Pelagonian Zone

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The Pelagonian Zone is a major geological unit in the central Balkans characterized by ancient metamorphic and sedimentary rocks that form part of the internal Hellenide mountain belt.

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Pelagonian Zone canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological terrane ⓘ
geological zone ⓘ
tectonostratigraphic unit ⓘ
boundedBy Pindos Zone ⓘ
linked to: Pindus Mountains

Vardar Zone ⓘ
composedOf metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
contains dolomite ⓘ
gneiss ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
marble ⓘ
schist ⓘ
extendsInto Albania ⓘ
formedDuring closure of the Tethys Ocean ⓘ
geologicalAge Mesozoic ⓘ
Paleozoic ⓘ
hasDeformationPhase multiple Alpine deformation phases ⓘ
hasEconomicGeology industrial minerals ⓘ
marble resources ⓘ
hasFossils Mesozoic marine fossils ⓘ
hasMetamorphicGrade low- to medium-grade metamorphism ⓘ
hasRockType metasedimentary rocks ⓘ
metavolcanic rocks ⓘ
hasStratigraphy Paleozoic basement with Mesozoic cover ⓘ
hasStructuralStyle nappe structures ⓘ
thrust tectonics ⓘ
isKeyFor reconstruction of Tethyan paleogeography ⓘ
understanding Hellenide tectonic evolution ⓘ
isPartOf Alpine–Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
liesBetween External Hellenides and Vardar Zone ⓘ
locatedIn Greece ⓘ
North Macedonia ⓘ
central Balkans ⓘ
namedAfter Pelagonia ⓘ
orogeny Alpine orogeny ⓘ
overlies basement rocks ⓘ
paleogeographicOrigin Cimmerian continent fragment ⓘ
partOf Hellenides ⓘ
internal Hellenides ⓘ
researchField geology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
structuralPosition internal zone of the Hellenide orogen ⓘ
tectonicSetting continental fragment ⓘ
microcontinental block ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hellenides → contains → Pelagonian Zone ⓘ