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CURRENT ISSUE: VOLUME 47 (1)/May 2018

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Yavor Stefanov
Faculty of Geology and Geography, Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia

Illite/smectite diagenesis and thermal evolution of Lower Cretaceous–Paleogene successions in the Dolna Kamchiya Depression, Eastern Bulgaria

Todor Todorov

Book review: Geology from A to Z. Encyclopedic Geological Dictionary

Boris Valchev
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Dimitar Sachkov
University of Mining and Geology “St Ivan Rilski”, Department of Geology and Geoinformatics, 1 Prof. Boyan Kamenov Str., Studentski Grad, 1700 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Sava Juranov
Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, Department of Geology, Palaeontology and Fossil Fuels, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria

3D lithostratigraphic model of the Paleogene of the onshore part of the Moesian Platform (Northeast Bulgaria)

Lidiya Kirilova
Regional Museum of History Kardzhali, 4 Republikanska Str., 6600 Kardzhali, Bulgaria
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Vladimir Georgiev
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Fossil sea lilies of the genus Isselicrinus Rovereto, 1914 from the lower Oligocene, Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria)

Todor Todorov

Book review: Precious stones from A to Z. Encyclopedic dictionary of precious stones (Second reworked and supplemented edition)

Athanas Chatalov
Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria

Origin of fabric-selective dolomitization recognizable in the field: two case studies from Anisian carbonate rocks in the western Balkanides

Mohsen Ehteshami-Moinabadi
Department of Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum, Shahid Beheshti University, 1983969411 Tehran, Iran

Fossil fault zones: significance and applications

Lubomir Metodiev
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Block 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

In memoriam: Jacques Rey (1940–2018)

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VOLUME 46 (2)/November 2017

Valentin Grozdev
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev, Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Irena Peytcheva
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev, Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Albrecht von Quadt
Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Rossitsa Vassileva
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev, Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Stoyan Georgiev
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev, Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Analysis of the zircon population and Sr-isotope data of the Paleogene igneous rocks from Kyustendil area, SW Bulgaria

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VOLUME 46 (1)/July 2017

Athanas Chatalov
Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria

Quartz arenites and laterites in the Moesian Group (Upper Triassic), northwestern Bulgaria: possible evidence for the effect of the Carnian Humid Episode

Ivan Zagorchev
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Constantin Balica
Babeş-Bolyai University, RO-400084, Cluj–Napoca, Romania
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Evgenia Kozhoukharova
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Ioan Balintoni
Babeş-Bolyai University, RO-400084, Cluj–Napoca, Romania

Pirin metamorphic and igneous evolution revisited in a geochronological frame based on U-Pb zircon studies

Silviya Petrova
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Polina Andreeva
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Lubomir Metodiev
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Daniela Reháková
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Geology and Palaeontology, Mlynská dolina G–229, Ilkovičova 6, SK–84215 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Jozef Michalík
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences, Dúbravská 9, P.O. Box 106840 05, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Iskra Lakova
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Calpionellid biostratigraphy and microfacies analysis of a Tithonian–Berriasian carbonate succession in the Western Srednogorie (Bulgaria)

Atanas Hikov
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Nadezhda Velinova
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Catherine Lerouge
BRGM, BP 6009, 45060 Orléans cédex 2, France
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Angel Kunov
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Geochemistry of advanced argillic altered rocks in the area of Breznik, Western Srednogorie Unit (Bulgaria)

Lubomir Metodiev
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Docho Dochev
Faculty of Geology and Geography, Department of Geology, Palaeontology and Fossil Fuels, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria

Professor Nikola Angelov Jolkichev, DSc (July 16, 1925 – August 8, 2017)

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VOLUME 45 (-)/December 2016

Ivan Genov
Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 152, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria

The Black Sea level from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present time

Tatiana Orehova
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Book review of a recent Edition of the International Association of Hydrogeologists

Polina Andreeva
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev St., Block 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Givetian carbonate microfacies from the Totleben-2 well (Moesian Platform, central North Bulgaria)

Peter Gerginov
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Book review of a recent Springer Edition

Docho Dochev
Faculty of Geology and Geography, Department of Geology, Palaeontology and Fossil Fuels, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Lubomir Metodiev
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Block 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

New record of Diplomoceras cylindraceum (Defrance, 1816) from the Maastrichtian of the Western Fore-Balkan (Bulgaria)

Lubomir Metodiev
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Book review of a recent Edition of the Association of Speleoclubs in Sofia

Dimitrina Dimitrova
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev, bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Nikolaya Velitchkova
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev, bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Vassilka Mladenova
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Tsvetan Kotsev
National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, Acad. G. Bonchev, bl. 3, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Dimitar Antonov
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev, bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Heavy metal and metalloid mobilisation and rates of contamination of water, soil and bottom sediments in the Chiprovtsi mining district, Northwestern Bulgaria

