REVIEW ON THE PAIKON MULTIPLE WINDOW AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE VARDAR IN GREECE

We recall the data obtained since the discovery of the Paikon tectonic window and clarify how they fit in with the regional tectonic context . The Paikon is a multiple window whose upper unit shows the Pelagonia n type. By comparison with the nearby Olympos window which occurs belo w Pelagonian units and the intermediate Ambelakia units, Paikon's lowe r unit may compare with the Olympos proper, whereas the overlying meta basalts, repeated at two levels, may compare with the Ambelakia metaba salts. Blue Schists metamorphism is known in both windows. The overlyi ng Vardar units bring evidence for a Cretaceous olistostromic basin th at received material derived from the Rhodopian synmetamorphic, Amphib olite facies, thrust system which was forming at that time.