An ophiolite is a section of Earth's oceanic crust and the underlying upper mantle that has been uplifted and exposed above sea level and often emplaced onto continental crustal rocks.. The Greek word ὄφις, ophis (snake) is found in the name of ophiolites, because of the superficial texture of some of them.Serpentinite especially evokes a snakeskin. . The suffix lite from the …

The Troodos mountains are known worldwide for their geology and the presence of an undisturbed ophiolite sequence, the Troodos Ophiolite.These mountains slowly rose from the sea due to the collision of the African and European tectonic plates, a process that eventually formed the island of Cyprus.The slowing and near-cessation of this process left the rock formations …

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