The tauride ophiolites of Anatolia (Turkey): A review

O Parlak - Journal of Earth Science, 2016 - Springer
The Tauride ophiolites lie on the northern and southern flanks of an EW-trending Tauride
carbonate platform. They mainly consist of three tectonic units namely in ascending order …

Mantle peridotites of ophiolites rarely preserve reliable records of paleo-oceanic lithospheric mantle

BX Su, QQ Pan, Y Xiao, JJ Jing, PT Robinson… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mantle peridotites of ophiolites have traditionally been interpreted as fragments of residual
oceanic lithospheric mantle depleted by partial melting. However, recent petrological …

Ultrapotassic mafic rocks as geochemical proxies for post-collisional dynamics of orogenic lithospheric mantle: the case of southwestern Anatolia, Turkey

D Prelević, C Akal, SF Foley, RL Romer… - Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
High-Mg ultrapotassic volcanic rock occurrences of lamproitic affinity are exposed in
southwestern Anatolia, mostly within the Menderes Massif. From north to south the lamproitic …

Rapid forearc spreading between 130 and 120 Ma: Evidence from geochronology and geochemistry of the Xigaze ophiolite, southern Tibet

J Dai, C Wang, A Polat, M Santosh, Y Li, Y Ge - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
The Cretaceous Xigaze ophiolite is best exposed at the central Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone
(YZSZ, Tibet) which also includes the Gangdese arc and the Xigaze forearc basin. This …

Petrology and geochemistry of peridotites in the Zhongba ophiolite, Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone: implications for the Early Cretaceous intra-oceanic subduction zone …

JG Dai, CS Wang, R Hébert, M Santosh, YL Li, JY Xu - Chemical Geology, 2011 - Elsevier
The Zhongba ophiolite is located in the western part of the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone
(YZSZ) separating Eurasia to the north from the Indian plate to the south. This ophiolite …

Nature and evolution of the Neo-Tethys in central Tibet: synthesis of ophiolitic petrology, geochemistry, and geochronology

M Xu, C Li, X Zhang, Y Wu - International Geology Review, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we summarize results of studies on ophiolitic mélanges of the Bangong–
Nujiang suture zone (BNSZ) and the Shiquanhe–Yongzhu–Jiali ophiolitic mélange belt …

Insight into the uppermost mantle section of a maturing arc: the Eastern Mirdita ophiolite, Albania

T Morishita, Y Dilek, M Shallo, A Tamura, S Arai - Lithos, 2011 - Elsevier
We examined peridotite massifs in the eastern part of the Mirdita ophiolite (EMO), Albania,
where arc-related magmas are abundant in the upper volcanic sequences. Structurally …

Genesis and tectonic implications of podiform chromitites in the metamorphosed ultramafic massif of Dobromirtsi (Bulgaria)

JM González-Jiménez, M Locmelis, E Belousova… - Gondwana …, 2015 - Elsevier
Podiform chromitites occur in the meta-dunite horizon of the Dobromirtsi ultramafic massif, in
the Central Rhodope metamorphic core complex (southern Bulgaria). Although these were …

Multiple episodes of partial melting, depletion, metasomatism and enrichment processes recorded in the heterogeneous upper mantle sequence of the Neotethyan …

I Uysal, EY Ersoy, Y Dilek, A Kapsiotis, E Sarıfakıoğlu - Lithos, 2016 - Elsevier
The Eldivan ophiolite along the Izmir–Ankara–Erzincan suture zone in north-central Anatolia
represents a remnant of the Neotethyan oceanic lithosphere. Its upper mantle peridotites …

Ophiolites, diamonds, and ultrahigh-pressure minerals: New discoveries and concepts on upper mantle petrogenesis

Y Dilek, J Yang - Lithosphere, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Ophiolitic peridotites represent variously depleted residues of the primitive mantle after
multiple episodes of partial melting, melt extraction, and melt-rock interactions. They display …