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GEOTOPES MOUTH OF VELEKA RIVER AND SILISTAR FOUNDATION OF A NATURAL GEOPARK OF

PALEOVOLCANOLOGY
Venelin Jelev, Boris Valchev, Krasimira Karsheva, Dimitar Sachkov
University of Mining and Geology St. Ivan Rilski, 1700 Sofia; vjjelev@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT. Bulgarian Black Sea coast south of the town of Ahtopol gives an excellent opportunity for field examination of the Upper Cretaceous
volcanic and volcano-sedimentary deposits cropping out in the steep coast slopes and included in two geotopes Mouth of Veleka River and
Silistar. The first geotope includes part of the sea coast between the town of Ahtopol and the village of Sinemorets, which reveals various facies of
Papiya and Ahtopol paleovolcanoes (lava flows of basalts, pillow-lavas of alkaline trachytes, hyaloclastites, eruptive breccias, dykes and sills, tuffs,
tuffites etc.), partly faulted. A beautiful sand point bar is situated in the mouth of VelekaRiver at the south end of the geotope. The second geotope
comprises the sea coast south of the village of Sinemorets. Uninterrupted outcrops of the Upper Cretaceous section could be observed here. They
include volcanic and volcano-sedimentary rocks, intruded by the Silistar pluton. These rocks are faultedand comprise cooper mineralizations at
several places. The landscape is amazing, with small bays and beaches, steep fiord-like inlets and characteristic transitional-Mediterranean flora.
According to the classification of geological phenomena, both geotopes are referred to the geosites of aesthetic, scientific, educationalandresearch
value, and according to the original Bulgarian methodology for estimating of geological phenomena they correspond to the criteria for geosites of
regional and continental importance. The present article aims to describe two geological routes between the town of Ahtopol and SilistarBay, to
expand the range of the geotopes, and to lay the foundation for covering the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast into a natural geopark of
paleovolcanology.

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