Fig. 11

Schematic cross-sections and paleogeographic sketch illustrating the tectonic evolution of the NW Dinarides and development of the Cretaceous synorogenic sedimentary formations a During the Late Jurassic–earliest Cretaceous Neotethys ophiolites are obducted onto the Adria plate margin. Exhumation of overprinted Adriatic basement is initiated. b During the Barremian–Cenomanian period there is an ongoing nappe stacking and exhumation of Adriatic basement. Flysch basins (Oštrc Formation) form in front of propagating ophiolite-continental nappes, while shallow marine to coastal environments (Bistra Formation) developed along their emerged parts. In the Albian–Cenomanian nappe advancement and associated clastic sedimentation (dashed lines Kravljak Formation) approaches the flanks of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform. c The continent–continent collision of the distal Adria margin with the Tisza-Dacia unit and/or local exhumationin the Austroalpine realm in the Maastrichtian causes the erosion of newly, rapidly exhumed basement units which supply multiple, more or less coeval basins formed both on top of and in front of the Internal Dinaride imbricate wedge. Inset map depicts a possible scenario that accounts for the sediment dispersal into the basins