Pieniny Klippen Belt
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Pieniny Klippen Belt is a narrow, geologically complex mountain zone in the Western Carpathians, renowned for its striking limestone cliffs and tectonically deformed rock formations.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological formation
ⓘ
mountain belt ⓘ tectonic zone ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
intense tectonic deformation
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klippen ⓘ strike-slip faults ⓘ thrust faults ⓘ |
| contains |
Cretaceous sediments
ⓘ
Jurassic sediments ⓘ Paleogene sediments ⓘ highly folded sedimentary sequences ⓘ numerous tectonic windows ⓘ |
| country |
Poland
ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ |
| crossedBy | Dunajec River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extendsAlong | Poland–Slovakia border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedBy | Alpine orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Cenozoic
ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
fault-bounded klippen blocks
ⓘ
imbricated thrust sheets ⓘ overthrust nappes ⓘ |
| hasTypeLocality | Pieniny region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importantFor |
paleogeographic reconstructions of the Tethys Ocean margins
ⓘ
reconstruction of Carpathian orogenic evolution ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
numerous geological mapping projects
ⓘ
regional tectonic models of the Carpathians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
narrow tectonic zone
ⓘ
steep limestone cliffs ⓘ |
| lithology |
conglomerate
ⓘ
limestone ⓘ marl ⓘ shale ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Carpathian Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Europe ⓘ |
| maximumWidth | several kilometers ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Pieniny Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | generally east–west ⓘ |
| partOf | Western Carpathians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separates |
Inner Carpathian units
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Outer Carpathian flysch belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
stratigraphy
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
suture zone between Inner and Outer Carpathians
ⓘ
transpressional shear zone ⓘ |
| visibleIn |
Pieniny National Park (Poland)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pieniny National Park (Slovakia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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