Petroleum Systems of the Adriatic Offshore, Croatia

P504 PETROLEUM SYSTEMS OF THE ADRIATIC OFFSHORE CROATIA Summary The Adriatic offshore of Croatia extends from the Istrian peninsula in the northwest to the Dubrovnik offshore area in the southeast and from the Croatian coast to the offshore boundary with Italy. The Adriatic offshore (Adria) represents a part of the Apulian continental plate placed within the Tethys ocean between Africa and Europe for the most of the Mesozoic age. Adria became a part of the alpine orogenic system by effective closure of Tethyan oceanic realms and associated basins in the Late Cretaceous and by the collision with the Dinarides to