New structural and petrologic data on Mesozoic schists in the Rhodope (Bulgaria): geodynamic implications

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Title
New structural and petrologic data on Mesozoic schists in the Rhodope (Bulgaria): geodynamic implications
Journal
Comptes Rendus Geoscience
Author(s)
Bonev N.G., Stampfli G.M.
ISSN-L
1631-0713
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2003
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
335
Pages
691-699
Language
english
Abstract
Structural analysis of low-grade rocks highlights the allochthonous
character of Mesozoic schists in southeastern Rhodope, Bulgaria. The
deformation can be related to the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
thrusting and Tertiary detachment faulting. Petrologic and geochemical
data show a volcanic arc origin of the greenschists and basaltic rocks.
These results are interpreted as representing an island arc-accretionary
complex related to the southward subduction of the Meliata-Maliac Ocean
under the supra-subduction back-arc Vardar ocean/island arc system. This
arc-trench system collided with the Rhodope in Late Jurassic times. (C)
2003 Academie des sciences. Published by Editions scientifiques et
medicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
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