It is interesting to note that the age of ophiolite formation is often close to the age of their emplacement into the continental crust.
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The massive sulfide deposits formed as a part of an ophiolite complex at a tectonically uplifted during the Pleistocene and emplaced in its current location.
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The most distinctive features are the ultrabasic ophiolite, peridotite and gabbro on Unst and Fetlar, which are remnants of the Iapetus Ocean floor.
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This resulted in the highly distorted and fractured basalt and serpentine of the Mount Diablo Ophiolite and metasediments of the Franciscan complex around the summit.
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The most distinctive feature is the ultrabasic ophiolite, peridotite and gabbro on Unst and Fetlar, which are remnants of the Iapetus Ocean floor.
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Part of the Nazca Plate has been shoved over the South America Plate at the Taitao Peninsula resulting in the formation of the Taitao ophiolite.
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The "'Coast Range Ophiolite "'is an ophiolite of Middle to Late Jurassic age located in the California Coast Ranges.
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The "'Coast Range Ophiolite "'is an ophiolite of Middle to Late Jurassic age located in the California Coast Ranges.
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The suture zone between the two cratons is marked by the Western Marginal Fault and the emplacement of the Phulad Ophiolite Suite in the region.
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Geologically the range is composed of Ordovician ocean floor rock which includes an ophiolite unconformably overly the ophiolite and granite intruded the area during the Devonian.