Late neogene-quaternary tectonics of the polish Carpathians in the light of neotectonic mapping

A new neotectonic map of the Polish Carpathians, constructed on the basis of morphometric, geological, geophysical and geomorphological data, is presented. A number of morphostructures, dependent upon faults, deep crustal fractures, the thickness of flysch deposits and geophysical properties of the Carpathian substratum, have been distinguished.Neotectonic movements are regarded as being Badenian-Sarmatian and Plio-Quaternary in age, their amplitudes ranging from 2000 to 500 m. The observed neotectonic differentiation of structural elements is the combined effect of the mobility of the Carpathian substratum and of horizontal movements of the flysch nappes.