Tertiary uplift history of the Troodos massif, Cyprus

摘要

The detailed uplift history of a portion of Late Cretaceous Tethyan oceanic lithosphere is documented by in situ sedimentary sequences around the Troodos massif of Cyprus. The pre-uplift tectonic setting first involved genesis of the Troodos massif at a spreading ocean ridge of Late Cretaceous age, followed by deformation in Maastrichtian time. Then, after a brief period of latest Cretaceous deep-water pelagic sedimentation, much of the area was blanketed in early Tertiary time by a wedge of pelagic carbonates derived from the northeast. Gradual uplift to the middle Miocene is documented by shallowing-upward carbonate sequences culminating in lagoons and localized reefs that were adjacent to emergent areas of vegetated and deeply weathered Troodos rocks.