-- DAY 1 --

The Troodos Ophiolite, the mantle and lower crust.

Location:  The High Troodos, Mount Olympus area.

Details of Day 1

Locality 1) North of Kouris dam, viewpoint; introduction and physiography.

Locality 2) "Katerina Home Made Sweets"

Locality 3) B8, 3.5 km south of Troodos village, roadcut; mantle, lower crust, petrologic Moho.

Locality 4) B8, 2.5 km south of Troodos village, roadcut; lower crustal layered gabbros.

Locality 5) Troodos village ski centre, car park; mantle lithologies.

Locality 6) Troodos village; lunch, and Geology Visitor Centre.

Locality 7) Troodos pinewoods and Kannoures mine, hillside/trackside exposures; mantle textures, chromite deposits.

Locality 8) Pano Amiandos, viewpoint; serpentinised mantle.

Locality 9) Kato Amiandos, hillside exposure; mantle, seismic Moho, lower crustal ultramafics.