Index Page numbers in italic denote figures. Page numbers in bold denote tables. accretionary wedge Anatolide-Tauride fragment 14, 15, 21 doubly vergent model, Apulian margin 509,510, 512, 516 Ankara-Erzincan suture 305 Lycian Nappes 460462 see also Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan suture zone see also pro-wedge Anthemountas fault zone 661,662,666-667 Adria 15, 16, 155, 159 apatite, fission-track ages 544-554 Cenozoic 173 Apulia 15,507, 542 Cretaceous 171,172, 174 subduction 493,507-518 indentation 174 see also Adria Jurassic motion 23-24, 170 Apulia-Pelagonia suture 493,507-518,508, 516 Palaeozoic 167 Arabia Permo-Triassic reassembly 17-18,167 ophiolites 305 308 Triassic-Jurassic 167-I 69 plate motion 309, 345, 614, 628,630, 691 Aegean, extensional province 557,558, 577,579, 591,592, 671, Arakapas Fault Belt 353, 360 683 Armorican Terrane Assemblage 52, 6~63 Aegean, south Arna unit, metabasic igneous rock 135 tectonic models 93-148 Arnea granite 38, 39 Cenozoic setting 101,102 Aspropotamus complex 242 243,244,249 recognizing settings 95 Atlantic Ocean, north, continental break-up 11, 12-15, 21, 23 tectonic evolution 101,144-148 augengneiss, biotite 37, 39 Africa-Arabia plate motion 614, 615 Avalonian Terrane 52, 61-63 Africa-Europe plate motion 11,25, 25-27, 27, 30, 309-310, 311, Avdella m~lange 240, 243,244, 384, 388 691 Axios Zone see Vardar Zone and ophiolite creation and emplacement 26, 28, 29-31,29 Ay~kayas~ Formation 426, 429, 428, 430 reconstruction 15-21 Agios Dimitrios fault 665-666, 666 back-arc basins Albania early Mesozoic, Black Sea-Caucasus 179-196 geodynamic evolution 544 Jurassic 185-193 geology 539, 540, 541 544 Triassic 181-185 ophiolites 267-296, 304 Jurassic, Vardar Zone 381 geology 268, 269-272 Baar-Bassit ophiolite 306, 318,352, 354-355 Albanides 540,541 age 366 fission-track thermochronology 544-554 palaeomagnetic studies 351,353,355, 357, 363-364 Alboran fragment 14,15 rotation 363-364 Alborz 184, 185, 191 Balkan Peninsula Alcx-Kelel~i Fault Zone 599, 601 evolution 155-175 Aliakmonas fault zone 663-664, 666, 667 Cambrian-Devonian 156, 159, 167-168 Almopias Ocean 378 Carboniferous-Permian 156, 166-167,168 subduction 381,408 Cretaceous 158, 171-173 Almopias Zone 373-374, 375,376, 377, 406-408 Maastrichtian-Cenozoic 158, 173-174 foreland basin 403,404, 405 rotation 173-174 late Jurassic transgression 389,393-396, 397 Triassic-Jurassic 157, 167-171,168,169 metamorphism 388, 393, 395 geology 157, 160, 159, 162, 159 oceanic crust genesis 380, 381,398-399 oceanic crust 166 Palaeogene suturing 405406 ophiolites 165 passive margin subsidence 380, 398,401 terranes 156--158, 157, 162, 159, 164, 167-173 sea-level rise 401 Balkan Terrane 53 subduction 403 correlation with Istanbul Terrane 61 Triassic rifting 378, 408 origin 62-63 amphibole Gondwanan 56, 57 blue, Pindos Flysch 502 palaeogeography 57 K6mtirhan ophiolite 338, 341,343 stratigraphy 55, 56-57 Vourinos 246 Baltica 52, 56, 61 amphibolite, Balkan Peninsula 169-170 Balyata~i Formation 615 617, 618 Anatolia Bansko fault 674, 677, 679, 680, 682 basin development 591-608 basalt northwest, Palaeozoic terranes 53, 58-63 mid-ocean ridge see MORB ophiolites 305,327-346 Pindos thrust