A Veszprém Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei 12. (Veszprém, 1973)
Dr. Szalai Tibor: A Nyugati-Kárpátok délkeleti vonulatának kialakulása, különös tekintettel a Bakony hegységre az Alp-Kárpáti rendszerben
THE FORMATION OF THE SE RANGE OF THE WEST CARPATHIANS WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO THE BAKONY MTS. IN THE ALP—CARPATHIAN SYSTEM 1. The formation of the whole Carpathian Basin known in details took place between two terrestrial phases. The older appeared after the Assintic, the younger in the Pannon phase. The recently adopted stage designations common in literature are not used here, for they are generally charged with many subjective elements. The three structural stages referring to the alpic cycle only slightly differ from my own IV —VI Unit designation. 2. The connexion between the Alps and the Carpathians, within the latter the Bakony Mts., is established on the bases of the sedimentation processes and the magmatites. HAUER, LÓCZY sr., TELEKI have proved the relations of these processes existing between the Alps and the Bakony Mts. The present author has published data on the role of magmatites clearly indicating structural relations. 3. The magmal activity spread from the west to the east. The occurrence of magmatité sites shows that in the Alp-Carpathian system the magmal galleries closed in the following order of sequence; in the area of the Western Alps earlier, in the Eastern Alps later, while in the Carpathians even following that period. 4. One of the most conspicuous characteristics of the Transdanubia is its mobility. This sedimentary process is revealed in an undulating motion (Dictyogenesis) . Earlier data are unfortunately sporadic. Thus, the feature of this undulating motion can be followed from the Mesozoic. This characteristic may even be investigated today. The mobility of the Pleistocene and Holocene can be esetablished from the sites of uprushing thermal waters and from the change of river terraces. Geokinetic measurements prove the existence of presenday motions. 5. The Great Plain —Threshold joining the Mórágyi— Crystalline region forms a unit. Thus, it corresponds to the "Eastern Land" conceived by PETERS and MOJSISOVICS. This land was extended by LŐCZY sr. to the Great Plain, too. 6. Investigating the orogenetic migrations, the following may be established: in the Mesozoic this migration started with the rise of the Pelso-unit and continued from the interior outward. Then in the period of the Helvetian stage the outer regions of the Carpathians rose, too; thus inner basins were formed. Their ultimate stage of development was reached in the Pannonian. The rise and subsequent subsidence of the background then of the foreground much resemble the notion of a standing wave. 7. The LÓCZY-ridge may be folloved as far as the Karawankas. This is a very important factor in the establishment of a relationship existing between the Alps and the Carpathians. Tibor Szálai
