An ophiolite t is a section of the Earth`s oceanic crust and the underlying upper mantle that has been uplifted and exposed above sea level and often emplaced onto continental crustal rocks. Ophio is Greek for snake (ὄφις), and lite means stone from the Greek lithos (λίθος), after the often-green-color rocks (spilites and serpentinites)....
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A sequence of rocks characterized by ultramafic rocks at the base and Cin ascending order) gabbro, sheeted dikes, pillow lavas, and deep-sea sediments. The typical sequence of rocks constituting the oceanic crust.
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ophiolite Any of a group of basic and ultrabasic igneous rocks, including serpentinite and serpentinized peridotite, gabbro, and diabase, which occur associated with pillow lava and radiolarian chert in a characteristic pattern of layers in the Alps and certain other regions and are thought to have been formed as a result of the submarine eruption ...
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Suite of rocks comprising pillow lavas, dykes, grabbos and ultrabasic rocks. Thought to have formed from oceanic crust and now exposed at the surface.
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an assemblage of mafic igneous rocks representing remnants of former oceanic crust.
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