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Revised stratigraphy of the Mesozoic rocks of southern Cyprus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. E. Swarbrick  and
A. H. F. Robertson
R. E. Swarbrick
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Sedgwick Museum, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ
A. H. F. Robertson
Affiliation:
Grant Institute of Geology, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW
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Summary

Recent resurgence of interest in the Mesozoic rocks of SW and southern Cyprus necessitates redefinition of the Mesozoic sedimentary and igneous rocks in line with modern stratigraphical convention. Two fundamentally different rocks associations are present, the Troodos Complex, not redefined, a portion of late Cretaceous oceanic crust, and the Mamonia Complex, the tectonically dismembered remnants of a Mesozoic continental margin. Based on earlier work, the Mamonia Complex is divided into two groups, each subdivided into a number of subsidiary formations and members. The Ayios Photios Group is wholly sedimentary, and records the evolution of a late Triassic to Cretaceous inactive continental margin. The Dhiarizos Group represents Triassic alkalic volcanism and sedimentation adjacent to a continental margin. Several other formations not included in the two groups comprise sedimentary mélange and metamorphic rocks. The Troodos Complex possesses an in situ late Cretaceous sedimentary cover which includes two formations of ferromanganiferous pelagic sediments, radiolarites and volcaniclastic sandstones. The overlying Cainozoic calcareous units are not redefined here.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 117 , Issue 6 , November 1980 , pp. 547 - 563
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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