Historiography – low Ti basalts – boninites – draft 3
1959-1979
Wilson, R.A.M. 1959. The geology of the Xeros-Troodos area. Memoir, Cyprus Geological Survey Dept., 1, 184 p.
Dallwitz, W.B., Green, D.H., and Thompson, J.E. 1966. Clinoenstatite in a volcanic rocks from the Cape Vogel area, Papua. Jour. Petrol., 7, p. 375-403
Gass, I.G. 1968. Is the Troodos Massif of Cyprus a fragment of Mesozoic Ocean Floor ? Nature, 220, p. 3942.
Vine, F.J. and Moores, E.M. 1969. Paleomagnetic results for the Troodos igneous massif, Cyprus. EOS (American Geophysical Union Transactions), 50, p. 131.
Searle, D.L. and Vokes, F.M. 1969. Layered ultrabasic lavas from Cyprus. Geol. Mag., 106, p.515530
Moores, E.M. and Vine, F.J. 1971. The Troodos Massif, Cyprus, and other ophiolites as oceanic crust: evaluation and implications. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London, Ser. A, 268, p. 443-466.
Nicholas, A. and Jackson, E.D. 1972. Repartition en deux provinces des peridotites des Chaines alpines logeant la Mediterranee: implications geotectoniques. Schweiz miner. Petrogr. V. 52, 3, p. 479-495.
Griffiths, J.R. and Varne,R. 1972. Evolution of the Tasman Sea, Macquarie Ridge and Alpine Fault. Nature Phys. Sci., 235, p. 83-86.
Gass, I.G. and Smewing, J.D. 1973, Intrusion, extrusion and metamorphism at constrictive margins: evidence from the Troodos Massif, Cyprus. Nature, 242, p. 26-29. Off axis volcanism
Miyashiro, A. 1973. The Troodos ophiolitic complex was probably formed in an island arc. EPSL, 19, p. 218-224.
Gale, G.H. 1973. Paleozoic basaltic komatiite and ocean-floor type basalts from northeastern Newfoundland. EPSL. 18, p. 22-28.
Basic pillow lavas from northeastern Newfoundland are shown to be chemically similar to basaltic komatiites and ocean-floor basalts. New trace element data presented for basaltic komatiites indicate that they were derived from a magma more primitive than that producing ocean-floor basalts. A model for the derivation of basaltic komatiite by extensive partial melting of pyrolitic upper mantle at sites of plate separation is proposed.
Parrot, J.F. 1974. L’assemblage ophiolitique du Baer Bassit (Nord Ouest de la Syrie): etudie petrographique et geochimique du complexe filonien, des laves en coussins qui lui sont associees, et d’une partie des formations effusive du volcano sedimentaire. Cahier ORSTOM, Ser. Geol. VI, p. 97-126.
Smewing, J.D., Simonian, K.O., and Gass, I.G. 1975. Metabasalts from the Troodos massif, Cyprus : genetic implications deduced from petrography and trace element geochemistry. Cont. Min. Petr., 51 p. 4964.
Pearce, J.A. 1975. Basalt geochemistry used to investigate post-tectonic environments on Cyprus. Tectonophysics, 25, p. 41-67.
Rocci, G., Ohnenstetter, D, and Ohnenstetter, M. 1975. La dualite des ophiolites tethysiennes
Petrologie, 1, p. 172174.
Robertson, A.H.F. 1975. Cyprus umbers : basalt sediment relationship on a Mesozoic ocean ridge. Jour. Geol. Soc., v. 131, p. 511531.
Norman, R.E. and Strong, D.F. 1975. The geology and geochemistry of ophiolitic rocks exposed at Mings Bight, Newfoundland. CJES, 12, p. 777-797. Analyses used in Church and Coish 1976.
Miyashiro, A. and Shido, F. 1975. Tholeiitic and calc-alkaline series in relation to the behaviours of titanium, vanadium, chromium, and nickel. Am. J. Sci., 275, p. 265-277.
Hynes, A 1975. Comment on “The Troodos ophiolitic complex was probably formed in an island arc” by A. Miyashiro, EPSL, 25, p. 213-216.
