Rhodope and Vardar: the metamorphic and the olistostromic paired belts related to the Cretaceous subduction under Europe

• Published in: Geodinamica acta Vol. 11; no. 6; pp. 285 - 309
• Main Authors: Ricou, L.-E., Burg, J.-P., Godfriaux, I., Ivanov, Z.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cachan Elsevier SAS 1998; Lavoisier
• Subjects: Alpine chains; Areal geology; Areal geology. Maps; Chaînes alpines; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; regional synthesis; synthèse régionale; tectonique de charriage et exhumation; thrust and exhumation tectonics; Greece; Southern Europe; Rhodope Mountains; Vardar Zone; thrust and exhumation tectonics; synthèse régionale; Chaînes alpines; tectonique de charriage et exhumation; regional synthesis; Alpine chains; Mesozoic; nappes; Alpine Orogeny; metamorphic belts; Europe; exhumation; Cretaceous; sedimentary rocks; olistostromes; accretionary wedges; Phanerozoic; flysch; clastic rocks

The Rhodope massif of Bulgaria and Greece is a complex of Mesozoic synmetamorphic nappes stacked in an Alpine active margin environment. A new analysis of the Triassic to Eocene history of the Vardar suture zone in Greece discloses its Cretaceous setting as a subduction trench. We present a geologic...