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3.4 Troodos Cover: S Side (Marl & Conglomerate (Marl Pliocene (Interp…
3.4 Troodos Cover: S Side
Marl & Conglomerate
Pliocene & Pleistocene seds in Vasiliko Quarry
Marl
Pliocene
Massive mud with abundant shallow marine fossils e.g. bivalve, gastropods, scaphopods
Pliocene mudrock
Interp
Shallow water shelfal basin (30-40 m)
w terrestrial input & shallow water fauna
Evidence of Med reflooding after MSC
Plant material
evinces proximity to landmass
Age ~ 3-3.5 Ma inferred from polarity reversal
Conglomerate
Pleistocene
Ophiolite-derived conglomerates
Display channelisation
Evince significant uplift occurred ---> Troodos massif emergence
Fanglomerates
Hiatus U/C
Channels sit atop marl ∴ must be an a unconformity
Athalassa (shallow marine/lagoonal) unit is missing
Fanglomerate overlies Nicosia
Nicosia Fm unconformably overlies Fanglomerate
Signifies shallowing & emergence on
N & S Troodos resulting from uplift
Later Troodos Uplift
Later, extensive uplift of Troodos
Samples from Mesaoria & Pissouri Basins & terraces in Paphos
Magnetic polarity measured along w biostratigraphic markers
Terraces have normal polarity from 0.78 Ma onwards
suggests coastal Cyprus underwent much faster uplift than previously thought
0.08 m/Ma
Late Pliocene (>2.58 Ma) - reverse polarity
Major Troodos uplift
L. Pliocene (< 0.285 Ma)
Massif uplifted as single body