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Troodos Massif Uplift (Troodos Uplift Timing (Ilustrate the nature of…
Troodos Massif Uplift
Troodos Uplift Timing
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Ilustrate the nature of
- Transition from shallow marine to fan-deltaic to terrestrial
- Subsequent formation of 4 marine terraces
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Mesaoria Basin
Athalassa Fm, Lachia
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Sstone
has shell fragments, marble clasts, concretions
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Sstone
Interp
High terrigenous input suggests basin sufficiently shallow
--> to be affected by winds blowing off Kyrenia
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Oyster interp
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Turbulent, hypersaline lagoonal envmt before Mesaoria basin formed
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Chryssospiliotissa
Shallow marine, fossiliferous sand with
- fossils that are broken up
- hummocky cross beds
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Interp
Rapid ∆ from shallow marine (Nicosia, 3.04-2.58) --> terrestrial
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Pissouri Basin
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Thick massive marl unit
abundant shallow marine fossils
e.g. bivalves, gastropods, scaphopods
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Cause Troodos Uplift
Result of both:
- Underthrusting of continental block (Eratosthenes Seamount)
- Focussed diapirism
(water input to SZ, hydrates mantle --> serpentinisation)
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