Ophiolitic regions are one of the most complex geology settings.
Bahram Bahrambeygi, Hesam Moeinzadeh 2017, 'Comparison of support vector machine and neutral network classification method inhyperspectral mapping of ophiolite mélanges–A case study of east of Iran', Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110982317300200. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ten different basaltic varieties from worldwide ophiolitic complexes have been examined.
Emilio Saccani 2015, 'A new method of discriminating different types of post-Archean ophiolitic basaltsand their tectonic significance using Th-Nb and Ce-Dy-Yb systematics', Geoscience Frontiershttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987114000401. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This process may be a key factor in the formation of ophiolitic chrome ore deposits.
D. E. Saveliev, I. A. Blinov 2015, 'Syndeformation Chrome Spinels Inclusions in the Plastically Deformed Olivine Aggregates(Kraka Ophiolites, the Southern Urals)', Vestnik Permskogo Universiteta: Seriâ Geologiâhttp://geology-vestnik.psu.ru/index.php/geology/article/view/96. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the present study, ensimatic arc units have been distinguished from ophiolitic association for the first time, in the region.
Metin Beyazpirinç, Ali Ekber Akçay, Ali Yilmaz, Meftun Kerem Sönmez 2019, 'A Late Cretaceous ensimatic arc developed during closure of the northern branch ofNeo-Tethys (central-northern Turkey)', Geoscience Frontiershttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987118301397. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this paper, the general characteristics of morphological features of the ophiolitic ultramafic rock formations are discussed.
D. E. Saveliev, V. B. Fedoseev 2014, 'A Plastic Flow and Rheomorfic Differentiation of the Mantle Ultramafic Rocks', Vestnik Permskogo Universiteta: Seriâ Geologiâhttp://geology-vestnik.psu.ru/index.php/geology/article/view/41. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The origin of zircon grains, and other exotic minerals of typical crustal origin, in mantle-hosted ophiolitic chromitites are hotly debated.
J.A. Proenza, J.M. González-Jiménez, A. Garcia-Casco, E. Belousova, W.L. Griffin,C. Talavera, Y. Rojas-Agramonte, T. Aiglsperger, D. Navarro-Ciurana, N. Pujol-Solà,F. Gervilla, S.Y. O'Reilly, D.E. Jacob 2018, 'Cold plumes trigger contamination of oceanic mantle wedges with continental crust-derivedsediments: Evidence from chromitite zircon grains of eastern Cuban ophiolites', Geoscience Frontiershttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987117302165. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A critical review of existing ideas about the origin of ophiolitic chromitites has been carried out.
D.E. Saveliev, V.B. Fedoseev 2019, 'Solid-state redistribution of mineral particles in the upwelling mantle flow as amechanism of chromite concentration in the ophiolite ultramafic rocks (on the exampleof Kraka ophiolite, the Southern Urals)', Georesursyhttps://geors.ru/archive/article/961/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)