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Definition of Ophiolite
1. Noun. (geology) an assemblage of mafic and ultramafic rock fragments of the ocean lithosphere that has been tectonically moved onto a continental margin or island ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ophiolite
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ophiolite
Literary usage of Ophiolite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of Progress for by Geological Survey of Canada (1857)
"... a remarkable case of local metamorphism of the Onondaga salt group of the
Upper Silurian rocks, which has resulted in the production of an ophiolite. ..."
2. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"This nappe consists of a sheet of the upper mantie and oceanic crust dated at
f.90-100 million years old. The total original thickness of the ophiolite ..."
3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1865)
"A variegated mixture of serpentine and either carbonate of lime (calcareous
ophiolite), dolomite (dolomitic ophiolite}, or carbonate of magnesia or ..."
4. Mineral Physiology and Physiography by Thomas Sterry Hunt (1886)
"He regards the ophiolite of ... The gabbro-rosso is found in masses at the contact
of the ophiolite with the ..."
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