List of ophiolites

Ophiolites are a series of ultramafic and mafic magmatites . They are believed to represent the equivalents of former oceanic lithospheric areas (especially oceanic crust ). Ophiolites occur worldwide, but their occurrence is closely associated with orogen formation . Theycan be traced backaround 2 billion years to the Paleoproterozoic .

In the following list, the ophiolites are arranged by continent . Educational age (B), seating (P) and type (T) are also given, if known.

Africa

Morocco
- Beni Bousera ophiolite (or Beni Bousera ultramafite complex ) - Silurian , 437 million years (B) - Aquitanium , 22 million years (P) - only mantle rock sequence
- Bou Azzer Ophiolite - Neoproterozoic ,> 650 million years old (P)

Asia

Indonesia
- East Sulawesi ophiolite (ultramafit belt in eastern Sulawesi ) - Aptian to Campanium , 120 to 80 million years old (B) - Bartonium to Rupelium , 40 to 30 million years old (P) - Mixed type (T)
Iran
- Baft ophiolite - Upper Cretaceous (B) - before Paleocene (P) - mixed type (T)
- Band Ziarat Ophiolite ( Macran Ophiolite) - Lower Cretaceous (B) - Eocene (P)
- Kermanshah Ophiolite - Maastrichtian (P) - Suprasubduction and mixed type (T)
- Mashad Fariman Ophiolite Unterperm , Kungurium (B) - Upper Triassic , Norium (P)
- Naien ophiolite - Albium , 101 to 99 million years old (B) - Suprasubduction or mixed type (T)
- Neyriz ophiolite ( Zagros ophiolite) - Cenomanium , 98 - 96 million years (B) - Coniacium , 89 million years (P) - Suprasubduction type (T)
- Shahr Babak Ophiolite - before Paleocene (P) - mixed type (T)
Japan
Oman
- Oman ophiolite (or semail ophiolite) - suprasubduction type (T)
Pakistan
- Bela-Ophiolithe - Aptian to Maastrichtian (B) - Paleocene / Eocene (P) - Transform Fault
- Muslim-Bagh-Ophiolite Upper Jurassic to Upper Cretaceous (B) - Wende Cretaceous / Tertiary (P) - mixed type (T)
Philippines
- Angat Ophiolite (Eastern Luzon )
- Palawan ophiolite
- Zambales Ophiolite (West Luzon)
Syria
- Bear Bassif Ophiolite - Suprasubduction Type (T)
Turkey
- Kizildag ophiolite
- Mersin ophiolite - suprasubduction type (T)
United Arab Emirates
- Oman ophiolite

Australia and New Zealand

Geological map of Macquarie Island

Australia
- Macquarie Island - Transform Fault
New Zealand
- Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt

Europe

Geological map of the Lizard Ophiolite Complex

Albania
- Bulqiza ophiolite - suprasubduction type
England
- Lizard ophiolite complex
Finland
- Jormua ophiolite (oldest known ophiolite) - Paleoproterozoic
France
- Chamrousse ophiolite complex
Greece
Italy
- Ligurian ophiolite
Norway
- Leka ophiolite
Scotland
- Ballantrae ophiolite complex
- Shetland ophiolite
Spain
- Ronda peridotites
Cyprus
- Troodos ophiolite - suprasubduction type (T)

North America and Central America

Costa Rica
- Nicoya ophiolite
Canada
- Bay of Islands Ophiolite ( Newfoundland )
- Purtuniq Ophiolite ( Labrador )
Mexico
- Vizcaino ophiolite
United States
- Coast Range Ophiolite , California
- Josephine Ophiolite , Oregon
- Trinity Ophiolite (or Trinity Peridotite , Northern California)

