TY - JOUR AU - Ndreko, Dhurata AU - Nazaj, Shaqir PY - 2019/12/05 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON TECTONIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IONIAN AND SAZANI TECTONIC ZONES AND THEIR TECTONIC MODEL JF - KNOWLEDGE - International Journal JA - kij VL - 35 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://ikm.mk/ojs/index.php/kij/article/view/1741 SP - 773 - 778 AB - <p>The study area is located in the southwestern part of the Outer Albanides. Three rock formations are easily distinguished and described from the geological studies, which are called as following: Evaporitic formation, carbonate formation and terrigenous (flysch and molasse) formation. The evaporitic formation is determined as the oldest one. The tectonic boundary between the Upper Liassic to Neogene deposits with the older ones (Triassic to Lower-Middle Liassic) is also drawn from the geological surveys. From the tectonic point of view, the study area is part of the Ionian and Sazani tectonic zones. The Ionian tectonic zone is extended from Peloponnese in the Greek territory to the south to Vlora-Elbasan-Diber transverse fault in Albania territory to the north. Ionian tectonic zone is bordered in the east with Kruja tectonic zone and in the west with Sazani tectonic zone. To the north and northeast direction, the boundary of Ionian Zone coincides with the orogen boundary, overlapping to a considerable scale over the Southern Adriatic zone. The Sazani tectonic zone is outcropped in Albanian territory in Sazani Island and Karaburun peninsula as well. This tectonic zone is covered by the Ionian Sea towards the south and is outcropped again in Greece territory further to the south on the Paxos Island. Towards the northwest, Sazani tectonic zone is dipping under the Adriatic Sea water and further to northwest, it appears in Apulia region in Southern Italy. This paper will provide some considerations on the relationships between these two tectonic zones based on the seismic data shooted in offshore area, field observations and published papers. Some consideration on the tectonic style of Sazani tectonic zone and how this zone continues in the northwest direction to connect with the Preapulian zone will also be given. The Ionian tectonic zone collides with the Sazan tectonic zone in the Vlora area (Albania) creating a triangular area of the most beautiful in the Outer Albanides. The Sazani tectonic zone is affected by orogenesis in the area of Karaburun peninsula and in the north of Sazani Island overlapping towards the west direction, while further to the northwest, it continuous in the Preapulian zone, where the part of Sazani tectonic zone is not affected by alpine orogenesis. In this region, Preapulian and has maintained the same form as a horst structure, the same as it was during the time of rifting phase. The studies made for Sazani tectonic zone have come to the conclusion that on the top of the rifted carbonate blocks are transgressively placed the Neogene deposits of Burdigallian to Pliocene in age.</p> ER -