Timing and tectonic significance of Paleozoic magmatism in the Sakar unit of the Sakar-Strandzha Zone, SE Bulgaria

N Bonev, P Filipov, R Raicheva… - International Geology …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Palaeozoic granitoids and meta-granitoids dominate the metamorphic basement of the
Sakar unit of the Sakar-Strandzha Zone (SASTZ) in southeast Bulgaria. In this article, we …

[HTML][HTML] Variscan magmatic evolution of the Strandja Zone (Southeast Bulgaria and northwest Turkey) and its relationship to other north Gondwanan margin terranes

A Sałacińska, I Gerdjikov, A Kounov, D Chew… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Strandja Zone, straddling the border between Bulgaria and Turkey, is often
assigned to either the Balkanide or the Pontide thrust belts of the Alpine orogen in the Black …

Variscan to Alpine tectonothermal evolution of the Central Srednogorie unit, Bulgaria: constraints from 40Ar/39Ar analysis

SH Velichkova, R Handler… - Swiss Bulletin of …, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com
The Panagyurishte region, east of Sofia in Bulgaria, is characterised by amphibolite facies
metamorphic basement rocks, overlain by Late Carboniferous to Triassic and Late …

Alpine metamorphism and granitoid magmatism in the Strandja Zone: New data from the Sakar unit, SE Bulgaria

I Gerdjikov - Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 2005 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Abstract The Strandja Zone is a pre-Cenomanian orogen consisting of three tectonic units:
the Veleka, Strandja and Sakar units. The first two units display very low-grade Alpine …

New LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon dating for Strandja granitoids (SE Bulgaria): evidence for two-stage late Variscan magmatism in the internal Balkanides

P Machev, V Ganev, L Klain - Turkish Journal of Earth …, 2015 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Abstract The Strandja Massif (Sakar-Strandja Zone) forms an important link between the
Balkan Zone (external Balkanides) of Bulgaria, which is commonly correlated with the …

Two stages of Late Carboniferous to Triassic magmatism in the Strandja Zone of Bulgaria and Turkey

A Sałacińska, I Gerdjikov, A Gumsley, K Szopa… - Geological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Although Variscan terranes have been documented from the Balkans to the Caucasus, the
southeastern portion of the Variscan Belt is not well understood. The Strandja Zone along …

The Maritsa strike-slip shear zone between Kostenets and Krichim towns, South Bulgaria—Structural, petrographic and isotope geochronology study

K Naydenov, I Peytcheva, A von Quadt, S Sarov… - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The present study describes the characteristics of the Maritsa Shear Zone (MSZ), a major
tectonic element in the Balkanides in South Central Bulgaria. Metamorphic rocks of four …

Two-stage Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous hydrothermal activity in the Sakar Unit of southeastern Bulgaria

K Szopa, A Sałacińska, AP Gumsley, D Chew, P Petrov… - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Southeastern Bulgaria is composed of a variety of rocks from pre-Variscan (ca. 0.3 Ga) to
pre-Alpine sensu lato (ca. 0.15 Ga) time. The Sakar Unit in this region comprises a series of …

[PDF][PDF] Petrological study of metasomatic altered granitoids from Kanarata Deposit, Sakar Mountain, southeastern Bulgaria

S Pristavova, N Tzankova, N Gospodinov… - Journal of Mining and …, 2019 - gemologia.eu
The present article is a result of the study of the altered granitoid rocks cropping out in the
north-eastern periphery of the Sakar batholith. The investigated rocks are enriched by …

[PDF][PDF] The Sakar batholith–petrology, geochemistry and magmatic evolution

BK Kamenov, V Vergilov, C Dabovski… - Geochemistry …, 2010 - academia.edu
Based on a new sample set and extensive re-mapping an attempt is made to elucidate the
field relations, mineral composition, nomenclature, geochemical features, magmatic and …