Mirdita Zone ophiolites and associated sediments in Albania reveal Neotethys Ocean origin

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_4807C1EC608C
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Mirdita Zone ophiolites and associated sediments in Albania reveal Neotethys Ocean origin
Périodique
International Journal of Earth Sciences
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Gawlick H.J., Frisch W., Hoxha L., Dumitrica P., Krystyn L., Lein R., Missoni S., Schlagintweit F.
ISSN-L
1437-3254
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2008
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
97
Pages
865-881
Langue
anglais
Résumé
The Mirdita Ophiolite Zone in Albania is associated with widespread
melanges containing components of up to nappe-size. We dated matrix and
components of the melange by radiolarians, conodonts, and other taxa.
The components consist of radiolarites, pelagic limestones and
shallow-water limestones, all of Triassic age, as well as ophiolites.
Triassic radiolarite as a primary cover of ophiolite material proves
Middle Triassic onset of Mirdita ocean-floor formation. The melange
contains a turbiditic radiolarite-rich matrix (''radiolaritic
flysch''), dated as Late Bajocian to Early Oxfordian. It formed as a
synorogenic sediment during west-directed thrusting of ophiolite and
sediment-cover nappes representing ocean floor and underplated fragments
of the western continental margin. The tectonic structures formed during
these orogenic events (''Younger Kimmeridian or Eohellenic
Orogeny'') are sealed by Late Jurassic platform carbonates. The
geological history conforms with that of the Inner Dinarides and
adjoining areas; we therefore correlate the Mirdita-Pindos Ophiolite
Zone with the Vardar Zone and explain its present position by
far-distance west-directed thrusting.
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