Kinematics of the SEMPfault in the western Tauern Window (Stillupp Valley)

Abstract

The working area is located in the Stillupp Valley (Tirol, Austria), where the western termination of the SEMPfault (Salzach, Ennstal, Mariazell, Puchberg), overprints the northernmost margin of the Zentralgneiss. This sinistral shearzone, which has a length of about 300 km, and causes a lateral displacement of 60km (Linzer et al. 2002), marks part of the northern border of the Tauern Window...