sheets, geochemistry 472474 plate motion 309, 345 Pontides, geochemistry 4204-23,424, 425, 431432, 432 710 INDEX basement, pre-Alpine Circum-Rhodope belt 37,157 Crete 69-88 see also mrlange, Pirgadikia Unit Levantine Basin 206-209 ~ivril, Lycian Nappe klippe 453455, 457, 459, 460 Serbo-Macedonian Massif35-48 clinopyroxene 272-273, 274, 278, 279, 283, 293-294 basin-ophiolite relationship 309-319 geothermobarometry 283-284, 286-287, 289-290, 291 Baskil arc magmatic unit 328,329, 331 K6miirhan ophiolite 337, 341,343 biochronology, Mesozoic radiolarites, Lycian Mrlange 229-234 conglomerate Bitlis Suture Zone 614, 615,626 Mana unit 115-117, 118-119 Black Sea-Caucasus Tripokefala beds 123 early Mesozoic back-arc basins, evolution 179-196 Corsica 14, 15 Blagoevgrad Basin 560-569, 578 MORB ophiolites 30 Blagoevgrad fault 680, 683 Crete blueschist 449-450 central, Phyllite-Quartz unit 119-130 boninite 22, 23, 312 eastern, Phyllite-Quartz unit 119-132 Borlu, Lycian Nappe klippe 453,455, 456 geology 70-71 Bozda~ fault 594, 595, 596, 600 pre-Alpine basement 69-88 Bulgaria tectonic model 85-88 Palaeozoic terranes 53, 54-57, 61-63 U-Pb dating 69-70, 71, 74-76 southwest sedimentary studies 104-132 active faults 671-684 tectonostratigraphy 102-104 geology 672 western, Phyllite-Quartz unit 109-119 late Cenozoic Crimea, deformation 192 extension 557-586, 559, 672 crust regional kinematics 578-581 continental 157 slip rates 577-578 oceanic vertical crustal motion 581 584 Balkan Peninsula 166 mammal fossils 560, 565 566, 569, 575 transitional 13 sedimentary correlation 575-576 see also Almopias Zone, oceanic crust generation tectonics 672, 673 cumulates, ultramafic Albanian ophiolites 269,270, 271,272-296 geochemistry 276, 279, 281,284 Cadomian magmatism 59, 61 Cycladic Blueschist Complex 449~,50, 451 Calabria 14, 15 Cyprus t~ameli Basin 595, 596 geology 358 evolution 596-610 mid-Cretaceous ophiolites 20, 24-25, 30-31 early-mid Pliocene 599-602 see also Troodos ophiolite complex fault kinematics 604-605,606--607, 608 Cyprus Arc 613,614 late Miocene 594-597 latest Pliocene 601 Quaternary 601-602 Dalmatian-Herzegovina Composite terrane 159, 165 ~ameli Formation 594,595, 596, 598 Dead Sea Fault Zone 355, 581, 615,616,617, 629 Carboniferous-Jurassic, basement evolution, Crete 69-88 deformation Carboniferous-lower Triassic succession and HP-LT metamorphism 458 western Crete 109-119 kinematics, Mesohellenic Trough 524-529 interpretation 117-119 synsedimentary, Hatay Graben 621-622 sediment chemistry 111, 112 De~ne Member, ~ameli Formation 594, 598 Carboniferous-Permian, Balkan Peninsula 166-167 Delchevo Formation 569, 571,573,578 carpholite, Fe-Mg 448,449, 452-453,452, 453, 454458, 459, Derindere Member, t~ameli Formation 594, 598 460-462 Devolli ophiolite 269, 270, 271 272, 273,287 Caucasus, early Mesozoic back-arc basins 179-196 Devonian, Balkan Peninsula, terranes 161-162 Cenozoic Dilek Peninsula 449-450, 451,452 late, southwest Bulgaria, extension 557 586 Lycian Nappe klippen 452-453, 460 South Aegean region 102 Dinaridic ocean basin 159,165, 169-170 thrust belts 96 closure 169-170 Central Bosnian Mountain terrane 159,164, 166-167 Dirmil fault 594, 595, 596,600 Chalkidiki Peninsula 