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By Nikolaus Froitzheim, Stefan M. Schmid

This publication covers a large number of Alpine-type operating parts and methods energetic in collisional mountain development within the kind of sixteen chosen very up to date overview and study articles overlaying the Alps, Carpathians and Dinarides. those facts have been provided on the eighth workshop on Alpine Geological experiences in Davos held in October 2007. The compilations and new information are of curiosity to earth scientists drawn to mountain development quite often and people attracted to approaches of continental collision specifically. The publication is nearly vital for complex scholars and scientists desirous about Alpine stories.

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Zr-in-rutile thermometry was performed on the metapelitic crystals in order to assess source rock metamorphic conditions following Zack et al. (2004b) and Watson et Fig. 6. Trace element geochemistry of the Vranduk and Ugar formations. Only pelitic samples are plotted. Filled and open circles indicate Vranduk and Ugar samples, respectively. (a) Cr/V vs. , 1993). 5 – McLennan 2001) as end-members. Star refers to UCC composition. Four Ugar Formation samples had Y and/or Ni concentrations below instrumental detection limit and are excluded from the plot.

6. Trace element geochemistry of the Vranduk and Ugar formations. Only pelitic samples are plotted. Filled and open circles indicate Vranduk and Ugar samples, respectively. (a) Cr/V vs. , 1993). 5 – McLennan 2001) as end-members. Star refers to UCC composition. Four Ugar Formation samples had Y and/or Ni concentrations below instrumental detection limit and are excluded from the plot. (b) Carbonatecorrected, UCC-normalized values of Cr and Ni. Fig. 7. Ternary plots of tourmaline chemistry in the Fe-Mg-Al system and assignment to probable source lithologies according to Henry & Guidotti (1985).

Geosci. 101 (2008) Supplement 1, S31–S54 Provenance of the Bosnian Flysch TAMÁS MIKES 1, 7, *, DOMINIK CHRIST 1, 8, RÜDIGER PETRI 1, ISTVÁN DUNKL1, DIRK FREI 2, MÁRIA BÁLDI-BEKE 3, JOACHIM REITNER 4, KLAUS WEMMER 5, HAZIM HRVATOVIĆ 6 & HILMAR VON EYNATTEN 1 Key words: Dinarides, Adriatic plate, ophiolite, flysch, Cretaceous, provenance, geochronology, biostratigraphy, mineral chemistry ABSTRACT Sandwiched between the Adriatic Carbonate Platform and the Dinaride Ophiolite Zone, the Bosnian Flysch forms a c.

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