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The thermal history of the Miocene Ibar Basin (Southern Serbia): new constraints from apatite and zircon fission track and vitrinite reflectance data

Published: Feb 2015

Pages: 37 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geoca-2015-0009

Authors: NEVENA ANDRIĆ, BERNHARD FÜGENSCHUH, DRAGANA ŽIVOTIĆ, VLADICA CVETKOVIĆ

Abstract: The Ibar Basin was formed during Miocene large scale extension in the NE Dinaride segment of the Alpine- Carpathian-Dinaride system. The Miocene extension led to exhumation of deep seated core-complexes (e.g. Studenica and Kopaonik core-complex) as well as to the formation of extensional basins in the hanging wall (Ibar Basin). Sedi- ments of the Ibar Basin were studied by apatite and zircon fission track and vitrinite reflectance in order to define thermal events during basin evolution. Vitrinite reflectance (VR) data (0.63—0.90 %Rr) indicate a bituminous stage for the organic matter that experienced maximal temperatures of around 120—130 °C. Zircon fission track (ZFT) ages indicate provenance ages. The apatite fission track (AFT) single grain ages (45—6.7 Ma) and bimodal track lengths distribution indicate partial annealing of the detrital apatites. Both vitrinite reflectance and apatite fission track data of the studied sediments imply post-depositional thermal overprint in the Ibar Basin. Thermal history models of the detritial apatites reveal a heating episode prior to cooling that began at around 10 Ma. The heating episode started around 17 Ma and lasted 10—8 Ma reaching the maximum temperatures between 100—130 °C. We correlate this event with the domal uplift of the Studenica and Kopaonik cores where heat was transferred from the rising warm footwall to the adjacent colder hanging wall. The cooling episode is related to basin inversion and erosion. The apatite fission track data indicate local thermal perturbations, detected in the SE part of the Ibar basin (Piskanja deposit) with the time frame ~ 7.1 Ma, which may correspond to the youngest volcanic phase in the region.

Keywords: Balkan Peninsula, Ibar Basin, low-temperature thermochronology, core-complex, basin inversion, organic matter

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