – (34)................................................................................................ 14
1.5 Gosau Group .................................................................................................................... 15
Cretaceous to Paleocene (33) – (24) ................................................................................ 15
1.6 Inneralpine Molasse, Vienna Basin ................................................................................... 16
Palaeogene – Neogene (22) – (20) ...................................................................... 16
1.7 Quaternary.......................................................................................................................... 16
Pleistocene (20) - (13)........................................................................................... 16
Late Pleistocene to Holocene (12) - (1) ................................................................ 17
2 TECTONIC ......................................................................................................................... 18
2.1 Principles of NCA structural evolution ................................................................................ 18
2.2 Structural frame of the Rax/Schneeberg aquifer system ................................................... 21
Schneeberg Nappe................................................................................................ 21
Mürzalpen Nappe ................................................................................................ 23
Göller Nappe ......................................................................................................... 23
Werfen Imbricates Zone ....................................................................................... 24
Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................... 25
References ............................................................................................................................... 25
Attachments: Geological map and cross-sections 1:25.000
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