Moores, E.M. 1975. Discussion of “Origin of Troodos and other ophiolites: a reply to Hynes” by A. Miyashiro, EPSL, 25, p. 223-226
Miyashiro, A. 1975. Origin of Troodos and other ophiolites: a reply to Moores. EPSL, 25, p. 227-235.
Gass, I.G. et al. 1975. Comment on “The Troodos ophiolitic complex was probably formed in an island arc” by A. Miyashiro, and subsequent correspondance by A. Hynes and A. Miyashiro. EPSL, 25, p. 236-238.
Hodges, F.N. and Papike, J.J. 1975. Deep-seated rocks recovered by DSDP Leg 37: pyroxene chemistry and cooling history, Geol. Soc. Am. NE Sect, 10th Ann. Meet, Abst. W. Programs, 7, p. 74-75.
Church, W.R. and Coish, R.A. 1976. Oceanic versus Island Arc origin of Ophiolites. EPSL 31, p. 8-14. Sub Dec 15 1975
“The use of titanium as a discriminant of tectonic environmentis also suspect because the titanium content of basalts associated with Appalachian ophiolites as well as those recently recovered from the Atlantic ocean floor ranges from the Atlantic ocean floor ranges from values even lower than those typical of island arc tholeiites to values typical of abyssal tholeiites.”
“Miyashiro suggests that the plutonic components of ophiolites such as Troodos and Betts cove might have formed in magma chambers located beneath volcanic complexes of oceanic island arcs.” “Miyashiro appears to be aware of this difficulty since he comments with reference to the Troodos ophiolite that “no evidence has been found on the origin of the underlying ultramafic rocks”, a statement which is clearly meant to contest the interpretation of the Troodos and Vourinas harzburgite tectonites as mantle rocks.”
“the internal stratigraphy of ophiolites in both the Appalachian and Tethyan systems can only be explained on the basis of the postulate that ophiolites originate at oceanic spreading centres rather than beneath island arcs.”
Delaune-Mayere, M. and Parrot, J-F. 1976. Evolution de la marge continentale meridionale du Bassin Tethysien oriental d'apres l'etude des series sedimentaires de la region opiolitique du NW Syrien. Cah.ORSTOM., ser. Geol., v. 8, no.2, p. 173-183
Ohnenstetter, D. and Ohnenstetter, M. 1976. Modele de fonctionnement d’une ride medio-oceanique a partir de l’etude petrologique des ophiolites corses. Bull. Geol. Soc. France v. 18, p. 889-894.
Kay, R.W. and Senechal, R.G. 1976. The rare-earth geochemistry of the Troodos ophiolite complex. J. Geoph. Res, 81, p. 964-970.
Smewing, J.D. and Potts, P.J. 1976. Rare Earth abundances in basalts and metabasalts from the Troodos Massif, Cyprus. Cont. Min. Pet. , 57, p. 245-258.
Fryer, B.J. and Hutchinson, R.W. 1976. Generation of metal deposits on the sea floor. CJES, 13, p. 126135.
Robertson, A.H.F. and Fleet, A.J. 1976. The origins of rare earths in metalliferous sediments of the Troodos Massif, Cyprus. Earth Plan. Sci. Letters, 28, p. 385394.
Robertson, A.H.F. 1976. Origins of ochres and umbers : evidence from Skouriotissa, Troodos massif, Cyprus. Trans. Sect. B, Inst. Min. Metal., v. 85, p. 245251.
Church, W.R. 1977. The ophiolites of southern Quebec: oceanic crust of Betts Cove type. CJES, 14, p. 1668-1673. Sub Dec 19 1975; Acc Jan 12 1977
DelauneMayere, M., Marcoux, J., Parrot, JF., and Poisson, A.1977. p.7994 in International Symposium on the Structural History of the Mediterranean Basins, Biju Duval, B. and Montadert, L. (eds), Editions Technip, Paris
Cleintuar, M.R., Knox, G.J., and Ealey, P.J. 1977. The geology of Cyprus and its place in the East Mediterranean framework. Geol. en Mijnbouw, 56, p. 6682
Desmet, A., 1977. Les pillow laves du Troodos (C type), Universite de Nancy; These, p. 110-132.