South America

Individual evidence

^ AP Gysi, inter alia: Petrogenesis of Pyroxenites and Melt Infiltrations in the Ultramafic Complex of Beni Bousera, Northern Morocco . In: Journal of Petrology . tape 52 (9) , 2011, pp. 1679-1735 .
↑ JL Bodinier, C. Dupuy, J. Dostal: Geochemistry of precambrian ophiolites from Bou Azzer, Morocco . In: Contrib. Miner. Petrol. tape 78 , 1984, pp. 43-50 .
^ EA Silver: Gravity results and emplacement geometry of the Sulawesi ultramafic belt, Indonesia . In: Geology . tape 6 , 1978, p. 527-531 .
↑ A. Kadarusman, inter alia: Petrology, geochemistry and paleogeographic reconstruction of the East Sulawesi Ophiolite, Indonesia . In: Tectonophysics . tape 392 , no. 1–4) , 2004, pp. 55-83 .
^ M. Arvin, PT Robinson: The petrogenesis and tectonic setting of lava from the Baft Ophiolitic Melange southwest of Kerman, Iran . In: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences . tape 31 , 1994, pp. 824-834 .
↑ AA Hassanipak, AM Ghazi, JM Wampler: REE characteristics and K / Ar ages of the band Ziarat ophiolite complex, southeastern Iran . In: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences . tape 33 , 1996, pp. 1534-1542 .
↑ AM Ghazi, AA Hassanipak: Geochemistry of sub-alkaline and alkaline extrusive from Kermanshah ophiolite, Zagros suture zone, western Iran: implications for Tethyan plate tectonics . In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences . tape 17 , no. 3 , 1999, p. 319-332 .
↑ AW Ruttner: Southern borderland of Triassic Laurasia in north-east Iran . In: Geologische Rundschau . tape 82 , 1993, pp. 110-120 .
↑ MA Lanphere, J. Pamic: 40Ar / 39Ar age and tectonic setting of ophiolites from Neyriz area, south-east Zagros ranges, Iran . In: Tectonophysics . tape 96 , 1983, pp. 245-256 .
↑ AM Ghazi, AA Hassanipak: Geochemistry, petrology and the origin of Shahr-Babak ophiolite, Central Iran . In: Ofioliti . 24 (1a), 1999, p. 96-97 .
^ SJ Lippard, AW Shelton, IG Gass: The ophiolite of northern Oman . In: Geological Society of London Memoir . tape 11 , 1986, pp. 178 .
^ G. Sarwar: Tectonic setting of the Bela Ophiolites, southern Pakistan . In: Tectonophysics . tape 207 , 1992, pp. 359-381 .
↑ M. Khan, inter alia: Formation and tectonic evolution of the Cretaceous-Jurassic Muslim Bagh ophiolitic complex, Pakistan: Implications for the composite tectonic setting of ophiolites . In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences . tape 31 , 2007, p. 112-127 , doi : 10.1016 / j.jseaes.2007.04.006 .
↑ GP Yumul, CB Dimalanta, FT Jumawan: Geology of the southern Zambales ophiolite complex, Luzon, Philippines . In: Island Arc . tape 9 , 2000, pp. 542-555 .
↑ K. Al-Riyami, inter alia: Tectonic evolution of the Mesozoic Arabian passive continental margin and related ophiolite in Bear-Bassit region (NW Syria) . In: International Conference on the Geology of the Eastern Mediterranean . tape 3 , 2000, pp. 61-81 .
↑ O. Parlak M. Delaloye: Ages from the metamorphic sole of the Mersin ophiolite (southern Turkey) . In: Tectonophysics . tape 301 , no. 1/2 , 1999, p. 145-158 .
↑ P. Peltonen, ao: Petrogenesis of the Mantle Sequence of the Jormua Ophiolite (Finland): Melt Migration in the Upper Mantle during Palaeoproterozoic Continental Break-up . In: Journal of Petrology . tape 39 , no. 2 , 1998, p. 297-329 .
↑ RP Menot: Cambro-Ordovician age for the ophiolitic complex of Chamrousse-Tabor (Belledonne Massif, French Alpine external domain) . In: Abstr. Meet. Ophiolites through time . 1984, p. 43 .
^ J. Zimmerman: Emplacement of the Vourinos ophiolitic complex, northern Greece . In: Mem. Geol. Soc. At the. tape 132 , 1972, p. 225-239 .
^ JM Tubia, J. Cuevas: Structures et cinématique liées à la mise en place des péridotites de Ronda (Cordillières Bétiques, Espagne) . In: Geodin. Acta . tape 1 , 1987.
^ A. Miyashiro: The Troodos Ophiolite complex was probably formed in an island arc . In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters . tape 19 , 1973, p. 218-224 .
^ HGH Wildberg: The Magmatites of the Nicoya Complex, Costa Rica, Central America . In: Doctoral thesis, University of Münster . 1983, p. 168 .
↑ SB Lucas: Relations between thrust belt evolution, grain-scale deformation and metamorphic processes, Cape Smith Belt, northern Canada . In: Tectonophysics . tape 177 , 1990, pp. 151-182 .
↑ M. Carnot, C. Lécuyer: Ephemeral magma chambers in the Trinity peridotite, northern California . In: Tectonophysics . tape 186 , 1991, pp. 313-328 .
↑ LA Hartmann, inter alia: Mid amphibolite facies metamorphism of harzburgites in the Neoproterozoic Cerro Mantiqueiras Ophiolite, southernmost Brazil . 2003.

[1] AP Gysi, inter alia: Petrogenesis of Pyroxenites and Melt Infiltrations in the Ultramafic Complex of Beni Bousera, Northern Morocco . In: Journal of Petrology . tape 52 (9) , 2011, pp. 1679-1735 .

[2] JL Bodinier, C. Dupuy, J. Dostal: Geochemistry of precambrian ophiolites from Bou Azzer, Morocco . In: Contrib. Miner. Petrol. tape 78 , 1984, pp. 43-50 .

[3] EA Silver: Gravity results and emplacement geometry of the Sulawesi ultramafic belt, Indonesia . In: Geology . tape 6 , 1978, p. 527-531 .

