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Osmium and zinc isotope constraints on the origin of chromitites from the Yarlung-Zangbo ophiolites, Tibet, China
Chromitites or chromite mineralization of varying degrees has been discovered in the various ophiolites along the east–west trending Yarlung-Zangbo...
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Cretaceous Meteorite Impact-Induced Initial Subduction: Records of highly Siderophile Element Abundances and Re-Os Isotopes in Ophiolites
Compiled global ophiolite data reveal that Cretaceous ophiolites exhibit broaden variations in 187 Re/ 188 Os and 187 Os/ 188 Os values, increases in Re...
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Ladakh Himalayan Ophiolites (LHO): A Geological Heritage of Northwestern India
Ladakh has a rich and fascinating sociocultural heritage owing to its unique geographical location and a mixture of varying civilizations. It covers...
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Geology, mineralogy, and geochemistry of Naweoba and Bagh Cyprus-type VMS deposits of the Late Cretaceous Zhob Valley Ophiolites, Pakistan: implications for genesis
The petrography, mineralization, and geochemistry and isotope studies of sulfide ores were used to determine the genesis of the Naweoba and Bagh...
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Introduction of the Stanovaya Ophiolites of the Faddey Block of Northeastern Taimyr Based on Geological Data and Numerical Modeling
AbstractThe geological position, morphology of serpentinite bodies, limitation of ophiolite occurrences by faults, fragments of host metamorphic...
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Volcanics of Neoproterozoic Ophiolites Kalgyn Massif (Northeast Asia): New Geochemical and Isotopic Data
AbstractThe Kalgyn ophiolite massif is a unit of the ophiolite association of the Chersky collision belt. It is the part of the Verkhoyansk–Kolyma...
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Metamorphosed Ultramafic and Mafic Lithoclasts and Detrital Minerals from Sandstones of Clastic Ophiolitic Deposits of the Rassokha Terrane: A Setting of Formation of the Chersky Range Ophiolites
AbstractOphiolite-derived clastic rocks of the Rassokha terrane in the Chersky Range of the Verkhoyansk−Kolyma folded area were studied to obtain...
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Recognition of Shyok Ophiolites of NW Ladakh Trans-Himalaya as a Geoheritage: Importance to Himalayan Orogeny and Remnant of Tethyan Oceanic Lithosphere
Himalayan region has been gifted with diverse geology, manifested as longitudinal zones and hosts many national geoheritage sites. Trans-Himalaya is...
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Peridotites, chromitites and diamonds in ophiolites
Ophiolites, which represent segments of oceanic lithosphere obducted onto the continental crust, provide an important window into processes such as...
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Geoheritage in Ladakh Himalaya: the Indus Suture Zone Ophiolites, Southeast of Ladakh, India
Physiographically, Ladakh is a diverse region covering a broad spectrum of geomorphic and geological features of the western Himalayas. It has...
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Generation of ultraslow-spreading oceanic crust traced by various mafic blocks from ophiolitic mélange in the **gaze Ophiolites, southern Tibet
Construction of oceanic crusts in ultraslow-spreading ridges are controlled by detachment faults, but the specific ways they are determined by...
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Neoproterozoic Ophiolites of the Arabian-Nubian Shield
Abundant ophiolites are distinctive components of the Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS), providing important clues about its origin and hosting many of its...
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Continent-derived metasediments (Cimes Blanches and Frilihorn) within the ophiolites around Zermatt: relations with the Mischabel backfold and Mont Fort nappe (Pennine Alps)
The region surrounding Zermatt (SW Switzerland and NW Italy) displays some classic examples of imbrications between continental and oceanic units. In...
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Orbicular Peridotites of the Polar Urals: New Evidence of Magmatic Impregnation in Ophiolites
AbstractPeridotites of an unusual orbicular structure, attributed to the impregnated type of rocks, were found in ophiolites of the Voikar massif...
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Geochemical Fingerprinting of Ancient Oceanic Basalts: Classification of the Cuban Ophiolites
Mesozoic ophiolites are an important feature of Cuban geology. Although Cuban ophiolites have been studied over the past 40 years, there is still...
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Diamond in the Oceanic Lithosphere. Volcanic Diamonds and Diamonds in Ophiolites
Abstract—Diamonds were lately identified in chromitites from ophiolites and in volcanic rocks. Although the tectonic settings of diamonds found in...
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A new model for chromitite formation in ophiolites: Fluid immiscibility
Although the involvement of hydrous fluids has been widely invoked in formation of podiform chromitites in ophiolites, there is lack of natural...
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Ghadir Ophiolites, Eastern Desert, Egypt: A Complete Sequence of Oceanic Crust in the Arabian-Nubian Shield
Neoproterozoic ophiolites are widely distributed in the Central and Southern Eastern Desert of Egypt. The most important and well-known ophiolites of...
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Early Ordovician Age of Suprasubduction Ophiolites in the Northeastern Part of Central Kazakhstan: U–Th–Pb (SIMS) Dating of Plagiogranites
AbstractSuprasubduction zone ophiolites in the Bayanaul and Maikain–Kyzyltas zones in the northeastern part of Central Kazakhstan were studied. U–Pb...
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The Mantle Section of Neoproterozoic Ophiolites from the Pan-African Belt, Eastern Desert, Egypt: Tectonomagmatic Evolution, Metamorphism, and Mineralization
The Eastern Desert (ED) Neoproterozoic ophiolites are tectonically important elements of the Arabian–Nubian Shield. Although affected by various...