Smewing, J.D., Simonian, K.O., Elboushi, I.M., and Gass, I.G.1977. Mineralized fault zone parallel to the Oman ophiolite spreading axis. Geology, 5, Sept., p. 534538.
Robertson., A.H.F. 1977. Kannaviou Formation of Cyprus.; Jour. Geol. Soc., 134, p.269
Robertson. A.H.F. 1977. The Moni melange, Cyprus. Jour.Geol. Soc, 133, p.447466.
Auden verus Robertson. 1978. Moni melange of Cyprus, Troodos. JGS 135, p.349
Coish, R.A. 1977a. Ocean floor metamorphism in the Betts Cove ophiolite, Newfoundland. Contr. Min. Pet., 60, p. 255-270. Fe3+ versus Al3+ in epidote
Coish, R.A. 1977b. Igneous and metamorphic petrology of the mafic units of the Betts Cove and Blow Me Down ophiolites, Newfoundland. University of Western Ontario, unpub. Ph.D. p. 119-124.
Church, W.R. 1977. The ophiolite of southern Quebec: oceanic crust of Betts Cove type. Can. J. Earth Sci., 14, p. 1668-1673. Comment on the dual nature of the Tethyan ophiolites (Rocci et al, 1975).
Anonymous, 1977. Initial report of the geological study of oceanic crust of the Philippine Sea Floor. Ofioliti, 2, p. 137-168.
Panayiotou, A. 1977. Geology and geochemistry of the Limassol Forest plutonic complex and the associated CoNiCoFe sulphide and chromite deposits, Cyprus. Ph. D. thesis, Univ. of New Brunswick, Canada.
1978 Feb 8th letter to Bob Nesbitt
1978 April, draft of Sun, S-S and Nesbitt, R.W. Geochemical regularities and genetic significance of ophiolitic basalts. Geology
1978 April, submitted copy of Sun, S-S and Nesbitt, R.W. Geochemical regularities and genetic significance of ophiolitic basalts. Geology. Shows concave REE pattern for sample 482/12 from the Mariana Trench “it is suggested that they may be similar to low-Ti ophiolitic basalts. ……..in some cases the depleted mantle sourece has been added to by a second component rich in light rare earth elements (LREE). ……….High magnesium low-Ti basalts from the juxtaposed Internal Zone (e.g. Betts Cove) are believed to be products of wet melting of a residual mantle at an inter-arc basin or island arc site after extraction of MOR type (e.g. External zone) magma.”
1978 May 24 letter to Bob Nesbitt
1978 Spring Coish, R.A. and Church, W.R. 1978. The Betts Cove ophiolite, Newfoundland: some unusual chemical characteristics. AGU Spring Meeting.
“The Betts Cove ophiolites are severely depleted in TiO2 (0.10 – 0.42 wt %) ……..20-30% melting of a severely depleted lherzolite can produce a Betts Cove basalt.”
1978 May 8 letter from Ray Coish “I’m not sure that the U-shaped REE pattern is real, i.e. it may be metasomatic…at AGU …I said that the LREE were enriched by metasomatism”
1978 July 31 letter to Ray. “Could the bastite replaced crystals be clinoenstatite”
Coish, R.A. and Church, W.R. 1978. The Betts Cove ophiolite, Newfoundland: some unusual chemical characteristics. Transactions American Geophysical Union, 59, p. 408.
Upadhyay, H.D. 1978 Phanerozoic Peridotitic and Pyroxenitic Komatiites from Newfoundland. Science, 202, p. 1192-1195.
Panayiotou, A. 1978. The mineralogy and chemistry of the podiform chromite deposits in the serpentinites of the Limassol Forest, Cyprus. Mineralium Deposita, 13(2), p. 259274
George, R.P., Jr. 1978. Structural petrology of the Olympus ultramafic complex in the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus. Geol. Soc America Bull., 89, p.845865.
Simonian, K.O. and Gass, I.G.1978. Arakapas fault belt, Cyprus : a fossil transform fault. Geol. Soc. America Bull., 89, p.12201230.
