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| Data sets | Publications | Expeditions | Thesaurus |
ophiolite  | |
|---|---|
| UF | meta-ophiolite |
| RT | igneous rocks |
| metamorphic rocks | |
| ultramafics | |
| mafic composition | |
| SN | Group 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 | |
|---|---|
| RT | complexes |
| lithosphere | |
| oceanic crust | |
| plate tectonics | |
| sheeted dikes | |
| tectonics | |
| SN | Sequence 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 |