Travels in Geology: Cyprus: Island of Oceanic Crust
Travels in Geology: Cyprus: Island of Oceanic Crust by Terri Cook and Lon Abbott Thursday, October 22, 2015 The soul of Cyprus lies in the Troödos Mountains — a rare, intact sliver of ancient oceanic crust — and in the beautiful mountain villages dotting their slopes. Credit: ©Shutterstock.com/Konstantin Kopachinsky. The eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus played a pivotal role in the development of plate tectonic theory. Thus, when planning a recent eastern Mediterranean trip, we, as geologists, deemed it almost blasphemous not to include a visit to Cyprus on our itinerary....
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