Emplacement of Cuban Ophiolites [PDF]
Geologica Acta, 2005 According to their lithological and structural characteristics, three ophiolite bearing structural units are recognized in Cuba: 1) The Northern Ophiolitic Belt, a complex mélange that stretches more than 1000 km along the island; 2) The metamorphic ...
J. L. Colibiella-Reguera
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 1-26., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Richard E. Ernst +8 more
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Widespread abiotic methane in chromitites [PDF]
, 2018 Recurring discoveries of abiotic methane in gas seeps and springs in ophiolites and peridotite massifs worldwide raised the question of where, in which rocks, methane was generated.
Etiope, G. +8 more
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New insights into tectonic relations between the Eastern Vardar Ophiolitic and Serbo-Macedonian units: Inferences from a microtectonic study in central Serbia [PDF]
Geološki Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva, 2023 A microtectonic study was conducted in the Levač region of central Serbia. Here, the tectonic contacts between the Europe-derived units, including the Serbo-Macedonian unit and Jurassic sedimentary cover of the European margin, and the Eastern Vardar ...
Maleš Maja +5 more
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Ultra-depleted melts from Kamchatkan ophiolites : evidence for the interaction of the Hawaiian plume with an oceanic spreading center in the Cretaceous? [PDF]
, 2009 We report new data on the major and trace element composition of melt inclusions in spinel phenocrysts (Mg# = 0.7-0.8, Cr/(Cr + Al) = 0.32-0.52, TiO2 = 0.06-0.60 wt.%) from Cretaceous MORB-like basalt (La/Yb = 0.94, Th/Nb = 0.055, Th/La = 0.041) in the ...
Hoernle, Kaj +2 more
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Hydrous Carbonatitic Liquids Drive CO2 Recycling From Subducted Marls and Limestones
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 209-221., 2020 This book is Open Access. A digital copy can be downloaded for free from Wiley Online Library.
Explores the behavior of carbon in minerals, melts, and fluids under extreme conditions
Carbon trapped in diamonds and carbonate-bearing rocks in subduction zones are examples of the continuing exchange of substantial carbon ...
Erwin Schettino, Stefano Poli
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Natural H2 Emissions in Colombian Ophiolites: First Findings
Geosciences, 2023 The exploration of natural H2 or white hydrogen has started in various geological settings. Ophiolitic nappes are already recognized as one of the promising contexts.
Alejandra Carrillo Ramirez +3 more
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Carbonate alteration of ophiolitic rocks in the Arabian–Nubian Shield of Egypt: sources and compositions of the carbonating fluid and implications for the formation of Au deposits [PDF]
, 2016 Ultramafic portions of ophiolitic fragments in the Arabian–Nubian Shield (ANS) show pervasive carbonate alteration forming various degrees of carbonated serpentinites and listvenitic rocks.
Azer, Mokhles K. +9 more
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Записки Горного института, 2022 The article presents the results of U-Pb isotope dating (SHRIMP-II, VSEGEI, Saint Petersburg) of zircon crystals extracted from plagiorhyolites of the Monakh Cliff in the area of Cape Fiolent in the western part of the Mountainous Crimea (southern suburb
Nikolay B. Kuznetsov +3 more
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Origin of the Jurassic Tethyan Ophiolites in Bosnia: A Geochemical Approach to Tectonic Setting
Geologia Croatica, 2010 The ophiolites from Bosnia are products of the Jurassic spreading of the Neo-Tethys, and are fragments of a long chain of ophiolites of the same origin.
Fabijan Trubelja +3 more
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