Aleksey Benderev
Geological Institute,Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Ivan Dimitrov
University of Mining and Geology, “St. Ivan Rilski”, 1700, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Ivan Vasilev
“Elatsite - Med” PLC, 2086 Mirkovo, Bulgaria
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Boyka Mihailova
Geological Institute,Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Vladimir Hristov
Geological Institute,Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Iren Ilieva
“Geomarin Center” OOD, 99 J. Bourchier Blvd, 1407 Sofia, Bulgaria

Hydrogeological risk assessment in the Elatsite copper mine, Central Bulgaria

Lubomir Metodiev
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Lilia Delcheva Dodekova-Sapunova (April 26, 1934 – September 17, 2016)

Lubomir Metodiev
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Fifty years after the death of July Stephanov (1932–1966)

Ivan Zagorchev
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Stephen Erwin Moorbath (Magdeburg, 9 May 1929 – Oxford, 16 October 2016)

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VOLUME 44 (1-3)/December 2015

Valeri Sachanski
University of Mining and Geology, Department of Geology and Geo-Information, Studentski Grad,“Prof. Boyan Kamenov” St., Sofia 1700; Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev St., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

The Silurian in the West Balkan Mts. (Svoge Unit, Srednogorie Zone) – 110 years later

Iliana Boncheva
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev St., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Valeri Sachanski
University of Mining and Geology, Department of Geology and Geo-Information, Sofia; Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev St., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Ralph Thomas Becker
Westphälische Wilhelms-Universität, Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Corrensstr. 24, D-48149 Münster, Germany

Sedimentary and faunal evidence for the Late Devonian Kellwasser and Annulata events in the Balkan Terrane (Bulgaria)

Georgi Granchovski
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Uppermost Albian–lower Cenomanian calcareous nannofossils from the Shishentsi-1 and Makresh-1 boreholes, Kula tectonic unit (NW Bulgaria)

Nadja Ognjanova-Rumenova
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Krisztina Buczkó
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Botany, 1476 Budapest, P.O. Box 222, Hungary

Taxonomical re-investigation of Sarmatian diatoms from NE Bulgaria, hosted in the Pantocsek Collection (Budapest)

Irena Peytcheva
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev, Bl.24, 1113 Sofia; Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH-Zurich
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Lubomira Macheva
Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev, Bl.7, 1113 Sofia
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Albrecht von Quadt
Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH-Zurich
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Nikola Zidarov
Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev, Bl.7, 1113 Sofia

Gondwana-derived units in Ograzhden and Belasitsa Mountains, Serbo-Macedonian Massif (SW Bulgaria): combined geochemical, petrological and U-Pb zircon-xenotime age constraints

Marlena Yaneva
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev, Bl.24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Iskra Lakova
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev, Bl.24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

80th Anniversary of Prof. Slavcho Yanev, DSc

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VOLUME 43 (1-3)/December 2014

Athanas Chatalov
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1504 Sofia
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Yavor Stefanov
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1504 Sofia

Diagenesis of Paleogene sandstones in the Padesh strike-slip basin, Southwestern Bulgaria

Lubomir Metodiev
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Street, Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia; Bulgaria
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Natalia Tsvetkova
Historical Museum Etropole, 105, Ruski Boulevard, 2108 Etropole, p.o.b. 35, Bulgaria

Lower Bajocian ammonites from the stratotype section of the Etropole Formation kept in the Historical Museum in Etropole (Bulgaria)

Athanas Chatalov
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1504 Sofia

Development of strain fringes in sedimentary rocks: Evidence for deformation of Upper Ordovician glacial diamictites in the western Srednogorie Zone

Athanas Chatalov
Sofia University “ St. Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1504 Sofia

Erratum to “Development of strain fringes in sedimentary rocks: Evidence for deformation of Upper Ordovician glacial diamictites in the western Srednogorie Zone” [Geologica Balcanica, 43 (1-3), 51-62]

Egor Platonov
FGU NPP "Geologorazvedka", Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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Iskra Lakova
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Silviya Petrova
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Vladimir Arkadiev
Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Tithonian and Lower Berriasian calpionellid against ammonite biostratigraphy of the Dvuyakornaya Formation in eastern Crimea

Antoneta Seghedi
National Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology, 23-25 Dimitrie Onciul St., sector 2, Bucharest, Romania
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Gheorghe Oaie
National Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology, 23-25 Dimitrie Onciul St., sector 2, Bucharest, Romania

Volcaniclastic turbidites of the Coşuştea Nappe: a record of Late Cretaceous arc volcanism in the South Carpathians (Romania)

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