Arc-continent collisional orogenesis in the SW Pacific and the nature, source and correlation of emplaced ophiolitic nappe components

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• nappe 100%
• orogeny 96%
• basalt 77%
• continent 76%
• ophiolite 64%
• subduction zone 60%
• terrane 58%
• seafloor 51%
• mid-ocean ridge basalt 33%
• basin 25%
• Cretaceous 22%
• Gondwana 21%
• Eocene 18%
• seafloor spreading 13%
• mantle source 10%
• Paleocene 10%
• Paleogene 10%
• continental crust 10%
• assimilation 9%
• emplacement 9%
• upwelling 9%
• fragmentation 9%
• rare earth element 8%
• plume 8%
• melting 7%
• crust 7%
• young 7%
• contamination 6%
• tectonics 6%
• comparison 4%

Chemical Compounds

• Spreading 99%
• Melting 80%
• Fragmentation 77%