Geotectonic Model of the Alpine Development of Lakavica Graben in the Eastern part of the Vardar zone in the Republic of Macedonia

Abstract

Lakavica graben is located in the eastern subzone of the Vardar zone, which during the Alpine orogenesis was covered with very complex processes of tectogenesis. On the area of about 200 km², in the Lakavica graben, are present geological units from the oldest geological periods (Precam­brian) to the youngest (Neogene and Quaternary). Tectonic structure, or rupture tectonic, is very intense developed and gives possibility for analysis of the geotectonic processes in the Alpine orogen phase. This paper presents the possible model for geotectonic processes in the Lakavica graben, according to which can be generalized geotectonic processes in the Vardar zone during the Alpine orogeny.