Angular unconformity

Primary structures, sedimentary, magmatic rocks

An angular unconformity between folded Jurassic chert and chertly limestone beds of the Pindos Nappe (below) and Pliocene coastal deposits (above); the unconformity level is about 4m above the present day sea level (Kythira Island). Photo ID 614

Photograph: Paris Xypolias

Reference: Xypolias, P., Koukouvelas, I., Zulauf, G. 2008. Cenozoic tectonic evolution of northeastern Apulia: insights from a key area in the Hellenides (Kythira, Greece). Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, 159, 439-455.