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Introduction

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Forming the easternmost part of the Bohemian Massif, the Moravo-Silesian Zone (MSZ) can be followed from Krems in Austria in a NNE direction to Moravia (Czech Republic) and farther N probably up to the Odra Fault in Poland. It includes the autochthonous Cadomian basement (Brunovistulicum; Dudek 1980) with its Devonian to Carboniferous sedimentary cover, and the classic allochthonous Variscan units — the Moravicum and Silesicum (Suess 1912). All these units (except for the puzzling Drosendorf Window; see below) are situated E of the Moldanubian and Ramzová (or Nýznerov) thrusts (Suess 1912) — Fig. 1, or the Moravo-Silesian Fault Zone (Mísař 1967), a major Variscan tectonic interface separating the MSZ from the overriding Moldanubian and Lusatian nappes.

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  1. Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602-2501, USA

    R. D. Dallmeyer

  2. Justus-Liebig-Universität, Senckenbergstrasse 3, 35390, Giessen, Germany

    W. Franke

  3. Institut für Geologie und Dynamik der Lithosphäre, Universität Göttingen, Goldschmidtstrasse 3, 37077, Göttingen, Germany

    K. Weber

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Mísař, Z., Urban, M. (1995). Introduction. In: Dallmeyer, R.D., Franke, W., Weber, K. (eds) Pre-Permian Geology of Central and Eastern Europe. IGCP-Project 233. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77518-5_46

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