Abstract
Mesozoic and Cenozoic rocks were studied in three tectonic units in southern Albania. The area belongs to the Ionian Zone, Outer Albanides. Rock magnetic investigations, comprising alternating field and thermal cleaning, stepwise acquisition of isothermal remanent magnetization and hysteresis experiments were carried out. They established magnetite and titanomagnetite as the main carriers of the natural remanent magnetization. In the high field behaviour, haematite and goethite can also be seen. Several fold tests on the site and on a regional scale indicate that the directions are characteristic. These directions prove a general clockwise rotation of about 40° since the Tortonian. Using all available palaeomagnetic data from Albania, individual movements of the different tectonic units within the Inner and Outer Albanides can be deduced. This is also valid for the Albanian Alps, which are understood to be the southernmost part of the Dinarides.
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