Chromitites from the Vavdos ophiolite (Chalkidiki, Greece): Petrogenesis and geotectonic settings; constrains from spinel, olivine composition, PGE mineralogy and …

A Sideridis, F Zaccarini, P Koutsovitis… - Ore geology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Podiform chromitites of the Vavdos ophiolite are associated with dunite bodies hosted within
residual mantle harzburgite. The mantle source is highly depleted and apparently …

Rodingites from the Veria-Naousa ophiolite (Greece): Mineralogical evolution, metasomatism and petrogenetic processes

A Rogkala, P Petrounias, P Koutsovitis… - Geochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Veria-Naousa ophiolitic complex (north Greece), rodingite appears mainly in
the form of cross cutting dykes within serpentinised peridotites. It is distinguished into three …

The Neoproterozoic ophiolitic ultramafic rocks in Eastern Desert of Egypt: implications for petrogenesis and metasomatic processes

AAM Abdel-Karim, SA El-Shafei… - International Geology …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper deals with the mineral chemistry and geochemistry of ophiolitic peridotites from
three localities in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, namely; Wadi Muweilha, Wadi Arayis and …

Altered spinels act as a mirror of multi-episodic fluid metasomatism in the forearc mantle: An example from the Minhe ophiolite in Qilian Orogen, NW China

J Zhao, X Long - Ore and Energy Resource Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Forearc mantle peridotites commonly undergo complex melt/fluid metasomatism, which
inevitably has a considerable influence on their geochemical compositions at the whole-rock …

Effectiveness of X-ray micro-CT applications upon mafic and ultramafic ophiolitic rocks

V Giamas, P Koutsovitis, A Sideridis, P Turberg… - Micron, 2022 - Elsevier
X-ray micro-computed tomography (μCT) was applied upon selected ophiolitic rock samples
from various localities of the Vardar ophiolite outcrops in North Greece. Effectiveness of the …

The Late Cretaceous magmatic arc of the south Aegean: Geodynamic implications from petrological and geochemical studies of granitoids from Anafi island (Cyclades …

P Koutsovitis, K Soukis, P Voudouris… - International Geology …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In the Aegean region (Cyclades–Greece), a large part of the Island of Anafi
consists of exhumed high-grade metamorphic sequences (amphibolites, serpentinites and …

Petrology and geochemistry of ultramafic and mafic rocks in the late Silurian-early Devonian Darbut ophiolitic mélange of west Junggar (NORTHWESTERN CHINA) …

Q Zhu, Y Zhu - International Geology Review, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
New petrological and geochemical data for lherzolite, harzburgite, and gabbros in the
Darbut ophiolitic mélange of west Junggar are combined to constrain the geological …

Proterozoic mantle melting recorded by the Re-Os isotopic systematics of ophiolites from the Qilian Orogenic Belt, northwestern China

J Zhao, Q Xiao, Y Gao, R Zuo, L Huang, J Li… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
Re-Os isotopes of the mantle-derived ultramafic rocks can provide temporal constraints on
the melt extraction of ancient mantle. Here, new geochemistry and Re-Os isotopes of …

Origin and multi-episodic melt/fluid interactions revealed by the subducted serpentinites in the North Qilian Belt, NW China: Implications for the compositional …

M Zhang, J Zhao, J Guo, X Chen, X Peng - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
In nature, serpentinites act as reservoirs of water and fluid-mobile elements and play an
essential role in arc magmatism, fluid metasomatism, and elemental circulation in …

Serpentinite as a tracer for tectonic setting and mantle metasomatism of ophiolites: A case study of the Aoyougou ophiolite in the Qilian Orogenic Belt, NW China

J Zhao, X Long, J Li, B Zhao, Y Gao, R Zuo - Gondwana Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Serpentinites, particularly those transformed from mantle peridotites, are potential tracers for
the petrogenesis and tectonic geodynamics of peridotitic protoliths and certain mantle …