Time evolution of a rifted continental arc: Integrated ID-TIMS and LA-ICPMS study of magmatic zircons from the Eastern Srednogorie, Bulgaria

► We studied the Eastern Srednogorie arc in SE Europe. ► U-Pb ID-TIMS and LA-ICPMS zircon dating methods were used. ► Three Late Cretaceous pulses at ~ 92, 87 and 81-78 Ma are defined. ► Basement granitoids are dated as Late Carboniferous to Permian. ► We present a geodynamic model involving slab rollback followed by rifting.