• The Coast Range Ophiolite is an ophiolite of Middle to Late Jurassic age located in the California Coast Ranges. The form the basement of the extreme...
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    An ophiolite is a section of Earth's oceanic crust and the underlying upper mantle that has been uplifted and exposed, and often emplaced onto continental...
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    Umunhum consists of a geologic formation that is known as the Coast Range Ophiolite. This ophiolite is a piece of Middle Jurassic oceanic crust and mantle that...
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    rocks around the headland constitute part of the Coast Range Ophiolite, one of the largest ophiolite terranes in the world. This beach is at risk of landslides...
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    on land. A classic example is the Coast Range ophiolite of California, which is one of the most extensive ophiolite terranes in North America. This oceanic...
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  • Fidalgo ophiolite is one of several Jurassic ophiolite complexes that occur along the western margin of North America, such as the Coast Range ophiolite. The...
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    Franciscan Complex (category Natural history of the California Coast Ranges)
    contact with the Great Valley Sequence, which was deposited on the Coast Range Ophiolite, along its eastern side. The type area of Franciscan rocks in San...
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  • California contain several obducted oceanic slabs, most famously the Coast Range Ophiolite. Obducted fragments also are found in the Hajar Mountains of Oman...
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    Mountain Ophiolite Belt, South Island, New Zealand Naga-Manipur Ophiolite Complex, India Coast Range Ophiolite, in the California Coast Ranges from Santa...
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  • chemosynthesis microbial reactions in wells drilled into the ultramafic Coast Range Ophiolite Microbial Observatory (CROMO) and found that the microbial communities...
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