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The contentions J. MacLeod et al raised in their critique of the article entitled 'Tectonic Evolution of the Troodos Ophiolite within the Tethyan Framework' are explained. Among the points raised by MacLeod et al is that there is no evidence for a subduction zone south of central southern Turkey. Further, they argued that geochemical and petrological as well as field data do not support the contention that pillow lavas were generated in different geotectonic environments. Finally, MacLeod et al contend that the Mitsero graben is not a remnant of a spreading axis and that the transform slips to the right. These points are discussed and clarified.
Publication Name: Tectonics
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0278-7407
Year: 1992
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Generation and obduction of ophiolites: constraints from the Bay of Islands complex, western Newfoundland
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A model for the generation and obduction of ophiolites is developed using the constraints provided by the Bay of Islands ophiolite complex (BOIC). These constraints include various aspects of the tectonic history in the BOIC. The ophiolites were produced in a strike-slip environment as inferred from the structure of the spreading ridge and the obduction of the BOIC parallel to the margin. The extent of the period for ophiolite generation and the cessation of volcanism in the area are attributed to the diachronous collision of the irregular continental margin and the island arc.
Publication Name: Tectonics
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0278-7407
Year: 1992
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West-northwest directed obduction of the Baitain Group on the eastern Oman continental margin at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary
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The Batain coast of eastern Oman is dominated by allochthonous Permian to Late Maastrichtian sedimentary and volcanic rocks, overlain by neoautochthonous Tertiary sediments. It has previously been suggested that the Batain Group was obducted in the Conaician to Campanian from NE to SW onto the northern Oman continental margin. Several studies in the area have been documented and are found to differ from previous structural interpretations. Significant differences were found in timing of obduction and tectonic transport direction.
Publication Name: Tectonics
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0278-7407
Year: 1999
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