Fatra-Tatra Area
Fatra-Tatra | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Gerlachovský štít |
Elevation | 2,655 m (8,711 ft) |
Coordinates | 49°10′N 20°8′E / 49.167°N 20.133°E |
Geography | |
Countries | Slovakia, Austria and Poland |
Subdivisions | Branisko, Choč Mountains, Greater Fatra, Horehronské podolie, Hornád Basin, Kozie chrbty, Lesser Fatra, Little Carpathians, Low Tatras, Považský Inovec, Staré Hory Mountains, Strážov Mountains, Sub-Tatra Basin, Súľov Mountains, Tatras, Tríbeč, Turiec Basin, Upper Nitra Basin, Žilina Basin and Žiar |
Parent range | Inner Western Carpathians |
The Fatra-Tatra Area (in geomorphology)
The Fatra-Tatra Area is from the northern side bounded by
The Tatra-Fatra Belt consists of Tatric alpine crystalline basement and its autochthonous sedimentary cover, over which the Subtatric nappes (Fatric and Hronic) were thrust.[4]
The name core mountains is derived from the structural element, resistant crystalline
Origin
The basement of the core mountains is formed by the
In the
After the end of main Eo-Alpine orogenic movement, the area of Western Carpathians was still not so mountainous. In the
References
- ^ Mazúr, E., Lukniš, M. 1986: Geomorfologické členenie SSR a ČSSR. Časť Slovensko. Slovenská kartografia, Bratislava
- ^ Plašienka, D., Grecula, P., Putiš, M., Kováč, M. a Hovorka, D., 1997: Evolution and structure of the Western Carpathians: an overview. Mineralia Slovaca - Monograph, Košice, s. 1 – 24
- ^ Plašienka, D., 2006: Princípy regionalizácie geologickej stavby Malých Karpát a Považského Inovca. In: Kováč, M., Dubíková, K., Nové metódy a výsledky v geológii Západných Karpát. Zborník 2006, Univerzita Komenského, Bratislava, p. 51 – 56
- ^ Hók, J., Kahan, Š., Aubrecht, R., 2001. Geológia Slovenska. Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine Univerzita Komenského, Bratislava, 43 p.