Permian to Neogene accretion of the assemblage of geologic units presently occurring to the south of the Pannonian Basin - Development of the Vardar Composite Terrane and adjacent units

The geologic units presently occurring to the south of the Pannonian Basin are fragments of Eurasia in the east (Moesian Plate), of Gondwana in the southwest (northern part of Adria), terranes docked to them prior to the Permian, as well as relics of oceanic lithosphere that was located between them. Since the Permian these units gradually drifted northward in a steady approach and finally collided, closing the Vardar Ocean, as well as the oceanic realms between them.