Birth, Development and Closure of the Dacian Basin (Upper Neogene, Romania)

O3 - 06 REGIONAL GEOPHYSICS & GEOTECTONICS BIRTH DEVELOPMENT AND CLOSURE OF THE DACIAN BASIN (UPPER NEOGENE ROMANIA) Dan Jipa Radu Olteanu National Institute for Marine Geology and Geoecology - GeoEcoMar Bucharest Romania The Dacian Basin territory extended from the foot of the Southern and Eastern Carpathians to the present-day belt of the Lower Danube River north of the Pre-Balkan space. The Dobrogean Highland limited the eastern extention of the Basin leaving room for communication with the Black Sea Depression. Dacian Basin Geographic Confinement and Significance The Dacian Basin did not exist during the Eoparatethys (Chattian-Ottnangian) this stage being characterized