Analysis of the Gosau group (upper cretaceous-paleogene) from the Vienna basin basement and outcrop analogues in Austria
- Author(s)
- Michael Wagreich, Magdalena Bottig, Erich Draganits, Marie-Louise Grundtner, Gerald Hofer, Stephanie Neuhuber, Philipp Strauss
- Abstract
Analysis of the Gosau Group (Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene) in eastern Austria and western Slovakia includes well data from the basement of the Vienna Basin. Palaeogeography, facies belts and provenance areas were evaluated based on core and outcrop data. Results include a new map of the eastern part of the Northern Calcareous Alps and the calcalpine basement of the Vienna Basin and 3D structural models of the Gosau synclines. Several palaeogeographic groups were distinguished from Austria to Slovakia. Group 1 comprises the Gießhübl Syncline on Bajuvaric Nappe units and the Brezová area. Group 2 includes mainly Tirolic units (i.e. Göller Nappe) and the Zavod area in Slovakia. Group 3 comprises the Glinzendorf Syncline, the Grünbach Syncline, and Slovakian wells; characteristic features are 2 transgressions (Santonian and Late Campanian). The Glinzendorf Syncline is identified as a distinct basin on the Göller Nappe, not directly connected to the Grünbach Syncline. Group 4 comprises a southernmost outcrop belt characterized by a late transgression in Late Campanian or Maastrichtian, and Paleocene shallow-water limestones.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Geology, Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology
- External organisation(s)
- OMV
- Pages
- 4909-4913
- No. of pages
- 5
- Publication date
- 2011
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105404 Geomorphology, 105121 Sedimentology, 102009 Computer simulation, 105116 Mineralogy
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/2035c6bb-ffdf-441c-b42a-23ee65b7896f