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Arakapas fault belt, Cyprus: A fossil transform fault

K. O. SIMONIAN, I. G. GASS
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 August 1978
GSA Bulletin (1978) 89 (8): 1220–1230.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1978)89<1220:AFBCAF>2.0.CO;2
...K. O. SIMONIAN; I. G. GASS Abstract It is widely accepted that the Troodos massif of Cyprus is a fragment of oceanic lithosphere formed at a constructive margin beneath a small marginal sea some 85 m.y. ago. The Arakapas fault belt is an elongate east-west fracture zone where an intensely...
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Paleomagnetic arguments for block rotations along the Arakapas fault (Cyprus)

N. Bonhommet, P. Roperch, F. Calza
Journal: Geology
Published: 01 May 1988
Geology (1988) 16 (5): 422–425.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1988)016<0422:PAFBRA>2.3.CO;2
...N. Bonhommet; P. Roperch; F. Calza Abstract Paleomagnetic data from the sheeted dike complex north of the Arakapas fault reveal significant internal rotations. The north-south-trending dikes have remanent magnetization directions close to the well-known westerly paleomagnetic direction...
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Simplified geological map of the Limassol Forest area, the <span class="search-highlight">Arakapas</span> <span class="search-highlight">Fault</span> Z...

Simplified geological map of the Limassol Forest area, the Arakapas Fault Z...

Published: 01 September 2001
Fig. 3 Simplified geological map of the Limassol Forest area, the Arakapas Fault Zone and the Troodos ophiolite immediately north of the Arakapas Fault. Note that the same lithological units are present in the Limassol Forest as in the ophiolite north of the Arakapas Fault (see Fig. 2
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Oceanic inside corner detachments of the Limassol Forest area, Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus

J. R. CANN, H. M. PRICHARD, J. G. MALPAS, C. XENOPHONTOS
Published: 01 September 2001
Journal of the Geological Society (2001) 158 (5): 757–767.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-764900-143
...Fig. 3 Simplified geological map of the Limassol Forest area, the Arakapas Fault Zone and the Troodos ophiolite immediately north of the Arakapas Fault. Note that the same lithological units are present in the Limassol Forest as in the ophiolite north of the Arakapas Fault (see Fig. 2...
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Using field data to constrain a numerical kinematic model for ridge-transform deformation in the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus

Chelsea P. Scott, Sarah J. Titus, Joshua R. Davis
Journal: Lithosphere
Publisher: GSW
Published: 01 February 2013
Lithosphere (2013) 5 (1): 109–127.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/L237.1
... transform fault and the N-S–striking Solea graben. Rocks within the inside corner are primarily sheeted dikes and gabbros. The strikes of dikes vary with proximity to the Arakapas fault, changing from NW- to N- to E-striking with increasing proximity to the fault. We report new paleomagnetic results from 24...
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Simplified geological map of the whole of the Troodos ophiolite, based on m...

Simplified geological map of the whole of the Troodos ophiolite, based on m...

Published: 01 September 2001
Fig. 2 Simplified geological map of the whole of the Troodos ophiolite, based on maps of the Cyprus Geological Survey, and showing the regular arrangement of lithologies north of the Arakapas Fault, in the classic stratigraphic order of an intact ophiolite, compared with the much more
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Spreading structure of the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus

Robert J. Varga, Eldridge M. Moores
Journal: Geology
Published: 01 December 1985
Geology (1985) 13 (12): 846–850.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1985)13<846:SSOTTO>2.0.CO;2
...; changes in ridge orientation are suggested by changes in trends of dikes and graben axes. Comparison of the pattern of dikes near the Arakapas fault zone with the structure of active ridge/transform intersections suggests that the fault is a right-offset (sinistral) transform, in contrast to earlier...
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Location map of Lakxia tou Mavrou and surrounding area. A) Location of the ...

Location map of Lakxia tou Mavrou and surrounding area. A) Location of the ...

Published: 13 March 2023
the Southern Troodos transform fault zone highlighted (AFB = Arakapas fault belt, LFC = Limassol Forest Complex). C) The location of Lakxia tou Mavrou. D) Map showing the location of the sulfide mineralization at Lakxia tou Mavrou (after Brazilian Metals Group, 2015 ). Coordinates in WGS 1984, Zone 36S.
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Outline of Cyprus and the Troodos ophiolite superimposed on the tectonic mo...

Outline of Cyprus and the Troodos ophiolite superimposed on the tectonic mo...

Published: 01 September 2001
is considered to have formed as part of an inside corner strip south of the transform. It is possible that the spreading centre north of the Arakapas Fault lay in the Solea Graben which crosses the circular outcrop of mantle rocks in the centre of the northern part of the ophiolite, but the ophiolite west
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Geological map of SW Cyprus with the locations of the Northern and Southern...

Geological map of SW Cyprus with the locations of the Northern and Southern...