Varne, R. and Brown, A.V. 1978 The geology and petrology of the Adamsfield ultramafic complex, Tasmania. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 67.
Varne, R. and Brown, A.V. 1978 The geology and petrology of the Adamsfield Ultramafic complex, Tasmania. Cont. Min. Petrol., v. 67, p. 195-207. Adamsfield ultramafic complex is opx bearing and low TiO2. No gabbro, dolerite, or volcanic rocks. Overlain by serpentinitic sediments of Late Dresbachian - early Franconian age.
Sun, S.S. and Nesbitt, R.W. 1978 Geochemical regularities and genetic significance of ophiolitic basalts. Geology, 6, p. 689-693
Zonenshain, L.P. and Kuzmin, M.I. 1978 The Khan-Taishir ophiolitic complex of Western Mongolia, its petrology, origin and comparison with other ophiolitic complexes. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 67, p. 95-109.
Meijer, A. 1978 Petrology of volcanic rocks from the Mariana arc-trench gap and gabbros from the Mariana inter-arc basin, IPOD Leg 60. Abst. Am. Geophys. Union, Tectonophysics, p. 1182
Dietrich, V.,Emmermann, R., Oberhansli, R., and 1978 Geochemistry of Basaltic and Gabbroic rocks from the West Mariana Basin and the Mariana Trench. Earth Planetary Sci. Letters, 39, p. 127-144
1979 March 14 letter from Ray “…samples NH-71-1, NH-71-2, I do have REE analyses and the patterns are enclosed. ….they have very exagerated U-shaped patterns with a possible Eu anomaly….this makes these trondhjemites good candidates for differentiated liquids of the low-TiO2 basalts. I’ve done three trondhjemites from Blow Me Down and their REE patterns are nearly float (40-60x chondrite) with an Eu anomaly which becomes bigger with increasing SiO2 content…………….I’ve redone some of the upper lavas (high TiO2) that George did. …………..I’ve also checked the low-TiO2 rock (analysys 10, 5260) done at Ross Taylor’s lab and get very good agreement…………I have 7 or 8 low-TiO2 rocks done and they all have U-shaped REE patterns. The intermediate TiO2 rocks, on the other hand, still have the LREE-depleted pattern.
Coish, R.A. and Church, W.R. 1979. Igneous geochemistry of mafic rocks in the Betts Cove ophiolite, Newfoundland. Contr. Min Pet., 70, p. 29-39. Acc June 20 179 Refers to the U-shaped pattern in sample 10; analyzed by George Jenner at ANU; other REE done by Ray at MIT
Chotin, P., et al. 1979 Le systeme d'arc insulaire des Mariannes: resultats du Leg 59, DSDP. Bull. Soc. Geol. France, 21, p. 525-528
Upadhyay, H.D. and Neale, E.R.W. 1979 On the tectonic regimes of ophiolite genesis. Earth Planetary Sc. Letters, 43, p. 93-102
Cameron, E.W., Nisbet, E.G., and Dietrich, V.J. 1979 Boninites, komatiites, and ophiolitic basalts. Nature 280, p.550-553.
Wood, D.A. 1979. Dynamic partial melting: its application to the petrogenesis of basalt lava series from Iceland, the Faero Islands, the Isle of Skye (Scotland), and the Troodos Massif (Cyprus). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 43, p. 10311046.
Bryan, W.B. 1979 Regional variation and petrogenesis of basaltic glasses from the FAMOUS area, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Jour. Petrology 20, p. 293-325
Robertson, A.H.F. and Woodcock, N.H. 1979. The Mamonia Complex, southwest Cyprus; the evolution and emplacement of a Mesozoic continental margin. Geol. Soc. of America Bull., 90 p. 651-665
1980 - 1989
Meijer, A. (1980): Primitive arc volcanism and a boninite series: example from W-Pacific Island arcs. In: D. F. Hayes (ed.): The Tectonic and Geologic Evolution of southeast Asian seas and islands. AGU Monographs, 23: p. 269-282.
Hickey, R., Frey, F.A., Jenner, G., 1980. Trace element and isotopic characteristics of Boninites: implications for their source. EOS, 61, 46, p. 1140.
