OSCAR on tour, Cyprus 2016

Last week, Emma, Jowan and Dean joined the Durham University fieldtrip to the Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus. During our three-day geological tour we embarked on a journey from the depleted upper mantle harzburgite, through the gabbroic and basaltic ocean crust to the sediments deposited on the Cretaceous seafloor.

Foreground: Jowan, Emma and Dean. Background: vertical dykes (red/brown colour)
bookending a section of pillow lavas (light grey/brown colour, above Emma's head!).

Highlights included standing on the petrological and geophysical Mohos (Mohi!), witnessing the results of pervasive serpentinisation and hydrothermal alteration and taking in the view at a fantastic section of hyaloclastites, pillows and dykes (pictured).

We're currently in the process of organising our hand specimens, annotating our field photos and writing up a short report that we'll deliver at the next project meeting in the summer.