Dictionary Entry
ophiolite
Part of SpeechnounAn assemblage of mafic and ultramafic rock fragments of the ocean lithosphere that has been tectonically moved onto a continental margin or island
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Common Phrases
complex ophiolite. ophiolitecomplexes ophiolitebelt ophiolitesuite ophiolitesequence ophioliteophiolite troodosophiolite range
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