A new method of discriminating different types of post-Archean ophiolitic basalts and their tectonic significance using Th-Nb and Ce-Dy-Yb systematics

In this paper, a new discrimination diagram using absolute measures of Th and Nb is applied to post-Archean ophiolites to best discriminate a large number of different ophiolitic basalts. This diagram was obtained using >2000 known ophiolitic basalts and was tested using ∼560 modern rocks from kn...

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Main Author: Emilio Saccani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987114000401