Clockwise vertical-axis rotation in the West Vardar zone of Serbia: tectonic implications

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Table 1 Wider Rudnik Mts. area, Cretaceous sediments

	Locality	Lat. N Lon. E	Lithology	n/no	D°	I°	k	α₉₅°	D_c°	I_c°	k	α₉₅°	dip	Age
1	Struganik upper quarry 4241–262	44°11′13″ 20°06′53″	Limestones white, greyish white and red	9/22	211.8	− 49.1	156	4.1	212.3	− 45.2	156	4.1	39/4	Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian
2	Struganik lower quarry 4263–272	44°11′25″ 20°06′17″	Limestones greyish	10/10	222.2	− 49.7	60	6.3	209.3	− 49.1	60	6.3	309/11	Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian
3	Breždje 4299–313	44°10′57″ 20°04′14″	Marly limestones greyish-white	14/15	230.3	− 39.4	78	4.5	219.7	− 32.6	78	4.5	340/16	Santonian
4	Vraćevšnica 4314–325	44°04′22″ 20°34′50″	Flysch grey	6/12	218.9	− 40.3	328	3.7	237.7	− 15.5	328	3.7	94/50 99/41	Upper Cenomanian-Turonian
5	Gajić quarry 4283–298	44°06′26″ 20°09′59″	Limestone pinkish grey	15/16	38.8	47.4	211	2.6	36.2	26.7	211	2.6	28/21	Santonian-Campanian
6	Bogdanović quarry 3955–977, 4045–057 4114–137	44°13′15″ 20°28′41″	White limestone red limestone	18/61 30/61	260.8 2.6*	− 52.7 58.9*	59 41	4.5 4.2	251.7 359.3	− 48.5 51.2	62 29	4.4 5.6	Variable	Upper Campanian
7	Tolić quarry 4015–022	44°13′14″ 20°28′43″	Limestone Red	8/8	359.9*	58.0*	271	3.4	350.1	46.2	271	3.4	322/14	Upper Campanian
8	Lipovica quarry 4201–225	44°16′05″ 20°39′05″	Limestone variegated	16/25	5.8*	52.7*	39	6.0	36.0	50.6	34	6.4	Variable	Turonian

Summary of locality mean paleomagnetic directions based on the results of principal component analysis (Kirschvink 1980). Key: Lat. N and Lon. E: geographic coordinates (WGS84), n/no: number of used/collected samples; D, I (D_c, I_c): declination, inclination before (after) tilt correction; k and α₉₅: statistical parameters (Fisher 1953). The paleomagnetic directions, considered in tectonic interpretation are in bold
Remarks: Locality 1: samples left out are most likely the re-deposited shallow water carbonates with negative susceptibility either scattered directions or bad demagnetization curves. *Left out from tectonic interpretation due to closeness to the direction of present Earth magnetic field on the sampling area. Magnetic readings for the field orientation of the cores were corrected using IGRF-12 International Geomagnetic Reference Field model (Thébault et al. 2015). The age determination was done by Milena Dunčić based on well preserved microfossil associations except for localities 4 and 8 where the age is from the Basic Geological Map of former Yugoslavia