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Red lines show known ophiolites on a North Pole global projection map.

Red lines show known ophiolites on a North Pole global projection map.
Red lines show known ophiolites on a North Pole global projection map.
Red lines show known ophiolites on a North Pole global projection map.
Red lines show known ophiolites on a North Pole global projection map.
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Red lines show known ophiolites on a North Pole global projection map.
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01/01/1998
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 41, No. 1, Pg. 24:
Red lines show known ophiolites, slices of oceanic crust that have been exposed on land by tectonic forces. Ophiolites allow scientists to study the three-dimensional structure of the oceanic crust and shallow mantle directly rather than by remote means beneath the seafloor. (After W. P. Irwin and R. G. Coleman, U.S. Geological Survey, 1974.)
Courtesy of Peter Kelemen
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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