[4] A. Kadarusman, inter alia: Petrology, geochemistry and paleogeographic reconstruction of the East Sulawesi Ophiolite, Indonesia . In: Tectonophysics . tape 392 , no. 1–4) , 2004, pp. 55-83 .

[5] M. Arvin, PT Robinson: The petrogenesis and tectonic setting of lava from the Baft Ophiolitic Melange southwest of Kerman, Iran . In: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences . tape 31 , 1994, pp. 824-834 .

[6] AA Hassanipak, AM Ghazi, JM Wampler: REE characteristics and K / Ar ages of the band Ziarat ophiolite complex, southeastern Iran . In: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences . tape 33 , 1996, pp. 1534-1542 .

[7] AM Ghazi, AA Hassanipak: Geochemistry of sub-alkaline and alkaline extrusive from Kermanshah ophiolite, Zagros suture zone, western Iran: implications for Tethyan plate tectonics . In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences . tape 17 , no. 3 , 1999, p. 319-332 .

[8] AW Ruttner: Southern borderland of Triassic Laurasia in north-east Iran . In: Geologische Rundschau . tape 82 , 1993, pp. 110-120 .

[9] MA Lanphere, J. Pamic: 40Ar / 39Ar age and tectonic setting of ophiolites from Neyriz area, south-east Zagros ranges, Iran . In: Tectonophysics . tape 96 , 1983, pp. 245-256 .

[10] AM Ghazi, AA Hassanipak: Geochemistry, petrology and the origin of Shahr-Babak ophiolite, Central Iran . In: Ofioliti . 24 (1a), 1999, p. 96-97 .

[11] SJ Lippard, AW Shelton, IG Gass: The ophiolite of northern Oman . In: Geological Society of London Memoir . tape 11 , 1986, pp. 178 .

[12] G. Sarwar: Tectonic setting of the Bela Ophiolites, southern Pakistan . In: Tectonophysics . tape 207 , 1992, pp. 359-381 .

[13] M. Khan, inter alia: Formation and tectonic evolution of the Cretaceous-Jurassic Muslim Bagh ophiolitic complex, Pakistan: Implications for the composite tectonic setting of ophiolites . In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences . tape 31 , 2007, p. 112-127 , doi : 10.1016 / j.jseaes.2007.04.006 .

[14] GP Yumul, CB Dimalanta, FT Jumawan: Geology of the southern Zambales ophiolite complex, Luzon, Philippines . In: Island Arc . tape 9 , 2000, pp. 542-555 .

[15] K. Al-Riyami, inter alia: Tectonic evolution of the Mesozoic Arabian passive continental margin and related ophiolite in Bear-Bassit region (NW Syria) . In: International Conference on the Geology of the Eastern Mediterranean . tape 3 , 2000, pp. 61-81 .

[16] O. Parlak M. Delaloye: Ages from the metamorphic sole of the Mersin ophiolite (southern Turkey) . In: Tectonophysics . tape 301 , no. 1/2 , 1999, p. 145-158 .

[17] P. Peltonen, ao: Petrogenesis of the Mantle Sequence of the Jormua Ophiolite (Finland): Melt Migration in the Upper Mantle during Palaeoproterozoic Continental Break-up . In: Journal of Petrology . tape 39 , no. 2 , 1998, p. 297-329 .

[18] RP Menot: Cambro-Ordovician age for the ophiolitic complex of Chamrousse-Tabor (Belledonne Massif, French Alpine external domain) . In: Abstr. Meet. Ophiolites through time . 1984, p. 43 .

[19] J. Zimmerman: Emplacement of the Vourinos ophiolitic complex, northern Greece . In: Mem. Geol. Soc. At the. tape 132 , 1972, p. 225-239 .

[20] JM Tubia, J. Cuevas: Structures et cinématique liées à la mise en place des péridotites de Ronda (Cordillières Bétiques, Espagne) . In: Geodin. Acta . tape 1 , 1987.

[21] A. Miyashiro: The Troodos Ophiolite complex was probably formed in an island arc . In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters . tape 19 , 1973, p. 218-224 .

[22] HGH Wildberg: The Magmatites of the Nicoya Complex, Costa Rica, Central America . In: Doctoral thesis, University of Münster . 1983, p. 168 .

[23] SB Lucas: Relations between thrust belt evolution, grain-scale deformation and metamorphic processes, Cape Smith Belt, northern Canada . In: Tectonophysics . tape 177 , 1990, pp. 151-182 .

[24] M. Carnot, C. Lécuyer: Ephemeral magma chambers in the Trinity peridotite, northern California . In: Tectonophysics . tape 186 , 1991, pp. 313-328 .

[25] LA Hartmann, inter alia: Mid amphibolite facies metamorphism of harzburgites in the Neoproterozoic Cerro Mantiqueiras Ophiolite, southernmost Brazil . 2003.