Ophiolites are sequences of mafic to ultramafic rock generally believed to represent ancient oceanic lithosphere. They are distributed all across the world being all of them located at present or past orogenic belts, sites of mountain building processes.
Ophiolites are common in orogenic belts of Mesozoic age, like those formed by the closure of the Tethys Ocean. Ophiolites in Archean and Paleoproterozoic domains are rare.[1]
A pillow lava from an ophiolite sequence, Northern Apennines, Italy
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stratigraphic dating has found ophiolites to have undergone emplacement when young and hot: most are less than 50 million years old. Ophiolites therefore cannot have...
compositions, metadunite petrology, and the petrotectonic history of Blue Ridge ophiolites, Southern Appalachian Orogen, USA". Geological Society, London...
fact that ophiolites represented fragments of ocean crust, where then petrologic and secondly structural studies were done on various ophiolites around the...
Spain. Listofophiolites: Mediterranean and Peri-Arabic ophiolites Pinet, P. C.; Chabrillat, S.; Ceuleneer, G. (25 October 1993). "Mapping of the Ronda...
the continental margin as ophiolites. This concept was advocated by Reinhardt for the emplacement of the Semail Ophiolite complex in Oman and argued...
orogenic belts are characteristic of ocean basin closure. Clear indicators of intracratonic activity contain ophiolites and other oceanic materials that...
The Morais ophiolite complex, also known as Morais Massif (in Portuguese, Maciço de Morais), is located in the northeast of Portugal in the Bragança District...
southern footwall of the Sava Zone and the northern hangingwall of the Drina-Ivanjica Thrust Sheet. Most of the outcrops are ophiolites from the Western...
to the composition of the dykes, which are unlike those found in modern-day ophiolites. Despite the disagreement on the presence of a sheeted dyke complex...
Capital of the Philippines" with a reputation among surfers within the Philippines and the International scene. The Late Cretaceous Dinagat Ophiolite is present...
are associated with the Troodos Ophiolite. UNESCO lists sites under ten criteria; each entry must meet at least one of the criteria. Criteria i through...
of Adonis. The Troodos Mountains are known worldwide for their geology and the presence of an undisturbed ophiolite sequence, the Troodos Ophiolite....
Belt consists of a huge amount of magmatic arcs, arc-related basins, accretionary complexes, seamounts, continental fragments and ophiolites. It is also...
Cornwall is generally accepted to represent a preserved example of an exposed ophiolite complex in the United Kingdom. The rocks found in The Lizard area...
petrologist who specialized in ophiolites Marie Morisawa (1919–1994), American geomorphology pioneer. The Geological Society of America established the Marie...
May 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2012. "The association of continental crust rocks with ophiolites in the Northern Apennines (Italy): implications for the...
zones, where exposed ophiolites composed mainly of mafic material increase "global weatherability" and result in the storage of carbon through silicate...
brought to the surface through the processes of slab rollback, which provides space for the exhumation ofophiolites. Slab rollback is not always a continuous...
Blanche nappe, lying over ophiolites and sedimentary rocks of the Penninic nappes. The mountain's current shape is the result of cirque erosion due to multiple...
indicates that ophiolites in the Alps are metamorphosed, while those in the Apennines are not. The Ragusa Basin in the Iblean Plateau of Sicily had magmatism...
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(2003). Ophiolite Concept and the Evolution of Geological Thought. Geological Society of America. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-8137-2373-0. Bureau of Naval Personnel...
authors list (link) Nelson, Eric; Forsythe, Randall; Diemer, John; Allen, Mike (1993). "Taitao ophiolite: a ridge collision ophiolite in the forearc of southern...
in taxonomic order. The common name of each species is given, followed by its scientific name. Morais Ophiolite Complex Morais Natura 2000 Site Azibo...
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