“Recent projects along the Mariana arc recovered “boninite”-like lava which vary in MgO and SiO2 content, and a “boninite series” of island arc lavas has been proposed (Meijer, 1980)………..the “boninite” source component responsible for their varibale LREE enrichment and low Ti/Zr ratio is not dervied from subducted MOR basalt, but is of continental or oceanic island affinity.”
1980 Nov 11 Upadhyay, H.D. 1980. On the boninite-komatiite connection: some observations from Betts Cove and Belingwe. EOS, 61, 46, p. 1140. “some komatiites evolve into a calc-alkaline series (e.g. Betts Cove) forming a continuous komatiite – boninite –“andesite” suite.”
Cameron, E.W. 1980 Petrographic dissimilarities between ophiolite and ocean floor basalts, in Panayiotou, A., ed., Ophiolites: Proceedings, International Ophiolite Symposium, Cyprus, p. 182-192
Wood, C.P. 1980 Boninite at a continental margin. Nature 288,no. 5792, p. 692-694
Shiraki, K., Kuroda, N., Uranno, H. and Maruyama, S. 1980 Clinoenstatite in boninites from the Bonin Islands, Japan. Nature, 285, p. 31-32
Ohashi, F. and Shiraki, K. 1980 High-magnesia and high-silica volcanic rock in the Setogawa ophiolite, Central Japan. J. Japan Assoc. Min. Petrol. Econ. Geol. , p.193
O, H. and Maruyama, S. 1980 Clinoenstatite in boninites from the Bonin Islands, Japan. Nature, 285, p. 31-32
Frey, F.A., Dickey, J.S., Thompson, G., Bryan, W.B. 1980 Evidence for heterogeneous primary MORB and mantle sources, N.W. Indian Ocean. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 74, p. 387-402
Duncan, R.A. and Green, D. H. 1980 Geology, v. 8. p. 22-26
Searle, D. L. and Panayiotou, A.. 1980. Structural implications in the evolution of the Troodos Masif, Cyprus. Proceedings Inter. Ophio. Sym., Nicosia, 5060.
Swarbrick, R.E. 1980. The Mamonia Complex of SW Cyprus:a Mesozoic continental margin and its relationship with the Troodos Complex.Proceedings of the International Ophiolite Symposium, Cyprus] p[8692
Swarbrick, R.E. and Robertson, A.H.F. 1980. Revised stratigraphy of the Mesozoic rocks of southern Cyprus. Geol. Mag. 117,6, p.547563.
Laurent, R., Delaloye, M., Vuagnat, M. and Wagner, J. J. 1980. Composition of parental basaltic magnesian ophiolites, Cyprus Geol. Sur. Dept., from Ophiolites proceedings Inter. Ophiolite Symposium Cyprus, p. 172182.
Leblanc, M., Dupuy, C., Cassard, D., Moutte, J., Nicolas, A., Prinzhofer, A., and Robinovitch, M. 1980. Essai sur la genese des corps podiformes de chromitite dans les peridotites ophiolitiques : etude des chromites de NouvelleCaledonie et comparaison avec celles de Mediterranee oriental. Proc. Int. Ophiolite Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus.
1981
Tatsumi, Y. 1981 Melting experiments on a high-magnesian andesite. Earth Planet. Sci. Letters, 54, p. 357-365.
Jenner, G.A. 1981 Geochemistry of high-Mg andesites from Cape Vogel, Papua New guinea. Chem. Jour. v. 33, p. 307-332.
Pearce, J.A., Alabaster, T., Shelton, A.W. and 1981 The Oman ophiolite as a Cretaceous arc-basin complex: evidence and implications. Phil. Trans, R. Soc. Lond. A 300,.
