The animaqen ophiolite in Qinghai Province

Abstract

The Animaqen ophiolite belt, controlled by the south Kunlun fault zone, represents the location of the ancient plate suture line. Even though the ophiolite sequence has been disrupted by faulting, the ultramafic rocks, gabbro, diabase and basalt of the Animaqen ophiolite have been proved to be respectively the metamorphic peridotite and the ultramafic cumulate, the mafic cumulate, the sheeted dike and the mafic exrusive rocks of the typical ophiolite suite. The Animaqen ophiolite is a fragment of the Tethys oceanic crust.

Keywords

ophiolite / plate suture line / petrology / Animaquen

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