The lower marine to lower freshwater Molasse transition in the northern Alpine foreland basin (Oligocene; central Switzerland–south Germany): age and geodynamic implications |
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Authors: | Oliver Kempf Jörg Pross |
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Institution: | (1) Institut für Umweltgeologie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Pockelsstr. 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany;(2) Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Tübingen, Sigwartstrasse 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany;(3) Present address: Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Department Geobiology, Universiteit Utrecht, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The Wilhelmine Alpe section near Immenstadt (Allgäu, south Germany), which represents one of the best continuously exposed outcrops within the northern Alpine foreland basin, has been analyzed for magnetostratigraphic and palynostratigraphic signals. The section comprises the marine-to-terrestrial transition from Lower Marine (UMM) to Lower Freshwater Molasse (USM) sediments. Based on the correlation of the local magnetic pattern with the geomagnetic polarity timescale (GPTS) and palynostratigraphic data, an age of about 31 Ma is suggested for the UMM–USM transition in the Wilhelmine Alpe section. A comparison with coeval magnetostratigraphic sections from central and eastern Switzerland indicates that the regression of the UMM sea along the southern margin of the Molasse basin occurred strongly heterochronously between 31.5 and 30 Ma. The heterochroneity is attributed to the deposition of fan-delta and alluvial fan sediments which document that the overall marine conditions during the UMM were accompanied by strong clastic input derived from the rising Alps. This clastic contribution had a much stronger influence on the depositional pattern than previously thought. |
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Keywords: | North Alpine foreland basin Oligocene Stratigraphic control Magnetostratigraphy Palynology |
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