The Xigaze ophiolite: fossil ultraslow-spreading ocean lithosphere in the Tibetan Plateau

Liu, T; Liu, CZ; Wu, FY; Dick, HJB; Ji, WB; Zhang, C; Zhang, WQ; Zhang, ZY; Xu, Y

Liu, T; Liu, CZ (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, State Key Lab Lithospher Evolut, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China.; Liu, CZ (corresponding author), CAS Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.; Liu, CZ (corresponding author), Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China.; Liu, CZ (corresponding author), Qingdao Natl Lab Marine Sci & Technol, Lab Marine Geol, Qingdao 266061, Peoples R China.

JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 2021; 178 (2):

Abstract

The crust and mantle both in ophiolites (fossil ocean lithosphere) and in modern oceans are enormously diverse. Along-axis morphology and lower crusta......

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