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Layered ultrabasic lavas from Cyprus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

D. L. Searle  and
F. M. Vokes
D. L. Searle
Affiliation:
D. L. Sc/o United Nations Development ProgrammeP.O.BOX 1966, Zambia
F. M. Vokes
Affiliation:
F. M. V.Geologisk Institute, Norges Tekniske Høgskole, Trondheim, Norway.
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Summary

Ultrabasic lavas of variable picritic-peridotitic composition are found widely distributed in the Upper Pillow Lava member of the Troodos Volcanic Series in Cyprus. Recent work reveals layering of olivine crystals in both lava flows and pillows. An account is given of the field relations of the layered units, their petrography, mineralogy and chemistry.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 106 , Issue 6 , December 1969 , pp. 515 - 530
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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