X-Nico

unusual facts about Oceanic crust



Christopher Andronicos

He has recently begun work on the Oman Ophiolite complex which provides access to rocks which once made up the Oceanic crust and upper mantle.


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Gorringe Ridge

The seamount is composed of gabbros of the oceanic crust, serpentized rocks and alkaline basalts.

Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

There are depositions of sea floor deposits from the Cretaceous age, as well as Franciscan Complex, a medley of rock scraped off the oceanic crust as the Pacific Plate subducts beneath the North American Plate.

Paleo-Tethys Ocean

A last remnant of Paleo-Tethys Ocean might be an oceanic crust under the Black Sea.