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Subduction-Zone Ophiolites and Island-Arc Ophiolites

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Energetics of Geological Processes

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Although it is often said that typical ophiolites show a definite pseudostratigraphic sequence of rocks and occur in ancient subduction zones, most ophiolites showing a typical sequence occur outside subduction zones, and most ophiolites in subduction zones do not show a regular sequence. So, in this paper, large-scale mafic and ultramafic rock associations in subduction zones and other parts of orogenic belts are called ophiolites, regardless of the presence or absence of a regular sequence. Ophiolites in this sense occur not only in ancient subduction zones but also in ancient island arcs.

Subduction-zone ophiolites and island-arc ophiolites occur in two parallel belts in Hokkaido and are associated with the Kamuikotan high-pressure and the Hidaka low-pressure metamorphic belt, respectively. They were emplaced originally in the subduction zone and the island arc, respectively, formed along an early Tertiary plate boundary.

Three belts of ophiolites occur in northern Greece. Two of them may be regarded as representing subduction-zone and island-arc ophiolites that were originally emplaced along a Mesozoic plate boundary.

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    Hans Annersten

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Miyashiro, A. (1977). Subduction-Zone Ophiolites and Island-Arc Ophiolites. In: Saxena, S.K., Bhattacharji, S., Annersten, H., Stephansson, O. (eds) Energetics of Geological Processes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86574-9_10

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