Ophiolites have played a significant role in investigating and better understanding the structural and geochemical makeup of ancient oceanic lithosphere,fluid–rock interactions and biochemical cycles in its crustal a...Ophiolites have played a significant role in investigating and better understanding the structural and geochemical makeup of ancient oceanic lithosphere,fluid–rock interactions and biochemical cycles in its crustal and mantle evolution,and the nature and distribution of former plate boundaries(Dilek and Newcomb,2003,and the papers therein;Dilek,2003;Flower and Dilek,2003).The ophiolite concept has undergone a major transformation since the original Penrose definition of ophiolites in 1972 through systematic and interdisciplinary studies of many ophiolites around the world,as well as through the synenergistic interactions among the scientific communities studying ophiolites and in-situ oceanic lithosphere at active spreading environments in modern ocean basins.One of the most important results of ophiolite studies over the years has been the uncovering of a large diversity in the internal structure and geochemical compositions of ophiolites and in their emplacement mechanisms.Dilek and Furnes(2011)introduced a new ophiolite classification to explain this diversity within the framework of different tectonic settings of magmatic construction of oceanic lithosphere.展开更多
文摘Ophiolites have played a significant role in investigating and better understanding the structural and geochemical makeup of ancient oceanic lithosphere,fluid–rock interactions and biochemical cycles in its crustal and mantle evolution,and the nature and distribution of former plate boundaries(Dilek and Newcomb,2003,and the papers therein;Dilek,2003;Flower and Dilek,2003).The ophiolite concept has undergone a major transformation since the original Penrose definition of ophiolites in 1972 through systematic and interdisciplinary studies of many ophiolites around the world,as well as through the synenergistic interactions among the scientific communities studying ophiolites and in-situ oceanic lithosphere at active spreading environments in modern ocean basins.One of the most important results of ophiolite studies over the years has been the uncovering of a large diversity in the internal structure and geochemical compositions of ophiolites and in their emplacement mechanisms.Dilek and Furnes(2011)introduced a new ophiolite classification to explain this diversity within the framework of different tectonic settings of magmatic construction of oceanic lithosphere.
