Pieniny Klippen Belt

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Pieniny Klippen Belt is a narrow, geologically complex mountain zone in the Western Carpathians, renowned for its striking limestone cliffs and tectonically deformed rock formations.

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Pieniny Klippen Belt canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
mountain belt ⓘ
tectonic zone ⓘ
characterizedBy intense tectonic deformation ⓘ
klippen ⓘ
strike-slip faults ⓘ
thrust faults ⓘ
contains Cretaceous sediments ⓘ
Jurassic sediments ⓘ
Paleogene sediments ⓘ
highly folded sedimentary sequences ⓘ
numerous tectonic windows ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ
crossedBy Dunajec River ⓘ
extendsAlong Poland–Slovakia border ⓘ
formedBy Alpine orogeny ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
hasStructure fault-bounded klippen blocks ⓘ
imbricated thrust sheets ⓘ
overthrust nappes ⓘ
hasTypeLocality Pieniny region ⓘ
importantFor paleogeographic reconstructions of the Tethys Ocean margins ⓘ
reconstruction of Carpathian orogenic evolution ⓘ
isSubjectOf numerous geological mapping projects ⓘ
regional tectonic models of the Carpathians ⓘ
knownFor narrow tectonic zone ⓘ
steep limestone cliffs ⓘ
lithology conglomerate ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
marl ⓘ
shale ⓘ
locatedIn Carpathian Mountains ⓘ
Central Europe ⓘ
maximumWidth several kilometers ⓘ
namedAfter Pieniny Mountains ⓘ
orientation generally east–west ⓘ
partOf Western Carpathians ⓘ
separates Inner Carpathian units ⓘ
Outer Carpathian flysch belt ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline stratigraphy ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
tectonicSetting suture zone between Inner and Outer Carpathians ⓘ
transpressional shear zone ⓘ
visibleIn Pieniny National Park (Poland) ⓘ
Pieniny National Park (Slovakia) ⓘ

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Sokolica peak → geologicalFormation → Pieniny Klippen Belt ⓘ