Geology of Kosovo

The geology of Kosovo includes a variety of different tectonic and stratigraphic features.[1]

Rock outcrop at Brod

Geologic history, stratigraphy and tectonics
  • Kacanik Flysch
  • Vrska Cuka granite: An example of Carpatho-Balkan units. Early Paleozoic granites followed by a gap in the Aptian and pelagic clastic rocks from the Cretaceous.
  • Novo Brdo area: Part of the Central Vardar zone. Situated south of a highly tectonized domain. Novo Brdo schist formed in the Triassic in a volcano-sedimentary basin.
  • Brezovica harzburgite. [2]

References
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  1. Moores, E.M.; Fairbridge, Rhodes W. (1997). Encyclopedia of European & Asian Regional Geology. Springer. pp. 309–310.
  2. Lafe, Emil, ed. (2009). Fjalor Enciklopedik Shqiptar [Encyclopedic Dictionary of Albania] (in Albanian). Vol. 2. Tiranë: Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë. p. 1294. ISBN 9789995610272. OCLC 426069353.


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