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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Â© A Dictionary of Earth Sciences 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

ophiolite (ophiolite complex) Sequence of rock types, consisting of deep-sea sediments lying above basaltic pillow lavas, dykes, gabbro, and ultramafic peridotite. Some are the remnants of main oceanic crust, others of crust formed in back-arc basins.

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