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Detrital zircon age and Sr isotopic constraints for a Late Palaeozoic carbonate platform in the lower Rhodope thrust system, Pirin, SW Bulgaria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2019

Nikolay Bonev Open the ORCID record for Nikolay Bonev [Opens in a new window] ,
Petyo Filipov ,
Raya Raicheva ,
Massimo Chiaradia  and
Robert Moritz
Nikolay Bonev*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Paleontology and Fossil Fuels, Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
Petyo Filipov
Affiliation:
Department of Geochemistry and Petrology, Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Raya Raicheva
Affiliation:
Department of Geochemistry and Petrology, Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Massimo Chiaradia
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Robert Moritz
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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Author for correspondence: Nikolay Bonev, Email: niki@gea.uni-sofia.bg
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Abstract

We focused on the Pirin–Pangeon–Thasos carbonate sequence of the Rhodope thrust system, combining Sr isotopes from marble with U–Pb dating of detrital zircons from interlayered schists with outcrop near the villages of Ilindentsi and Petrovo in Bulgaria. The youngest zircon age at Ilindentsi is 266 Ma, i.e. Middle Permian, while the youngest zircon at Petrovo yielded an age of 290 Ma, i.e. Early Permian. Strontium isotopes range from 0.707420 to 0.707653, and are consistent with a Middle Permian maximum depositional age. Middle Permian sedimentation of this carbonate platform most likely occurred along the Eurasian margin rather than the Gondwana margin.

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U–Pb geochronologystrontium isotopescarbonate platformRhodopeBulgaria
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Geological Magazine , Volume 156 , Issue 12 , December 2019 , pp. 2117 - 2124
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