Age and origin of ophicalcites from the Baer-Bassit ophiolite massif, Syriaстатья
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Аннотация:Serpentinite breccias with carbonate cement (ophicalcite) were found in NW Syria at the top of the Baer-Bassit ophiolite nappe. The matrix of ophicalcite contains foraminifera of Turonian-Santonian age. It is believed that these breccias were formed during a nonspreading stage on the slopes of seamounts. These seamounts, built up of serpentinized harzburgites, were formed at the time of intra-oceanic deformation which resulted in a rugged submarine topography of the southern part of the Mesozoic Tethys ocean, some 450 km off the northern margin of the Arabian continent. -Authors