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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 2006; v. 260; p. 51-67;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.260.01.04
© 2006 Geological Society of London

Stratigraphy, correlations and palaeogeography of Palaeozoic terranes of Bulgaria and NW Turkey: a review of recent data

S. Yanev1, M. C. Göncüoglu2, I. Gedik3, I. Lakova1, I. Boncheva1, V. Sachanski1, C. Okuyucu3, N. Özgül4, E. Timur3, Y. Maliakov1 & G. Saydam3

1 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Geological Institute, Acad. G. Bonchev St., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria snyanev{at}geology.bas.bg
2 Middle East Technical University, Department of Geological Engineering, 06531 Ankara, Turkey
3 General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Department of Geological Research, 06520 Ankara, Turkey
4 GEOMAR, Cengizhan S. 18/3, 34730 Istanbul, Turkey

Within the Alpine tectonic units SE of the European Variscan Orogenic Belt in Bulgaria and NW Turkey several crustal blocks are identified. Although their contact relations with surrounding units are obscured by Alpine events, the differences in the succession of events, stratigraphy, sedimentology and palaeobiogeographical distribution within them permits recognition of the Moesian, Balkan, Istanbul and Zonguldak Terranes. The Moesian terrane corresponds to the pre-Variscan Palaeozoic and Neoproterozoic rocks of the Moesian microplate in north Bulgaria and south Romania. The Balkan Terrane in Bulgaria incorporates Neoproteozoic and Palaeozoic sequences in the Western Balkanides (part of the Carpathian-Balkan orogen) and another three allochthonous units (Kraishte, Central Balkanides and Strandzhides). In NW Anatolia in Turkey, the Caledonian basement and Ordovician to Carboniferous sedimentary succession are divided into the Istanbul Terrane and the Zonguldak Terrane. With the exception of the Moesian Terrane in the Bulgarian area, they all comprise a Cadomian basement with relicts of oceanic lithosphere, volcanic arc and a continental crust of unknown affinity. Based on characteristic features within their Palaeozoic successions, there terranes are correlated with the main terrane assemblages in Central and Eastern Europe. It is suggested that they all are of peri-Gondwanan origin but behaved independently while drifting towards Laurussia. During the Early Devonian the Zonguldak Terrane docked to Baltica, whereas the others were still at similar palaeolatitudes to the Central European terranes (e.g. Saxo-Thuringian). This was followed by the successive accretion of the Moesian Terrane to Laurussia along the Rhenohercynian suture at the end of Devonian-Early Carboniferous and of the Balkan and Istanbul Terranes the Early and Late Carboniferous.





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