8 32°30'E 33°0'E 33°30'E 34°0'E 34°30'E 35°0'N 35°30'N GEOLOGICAL MAP OF CYPRUS L E G E N D SEDIMENTARY FORMATIONS Alluvium - Colluvium HOLOCENE Terrace Deposits, Fanglomerate PLEISTOCENE Apalos and Nicosia Formations PLIO-PLEISTOCENE Kalavasos and Pakhna Formations MIDDLE-UPPER MIOCENE Kythrea Formation MIDDLE - UPPER MIOCENE Lefkara, Kalogrea-Ardana and Lapithos Formations MAASTRICHTIAN - LOWER MIOCENE Kathikas, Moni, Kannaviou and Perapedhi Formations CAMPANIAN - MAASTRICHTIAN Hilarion, Sykhari, Dhikomo and Kantara Formations PERMO-CARBONIFEROUS TO LOWER CRETACEOUS Mamonia Complex TRIASSIC - LOWER CRETACEOUS TROODOS OPHIOLITE (Upper Cretaceous) Sheeted Dyke Complex (Diabase) INTRUSIVE SEQUENCE Plagiogranite PLUTONICS Gabbro Dunite, Wehrlite and Pyroxenite CUMULATE SEQUENCE Harzburgite and Serpentinite MANTLE SEQUENCE Upper and Lower Pillow Lavas and Basal Group VOLCANIC SEQUENCE Keryneia Lefkosia Larnaka Ammochostos Lemesos Pafos the highest peak of the Troodos Mountain Range is the bottom of an ancient ocean called Tythes? Did you know that... The Troodos mountain range is an ophiolite, a term used to describe a group of igneous rocks which make up the oceanic crust. Troodos is part of a very ancient section of oceanic crust which was uplifted to its present position due to the collision of the African and Eurasian Tectonic Plates and the subduction of the former beneath the latter. It is considered the most complete and beststudied ophiolite in the world. Due to its global uniqueness, Troodos acts as an incomparable magnet for the many foreign universities that visit it regularly for the purposes of scientific research and education.
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