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#### Prepared in cooperation with the Cyprus Geological Survey Department

## Bedrock Geologic Map of the Greater Lefkosia Area, Cyprus

#### By Richard Harrison, Wayne Newell, Ioannis Panayides, Byron Stone, Efthymios Tsiolakis, Mehmet Necdet, Hilmi Batihanli, Ayse Ozhur, Alan Lord,Okan Berksoy, Zomenia Zomeni, and J. Stephen Schindler

######  Published 2008

| Introduction
The island of Cyprus has a long historical record of earthquakes that have damaged pre-Roman to modern human settlements. Because the recurrent damaging earthquakes can have a significant economic and social impact on Cyprus, this project was initiated to develop a seismic-hazard assessment for a roughly 400 square kilometer area centered on Cyprus’ capital and largest city, whose European name is Nicosia and whose local name is Lefkosia. In addition, geologic and seismotectonic evaluations for the project extended beyond the perimeter of the geologic map. Additional structural, stratigraphic, and paleontological data were collected island-wide as well as data from literature research throughout the eastern Mediterranean region, in order to accurately place the geology and seismic hazards of the Lefkosia area in a regional tectonic framework. 

The paper version of this map is available for purchase from the         USGS Store.   | First posted March 2009
-  **SIM 3046** PDF (18.9 MB) 
- Pamphlet to Accompany Map

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Suggested citation:Harrison, Richard, Newell, Wayne, Panayides, Ioannis, Stone, Byron, Tsiolakis, Efthymios, Necdet, Mehmet, Batihanli, Hilmi, Ozhur, Ayse, Lord, Alan, Berksoy, Okan, Zomeni, Zomenia, and Schindler, J.S., 2008, Bedrock geologic map of the greater Lefkosia area, Cyprus: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3046, 1 map, scale 1:25,000, 36-p. text. available online at http://pub.usgs.gov/sim/3046.

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