-- DAY 4 --

The Troodos Ophiolite, dynamics of a spreading ridge.

Location:  Troodos foothills, Limassol Forest, east of Mt. Olympus.

Details of Day 4.

Locality 1) Akrounta to Dhierona road, four roadcuts:  1a) tectonised mantle and exotic transform magmatism,  1b) transform fractured dyke complex,  1c) serpentinised transform shear zones,  1d) polyphase dyke intrusion.

Locality 2) Kato Dhrys; lunch at Platanos Taverna.

Locality 3) F111 road 1 km north of Pano Lefkara, roadcut; transform tectonised pillows, shears.

Locality 4) F111 road 1 km north of Pano Lefkara, olive grove viewpoint; Troodos plate and transform zone.

Locality 5) Kato Drys, west of village, viewpoint; exhumed topography of transform fault, pelagic sedimentation on ophiolitic crust.

Locality 6) Tourist Look Out Pavilion, 3 km before Layia village; roadcut with transform tectonised oceanic crust.

Locality 7) Lageia, 2 km west of village, roadcut; transform magmatism, tectonics, volcaniclastic infill, debrites.