"Ophiolites in Earth History" ed. by Y. Dilek, R T. Robinson

The book reflects the contemporary work of the international community in a most up-to-date treatment of process-oriented questions on the evolution of ophiolites. This volume examines the mode and nature of igneous, metamorphic, tectonic, sedimentological and biological processes associated with the evolution of ophiolites in Earth’s history. Divided into six sections, the book presents a wealth of new data and syntheses from ophiolites around the world.


Divided into six sections, the book presents a wealth of new data and syntheses from ophiolites around the world. The beginning chapter reviews the distribution of ophiolites in space and time and presents a synoptic discussion on their importance in Earth history. Papers in the second section present diverse data from Tethyan ophiolites and provide refined geodynamic models for their evolution. The following two sections present case studies documenting magmatic, metamorphic and tectonic processes in ophiolite genesis and hydrothermal and biogenic alteration of fossil oceanic crust. Mechanisms of ophiolite emplacement are explored in Section V with a focus on the Semail massif (Oman). The last section examines the regional occurrence and geodynamic significance of ophiolite belts on different continents.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
DILEK, Y. & ROBINSON, P. T. - Ophiolites in Earth history: introduction
DILEK, Y. - Ophiolite pulses, mantle plumes and orogeny
Tethyan ophiolites in the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic system
FLOWER, M. E J. & DILEK, Y. - Arc-trench rollback and forearc accretion: 1. A collisioninduced mantle flow model for Tethyan ophiolites
DILEK, Y. & FLOWER, M. E J. - Arc-trench rollback and forearc accretion: 2. A model template for ophiolites in Albania, Cyprus, and Oman
MUNTENER, O. & PICCARDO, G. B. - Melt migration in ophiolitic peridotites: the message from Alpine-Apennine peridotites and implications for embryonic ocean basins
BAZYLE~ B. A., KARAMATA, S. & ZAKARIADZE, G. S. - Petrology and evolution of the Brezovica ultramafic massif, Serbia
SACCANI, E., PADOA, E. & PHOTIADES, A. - Triassic mid-ocean ridge basalts from the Argolis Peninsula (Greece): new constraints for the early oceanization phases of the Neo-Tethyan Pindos basin
SARKARINEJAD, K. - Structural and microstructural analysis of a palaeo-transform fault zone in the Neyriz ophiolite, Iran
AITCHISON, J. C., DAVIS, A. M., ABRAJEV1TCH, A. V, ALI, J. R., BADENGZHU, LIU, J., LUO, H., MCDERMn3, I. R. C. & Z1ABREV, S. V. - Stratigraphic and sedimentological constraints on the age and tectonic evolution of the Neotethyan ophiolites along the Yarlung Tsangpo suture Zone, Tibet
HI'BERT, R., HUOT, F., WANG, C. & LIU, Z. - Yarlung Zangbo ophiolites (Southern Tibet) revisited: geodynamic implications from the mineral record
MALPAS, J., ZHOU, M.-E, ROBINSON, R T. & REYNOLDS, P. H. - Geochemical and geochronological constraints on the origin and emplacement of the Yarlung Zangbo ophiolites, Southern Tibet
Magmatic, metamorphic and tectonic processes in ophiolite genesis
HARPER, G. D. - Tectonic implications of boninite, arc tholeiite, and MORB magma types in the Josephine Ophiolite, California-Oregon
SCHROETTER, J. M., PAGÉ, P., BÉDARD, J. H., TREMBLAY, A. & BÉCU, V - Forearc extension and sea-floor spreading in the Thetford Mines Ophiolite Complex
RAYMOND, L. A., SWANSON, S. E., LOVE A. B. & ALLAN, J. E - Cr-spinel compositions, metadunite petrology, and the petrotectonic history of Blue Ridge ophiolites, Southern Appalachian Orogen, USA
HIRANO, N., OGAWA, Y., SAITO, K., YOSHIDA, T., SATO, H. & TANIGUCHI, H. - Multi-stage evolution of the Tertiary Mineoka ophiolite, Japan: new geochemical and age constraints
TAKAHASHI, A., OGAWA, Y., OHTA, Y. & HIRANO, N. - The nature of faulting and deformation in the Mineoka ophiolite, NW Pacific Rim
STAKES, D. S. & TAYLOR, H. P. Jr - Oxygen isotope and chemical studies on the origin of large plagiogranite bodies in northern Oman, and their relationship to the overlying massive sulphide deposits
Hydrothermal and biogenic alteration of oceanic crust as recorded in ophiolites
GREGORY, R. T. - Ophiolites and global geochemical cycles: implications for the isotopic evolution of seawater
GIGUÈRE, E., HEBERT, R., BEAUDOIN, G., BÈDARD, J. H. & BERCLAZ, A. - Hydrothermal circulation and metamorphism in crustal gabbroic rocks of the Bay of Islands ophiolite complex, Newfoundland, Canada: evidence from mineral and oxygen isotope geochemistry
MUEHLENBACHS, K., FURNES, H., FONNELAND, H. C. & HELLEVANG, B. - Ophiolites as faithful records of the oxygen isotope ratio of ancient seawater: the Solund-Stavfjord Ophiolite Complex as a Late Ordovician example
FURNES, H. & MUEHLENBACHS, K. - Bioalteration recorded in ophiolitic pillow lavas Ophiolite emplacement: mechanisms and processes
WAKABAYASHI, J. & DILEK, Y. - What constitutes 'emplacement' of an ophiolite?: Mechanisms and relationship to subduction initiation and formation of metamorphic soles GRAY, D. R. & GREGORY R. T. Ophiolite obduction and the Samail Ophiolite: the behaviour of the underlying margin
SEARLE, M. P., WARREN, C. J., WATERS, D. J. & PARRISH, R. R. - Subduction zone polarity in the Oman Mountains: implications for ophiolite emplacement Regional occurrence of ophiolites and geodynamics
HARRTS, R. - Geodynamic patterns of ophiolites and marginal basins in the Indonesian and New Guinea regions
MILSOM, J. - Forearc ophiolites: a view from the western Pacific
SPAGGIARI, C. V., GRAY, D. R. & FOSTER, D. A. - Tethyan- and Cordilleran-type ophiolites of eastern Australia: implications for the evolution of the Tasmanides
ZHANG, Q., WANG, Y., ZHOU, G. Q., QIAN, Q. & ROBINSON P. T. - Ophiolites in China: their distribution, ages and tectonic settings
SPADEA, P., ZANETTI, A. & VANNUCCI, R. - Mineral chemistry of ultramafic massifs in the Southern Uralides orogenic belt (Russia) and the petrogenesis of the Lower Palaeozoic ophiolites of the Uralian Ocean
ISHIWATARI, A., SOKOLOV, S. D. & VYSOTSKIY S. V. - Petrological diversity and origin of ophiolites in Japan and Far East Russia with emphasis on depleted harzburgite
SOKOLOV, S. D., LUCHITSKAYA, M. V., SILANTYEV, S. A., MOROZOV, O. L., GANELIN, A. V., BAZYLEV, B. A., OSIPENKO, A. B., PALANDZHYAN, S. A. & KRAVCHENKO-BEREZHNOY, I. R. - Ophiolites in accretionary complexes along the Early Cretaceous margin of NE Asia: age, composition, and geodynamic diversity
STERN, C. R. & DE WIT, M. J. - Rocas Verdes ophiolites, southernmost South America: remnants of progressive stages of development of oceanic-type crust in a continental margin back-arc basin
DILEK, Y. & AHMED, Z. - Proterozoic ophiolites of the Arabian Shield and their significance in Precambrian tectonics