International Geological Journal - Official Journal of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association

EVIDENCE OF THE ILLAWARRA REVERSAL IN THE PERMIAN OF THE HRONIC NAPPE (WESTERN CARPATHIANS, SLOVAKIA)

Published: Aug 2003

Pages: 229 - 236

Authors: ANNA VOZAROVA, IGOR TUNYI

Abstract: The magnetostratigraphic investigation on the profile of the Upper Carboniferous-Permian belonging to the Hronic Nappe in the Nizke Tatry Mts. (Western Carpathians, central Slovakia) revealed occurrence of the first order time marker, the so-called Illawarra Reversal (265 Ma), within the 2nd megacycle of the Maluzina Fm. sequence.

Keywords: Carpathians, Hronic Unit, Late Paleozoic, magnetostratigraphy, Illawarra Reversal

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