New advances in the understanding of Bulgarian geology through fission-track analysis

New advances in the understanding of Bulgarian geology through fission-track analysis – a review

Published:2023-08-24 Issue:3 Volume:52 Page:33-39
ISSN:0324-0894
Container-title:Geologica Balcanica
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Short-container-title:GeolBalc

Author:

Balkanska Eleonora^ORCID,Kounov Alexandre^ORCID

Abstract

The paper is focused on the development and application of fission-track analysis in Bulgaria from the first experiments in the 1980s to the present. The results from two different approaches (the conventional method and fission-track analysis using LA-ICP-MS), obtained for deciphering the thermal and tectonic evolution of several zones of the Balkanides, are summarized. They demonstrate the significance of the method and its considerable contribution to the understanding of Bulgarian geology.

Publisher

Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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