SUBJECT

Title

Geology of Hungary and the surrounding regions

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Part of degree program

Geology MSc

Credits

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.