Evolution of the Carpathian Foreland Basin and its link with collision and slab detachment

The Carpathians are a typical Mediterranean-type orogen that resulted from slab roll-back, nappe accretion, collision and slab detachment. We will use basin-scale sedimentological and provenance analysis to reconstruct the Miocene to recent evolution of the Carpathian Foreland Basin. Paleontological observations will highlight the basin’s biogeographic relations with the surrounding regions, demonstrating the creation and destruction of topographic barriers with the Pannonian Basin and the Black Sea. Results from inverse modelling of thermochronological data from the Carpathians with PECUBE will be used to understand the timing and volume of sediment supply from different parts of the mountain belt, which will then be compared to deposition over time in the foreland basin. Finally we will establish a link between the geodynamic events in the subduction system, particularly collision and slab-detachment, and the evolution of the foreland basin. Since there are many similarities between the Carpathians and other roll-back orogens, our results might be interesting for researchers studying other Mediterranean-type orogens.