The Upper Jurassic Galice Formation and parts of its 164 to 162 Ma Josephine ophiolite basement, both of the western Klamath terrane (WKT) have been suggested to constitute lower grade equivalents of the Condrey Mountain Schist (CMS) . The high P/T CMS is exposed through a window within the Rattlesnake Creek terrane (RCT) which has been thrust westward over the WKT. The Ga lice-CMS correlation ...

The Meatiq basement, which is exposed beneath late Proterozoic nappes of supracrustal rocks in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt, was affected by three metamorphic events. The ophiolite cover nappes show only the last metamorphic overprint. The M1 metamorphic event (T≥750 °C) is restricted to migmatized amphibolite xenoliths within the Um Ba∞anib orthogneiss in the structurally lowest parts o...

In hyperalkaline () fluids that have participated in low-temperature (<150) serpentinization reactions, the dominant form of C is often methane (), but origin this uncertain. To assess serpentinite aquifers within Samail Ophiolite, Oman, we determined fluid chemical compositions, analyzed taxonomic profiles fluid-hosted microbial communities, and measured isotopic compositions hydrocarbon gases...

Endemic PCs and high incidence of malignant mesothelioma from household use of asbestos have been reported in Metsovo in northwestern Greece ("Metsovo lung"). In the present study, we present similar findings in six more areas of Greece. Like Metsovo, all these areas are located within ophiolite belts. Like Metsovo, material similar to "Metsovo whitewash" has been used for various domestic uses...

Fossil worm tubes of Cretaceous age preserved in the Bayda massive sulfide deposit of the Samail ophiolite, Oman, are apparently the first documented examples of fossils embedded in massive sulfide deposits from the geologic record. The geologic setting of the Bayda deposit and the distinctive mineralogic and textural features of the fossiliferous samples suggest that the Bayda sulfide deposit ...