Discussion of ‘Olistostromes of the Pieniny Klippen Belt, Northern Carpathians’

D. Plašienka, J. Michalík, J. Soták & R. Aubrecht comment: In their recent paper, Golonka et al. (2015) described the Cretaceous and Palaeogene olistostromes and other types of mass-transport deposits occurring within the Pieniny Klippen Belt (PKB) of the Western Carpathians. After a short intro...

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Published inGeological magazine Vol. 154; no. 1; pp. 187 - 192
Main Authors Plašienka, D., Soták, J., Aubrecht, R., Michalík, J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.01.2017
Subjects
Cretaceous
Discussion
Geological time
Geology
Mass transport
Sediments
Carpathian Mountains
mass-transport deposits
Carpathian Klippen Belt
Cretaceous
structure
Palaeogene
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Summary:D. Plašienka, J. Michalík, J. Soták & R. Aubrecht comment: In their recent paper, Golonka et al. (2015) described the Cretaceous and Palaeogene olistostromes and other types of mass-transport deposits occurring within the Pieniny Klippen Belt (PKB) of the Western Carpathians. After a short introduction into the olistostrome concept and an overall description of the PKB structure, the authors presented their views on the composition and evolution of the PKB with olistostromes as the leading phenomenon. Although novel in some aspects, the model they present is largely oversimplified and partly erroneous in our opinion. In the following, we shall comment on the several most disputable statements and interpretations offered in the discussed paper.
ISSN:0016-7568
1469-5081
DOI:10.1017/S0016756815000813