- 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...
- The
Samail Ophiolite, also
known as the
Semail Ophiolite, is a large,
ancient geological formation in Oman and the
United Arab
Emirates in the Arabian...
- The
Payson ophiolite is an
ophiolite of
Statherian age (late Paleoproterozoic)
located near Payson, Arizona, US. The
Payson ophiolite crops out
south and...
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Taitao ophiolite (Spanish:
Ofiolita de Taitao) is an
ophiolite in
Taitao Peninsula of
western Patagonia, Chile. The
ophiolite crops out
about 10 km w to...
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Fidalgo ophiolite or
Fidalgo complex is a Jur****ic-aged
ophiolite sequence located in the San Juan
Islands of
northwest Washington. The
ophiolite complex...
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ophiolites (Rayat and Qalander).
Dongbo ophiolite Loubusa ophiolite Purang ophiolite Zambales Ophiolite in
western Luzon,
Philippines Angat Ophiolite...
- The
Troodos Ophiolite on the
island of
Cyprus represents a Late
Cretaceous spreading axis (mid-ocean ridge) that has
since been
uplifted due to its positioning...
- Blue
Ridge Ophiolite is an
ultramafic series of pods
found in the Blue
Ridge Mountains of the
Appalachian mountain chain. The pods
formed before the Taconic...
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Horokanai ophiolite is a
geological complex located in the
Kamuikotan tectonic belt
about 30 km
northwest of
Asahikawa city, Hokkaido, ****an. The
ophiolite complex...
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ophiolite formation by
obduction as "where
ocean crust slides into a
trench and goes
under a continent, [and] a part of the crust—i.e., an
ophiolite—is...
