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Ophiolites: Identification and tectonic significance in space and time
Ophiolites are fragments of oceanic lithosphere exposed above sea level , where geologists can study them, and have been classified into many groups based on local tectonic settings (Dilek and Furnes, 2011) all of which require at least local plate tectonics. www.sciencedirect.com
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Ophiolite - Wikipedia
An ophiolite is a section of Earth's oceanic crust and the underlying upper mantle that has been uplifted and exposed, and often emplaced onto continental ... en.wikipedia.org
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ophiolitic, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the adjective ophiolitic is in the 1900s. OED's earliest evidence for ophiolitic is from 1909, in a translation by Hertha Sollas and ... www.oed.com
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ophiolitic
ophioˈlitic, a. [f. ophiolite + -ic.] Of, pertaining to, or composed of ophiolite.1909 H. B. C. & W. J. Sollas tr. Suess's Face of Earth IV. v. 153 The sheet of the green-rocks (Ophiolitic, Rhaetic, Vindelician sheet; Steinmann). 1911 Geol. Mag. Decade V. VIII. 243 The constant association of dialas... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ophiolites - Volcano World - Oregon State University
Ophiolites are an assemblage of mafic and ultramafic lavas and hypabyssal rocks found in association with sedimentary rocks like greywackes and cherts. volcano.oregonstate.edu
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What is the definition of “ophiolite”? What is the ideal sequence of ...
Ophiolite sequences are indicators of sea-floor spreading where the oceanic crust is thinned by the forces of plate tectonics, and magma rises ... www.quora.com
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Paleozoic ophiolitic assemblages within the southern New England ...
Several ophiolitic assemblages occur in the southern New England orogen. The development of these rocks and their relations to the rest of the orogen have ... www.usgs.gov
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Ophiolites and oceanic crust | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
Ophiolites consist of a pseudostratiform sequence, of harzburgite, tectonite, ultramafic and mafic cumulates sometimes including gabbro and quartz diorite. www.usgs.gov
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Ophiolite - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Ophiolite is thrust sheets of ancient oceanic crust and upper part of mantle rocks that have been uplifted and exposed above sea level. www.sciencedirect.com
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Ophiolite | geology | Britannica
Ophiolites are considered to be fragments of ocean floor that have been trapped between island arcs and continental plates that collided or that have been ... www.britannica.com
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Ophiolites and Their Origins | Elements - GeoScienceWorld
Ophiolites are suites of temporally and spatially associated ultramafic, mafic, and felsic rocks that are interpreted to be remnants of ancient oceanic crust ... pubs.geoscienceworld.org
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vuagnatite
vuagnatite Min. (ˈvwɑːnjətaɪt) [f. the name of M. Vuagnat (b. 1922), Swiss petrologist + -ite1.] A basic silicate of calcium and aluminium, CaAl(OH)SiO4, found as white, usu. anhedral, orthorhombic crystals.1976 H. Sarp et al. in Amer. Mineralogist LXI. 825 Vuagnatite..occurs with prehnite, hydrogro... Oxford English Dictionary
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Mélange
The main exotic blocks are ophiolitic and include metamorphosed ultramafic rocks, metagabbros, massive and pillowed metabasalts and pelagic sedimentary Based on the mode of occurrences of the ophiolitic components and the processes of mélange formation, the ophiolitic mélanges of the Central Eastern Desert wikipedia.org
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radiolarian
radiolarian, a. and n. (ˌreɪdɪəˈlɛərɪən) [f. prec. + -an.] A. adj. a. Zool. Of or pertaining to the Radiolaria. b. Geol. radiolarian chert, a cryptocrystalline type of radiolarite; loosely = radiolarite; radiolarian earth, unconsolidated siliceous rock formed from the remains of radiolaria; radiolar... Oxford English Dictionary
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La Désirade National Nature Reserve
witness of back-arc spreading idge of the eastern Caribbean plate', the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) included the 'Upper Jurassic ophiolitic wikipedia.org
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