Mesozoic-early Tertiary passive margin evolution of the Pindos ocean (NW Peloponnese, Greece)

Preliminary Data From the First Record of the Early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in the Sediments of the Pindos Zone (Greece)

“…1). The sediments of the Pindos Zone originate from an elongate remnant ocean basin that formed in mid-Triassic times along the north-east passive margin of Apulia between the extensive Gavrovo-Tripolis platform in the present west and the Pelagonian continental block in the east (Degnan and Robertson 1998). The Pindos Zone of Western Greece is exceptional because it was deformed into a regular series of thrust sheets during its emplacement, with a minimum of disruption.…”

“…The sedimentary successions of the Pindos Zone comprise deep-water carbonate, siliciclastic and siliceous rocks, ranging in age from Late Triassic to Eocene (Fleury 1980). Degnan and Robertson (1998) metamorphic source to the west and deposited on young oceanic basement. From the Norian to the end-Maastrichtian, variable thicknesses of hemipelagic-pelagic carbonates, marls and proximal carbonate debris flows accumulated in westerly areas, while mainly pelagic carbonate and more distal calciturbidites were deposited further east.…”

Suitability assessment of carbonate rocks from the Kataraktis Passage Member of the Olonos-Pindos Zone (Ileia Prefecture, Western Greece) for industrial applications

“…and Globorotalia sp. (Degnan, 1998). Finally, the Late Palaeocene-Early Eocene Pindos flysch lies at the top of the pile, likely extending also to MidEocene age in the SE Peloponnesus (Piper, 2006).…”

“…Τhe Kataraktis Passage member of Maastrichtian to Paleocene age overlies this formation, comprising the transition from carbonate to detrital sedimentation. It is preserved as thrust imbricated slices (Degnan and Robertson, 1998) and includes pure limestone deposition at its base, comprising the investigated rocks, with increasing clastic input towards the top. The increased input of terrigenous clastic sediments to the basin during Late CretaceousPaleocene suggests that relative sea-level fell because of the erosion to the continental basement to the west and north.…”

Petrological Investigation of Carbonate Rocks From the Ionian Zone (Etoloakarnania, Western Greece)

“…The Gavrovo-Tripolitza Zone includes shallow platform carbonate rocks of Cretaceous-Eocene age which are covered by vast quantities of clastic sediments (De Wever, 1975;Fleury, 1980) whereas the Pindos zone reflects an oceanic basin at the easternmost part of the Etoloakarannia. The Mesozoic series of the Pindos basin consists typically of deep-water sediments which together with the clastic sediments of flysch form a thick succession (Smith et al, 1975(Smith et al, , 1979Jones, 1990;Robertson et al, 1991;Degnan, 1992;Robertson, 1994, Degnan andRobertson, 1998).…”