Suprasubduction zone ophiolite formation along the periphery of Mesozoic Gondwana

Y Dilek, H Furnes, M Shallo - Gondwana Research, 2007 - Elsevier
Neotethyan suprasubduction zone ophiolites represent anomalous oceanic crust developed
in older host basins during trench rollback cycles and later entrapped in orogenic belts as a …

The Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaridic orogenic system: correlation and evolution of tectonic units

SM Schmid, D Bernoulli, B Fügenschuh… - Swiss Journal of …, 2008 - Springer
A correlation of tectonic units of the Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaridic system of orogens,
including the substrate of the Pannonian and Transylvanian basins, is presented in the form …

Ultramafic-hosted volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits: an overlooked sub-class of VMS deposit forming in complex tectonic environments

CGC Patten, R Coltat, M Junge, A Peillod, M Ulrich… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ongoing seafloor exploration highlights that ultramafic-hosted seafloor massive sulfide
deposits (UM-SMS) are ubiquitous along slow to ultra-slow spreading ridges. These …

Overview of the genesis and emplacement of Mesozoic ophiolites in the Eastern Mediterranean Tethyan region

AHF Robertson - Lithos, 2002 - Elsevier
The Eastern Mediterranean region exhibits a fascinating diversity of ophiolites and related
oceanic magmatic units of mainly Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous age. Comparisons with …

[HTML][HTML] A new method of discriminating different types of post-Archean ophiolitic basalts and their tectonic significance using Th-Nb and Ce-Dy-Yb systematics

E Saccani - Geoscience Frontiers, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new discrimination diagram using absolute measures of Th and Nb is
applied to post-Archean ophiolites to best discriminate a large number of different ophiolitic …

Structure and geochemistry of Tethyan ophiolites and their petrogenesis in subduction rollback systems

Y Dilek, H Furnes - Lithos, 2009 - Elsevier
Suprasubduction zone (SSZ) ophiolites in orogenic belts represent oceanic crust generation
in subduction rollback cycles during the closing stages of basins prior to terminal continental …

Geochemistry of the Jurassic Mirdita Ophiolite (Albania) and the MORB to SSZ evolution of a marginal basin oceanic crust

Y Dilek, H Furnes, M Shallo - Lithos, 2008 - Elsevier
The Middle Jurassic Mirdita Ophiolite in northern Albania is part of an ophiolite belt
occurring between the Apulian and Pelagonian subcontinents in the Balkan Peninsula. The …

Diamonds, native elements and metal alloys from chromitites of the Ray-Iz ophiolite of the Polar Urals

J Yang, F Meng, X Xu, PT Robinson, Y Dilek… - Gondwana …, 2015 - Elsevier
Diamonds and a wide range of unusual minerals were originally discovered from the
chromitite and peridotite of the Luobusa ophiolite along the Yarlong–Zangbu suture zone in …

Geodynamic evolution of ophiolites from Albania and Greece (Dinaric-Hellenic belt): one, two, or more oceanic basins?

V Bortolotti, M Chiari, M Marroni, L Pandolfi… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
All the geological constraints for an exhaustive reconstruction of the Triassic to Tertiary
tectonic history of the southern Dinaric-Hellenic belt can be found in Albania and Greece …

The Liuyuan complex in the Beishan, NW China: a Carboniferous–Permian ophiolitic fore-arc sliver in the southern Altaids

Q Mao, W **ao, BF Windley, C Han, J Qu, S Ao… - Geological …, 2012 - cambridge.org
The tectonic history and time of closure of the Palaeo-Asian ocean of the Altaids are issues
of lively current debate. To address these issues, this paper presents detailed geological …