The objectives of this contribution are: (1) to promote the application of fractured
clasts analysis in conglomerates for regional stress reconstructions and (2) to advance
reconstruction of the Western Carpathians structural development. Our results show
that the Neogene fill of the Orava-Nowy Targ Intramontane Basin underwent CCW rotation
of about 30 degrees. We infer that the rotation terminated after 8 Ma and was related
to shift along NW-SE to NNW-SSE trending faults at the NE termination of the sinistral
Mur-Zilina Fault Zone. Our results show that, fractured clasts analysis can be good
tool for regional tectonic reconstructions. The tool is especially useful when other
tectonic tools are scarce or absent. Results of our palaeomagnetic study and fractured
clasts analysis verify and supplement each others. In the studied case, palaeomagnetic
results allow to distinguish between regional stress field rotation and rotation of
the Orava-Nowy Targ Basin Neogene fill, whereas, results of fractured clast analysis
help to constrain the age of rotation. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
