Samail Ophiolite
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samail-ophiolite-164-7260981
title:
Samail Ophiolite
text:
The Samail Ophiolite, also known as the Semail Ophiolite, is a large, ancient geological formation in Oman and the United Arab Emirates in the Arabian Peninsula. It is one of the world's largest and best-exposed segments of oceanic crust, made of volcanic rocks and ultramafic rocks from the Earth's upper mantle that was overthrust onto the continental crust. This ophiolite provides insight into the dynamics of oceanic crust formation and the tectonic processes involved in the creation of ocean b
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samail_Ophiolite
date created:
2013-11-14T19:43:40Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T21:19:25Z
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