Fluid-rock interaction in ultramafic rocks considerably affects the chemical and isotopic composition of oceanic lithosphere. We present a geochemical petrological study serpentinites ophicalcites Northern Apennine ophiolite, Italy. This ophiolite sequence represents fragments Jurassic lithosphere that have been denuded by low angle detachment faults, exposing peridotites on ocean floor trigger...

The Beyşehir–Hoyran–Hadim Nappes crop out over 700 km from NW to SE. Above a regionally autochthonous Tauride carbonate platform the Beyşehir–Hoyran Nappes begin with a thrust sheet (c. 400 m) of mainly redeposited carbonates, quartzose sandstones and mudstones of Mid–Late Triassic age, interpreted as a proximal slope–base-of-slope succession. Above is a thrust sheet (c. 1 km) of Middle–Upper T...

We report Li isotopic compositions of olivine from the mantle sequence of the Luobusa ophiolite, southern Tibet. The olivine in the Luobusa ophiolite has Li concentrations from ~0.1 to 0.9 ppm and a broad range of δ(7)Li (+14 to -20‰). An inverse correlation of Li concentration and δ(7)Li in olivine from harzburgite suggests recent diffusive ingress of Li into the rock. Olivine from dunite enve...

Ultramafic-mafic rocks from Makrirrakhi, Central Greece exhibit features of an original ophiolite sequence which contains depleted mantle material, ultramafic containing partial melt textures and possibly the marie "pluton" which resulted from the coalescing of these partial melt segregations. Considerable mineralogical variation exists: unzoned olivine crystals range in composition from FoTs_s...

The Semail Thrust in the Oman-UAE mountains is mapped along base of Ophiolite, a 10–15 km thick sequence Cenomanian oceanic crust and upper mantle emplaced from NE to SW onto previously passive, Mid-Permian continental margin Oman. juxtaposition ophiolite with range different rock types sourced depths suggest complex tectonic history for this major fault shear zone. Here we summarize previous w...

A model for the tectonic evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean region from Mesozoic to Present is developed from geological, geophysical, and seismological data on and surrounding the island of Cyprus. This model emphasizes the role of major transform structures in accommodating horizontal plate motions, driven from the west by spreading along the Atlantic-Arctic mid-ocean-ridge system and fro...