THE MEDITERRANEAN LOWER CRETACEOUS

G г u b i с (1974) made an attempt to offer a new interpretation of the tectonic
evolution of Eastern Serbia in the light of plate-tectonics, accompanied by
palinspastic reconstructions for the Late Jurassic and the Early Cretaceous. In the
opinion of that author, traces of palaeo-oceanic crust were preserved in the Krajna
Fig. 31. Lithofacies map with sketches of the equal thicknesses and the palaeogeographic environments.
Albian (after Рускова, Николо в, 1984)
Lithofacies map'. 1—clayey limestcnes; 2 — marls; 3— sandstones; 4— marls wiln rare intercalations of siltstones;
5—claystones; 6—mixed rocks; 7—glauconite; 5—phosphoritic concretiors; P—oolites; 10 -—investigated sections in
outcrops; 11— investigated sections in drillings; 12—lithological ccmplex with repeated rock types in the section; 13 —
boundary between the lithological complexes. Sketch of therual thicknesses (a}:14 — proved; 15 — probables. Sketch of the
palaeogeographic environments ib). Marine environments: 16 — shallow shelf; 17— peripheral deeper part of the shelf;
IS — deep shelf. Continental environment; 19 — mountain relief; 20— plate-like relief
area, traces of which appear in Deli Jovan. This opinion is supported: (1) by
geophysical data about the existence of a thin granite layer below the pelagic sediments
in the eastern part of the Danubian trough, and (2) by the development of
volcanogenic-sedimentary rocks (Vratarnica series) with appearance of basic volcanites
(Fig. 32).
The Dinarides are located to the west of the Dardanian diagonal and they
form a part of the central zone of the Mediterranean Region, which will be discussed
below.
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