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Definition of Obducted

Obduct
Obduct Ob*duct", v. t. [See Obduce.] To draw over; to cover. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

Meaning of Obducted from wikipedia

- of northern California contain several obducted oceanic slabs, most famously the Coast Range Ophiolite. Obducted fragments also are found in the Hajar...
- ****an, Indonesia and the Aleutians; others are fragments of oceanic crust obducted onto the continental margin while others represent small isolated mid-oceanic...
- occur in ophiolite complexes where deep mantle-derived rocks have been obducted onto continental crust along and above subduction zones. Serpentine soil...
- exploration include portions of oceanic crust (ophiolites) which have been obducted and incorporated into continental crust. Aulacogens such as the Midcontinent...
- rocks and late Cretaceous oceanic crust (Semail ophiolite) were thrust (obducted) above the rocks from groups one and two. Lastly, group four are late Cretaceous...
- a subduction zone. The ultramafic ophiolite sequences which have been obducted onto continental crust are typically underlain by a mélange. Smaller-scale...
- has been observed from deep parts of the oceanic crust that have been obducted onto the continental crust and preserved as ophiolite sequences.[clarification...
- Florida-Bahamas platform. As a result, the Cuban ophiolite zone became obducted (rock s****ed off the Caribbean plate and ac****ulated on the North American...
- ophiolite is a piece of Middle Jur****ic oceanic crust and mantle that has been obducted onto land and largely been converted to serpentinite. It has been extensively...
- At times some of the metamorphosed downgoing slab may be thrust up or obducted onto the continental margin. These blocks of mantle peridotite and the...