36, 37 Dobrovo fault 677, 679, 680, 681-.682 Chamezi crystalline complex 71, 81,83, 84, 87, 88, 119 Dotsikos strip ophiolite 249-250 garnet zonation 79-81 Drama-Prosotsani fault zone 656-659, 666 microfabrics 73, 79 Dramala complex 242 243,244 Phyllite-Quartzite unit 120-123 crustal section 248-249 structural evolution 77 fabric analysis 254 chromite, Vourinos 246, 253 kinematic zones 251-252 Cibyra Fault Zone 601-602 mantle section 246 Cimmerian orogeny 21, 92, 105, 107, 119, 131,138, 139, 184 Drina-Ivanjica terrane 159, 164, 166-167, 170 INDEX 711 dunite, Pindos-Vourinos ophiolite 246,247, 248,249 Mesohellenic Trough 524-529 dykes seismogenic, Izmit 635-646 Albanian ophiolite 269 southwest Anatolia 592-593,597, 601,602-603 Hatay ophiolite 354 southwest Bulgaria 559-558,559, 56(~586 K6miirhan ophiolite 331 low-angle normal 565, 573,584-585 Pindos-Vourinos ophiolite 246, 247,248 249, 259,260 Fethiye-Burdur Fault Zone 591,592-594 Troodos ophiolite 353 flysch 24 Dzherman detachment 562, 584, 680 Albania 542 Balkan terrane 56-57, 61 Epirus area 511 earthquakes Krania unit 398, 510 Izmit 635-646 Pindos 243,244, 510-511 northern Greece 649, 651,666-667 Vai 127, 128, 131 prediction 689-705 Variscan 58 geological observations 697, 699-704 Fodele unit 105 preshocks 689, 691,692-693 fossils seismic strain model 692-697 mammal accelerating 692-693, 694 late Cenozoic, Bulgaria 560, 565-566, 569, 575 decelerating 693-694 Neogene, ~ameli Basin 594, 595,596, 597, 601 southwest Bulgaria 671-672,674 micro, Cenozoic, Hatay Graben 615,617, 617, 619, 620 East Anatolian Fault Zone 577, 580, 613,614, 615, 629 East Bosnian-Durmitor terrane 159,164, 169 East Coast Magnetic anomaly 12, 14 gabbro East Serbian Carpatho-Balkanides 166, 167 Albanian ophiolites 268, 269,270, 271,273,274, 277, 278, Eastem Hellenides Platform 159, 161 280, 282 Ecemis Fault Zone 614, 615 geochemistry 281,283, 289, 290 Elam~ area MOR or SSZ 291-296 geochemistry 333,334-338, 339-341 BaEr-Bassit ophiolite 355 mineral chemistry 341-344 Hatay ophiolite 354 petrography 331-333 K6mfirhan ophiolite 331,336-338, 341,343,344 regional geology 328 331 Galicia Bank, peridotite ridge 13 tectonic model 345, 346 garnet, chemistry, Cretan basement 73-74, 79-81,85 Elazl~ magmatic unit 328, 329, 331 Gavrovo-Tripolitza carbonate platform 134-138,148, 471, Epirus area, convergent model 513 514 481-485 Eptahori Formation 512, 512,523, 524, 524-526,527, 528, Gavrovo-Tripolitza zone 467, 468, 483, 493, 507,508, 509, 511, 529, 530, 532, 534, 535 514 Eratosthenes Seamount 15, 203, 206,207,217,220, 222 deformation 484485 E~en t~ay Basin 592, 605, 607 geochronology, Serbo-Macedonian Massif 37, 4~42, 44, 45 Eskikry Formation 414-415,416, 4 t 7 geothermobarometry, clinopyroxene 283-284,286-287, Eurasia 9142, 139, 160 289-290, 291 active margin evolution 413~140 Global Palaeomagnetic Database 18 Black Sea-Caucasus terranes 179-181,184,194, 196 gneiss Cretaceous 171 biotite 37 Gondwana suture zone 92, 155, 159, 159 granitic 135, 137 see also Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan suture zone G6kstm ophiolite 327, 344 Maastrichtian-Paleocene 173 Golitza fault 187 Palaeozoic 161 Gondwana evaporite, Messinian Eurasia suture zone 92,