Tuesday 25th September - Thursday 4th October 2012.
Leader: Paul Williams (Open University)
Closing date for show of interest: 8th June 2012
Estimated Cost: €1100 p.p.
Itinerary:
The core of any trip to Cyprus would have to be Troodos. It’s probably the world's best preserved section through an Ophiolite, or segment of ocean crust. You can go from the Harzburgite / Peridotite of the mantle up through the sheeted dyke complex (newly formed ocean crust) to pillow lavas. There are even some roadside exposures of some of these.
In a full week, you will more than cover Troodos and have sufficient time to do the full trip that Paul is suggesting. We would cover the Mamonia Complex near Limmassol, also cover Limestones which are spectacularly developed both here and at Paphos (e.g., Karstic around Paphos, thrust over Ophiolite at Limmassol). This is all within a restricted and easily traversed part of the island. And there is very interesting Archaeology / Mythology in the Paphos / Limmassol region - House of Dionysius, Aphrodite's emergence from the sea, etc.
It is proposed leaving day 1 and day 8 free for sight-seeing/ shopping,
Registration:
Number’s will be limited to 21 for logistical reasons e.g. transport within theIsland. Should the interest exceed 21 – the first 21 will be accepted on the basis of the return day and time as shown on the email response to osheadanp@gmail.com.