Abstract
The Pannonian Basin is a back-arc basin superimposed on the Alpine compressional megasuture that resulted from continental collision between Europe and smaller continental fragments following southward subduction of Tethyan ocean floor. A set of discrete basins, whose development was dominated by extensional listric and wrench faults, formed inside the Carpathian loop in middle Miocene time. The basin-forming tectonic activity culminated in middle to late Miocene time. The Pliocene to recent development of the region was characterized by widespread thermal subsidence and limited local tectonic deformation.
This geodynamic setting governs the characteristic styles of hydrocarbon accumulations in the Pannonian Basin. As revealed by the analysis of multichannel seismic-reflection and drill-hole data, the oil and natural gas fields are typically associated with basement highs. The most prospective of these basement highs are associated with: (1) wrench faulting, (2) extensional faulting, (3) intra-basement arches, (4) thrust faulting, and (5) structural inversion (uplifting of formerly depressed areas by a combination of compression and wrenching). In addition, oil and natural gas traps are associated with listric normal faults that resulted from differential compaction of sediments.
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Pogácsás, G., Mattick, R.E., Tari, G., Várnai, P. (1994). Structural Control on Hydrocarbon Accumulation in the Pannonian Basin, Hungary. In: Teleki, P.G., Mattick, R.E., Kókai, J. (eds) Basin Analysis in Petroleum Exploration. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0954-3_11
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