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COMPLETE OPHIOLITE SUCCESSION [1 record]

Record 1 2009-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

Stratigraphic analyses reveal that the Eocene Tacloban Ophiolite Complex is a complete ophiolite sequence composed of peridotites, gabbros and volcanic rocks.

CONT

The Khzama Precambrian ophiolite, tectonized and metamorphosed, exhibits all the lithological units of a complete ophiolite suite.

OBS

complete ophiolite suite: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Nous ne retracerons pas [...] de manière détaillée l'évolution des idées au sujet de ces complexes ultramafiques, qu'il s'agisse de complexes à dominante harzburgitique, à dunites et lherzolites subordonnées, ou de péridotites de type alpin associées à des massifs dunito-gabbroïques à structures de cumulats, ou encore des tectonites ultramafiques qui forment la base des complexes ophiolitiques complets.

OBS

complexe ophiolitique complet : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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