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Is the Troodos Massif of Cyprus a Fragment of Mesozoic Ocean Floor?

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Available geological and geophysical data indicate that the Troodos massif is a Mesozoic volcanic complex the structure of which is comparable with that, deduced from geophysical data, for present day mid-ocean rises. It is suggested that the massif evolved beneath an oceanic Tethys and may represent a fragment of a mid-Tethyan rise.

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GASS, I. Is the Troodos Massif of Cyprus a Fragment of Mesozoic Ocean Floor?. Nature 220, 39–42 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220039a0

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