
The SciencesAugust 1, 1982
Ophiolites
The crust of the earth under the oceans is different from the crust of the continents. Ophiolites seem to be fragments of oceanic crust on land. They are thus clues to how oceanic crust forms and spreads

Ophiolites
The crust of the earth under the oceans is different from the crust of the continents. Ophiolites seem to be fragments of oceanic crust on land. They are thus clues to how oceanic crust forms and spreads