Geodiversity, lithostratigraphy and geological evolution of the basins in the Central Balkan Peninsula and adjacent areas

Central Balkan Peninsula and Pannonian Basin are very instructive for solving different geological problems. This is a region with complex geological setting that originated as a result of Mesozoic-Cenozoic processes related to the closure of the Tethys, due to the convergence and subsequent continental collision between Eurasia and Gondwana. Different tectonostratigraphic units were incorporated into an orogene, as a result of the subduction-collision processes. Complexity of the geological setting comes from the fact that this region was subjected to long-lasting compression and shortening, as well as to subsequent gravitational collapse and inversion. The aim of this Project is to solve the problems related to geodiversity and geological evolution of depositional environments in the Central Balkan Peninsula, and contemporary methods and multidisciplinary approach (paleontology, litho- and biostratigraphy, geodynamics, paleoecology, paleobiogeography, etc.) will be applied. We expect that the obtained results will be correlative with modern concepts of geological evolution of the European continent, which will enable better understanding and improved knowledge of geodiversity and geodynamic evolution of the basins in Central Balkan Peninsula. These results should represent an original presentation of tectogenesis of the terrains of Serbia, which will influence the interpretations of evolution of tectonic structures in this part of SE Europe.