Fig. 6

Detailed geological maps of two key locations, characterized by fault-bounded Mesozoic sedimentation preceding Cenozoic contraction. a Southern Velebit Fault System (VFS), b the Plitvice Fault System (PFS). NE-vergent backthrusts are numbered according to their relative initiation during the Eocene–Oligocene deformation: 1: Lisina-Bačinovac Fault, 2: Plitvice Fault, 3: Brušane-Oštarije Fault, 4: Jadovno Fault, 5: Bužim Fault. The black line marks the section trace of the Central Velebit cross-section (Fig. 8). The exact location of both areas can be found in Fig. 2. a Shows that the Middle Triassic unit T²₂ (Ladinian) is missing in the hanging wall of Fault #3 (purple line). Figure 3b shows a detailed map of the PFS with the Upper Jurassic Lemeš formation (J₃^2,3) being exclusively confined to the hanging walls of Faults 1 and 2. c Shows an annotated field photo of the top NE vergent Brušane-Oštarije Fault (#3) with the westward plunging anticline in the hanging wall and a Eo-Oligocene carbonatic fault breccia in its footwall. The breccia consists of reworked Upper Jurassic carbonate. In contrast to the Upper Jurassic, the bedding planes within the breccia are not preserved. See Fig. 5a for the photo location