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The Troodos Ophiolite on the island of Cyprus represents a Late Cretaceous spreading axis (mid-ocean ridge) that has since been uplifted due to its positioning on the overriding Anatolian Plate at the Cyprus arc and ongoing subduction to the south of the Eratosthenes Seamount.[1]
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