Tectono-sedimentary features of the southern margin of the Orava-Nowy Targ basin (Poland-Slovakia cross-border): Their possible relationship with the Late Cenozoic Western Carpathians evolution

摘要

The Orava-Nowy Targ (O-NT) basin could be treated as a crucial block in the puzzle of the understanding of the Cenozoic history of the Western Carpathians area. This basin is one of few records of the tectono-sedimentary history that postdates the uplift and erosion of older structural units such as the Magura Unit, Pieniny Klippen Belt, Central Carpathian Paleogene and the Tatra block. Moreover, its sedimentological profile reflects geological events in the Podhale and Orava regions from the Middle Miocene until now.