Institute of Geological Sciences

Dating low-temperature hydrothermal fluid activity with in situ Rb/Sr geochronology of partially chloritized biotite

Chloritization of biotite by fluids is common in low-temperature tectonic regimes. Using three metapelites from the Tatric Superunit in the Western Carpathians (northern Slovakia), we demonstrated that in situ Rb/Sr geochronology of partially chloritized biotite can be used to da...

Direct evidence for scavenging as a primary feeding strategy in Pliocrocuta, an extinct genus of bone-cracking hyaenas

Abstract The carnivoran family Hyaenidae exhibits a complex evolutionary history of diverse trophic adaptations, including the consumption of almost entire carcasses, either predated or scavenged. The associated durophagy peaked within the subfamily Hyaeninae in a clade of ‘fully...

Receiver function imaging reveals Pyrenean-style crustal wedging in the Western Carpathians

The Alpine−Tethys suture in the Western Carpathians records the collision between the northern European passive margin and the Adria-derived Alps−Carpathians−Pannonian (AlCaPa) tectonic unit. Previous tectonic models, largely based on indirect evidence, proposed complex configura...