Published: 01 November 2000
Fig. 1. Geological map of SW Cyprus with the locations of the Northern and Southern Regions shown. The Mamonia Complex Suture Zone is defined by two main, serpentinite-filled fault zones, which are shown as black dashed lines. The relative locations of SW Cyprus, the Arakapas fault belt (AFB
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Anomalous oceanic lithosphere formed in a leaky transform fault: evidence from the Western Limassol Forest Complex, Cyprus

B. J. MURTON
Published: 01 September 1986
Journal of the Geological Society (1986) 143 (5): 845–854.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.143.5.0845
... Mediterranean 1985 17 319 35 Special Publication of the Geological Society, London Searle R. C. Multiple closely spaced transform faults in fast-slipping fracture zones Geology 1983 11 607 10 Simonian, K.O. 1975. The geology of the Arakapas Fault Belt Area, Troodos Massif, Cyprus...
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Chondrite-normalized rare earth element (REE) patterns for the Troodos ophi...

Chondrite-normalized rare earth element (REE) patterns for the Troodos ophi...

Published: 01 December 2012
) from the northern flank of the Troodos ophiolite and from the Arakapas fault zone. (C) Data of Rautenschlein et al. (1985) from the Akaki River section in the Troodos ophiolite. (D) Representative volcanic rocks from the modern Izu-Bonin arc. Data sources: Reagan et al. (2010) for Mariana forearc
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Simplified geological and structural map of the eastern Limassol Forest, ba...

Simplified geological and structural map of the eastern Limassol Forest, ba...

Published: 01 September 2001
Fig. 4 Simplified geological and structural map of the eastern Limassol Forest, based on the geological mapping of C. J. MacLeod and E. Georgiou, from Gass et al. (1991 , 1994) . The Arakapas Fault Zone runs east–west across the top of the map as a 1 km wide belt of fault strands. Within
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Photographs of geomorphological features taken in the upper (a–c), middle (...

Photographs of geomorphological features taken in the upper (a–c), middle (...

Published: 25 October 2019
dendritic drainage (A). View NW towards the Arakapas Fault Zone (South Troodos Transform Fault Zone) with the Troodos Mountains behind (B). (b) Well-preserved F1 and F2 terraces in the upper reaches (A). In this area, the F3 terrace is dissected by younger streams (B). View SW along profile c in Figure 8
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The Moni Mélange, Cyprus: an olistostrome formed at a destructive plate margin

A. H. F. ROBERTSON
Published: 01 July 1977
Journal of the Geological Society (1977) 133 (5): 447–466.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.133.5.0447
.... Hsü K. J. Jenkyns H. C. Pelagic sediments in the Cretaceous and Tertiary history of Cyprus Pelagic sediments: on land and under the Sea Spec Publs Int Ass Sedimentologists 1974 1 403 36 Simonian, K. 1975. The geology of the Arakapas Fault Belt area, Troodos Massif, Cyprus. Thesis...
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Is the Troodos ophiolite (Cyprus) a complete, transform fault–bounded Neotethyan ridge segment?

Antony Morris, Marco Maffione
Journal: Geology
Published: 01 March 2016
Geology (2016) 44 (3): 199–202.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/G37529.1
... reflect off-axis amagmatic extension, as inferred by Cooke et al. (2014) from a structural analysis of the north Troodos margin just to the east of our study area. We suggest an east-west trend for the NTTFZ, parallel to the Arakapas fault. A WNW-ESE strike parallel to the northern margin of the exposed...
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The Kannaviou Formation, Cyprus: volcaniclastic sedimentation of a probable late Cretaceous volcanic arc

A. H. F. ROBERTSON
Published: 01 December 1977
Journal of the Geological Society (1977) 134 (3): 269–292.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.134.3.0269
... Shepard F. P. Dill R. F. Submarine Channels and Other Sea Valleys 1966 Chicago Rand McNalley & Co 381 Simonian, K. O. 1975. The geology of the Arakapas fault belt area, Troodos Massif, Cyprus. Thesis, Ph.D., Open University (unpubl.), 151 pp. Smewing J. D. Simonian K. I...
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Ocean-ridge metalliferous and pelagic sediments of the Semail Nappe, Oman

A. J. Fleet, A. H. F. Robertson
Published: 01 August 1980
Journal of the Geological Society (1980) 137 (4): 403–422.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.137.4.0403
... B245 51 Robertson A. H. F. The Kannaviou Formation, Cyprus: volcaniclastic sedimentation of a probable late Cretaceous volcanic arc J. geol. Soc. London 1977 134 269 92 Robertson A. H. F. Metallogenesis along a fossil fracture zone: Arakapas fault belt, Troodos Massif...
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A. SiO 2 -FeO*(FeO total )/MgO plot ( Miyashiro, 1974 ) for volcanic rocks ...

A. SiO 2 -FeO*(FeO total )/MgO plot ( Miyashiro, 1974 ) for volcanic rocks ...

Published: 01 December 2014
representing the array of global MORB-OIB composition is from Pearce et al. (2005) . Deviation from the MORB array implies an enrichment of Th via the addition of a subduction component (arrowed). Data for the Troodos lavas are from Upper Pillow Lavas and the Arakapas fault belt ( König et al., 2008 ). Other
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On the sense of slip of the Southern Troodos transform fault zone, Cyprus

C. J. MacLeod, B. J. Murton
Journal: Geology
Published: 01 March 1995
Geology (1995) 23 (3): 257–260.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0257:OTSOSO>2.3.CO;2
...C. J. MacLeod; B. J. Murton Abstract It is generally accepted that the 5–10-km-wide zone of wrench faulting preserved in the Arakapas valley and Limassol Forest areas of Cyprus, along the southern margin of the Troodos ophiolite, is part of a fossil oceanic transform fault system. However, despite...
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