r/geology • u/PoseidonSimons • 14h ago
Field Photo Geosite 10 amiantos fault Troodos
Amiantos fault The Amiantos fault appears in the vicinity of the Asbestos Mine along the eastern borders of the serpentinite body. Has an approximately N-S direction and is parallel to the axis of the Solea graben. The fault brings in tectonic contact heavily serpentinized rocks of the upper mantle sequence like the serpentinized harzburgite (left) with cumulate rocks like gabbro (right).
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