Supplemental Material: Identification of ca. 520 Ma mid-ocean-ridge–type ophiolite suite in the inner Cathaysia block, South China: Evidence from shearing-type oceanic plagiogranite

Table S1: Zircon SIMS U-Pb data and d18O values for the meta-felsic rocks from Shitun area, Cathaysia block, South China; Table S2: LA-ICP-MS analysis of trace elements in zircon from the meta-felsic rocks, Shitun area, Cathaysia block, South China; Table S3: Zircon Hf isotope compositions of the meta-felsic rocks from Shitun area, Cathaysia block, South China; Table S4: Major- and trace-element compositions of the serpentinites, meta-ultramafic rocks, and meta-felsic rocks from Shitun area, Cathaysia block, South China; Table S5: Whole-rock Re-Os isotope compositions of the serpentinites from Shitun area, Cathaysia block, South China; and Table S6: Sr-Nd isotope compositions of the meta-ultramafic and meta-felsic rocks from Shitun area, Cathaysia block, South China.

Supplemental Material: Identification of ca. 520 Ma mid-ocean-ridge–type ophiolite suite in the inner Cathaysia block, South China: Evidence from shearing-type oceanic plagiogranite

Table S1: Zircon SIMS U-Pb data and d18O values for the meta-felsic rocks from Shitun area, Cathaysia block, South China; Table S2: LA-ICP-MS analysis of trace elements in zircon from the meta-felsic rocks, Shitun area, Cathaysia block, South China; Table S3: Zircon Hf isotope compositions of the meta-felsic rocks from Shitun area, Cathaysia block, South China; Table S4: Major- and trace-element compositions of the serpentinites, meta-ultramafic rocks, and meta-felsic rocks from Shitun area, Cathaysia block, South China; Table S5: Whole-rock Re-Os isotope compositions of the serpentinites from Shitun area, Cathaysia block, South China; and Table S6: Sr-Nd isotope compositions of the meta-ultramafic and meta-felsic rocks from Shitun area, Cathaysia block, South China.

Cumulate gabbros in the South Andaman Island Ophiolite Suite (India): their bearing on the tectonic setting.

The Andaman Ophiolite of south-eastern India is located on the outer arc of the Andaman-Java subduction zone. It is represented by thrust slices formed in the Mesozoic Neo-Tethyan Ocean. Lithologically, it consists of dismembered mafic and ultramafic rocks and associated oceanic pelagic sediments. The present study focuses on the mafic cumulate rocks of the Andaman Ophiolite preserved in the Kodiaghat and the Mundapahar area of the South Andaman Island. The mafic cumulates are represented by olivine-bearing and olivine-free gabbros. The sequence of crystallisation in the gabbros is olivines (Fo~80) ± chromian spinels (Cr# 59 - 57), plagioclases (An95−61), clinopyroxenes (Mg# = 89 - 82) and amphiboles (Mg-hornblende, edenite and pargasite). Major oxide and trace element whole rock geochemistry and mineral compositions are consistent with a hybrid signature of Island Arc Tholeiite (IAT) - Mid Oceanic Ridge Basalt (MORB). Geochemical modelling shows that trapped melt fractions of 0 – 20 % can produce the observed trace element signatures of these gabbros. Our findings suggest that the gabbroic cumulates of the Andaman ophiolite were formed in an oceanic back-arc and oceanic arc setting developed in the Neo-Tethyan oceanic domain between the Indian and the Burmese plates during Late Cretaceous age.

Thermal and Transport Properties of Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks of Oman Ophiolite

Thermal and other physical properties of rocks and minerals are of considerable significance for deriving mineralogical and compositional models of the Earth's mantle. We have determined these properties for the mafic rock such as gabbro and ultramafic rock like harzburgite of the Oman ophiolite suite by utilizing the Debye characteristic property ,Θ-