Late Miocene tectonic activity of the Central Kolubara basin, Serbia

Abstract

This is an attempt to reconstruct principal tectonic events of the Pannonian and Pontian in a part of the Kolubara basin. Because most information was collected from the central part of the deposit area (coal- fields F, G, E, Tamnava, Ruklade, and Veliki Crljeni), from a total of thirty boreholes, the interpretations in this work are largely given for the central area. The surrounding areas, more or less covered by single boreholes or outcrops, are interpreted only in general terms. To avoid unnecessary generalization and data interpolation, a structural map of the area is given covered by the densest network of boreholes and data sources. Stratigraphic partitionings in borehole sections are made using molluscan and ostracod fauna.