Structure and metamorphism beneath the obducting Oman Ophiolite; evidence from the Bani Hamid Granulites, northern Oman Mountains

The Cretaceous Semail ophiolite (northern Oman and the United Arab Emirates) includes an intact thrust slice of Tethyan oceanic crust and upper mantle formed above a northeast-dipping subduction zone that was the site of initiation of obduction. The normal metamorphic sole of the Semail ophiolite co...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Geosphere (Boulder, Colo.) Colo.), 2015-12, Vol.11 (6), p.1812-1836
Hauptverfasser:	Searle, M. P, Waters, D. J, Garber, J. M, Rioux, M, Cherry, A. G, Ambrose, T. K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	absolute age amphibolite facies Arabian Peninsula Asia Beni Hamid Granulites C (programming language) Cretaceous crust facies Garnets Geophysics granulite facies granulites greenschist facies igneous and metamorphic rocks lithostratigraphy Mantle Melting Mesozoic metabasite metaigneous rocks Metamorphic metamorphic rocks metamorphism mineral composition Mountains nesosilicates obduction Oman Oman Mountains ophiolite complexes orthosilicates P-T conditions Peridotite petrography Petrology plate tectonics quartzites Semail Ophiolite silicates solid Earth (tectonophysics) stratigraphic units Thrust U/Pb zircon zircon group
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