Cyprus’ Depositional History

This figure uses data from Southern Cyprus [1] to show the depositional history and incorporates customised lithological patterns, colours, and names.

Stratigraphic log of Cyprus

Code to reproduce this figure:

# Update the lithologies
sp.update_lithologies( {
        'ophiolite': ('721', 'dimgray', 'Troodos ophiolite'),
        'bioclastic': ('702', '#FBF4DB', 'Bioclastic calcarenites and marls'),
        'evaporites': ('724', "#9899CD", 'Evaporites'),
        'shallow': ('dolostone', "#B8E5FA", 'Shelf carbonates'),
        'shallowandreef': ('627', "#B8E5FA", 'Shelf carbonates'),
        'marly': ('clay', "#6597CE", 'Marly chalk'),
        'pelagicchalk': ('638', "#6597CE", 'Pelagic chalk'),
        'pelagicchert': ('639', "#6597CE", 'Pelagic chalk and chert'),
        'marls': ('clay', "#CFC0AC", 'Marls'),
        'reefs': ('629', "#2DB772", 'Reefs'),
        'sandstone': ('681', "#B5543E", 'Sandstones'),
} )

log = sp.load('examples.Papadimitriou_2018.csv')
log.plot(ppi=600, display_mode='log', figsize=(4, 14), dpi=300, legend_border=False)

Data used to generate this figure:

These files are built into stratapy, the code above will work without any need to download or specify file paths.

References

    1. Papadimitriou, R. Deschamps, V. Symeou, C. Souque, C. Gorini, F. H. Nader, C. Blanpied. The tectonostratigraphic evolution of Cenozoic basins of the Northern Tethys: The Northern margin of the Levant Basin. Oil Gas Sci. Technol. 73 77 (2018) DOI.