Provenance of Cretaceous clastics in the Subhercynian Basin: constraints to exhumation of the Harz Mountains and timing of inversion tectonics in Central Europe

2007 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 1315-1330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilmar von Eynatten ◽  
Thomas Voigt ◽  
Angela Meier ◽  
Hans-Joachim Franzke ◽  
Reinhard Gaupp
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Inversion Tectonics ◽  
Harz Mountains

Late Cretaceous to Paleogene exhumation in Central Europe – localized inversion vs. large-scale domal uplift

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilmar von Eynatten ◽  
Jonas Kley ◽  
István Dunkl
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fission Track ◽  
Crustal Thickening ◽  
Dynamic Topography ◽  
Apatite Fission Track ◽  
Harz Mountains ◽  
Central Germany ◽  
Long Wavelength

<p>Large parts of Central Europe have experienced exhumation in Late Cretaceous to Paleogene time. Previous studies mainly focused on thrusted basement uplifts to unravel magnitude, processes and timing of exhumation. In this study we present a comprehensive thermochronological dataset from mostly Permo-Triassic strata exposed adjacent to and between the major basement uplifts in central Germany, comprising an area of at least some 250-300 km across. Results of apatite fission track and (U-Th)/He analyses from >100 new samples reveal that (i) km-scale exhumation affected the entire region, suggesting long-wavelength domal uplift, (ii) thrusting of basement blocks like the Harz Mountains and the Thuringian Forest focused in the Late Cretaceous (about 90-70 Ma) while superimposed domal uplift of central Germany appears slightly younger (about 75-55 Ma), and (iii) large parts of the domal uplift experienced removal of 3 to 4 km of Mesozoic strata. Using spatial extent, magnitude and timing as constraints we find that thrusting and crustal thickening alone can account for no more than half of the domal uplift. Most likely, dynamic topography caused by upwelling asthenosphere has contributed significantly to the observed pattern of exhumation in central Germany.</p>

Accidental epiphytism in the Harz Mountains, Central Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 765-775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Hoeber ◽  
Tizian Weichgrebe ◽  
Gerhard Zotz
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Harz Mountains

scholarly journals Late Cretaceous to Paleogene exhumation in central Europe – localized inversion vs. large-scale domal uplift

Solid Earth ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 935-958
Author(s):  
Hilmar von Eynatten ◽  
Jonas Kley ◽  
István Dunkl ◽  
Veit-Enno Hoffmann ◽  
Annemarie Simon
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fission Track ◽  
Crustal Thickening ◽  
Dynamic Topography ◽  
Harz Mountains ◽  
Central Germany ◽  
First Time ◽  
Region Ii

Abstract. Large parts of central Europe experienced exhumation in Late Cretaceous to Paleogene time. Previous studies mainly focused on thrusted basement uplifts to unravel the magnitude, processes and timing of exhumation. This study provides, for the first time, a comprehensive thermochronological dataset from mostly Permo-Triassic strata exposed adjacent to and between the basement uplifts in central Germany, comprising an area of at least some 250–300 km across. Results of apatite fission-track and (U–Th) / He analyses on > 100 new samples reveal that (i) kilometre-scale exhumation affected the entire region, (ii) thrusting of basement blocks like the Harz Mountains and the Thuringian Forest focused in the Late Cretaceous (about 90–70 Ma), while superimposed domal uplift of central Germany is slightly younger (about 75–55 Ma), and (iii) large parts of the domal uplift experienced removal of 3 to 4 km of Mesozoic strata. Using spatial extent, magnitude and timing as constraints suggests that thrusting and crustal thickening alone can account for no more than half of the domal uplift. Most likely, dynamic topography caused by upwelling asthenosphere significantly contributed to the observed pattern of exhumation in central Germany.

scholarly journals Late Cretaceous to Paleogene exhumation in Central Europe – localized inversion vs. large-scale domal uplift

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilmar von Eynatten ◽  
Jonas Kley ◽  
István Dunkl ◽  
Veit-Enno Hoffmann ◽  
Annemarie Simon
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fission Track ◽  
Crustal Thickening ◽  
Dynamic Topography ◽  
Harz Mountains ◽  
Central Germany ◽  
First Time ◽  
Region Ii

Abstract. Large parts of Central Europe have experienced exhumation in Late Cretaceous to Paleogene time. Previous studies mainly focused on thrusted basement uplifts to unravel magnitude, processes and timing of exhumation. This study provides, for the first time, a comprehensive thermochronological dataset from mostly Permo-Triassic strata exposed adjacent to and between the basement uplifts in central Germany, comprising an area of at least some 250–300 km across. Results of apatite fission track and (U-Th)/He analyses on > 100 new samples reveal that (i) km-scale exhumation affected the entire region, (ii) thrusting of basement blocks like the Harz Mountains and the Thuringian Forest focused in the Late Cretaceous (about 90–70 Ma) while superimposed domal uplift of central Germany is slightly younger (about 75–55 Ma), and (iii) large parts of the domal uplift experienced removal of 3 to 4 km of Mesozoic strata. Using spatial extent, magnitude and timing as constraints suggests that thrusting and crustal thickening alone can account for no more than half of the domal uplift. Most likely, dynamic topography caused by upwelling asthenosphere has contributed significantly to the observed pattern of exhumation in central Germany.

scholarly journals The rise of a large carnivore population in Central Europe: genetic evaluation of lynx reintroduction in the Harz Mountains

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 577-587
Author(s):  
Sarah Ashley Mueller ◽  
Tobias Erik Reiners ◽  
Tomma Lilli Middelhoff ◽  
Ole Anders ◽  
Anna Kasperkiewicz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Genetic Evaluation ◽  
Harz Mountains ◽  
Large Carnivore

scholarly journals <i>Kirkbyites</i> Johnson, an ostracod genus indicative of pelagic palaeo-environments

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-231
Author(s):  
Gerhard Becker ◽  
Horst Blumenstengel
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Upper Devonian ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Harz Mountains ◽  
Upper Carboniferous ◽  
Early Upper

Abstract. A third Kirkbyites species, K. hercynicus sp. nov., is described from the early Upper Devonian (early Famennian) of the Harz Mountains (Central Europe) to join the other two known species of the genus Kirkbyites upsoni Johnson, the Upper Carboniferous type species from Nebraska (U.S.A.), and the late Upper Devonian Kullmannissites? solus Becker from N Spain (W Europe). Its biotype indicative carapace features, characteristic of marine low-energy palaeo-environments, place Kirkbyites Johnson, 1936 (Ostracoda, Palaeocopida, Kirkbyacea, Amphissitidae) into Becker’s “Thuringian” ecotype.

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