Tectonomagmatic considerations about the Cimmerian metamorphism and magmatism in Bulgaria

Abstract

Problems of the Cimmerian igneous activity are briefly discussed at the background of the plate tectonics of the Balkan Peninsula. We mostly comment on the relations of the tectonometamorphic evolution of the Bulgarian territory with the Vardar Ocean and its subduction beneath the European continent. A number of problems still remain open especially in regard to the Jurassic evolution of the Rhodope massif.