@article{MTMT:1236932,
	title = {Mesozoic plate tectonic reconstruction of the carpathian region},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/1236932},
	author = {Csontos, L and Vörös, Attila},
	doi = {10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.033},
	journal-iso = {PALAEOGEOGR PALAEOCL},
	journal = {PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY},
	volume = {210},
	unique-id = {1236932},
	issn = {0031-0182},
	abstract = {Palaeomagnetic, palaeobiogeographic and structural comparisons of
		different parts of the Alpine-Carpathian region suggest that four
		terranes comprise this area: the Alcapa, Tisza, Dacia and Adria
		terranes. These terranes are composed of different Mesozoic continental
		and oceanic fragments that were each assembled during a complex Late
		Jurassic-Cretaceous Palaeogene history. Palaeomagnetic and tectonic
		data suggest that the Carpathians are built up by two major oroclinal
		bends. The Alcapa bend has the Meliata oceanic unit, correlated with
		the Dinaric Vardar ophiolite, in its core. It is composed of the
		Western Carpathians, Eastern Alps and Southern Alcapa units
		(Transdanubian Range, Bukk). This terrane finds its continuation in the
		High Karst margin of the Dinarides. Further elements of the Alcapa
		terrane are thought to be derived from collided microcontinents:
		Czorsztyn in the N and a carbonate unit (Tisza?) in the SE. The
		Tisza-Dacia bend has the Vardar oceanic unit in its core. It is
		composed of the Bihor and Getic microcontinents. This terrane finds its
		continuation in the Serbo-Macedonian Massif of the Balkans.
		The Bihor-Getic microcontinent originally laid east of the Western
		Carpathians and filled the present Carpathian embayment in the Late
		Palaeozoic-Early Mesozoic. The Vardar ocean occupied an intermediate
		position between the Western Carpathian-Austroalpine-Transdanubian-High
		Karst margin and the Bihor-Getic-Serbo-Macedonian microcontinent. The
		Vardar and Pindos oceans were opened in the heart of the
		Mediterranean-Adriatic microcontinent in the Late Permian-Middle
		Triassic. Vardar subducted by the end of Jurassic, causing the
		Bihor-Getic-Serbo-Macedonian microcontinent to collide with the
		internal Dinaric-Western Carpathian margin.
		An external Penninic-Vahic ocean tract began opening in the Early
		Jurassic, separating the Austroalpine-Western Carpathian microcontinent
		(and its fauna) from the European shelf. Further east, the
		Severin-Ceahlau-Magura also began opening in the Early Jurassic, but
		final separation of the Bihor-Getic ribbon (and its fauna) from the
		European shelf did not take place until the late Middle Jurassic.
		The Alcapa and the Tisza-Dacia were bending during the
		Albian-Maastrichtian. The two oroclinal bends were finally opposed and
		pushed into the gates of the Carpathian embayment during the Palaeogene
		and Neogene. At that time, the main NS shortening in distant Alpine and
		Hellenic sectors was linked by a broader right-lateral shear zone along
		the former Vardar suture. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	year = {2004},
	eissn = {1872-616X},
	pages = {1-56}
}