Erosional history of the Karkonosze Granite Massif - Constraints from adjacent sedimentary basins and thermochronology

The long-term erosional history of the Karkonosze Granite Massif is revised and reconstructed using different sources of information, including the sedimentary record of adjacent basins, previously published low-temperature thermochronological data and geomorphic features. Although the evidence is s...

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Main Authors: Migon, P., Danišík, Martin
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53575
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Danišík, Martin
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description The long-term erosional history of the Karkonosze Granite Massif is revised and reconstructed using different sources of information, including the sedimentary record of adjacent basins, previously published low-temperature thermochronological data and geomorphic features. Although the evidence is still incomplete, this work has identified a number of intervals, of unequal duration, characterized by different denudation regimes and rates. Several major phases of rapid exhumation are inferred - in the Permian and the Early Triassic as seen in the sedimentary record, and in the Late Cretaceous as shown by both the thermochronological and sedimentary records. Neotectonic uplift of the Karkonosze Mts. in the late Cenozoic is not recorded in the thermochronological record and there is no evidence of any accelerated denudation close to the massif. Apatite fission track data show that >~3.6 km of rock must have been eroded since the Turonian, while the results of zircon (U-Th)/He analysis suggest that in places erosion of >~6 km of rock must have taken place. This picture differs from previous est imates of denudat ion which suggested that only 2-2.5 km has been eroded from the axi al part of the Karkonosze dome since the exposure of granite batholith in the Permian.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-535752017-10-24T00:27:03Z Erosional history of the Karkonosze Granite Massif - Constraints from adjacent sedimentary basins and thermochronology Migon, P. Danišík, Martin The long-term erosional history of the Karkonosze Granite Massif is revised and reconstructed using different sources of information, including the sedimentary record of adjacent basins, previously published low-temperature thermochronological data and geomorphic features. Although the evidence is still incomplete, this work has identified a number of intervals, of unequal duration, characterized by different denudation regimes and rates. Several major phases of rapid exhumation are inferred - in the Permian and the Early Triassic as seen in the sedimentary record, and in the Late Cretaceous as shown by both the thermochronological and sedimentary records. Neotectonic uplift of the Karkonosze Mts. in the late Cenozoic is not recorded in the thermochronological record and there is no evidence of any accelerated denudation close to the massif. Apatite fission track data show that >~3.6 km of rock must have been eroded since the Turonian, while the results of zircon (U-Th)/He analysis suggest that in places erosion of >~6 km of rock must have taken place. This picture differs from previous est imates of denudat ion which suggested that only 2-2.5 km has been eroded from the axi al part of the Karkonosze dome since the exposure of granite batholith in the Permian. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53575 10.7306/gq.1032 unknown
spellingShingle Migon, P.
Danišík, Martin
Erosional history of the Karkonosze Granite Massif - Constraints from adjacent sedimentary basins and thermochronology
title Erosional history of the Karkonosze Granite Massif - Constraints from adjacent sedimentary basins and thermochronology
title_full Erosional history of the Karkonosze Granite Massif - Constraints from adjacent sedimentary basins and thermochronology
title_fullStr Erosional history of the Karkonosze Granite Massif - Constraints from adjacent sedimentary basins and thermochronology
title_full_unstemmed Erosional history of the Karkonosze Granite Massif - Constraints from adjacent sedimentary basins and thermochronology
title_short Erosional history of the Karkonosze Granite Massif - Constraints from adjacent sedimentary basins and thermochronology
title_sort erosional history of the karkonosze granite massif - constraints from adjacent sedimentary basins and thermochronology
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53575