ophiolite  search
UFmeta-ophiolite
RTigneous rocks
 metamorphic rocks
 ultramafics
 mafic composition
SNGroup of mafic and ultramafic igneous rocks with a broad compositional range, including rocks rich in serpentinite, chlorite, epidote and albite derived from them later by metamorphism. Before 1993, ultramafics was a broader term. As of 1993, this term is
ophiolite complexes  search
RTcomplexes
 lithosphere
 oceanic crust
 plate tectonics
 sheeted dikes
 tectonics
SNSequence of rock types consisting of deep-sea sediments lying above basaltic pillow lavas, dikes, gabbro, and ultramafic peridotite. They are considered to be fragments of oceanic lithosphere that were tectonically transported to continental margins and i