Coastal sandy spit deposits (Lower Burdigalian/Eggenburgian) in
the Alpine-Carpathian Foredeep of Lower Austria

J 2021

Coastal sandy spit deposits (Lower Burdigalian/Eggenburgian) in the Alpine-Carpathian Foredeep of Lower Austria

NEHYBA, Slavomír and Reinhard ROETZEL

Basic information

Original name

Coastal sandy spit deposits (Lower Burdigalian/Eggenburgian) in the Alpine-Carpathian Foredeep of Lower Austria

Authors

NEHYBA, Slavomír (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Reinhard ROETZEL (40 Austria)

Edition

Geological Quarterly, Warzsawa, Polish Geological Institute, 2021, 1641-7291

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10505 Geology

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.576

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/21:00123773

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1619

UT WoS

000738292600004

Keywords in English

Alpine-Carpathian Foredeep; Early Miocene; Eggenburg Bay; coastal spit; provenance analysis

Abstract

V originále

In the type-area of the Eggenburgian regional stage (Lower Burdigalian) sands with large-scale clinoforms were studied north-west of Eggenburg (Lower Austria). Stratigraphic and facies architecture, palaeocurrent pattern and inferred palaeogeographic setting show that these sands are deposits of W-E trending and SW to SSE prograding coastal spit systems, attached to crystalline shoals or is lets in the shallow marine Eggenburg Bay. The spits were dominantly formed by shoal parallel accretion above fair-weather wave base due to long shore transport. The 4-5 m thick clinoforms with bottomset, foreset and topset structures contain up to 3.6 m thick, steeply inclined foresets, dominated by sediment gravity-flow deposition. Relatively stable depositional conditions, characterized by strong unidirectional cur rents, high sand supply and sufficient accommodation space are assumed for their formation. However, internal reactivation surfaces indicate variations in current activity, orientation and velocity. The deposits of spit systems are interpreted as part of a transgressive systems tract. The provenance analysis reveals the local Moravian and Moldanubian crystalline rocks as principal source. The spit sands of the Burgschleinitz Formation show the highest mineralogical maturity within the studied Lower Miocene succession. Intense reworking and redeposition of material from older deposits is evident. Due to the ongoing transgression deposits of the following Gauderndorf Formation and Zogelsdorf Formation exhibit a larger catchment area with in put of high amounts of fresh weathered material.

Citovat

NEHYBA, Slavomír and Reinhard ROETZEL. Coastal sandy spit deposits (Lower Burdigalian/Eggenburgian) in the Alpine-Carpathian Foredeep of Lower Austria. Geological Quarterly. Warzsawa: Polish Geological Institute, 2021, vol. 65, No 4, p. 1-30. ISSN 1641-7291. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1619.

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NEHYBA, Slavomír and Reinhard ROETZEL. Coastal sandy spit deposits (Lower Burdigalian/Eggenburgian) in the Alpine-Carpathian Foredeep of Lower Austria. \textit{Geological Quarterly}. Warzsawa: Polish Geological Institute, 2021, vol.~65, No~4, p.~1-30. ISSN~1641-7291. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1619.

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