Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Mariana-type ophiolites constrain the establishment of modern plate tectonic regime during Gondwana assembly

  • Jinlong Yao,
  • Peter A. Cawood,
  • Guochun Zhao,
  • Yigui Han,
  • Xiaoping Xia,
  • Qian Liu,
  • Peng Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24422-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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This paper placed the identified Mariana type ophiolite within a global tectonic re-organization at ca. 530-520 Ma. Similar ophiolites, together with other geological and chemical proxies, newly constrained the timing of establishment of modern plate tectonics, along with its links to surficial changes that characterize the contemporary Earth.