SIMILARITIES OF AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 3 MOUNTAIN BELTS AT THE BORDER OF THE PANNONIAN BASIN DUE TO THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MOHOROVICIC-DISCONTINUITY

The Dinarides, the Eastern Alps and the Western Carpathians being situ ated at the borders of the Pannonian basin, are of very similar origin . Therefore, the results obtained in the investigation of correlations between Earth gravity field parameters (absolute geoid undulations, g ravity anomalies), the surface topography and the shape of the Mohorov icic discontinuity, were compared. It was found that these three regio ns have the same basic characteristics, but also their own specific fe atures. While the similarities follow clearly from these investigation s, the found differences might partly be a consequence of non-uniformi ty and unmatched quality of data sets used for the three regions.