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Z. dt. Geol. Ges. | 147/1 | S. 57-80, 10 Abb. | en.Txt. | Stuttgart, März 1996 |
The Elbe zone at Dresden
- a Late Paleozoic pull-apart intruded shear zone.
[Die Elbezone bei Dresden
eine jungpaldozoische Scherzone, intrudiert von einem "pull-apart"-Pluton.]
Authoren : Frank Mattern
Abstract :
The Elbe zone is a NW-trending Late Carboniferous dextral ductile shear zone. Not only the mylonite fabrics of the Westlausitz fault and the Mittelsdchsische fault but also the more basic rocks of the Meissen pluton which are located between these faults and which intruded the active Elbe shear zone as a pull-apart pluton indicate this shear sense. Subsequently, but still during the Late Paleozoic (uppermost Carboniferous?/Rotliegend), less important sinistral movements occurred. Left-lateral shearing affected the SW margin of the Elbe zone and the eastern Erzgebirge block. These movements caused ductile as well as brittle deformation.