Capedri, S. 1981 Petrology of an ophiolitic cumulate sequence from Pindos, Greece. Ofioliti, 6, p. 295
Crawford, Anthony J., Beccaluva, V., and Serri, 1981 Tectono-magmatic evolution of the West Philippine-Mariana region and the origin of boninites. Earth and Planetary Sci. Letters, 54, p. 346-356
Serri, G. 1981 The petrochemistry of ophiolitic gabbroic complexes : a key for the classification of ophiolites into low-Ti and high-Ti types. Earth Planetary Sci. Letters, 52, p. 203-212
Ohashi,F. and Shiraki,K. 1981 High magnesia and high silica volcanic rock in the Setogawa ophiolite. Jour. Jap.Assoc. Min. Pet. Econ. Geol., 76, p. 69-79. (boninite?)
Capedri, S., Venturelli, G. and Bebien, J. 1981 "Low-Ti" and "high-Ti" ophiolites in northern Pindos: petrological and geological constraints. Ofioliti, 6, p. 2296
Noiret, G., Montigny, R. and Allegre, C.J. 1981 Is the Vourinos complex an islaand arc ophiolite ? Earth and Planetary Sci. Letters, 56, p. 375-386.
Spray, J.G. 1981. Evidence for upper Cretaceous transform fault metamorphism in West Cyprus. Earth and Planetary Sci. Letters, 55, p. 273291.
Dietrich. V.J., Gansser, A., Sommerauer, J. and 1981 Paleogene komatiites from Gorgona Island, east Pacific- A primary magma for ocean floor basalts? Geochemical Jour., 15,. 1981. p. 141-161
Ohashi,F. and Shiraki,K. 1981 High magnesia and high silica volcanic rock in the Setogawa ophiolite. Jour. Jap. Assoc. Min. Pet. Econ. Geol., 76, p. 69-79. (boninite?)
Capedri, S., Venturelli, G., Bocchi, G., Dostal, J., 1981 The geochemistry and petrogenesis of an ophiolitic sequence from Pindos, Greece. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 74, p. 1789-200.
Gale, N.H., Spooner, E.T.C., and Potts P.J. 1981. The lead and strontium isotope geochemistry of metalliferous sediments associated with Upper Cretaceous ophilitic rocks in Cyprus, Syria, and the Sultanate of Oman. Canadian Jour. Earth Sci., 18, p. 126.
Searle, M.P. and Malpas, J. 1981. Structure and metamorphism of rocks beneath the Semail ophiolite of Oman and their significance in ophiolite obduction. Transactions of the Royal Soc. of Edinburgh: Earth Sci., 71, p. 247262.
Noiret, G., Montigny, R. and Allegre, C.J. 1981. Is the Vourinos complex an island arc ophiolite ? Earth and Planetary Sci.Letters, 56, p. 375386.
Serri, G. 1981. The petrochemistry of ophiolitic gabbroic complexes : a key for the classification of ophiolites into lowTi and highTi types. Earth Planetary Sci. Letters, 52, p. 203212.
1982
Berry, R. and Jenner, G.A. 1982 Basalt geochemistry as a tst of the tectonic models of Timor. J. Geol. Soc. London
Doe, B.R. 1982 The lead and strontium isotope geochemistry of metalliferous sediments associated with Upper Cretaceous ophiolitic rocks in Cyprus, Syria, and the Sultanate of Oman: Discussion. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol.19, No.8, p. 1720-1723
Cameron, W.E. and Nisbet, E.G. 1982 Phanerozoic analogues of komatiitic basalts, in Arndt, N.T., and Nisbet, E.G., eds., Komatiites: London, Allen and Unwin, p. 29-50
Coish R.A., Hickey, and Frey, F. 1982 Rare Earth element geochemistry of the Betts Cove ophiolite, Newfoundland. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, v. 46, p. 2117-2135 sub Jan 18 1982. Rare Earth geochemistry of the Betts Cove ophiolite, Newfoundland: complexities in ophiolite formation. “geochemical differences can be explained if the three groups were derived from different mantle sources …..the lower lavas may have formed by melting an extremely depleted mantle invaded by a LREE-enriched fluid. A possible tectonic environment where these different sources could be juxterposed is a back-arc or inter-arc basin.”
Doe, B.R. 1982. The lead and strontium isotope geochemistry of metalliferous sediments associated with Upper Cretaceous ophiolitic rocks in Cyprus, Syria, and the Sultanate of Oman: Discussion. CJES, 19, p. 17201723.