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Paleogeography of the Upper Rhine Graben (URG) and the Swiss Molasse Basin (SMB) from Eocene to Pliocene by: Jean-Pierre Berger, Bettina Reichenbacher, Damien Becker, Matthias Grimm, Kirsten Grimm, Laurent Picot, Andrea Storni, Claudius Pirkenseer, Christian Derer & Andreas Schaefer
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Paleogeography of the Upper Rhine Graben (URG) and the Swiss Molasse Basin (SMB) from Eocene to Pliocene
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Jean-Pierre Berger1, Bettina Reichenbacher2, Damien Becker1, Matthias Grimm3, Kirsten Grimm3, Laurent Picot4, Andrea Storni1, Claudius Pirkenseer1, Christian Derer5 & Andreas Schaefer5
Institut für Geowissenschaften der Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of limnology, Mondseestrasse 9 - 5310 Mondsee-Austria
Geologisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, D-53115 Bonn
Abstract
Twenty paleogeographic maps are presented for Middle Eocene (Lutetian) to Late Pliocene times according to the stratigraphical data given in the companion paper by Berger et al. (this volume). Following a first lacustrine-continental sedimentation during the Middle Eocene, two and locally three Rupelian transgressive events have been identified with the first corresponding with the Early Rupelian Middle Pechelbronn beds and the second and third with the Late Rupelian « Serie Grise » (Fischschiefer and equivalents). During the Early Rupelian (Middle Pechelbronn beds) , a connection between North Sea and URG is clearly demonstrated, but a general connection between North Sea, URG and Paratethys, via the Alpine sea, is proposed, but not prooved, during the late Rupelian only. Whereas in the southern URG a major hiatus spans Early Aquitanian to Pliocene times, Early and Middle Miocene marine, brackish and freshwater facies occur in the northern URG and in the Molasse Basin (OMM, OSM); however, no marine connections between these basins could be demonstrated during this time. After the deposition of the molasse series, a very complex drainage pattern developped during the Late Miocene and Pliocene, with a clear connection to the Bresse Graben during the Piacenzian (Sundgau gravels). During the Late Miocene, Pliocene and Quaternary sedimentation persisted in the northern URG with hardly any interruptions. The present drainage pattern of the Rhine river (from Alpine area to the lower Rhine Embayment) was not established before the Early Pleistocene.
Key Words Rhine Graben, Molasse, Paleogene, Neogene, Paleogeography
BeP01co.pdf Description: Fig. 1 Paleogeographic map of the Lutetian Version:Filesize: 1.62 MB
BeP02co.pdf Description: Fig. 2 Paleogeographic map of the Bartonian Version:Filesize: 1.62 MB
BeP03co.pdf Description: Fig. 3 Paleogeographic map of the Priabonian Version:Filesize: 1.72 MB
BeP04co.pdf Description: Fig. 4 Paleogeographic map of the Early Rupelian Version:Filesize: 2.00 MB
BeP05co.pdf Description: Fig. 5 Paleogeographic map of the Middle Rupelian Version:Filesize: 2.38 MB
BeP06co.pdf Description: Fig. 6 Paleogeographic map of the Late Rupelian Version:Filesize: 2.38 MB
BeP07co.pdf Description: Fig. 7 Paleogeographic map of the Early Chattian Version:Filesize: 2.19 MB
BeP08co.pdf Description: Fig. 8 Paleogeographic map of the Middle Chattian Version:Filesize: 2.10 MB
BeP09co.pdf Description: Fig. 9 Paleogeographic map of the Late Chattian Version:Filesize: 2.10 MB
BeP10co.pdf Description: Fig. 10 Paleogeographic map of the Early Aquitanian Version:Filesize: 2.00 MB
BeP11co.pdf Description: Fig. 11 Paleogeographic map of the Late Aquitanian Version:Filesize: 2.19 MB
BeP12co.pdf Description: Fig. 12 Paleogeographic map of the Early Burdigalian Version:Filesize: 1.81 MB
BeP13co.pdf Description: Fig. 13 Paleogeographic map of the Late Burdigalian Version:Filesize: 2.00 MB
BeP14co.pdf Description: Fig. 14 Paleogeographic map of the Late Langhian Version:Filesize: 2.10 MB
BeP15co.pdf Description: Fig. 15 Paleogeographic map of the Early Serravallian Version:Filesize: 1.81 MB
BeP16co.pdf Description: Fig. 16 Paleogeographic map of the Middle Serravallian Version:Filesize: 2.10 MB
BeP17co.pdf Description: Fig. 17 Paleogeographic map of the Tortonian Version:Filesize: 1.62 MB
BeP18co.pdf Description: Fig. 18 Paleogeographic map of the Early Pliocene Version:Filesize: 1.91 MB
BeP19co.pdf Description: Fig. 19 Paleogeographic map of the Middle Pliocene Version:Filesize: 2.00 MB
BeP20co.pdf Description: Fig. 20 Paleogeographic map of the Late Pliocene Version:Filesize: 2.10 MB
