All Articles tagged Ophiolite

• Science Paper
  June 01, 2021 EDT
  Multiphase Ophiolite Formation in the Northern Altyn Tagh Orogen, Southeastern Tarim
  Qian LiuToshiaki TsunogaeGuochun ZhaoJianhua LiJinlong YaoYigui HanPeng Wang

  Early Paleozoic ophiolitic mélanges in the Altyn Tagh Orogen, southeastern Tarim, yield a large range of formation ages and geochemical affinities. This study focused on the Hongliugou ophiolitic mélange in...

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• Science Paper
  March 01, 2020 EDT
  Genesis and Geodynamic Evolution of Serpentinized Ultramafics and Associated Magnesite Deposits in the Al-Wask Ophiolite, Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia
  Hisham A. GahlanMokhles K. AzerPaul D. AsimowKhaled M. Al-Kahtany

  Situated along the Yanbu Suture Zone, the Al-Wask ophiolite is one of the largest and best-preserved ophiolite sequences in the Proterozoic Arabian shield. A mantle section of serpentinized ultramafics is...

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  February 01, 2019 EDT
  The Silicate Weathering Feedback in the Context of Ophiolite Emplacement: Insights From an Inverse Model of Global Weathering Proxies
  Shuang ZhangNoah J. Planavsky

  Silicate weathering provides a stabilizing feedback in the global carbon cycle and has played a key role in keeping surface environments clement for the majority of Earth9s history. It was...

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• Science Paper
  September 01, 2014 EDT
  Taconian Orogenesis, Sedimentation and Magmatism in the Southern Quebec–northern Vermont Appalachians: Stratigraphic and Detrital Mineral Record of Iapetan Suturing
  Stéphane De SouzaAlain TremblayGilles Ruffet

  Cambrian-Ordovician units of the southern Quebec Appalachians oceanic domain include obducted ophiolites and an overlying syncollisional sedimentary basin represented by the Saint-Daniel Mélange and flysch units of the Magog Group....

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• Science Paper
  February 01, 2014 EDT
  U-Pb Dating and Tectonic Implication of Ophiolite and Metabasite From the Song Ma Suture Zone, Northern Vietnam
  Ru Y. ZhangChing-Hua LoXuan-Hua LiSun-Ling ChungTran Tuan AnhTran Van Tri

  The Song-Ma suture zone including the “classical Song Ma suture” and the Nam Co antiform between Indochina and South China blocks in northern Vietnam is a crucial area for understanding...

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• Science Paper
  December 01, 2013 EDT
  Jurassic Ophiolite Formation and Emplacement as Backstop to a Subduction-Accretion Complex in Northeast Turkey, the Refahıye Ophiolite, and Relation to the Balkan Ophiolites
  Gültekın TopuzÖ. Faruk ÇelıkA. M. Celâl Şengörİ. Emır AltintaşThomas ZackYann RollandMathias Barth

  The eastern Mediterranean region within the Tethyan realm shows a high concentration of ophiolites with contrasting times of formation and emplacement along the belt: In the Balkans, the ophiolites formed...

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• Science Paper
  November 01, 2010 EDT
  Eoarchean Ophiolites? New Evidence for the Debate on the Isua Supracrustal Belt, Southern West Greenland
  Clark R. L. FriendAllen P. Nutman

  The Eoarchean Isua supracrustal belt (Greenland) comprises two distinct packages that have been dated at ca. 3800 Ma and 3700 Ma. Both packages consist of strongly deformed, pillow lavas and...

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