I visited today a place that is truly classic geological site in Cyprus. That’s what my geological guidebook says which I highly recommend if you are going to Cyprus for a geotrip. The book is titled „Cyprus“ and it is part of a „Classic Geology in Europe“ series. The photo of the outcrop described below is on the cover of the book.
This site is an outcrop of hyaloclastite with pillow basalt above it and both of them are cut by a swarm of dikes. It truly looks spectacular and there is a very appropriately placed hill on another side of the river running before the outcrop that offers very nice view to the scene.
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Hyaloclastite in the middle, pillow basalt on top of it and dike swarms cutting both of them.
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Elongated vesicles in the dikes clearly indicate that the magma moved laterally, not just vertically upwards.
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Hyaloclastite is a glassy volcanic material which probably formed by the underwater fire-fountaining.
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Pillows about 50 meters away along the river.
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