Noric depression

47.25 14.916666666667Coordinates: 47 ° 15 ' N , 14 ° 55' O As Norische sink is a running from west to east in Geology and Geography longitudinal valley in the eastern Alps designated. Several inner-alpine basins are lined up like a chain here. The Noric Depression extends from Salzburg via Styria to Lower Austria . The valley train accompanies youalongthe Mur-Mürz-Furche for long stretches about 10 kilometers to the north, which is why it is also known as the Murparalleltal , but towards the east the Semmering line and the Noric valley intersect , while Mürz valley valleys are geologically part of the Noric valley.

The sediments deposited here in the Neogene form a flat, relatively soft surface structure. This made this depression along the courses of the Mürz and Mur rivers important as an Alpine settlement area. The name "Noric Sink" is derived from the name of the former Celtic kingdom Noricum , which was located in the Eastern Alps. The basins used to be of economic importance because of their coal deposits.

The following basins in the series from west to east belong to the Noric depression:

Tamsweger basin
Talung of Krakow
Katschtal basin

Oberwölz valley basin

Tertiary in the Mürz Valley (basins around St. Marein and around Krieglach )

Tertiary of rats

Tertiary of Hart near Gloggnitz

Tertiary of the Hunchback World

Between Lungau and Semmering these basins form the Murparalleltal . It is not a closed valley train and exposes the following mountain groups:

the Hohenbühel ( 1581 m above sea level ) near Mauterndorf and Tamsweg
the Murberg mountains from the Schladminger and Wölzer Tauern along the St. Peter am Kammersberg valley line - Oberwölz - Salchau - Oberzeiring
the Gaal mountain range from the Seckauer Tauern near Seckau
the Mürz Valley Alps from the Hochschwab Group and the Mürzsteger Alps through the basins near Trofaiach and Aflenz

Web links

Entry on Noric Sink in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

^ Database of lithostratigraphic units in Austria. ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Austrian National Committee for Geology.

↑ ^a ^b ^c Gerhard Karl Lieb: A regional division of Styria due to natural conditions. In: Communications from the Botany Department of the Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz 20 (1991), pp. 20 and 23 ( Mürz Valley Alps, Schladminger Tauern, Wölzer Tauern ), full article pp. 1–30, PDF on ZOBODAT

↑ ^a ^b The Murberg Mountains are not delimited on the Styrian side at Schwarzenbichl (saddle of Seetal), but north of Prebersee - Prebersattel - Krakau

↑ ^a ^b "Those [in the Tertiary filled inner-alpine basin] slightly north of the Mur-Mürz furrow are summarized as part of the Noric Depression under the term Murparalleltal." René Maier: Siedlungsmorphologiesche Analyze • Trofaiach. On behalf of the State of Styria, June 2015, p. 41 ( eReader, issuu.com , researchgate.net ).

[1] Database of lithostratigraphic units in Austria. ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Austrian National Committee for Geology.

[Lieb_1991-2] Gerhard Karl Lieb: A regional division of Styria due to natural conditions. In: Communications from the Botany Department of the Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz 20 (1991), pp. 20 and 23 ( Mürz Valley Alps, Schladminger Tauern, Wölzer Tauern ), full article pp. 1–30, PDF on ZOBODAT

[Murberge-3] The Murberg Mountains are not delimited on the Styrian side at Schwarzenbichl (saddle of Seetal), but north of Prebersee - Prebersattel - Krakau

[Maier_2015-4] "Those [in the Tertiary filled inner-alpine basin] slightly north of the Mur-Mürz furrow are summarized as part of the Noric Depression under the term Murparalleltal." René Maier: Siedlungsmorphologiesche Analyze • Trofaiach. On behalf of the State of Styria, June 2015, p. 41 ( eReader, issuu.com , researchgate.net ).