Ophiolite genesis and global tectonics: Geochemical and tectonic fingerprinting of ancient oceanic lithosphere

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 387-411

  Dilek, Yildirim ^a,b   Furnes, Harald ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; EFFECTIVE TOOL; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; GEODYNAMIC SETTING; GLOBAL TECTONICS; GREENSTONE BELTS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE TEMPERATURES; MID-OCEAN-RIDGE; OCEAN BASINS; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OCEANIC PLATEAUX; PARTIAL MELTING; PEAK TIME; PRECAMBRIAN; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SLAB DEHYDRATION; SPREADING RATE; STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE; SUPERCONTINENTS; SUPRASUBDUCTION; TECTONIC PROCESS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; MELTING; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

LITHOLOGY;

DEHYDRATION MELTING; EMPLACEMENT; GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 79951478028     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30446.1     Document Type: Article

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