Integration of data from field. geochemistry, and radiometric age invcstigations of the active Banda arc-Australia collision zonc (Banda orogen) and· the Jurassic Brooks Range ophiolite provide ncw constraints for the origin and emplacement of Oman-type ophiolites. These ophiolites arc characterized by ultramafic residuals and mafic products that arc chemically modified by "anous dcgrees of pan...

Most of the Caribbean plate, which currently lies between American continents, represents a mantle plume-derived 8–20 km thick Cretaceous oceanic plateau that was formed in Pacific region and moved eastwards. The northern islands are largely made up dismembered island arc located along western entrance to inter-American (termed Great Arc Caribbean) mid-late Cretaceous. Importantly, timing litho...

Abstract The Abu Ghalaga pluton in the southern eastern desert of Egypt (SED) consists undeformed norite and hornblende gabbro intruding island arc metavolcanics, ophiolitic rocks, syn-tectonic older granitic rocks. Fe-Ti ore (mainly ilmenite) occurs form lenses at base norite. Based on microtextures, mineralogy, chemical composition, three types ilmenites are recognized: massive high-Mg type, ...

There are substantial differences among taxonomic groups in their capacity to reach remote oceanic islands via long-distance overwater dispersal from mainland regions. Due to their permeable skin and intolerance of saltwater, amphibians generally require human-assisted dispersal to reach oceanic islands. Several Litoria frog species have been introduced to remote islands throughout the Pacific ...

S U M M A R Y We investigate the crust and uppermost mantle velocity structure beneath the Laccadive Island through the inversion of teleseismic receiver functions following the neighbourhood algorithm. The velocity structure suggests that the 16-km thick-oceanic crust is underplated by 8-km thick high-velocity layer (Vs ∼ 4.25–4.4 km s−1; Vp ∼ 7.35–7.6 km s−1). The uppermost mantle shear veloc...

Studies of mangrove population connectivity have focused primarily on global to regional scales and suggested potential for long-distance connectivity, with archipelagos serving as stepping stones trans-oceanic dispersal. However, the contribution propagule dispersal is still largely unknown, especially at local-scale. Identifying fine-scale patterns unique individual island systems important u...

The Khoy Ophiolitic Complex (KOC) as a part of Tethyan, Izmir-Ankara- Erzincan and Bitlis-Zagros sutures of South East (SE) Turkey is broadly exposed around Khoy region (NW Iran). This complex comprises dismembered fragments of mantle lithosphere, obducted oceanic lithosphere and parts of volcanic arc remnants. The Khoy Ophiolitic Complex can be structurally divided into two major eastern and w...