Miocene mass-transport sediments, Troodos Massif, Cyprus

Lord, Alan; Harrison, Richard W.; BouDagher‐Fadel, Marcelle K.; Stone, Byron D.; Varol, Osman

doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2009.08.001

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“…Interestingly the late Tortonian‐early Messinian reef units (Koronia member) are bounded to the south and to the north by the Troodos massif, thus suggesting that this zone was at a water depth within the photic zone at that time. This is in agreement also with the evidence of coeval early and late Miocene submarine mass wasting deposits occurring on both the northern and southern flanks of the Troodos massif that have been related to seismic events punctuating its uplift history (Lord et al ., ).…”

Section: Stratigraphic Setting Of Cyprusmentioning

confidence: 97%

The Messinian salinity crisis in Cyprus: a further step towards a new stratigraphic framework for Eastern Mediterranean

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A revised stratigraphic framework for the Messinian succession of Cyprus is proposed demonstrating that the three-stage model for the Messinian salinity crisis recently established for the Western Mediterranean also applies to the Eastern Mediterranean, at least for its marginal basins. This analysis is based on a multidisciplinary study of the Messinian evaporites and associated deposits exposed in the Polemi, Pissouri, Maroni/Psematismenos and Mesaoria basins. Here, we document for the first time that the base of the unit usually referred to the 'Lower Evaporites' in Cyprus does not actually correspond to the onset of the Messinian salinity crisis. The basal surface of this unit rather corresponds to a regional-scale unconformity, locally associated with an angular discordance, and is related to the erosion and resedimentation of primary evaporites deposited during the first stage of the Messinian salinity crisis. This evidence suggests that the 'Lower Evaporites' of the southern basins of Cyprus actually belong to the second stage of the Messinian salinity crisis; they can be thus ascribed to the Resedimented Lower Gypsum unit that was deposited between 5.6 and 5.5 Ma and is possibly coeval to the halite deposited in the northern Mesaoria basin. Primary, in situ evaporites of the first stage of the Messinian salinity crisis were not preserved in Cyprus basins. Conversely, shallow-water primary evaporites deposited during the third stage of the Messinian salinity crisis are well preserved; these deposits can be regarded as the equivalent of the Upper Gypsum of Sicily. Our study documents that the Messinian stratigraphy shows many similarities between the Western and Eastern Mediterranean marginal basins, implying a common and likely coeval development of the Messinian salinity crisis. This could be reflected also in intermediate and deep-water basins; we infer that the Lower Evaporites seismic unit in the deep Eastern Mediterranean basins could well be mainly composed of clastic evaporites and that its base could correspond to the Messinian erosional surface

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Section: Stratigraphic Setting Of Cyprusmentioning

confidence: 97%

The Messinian salinity crisis in Cyprus: a further step towards a new stratigraphic framework for Eastern Mediterranean

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“…Detritus was carried southwards from the Limassol Forest within well-defined channels, e.g. as now exposed along the Limassol-Paphos highway and further south near Episkopi (Lee & Stow 2007;Kinnaird 2008;Lord et al 2009). Towards the northern margin of the Maroni Basin, calcarenites, polymict ophiolite-derived conglomerates and sparse thin-bedded marlstones accumulated in a series of nested channels (Fig.…”

Section: Early To Late Miocenementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This indicates a SerravallianTortonian timing of channel infill (Janssen & Little 2010), contrasting with a previously inferred Pliocene age for the channel fill (Houghton et al 1990). The channels are orientated c. north -south, indicating a regional palaeoslope from the uplifted Limassol Forest region down into the Limassol and Maroni basins (Eaton & Robertson 1993;Lord et al 2009). This is approximately parallel to the main direction of Late Miocene extensional faulting (see below).…”

Section: Early To Late Miocenementioning

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Tectonic and sedimentary response to subduction and incipient continental collision in southern Cyprus, easternmost Mediterranean region

Kinnaird

Robertson

2012

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Evidence mainly from Neogene-Recent sedimentary units and penetrative structures (faults and folds) is used to constrain stress regimes in Cyprus. Following c. south-vergent folding/thrusting, a regional change to extension activated several depocentres during the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene. Fault analysis establishes that kinematic linkages existed between the four Late Miocene basins in southern and western Cyprus. During Late Pliocene(?)-Early Pleistocene time there was a switch to c. east-west left-lateral strike-slip/transpression and fault reactivation. Late Pleistocene growth folding in western coastal Cyprus is explained by reactivation of extensional faults in a left-lateral stress regime. The timing of neotectonic faulting/folding in several areas is constrained by optically stimulated luminescence dating. Existing tectonic models involving north-south collision, left-lateral strike-slip and post-collisional suture tightening are problematic in certain respects. A new model is proposed in which Late Miocene extensional basin formation relates to northward subduction coupled with rollback of the African plate. Subduction culminated in collision of the Eratosthenes Seamount, the leading edge of the African plate, with the Cyprus active margin (c. 3 Ma). This initiated regional uplift focused on the Troodos Massif. Cyprus was by then coupled with Anatolia as it escaped westwards towards the Aegean subduction zone, giving rise to dominantly strike-slip-related structures in southern Cyprus during the Late Pliocene-Recent.

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“…Interpretation. The Fa 4C has been interpreted as Mass Transport Complexes (MTCs; Eaton and Robertson, 1993;Lee and Stow (2007); Lord et al, 2009). The MTCs have mainly been identified in the western and eastern sides of the Limassol Basin.…”

Section: Basinal Settingmentioning

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The tectonostratigraphic evolution of Cenozoic basins of the Northern Tethys: The Northern margin of the Levant Basin

Papadimitriou

Deschamps

Symeou

et al. 2018

Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles

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The easternmost part of the Mediterranean corresponds to a tectonically complex region which is linked with the convergence between Africa and Eurasia. The tectonostratigraphic evolution of this region is poorly constrained because of the absence of exploration wells. Cyprus is a crucial area to assess the link between the tectonic deformation and the consequent sedimentation in the Northern Levant margin. Paleogene and Neogene basins in the southern part of Cyprus record the main tectonic events related to the convergence of Africa and Eurasia. The objective of this contribution is to investigate the timing and the mechanisms of basin deformation, as well as the sedimentary infill of basins located onshore Cyprus and finally resolve how their evolution is linked to the regional geodynamic events. Based on fieldwork studies we reconstructed the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Polis Basin and the Limassol Basin to propose a conceptual model for the evolution of the Northern Levant margin, in accordance with the main geodynamic events. It is expected that analysis of the Polis and Limassol depressions, and later comparison of them will also shed more lights on the impact of the substratum and how it is associated to the main tectonic events.

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Miocene mass-transport sediments, Troodos Massif, Cyprus

Cited by 18 publications

References 15 publications

The Messinian salinity crisis in Cyprus: a further step towards a new stratigraphic framework for Eastern Mediterranean

The Messinian salinity crisis in Cyprus: a further step towards a new stratigraphic framework for Eastern Mediterranean

Tectonic and sedimentary response to subduction and incipient continental collision in southern Cyprus, easternmost Mediterranean region

The tectonostratigraphic evolution of Cenozoic basins of the Northern Tethys: The Northern margin of the Levant Basin

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