A Review of How Our Understanding on the Relationships between the Alps and the North Alpine Foreland Basin has Evolved
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2024
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Abstract
The North Alpine foreland basin or the Molasse basin that is situated on the northern side of the Alps has experienced a long history of research on its stratigraphic architecture, chronological framework, facies relationships, paleontological records and the provenance of its clastic material. Among these efforts, the most emphasis has been placed upon analyzing the Molasse basin as part of the Alpine orogenesis. This chapter recasts the history of research of the Molasse foreland basin, and explains why particular mechanisms and the collection of related datasets have enjoyed more attention than others. It provides an overview of the sedimentary basins surrounding the Alps and discusses the stratigraphic development of the Molasse basin. Finally, the chapter ends with a call for a more careful exploration of how slab scale processes could have driven not only the development of the Alps, but also that of the Molasse basin.
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Geodynamics of the Alps 3: Collisional Processes
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125 - 190
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ISTE