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| Precise 40Ar/39Ar geochronology, coupled with microstructural and metamorphic studies, documented that high-temperature intraoceanic thrusting of the archetypal, Tethyan-type Oman ophiolite began and ended within ~2 m.y. of the igneous crystallization of the ophiolite. |
Field and Laboratory Studies |
| Hacker, B.R., and Gnos, E., The conundrum of Samail. Tectonophysics,
v. 279, p. 215-226. |
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| Hacker, B.R., Mosenfelder, J.L., and Gnos, E., Rapid emplacement of the Oman
ophiolite: Thermal and geochronologic constraints. Tectonics, v. 15, pp. 1230-1247.
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| Hacker, B.R., and Mosenfelder, J.L., Metamorphism and deformation along the
emplacement thrust of the Samail ophiolite, Oman. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 155,
pp. 435-451. |
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Hacker, B.R., 1996, Metamorphic sole of the Samail ophiolite, Oman. in
Fault Related Rocks, Princeton University Press. |
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| Hacker, B.R., 1994, Rapid emplacement of young oceanic lithosphere: Argon
geochronology of the Oman ophiolite. Science, v. 265, p. 1563-1565. |
Thermomechanical Modeling |
| Hacker, B.R., 1990, Simulation of the metamorphic and deformational history
of the metamorphic sole of the Oman ophiolite: J. Geophys. Res., v. 95, p. 4895-4907.
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| Hacker, B.R., 1991, The role of deformation in the formation of metamorphic
field gradients: ridge subduction beneath the Oman ophiolite: Tectonics, v. 10,
p. 455-473. |
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