SUBJECT
Title
Geology of Hungary and the surrounding regions
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
3
Recommended in
Semester 2
Typically offered in
Spring semester
Course description
- Geological setting of the Pannonian region in the Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaridic realm; structural units; main evolutionary stages
- Pre-Variscan and Variscan structure evolution. Early Paleozoic formations and history of evolution
- Post-Variscan and early Alpine (Late Paleozoic) structure evolution and related formations
- Opening and closure of Tethys basins and early stages of the Alpine orogeny during the Mesozoicum
- Alpine orogeny and Paleogene basins; onset of the Paratethys evolution
- Evolution of the Pannonian Basin during the Miocene to Pliocene
- Quaternary evolution and related formations
Readings
Haas J. (Ed.) (2012): Geology of Hungary. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 244 p.