The radiolarian age and petrographic composition of a block of the Lower Jurassic volcaniclastic breccia and chert of the Mamonia Complex, SW Cyprus

An exceptional exposure of volcaniclastic breccia intercalated with radiolarian cherts and limestones was studied which constitutes a unique block within the Upper Cretaceous Mamonia Mélange in Akamas Peninsula southwestern Cyprus. This breccia, represents lower part sedimentary cover Triassic Phasoula Formation volcanics. The mainly consists clasts metabasalts, diabases, metagabbros, hyaloclastites quartz-albite-chlorite-epidote aggregates, have been metamorphosed at greenschist facies, subordinate siltstones. thin-bedded between levels, yielded assemblages, indicate an Early Jurassic age (Sinemurian to Pliensbachian) for sequence.