Table 1
Summary of the facies associations’ description and proposed depositional environments for the Upper Cretaceous to Upper Miocene rock interval of southern Cyprus.
| Facies associations | Facies description | Depositional environment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restricted shallow marine | Fa 1 | A | Early dolomitized bioclastic grainstone with current ripples and mega-ripples alternated by bioturbated wackestone with some bioclasts and mud cracks. | Tidal Flat |
| B | Alternation of bioclastic grainstone rich in miliolids and some lepydocyclina with bioturbated bioclastic wackestone to packstone. | Sand shoal | ||
| Barrier reef | Fa 2 | A | Boundstone/bafflestone with red algae debris, corals in place, Lepidocyclina and bioclasts. | Reef /Back-reef |
| B | Breccia (boundstone with red algae debris, coral debris, large benthic foraminifera (Lepidocyclina, bryozoans) occasional incisions. | Reef front | ||
| Open shelf deposits | Fa 3 | A | Wackstones to packstones with an abundance of benthic foraminifera, and bioclasts. Erosional contact between the packstone and the wackestone beds. | Open shelf |
| Slope deposits | Fa 4 | A | Intercalation of grainstone packstone beds (highly bioturbated) with marls. | Slope Deposits/ turbidites |
| B | Large contorted fragments of laminated marls and carbonates 3, 5 m thick. | MTCs | ||
| C | Bioclastic grainstones which are fining upwards and intercalated with a marly laminated unit including benthic foraminifera. | Toe of the upper slope (contourites) | ||
| Basin | Fa 5 | A | Mudstone to wackestone with bioclasts, pelagic, traces of zoophycos. | Basinal setting |