English: Note the relationship between depositional events and geologic "factors". These factors include basin inversion, and rotation events.

A rapid transition from syn-rift to post-rift phase is marked by a quick reversion to transgressive facies in the Middle Miocene. This period included rapid limestone deposits with intermittent salt and calc-alkaline volcanics. [1] The onset of post-rift deposition at the Middle-Late Miocene boundary 11.6Ma marked the first phase of basin inversion. This period saw the removal of parts of underlying upper Miocene succession, as well as the development of an unconformity as peak collision of the Carpathians until thrusting ceased at 9Ma. [2] The formation of a basin-wide angular unconformity took place at the Miocene-Pliocene boundary, representing both the onset of the secondary inversion phase as well as the local Messinian Salinity Crisis. Large deltaic sediments were deposited during this time, likely due to a large river system similar in composition with the modern Danube and Tisza rivers which bisect the basin. [3] An alluvial succession started in the Late Miocene with an initial transgression followed by shelf margin and slope progradation phases. On average, seven kilometers of this alluvial succession exists at the surface. In more recent times, this unit has started reverting to a transgressive phase as subsidence has begun to increase. [4]

Modified from Balázs et al. 2013