TY - JOUR

T1 - A trip through Oceanic Lithosphere

T2 - 2019 international workshop and field trip of IGCP 649 in Muscat, Oman

AU - Niu, Xiaolu

AU - Yang, Jingsui

AU - Nasir, Sobhi

AU - Koepke, Juergen

N1 - Funding Information: As the close year of this project, we would express our grateful to many individuals and organizations for their strong supports and helps. They are the UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization), IUGS (International Union of Geological Sciences) and IGCP program, Dr. Costas Constantinou of the Cyprus Geological Survey Department, Dr. Kenya Elvira Nuñez Cambra of Cuban Society of Geology, Dr. Luis J. Gomez Narbona of the Cuba Geological Survey, Prof. Yurisley Valdes Marino of the High Mining Metallurgic Institute of Moa in Cuba, Prof Jonathan Archison of the Quensland University, Prof. Dominique Cluzel of the University of New Caledonia, Dr. Rahma Ibrahim Al-Mahrooqi of Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. Dr. Cong Zhang and other CARMA members. Without their great contributions all the programs and activities would not be able to be carried out so smoothly and successfully. The IGCP 649 project was financially supported by the IGCP program under the UNESCO, IUGS and by the NSF of China (41720104009). We would express our deep appreciation to them all.

PY - 2021/6

Y1 - 2021/6

N2 - IGCP-649 project "Diamonds and Recycled Mantle " (2015-2019) is aimed to carry out extensive and systematic research on the peridotites, chromitites, and related high pressure and reduced minerals such as diamond, moissanite and other unusual minerals, from different ophiolites and orogenic belts in the world, in order to understand the formation and origin of deep-mantle minerals in oceanic lithosphere, the origin of carbon for the ophiolite-hosted diamonds, the evolution of Earth's mantle and the dynamic process of ophiolite emplacement and also to provide new model for chromitite formation and exploration. Since 2015, the IGCP-649 workshops and field excursions have been held at the world well-known classic ophiolites and chromitites exposed areas, such as the North Qilian ophiolite in China (Yang et al., 2015a), the Troodos ophiolite in Cyprus (Yang et al., 2016), the Mayari-Baracoa ophiolites and chromitites in Cuba (Yang et al., 2017), the Massif du Sud ophiolite in New Caledonia (Yang and Shen, 2018), and the Semail ophiolite in Oman this year (2019). In addition to holding workshops and field excursions, the IGCP-649 project has also organized many scientific sessions on ophiolites and chromitites in world well-known international conferences, e.g., Goldschmidt Conference (2015, 2017, 2019), Annual Meeting of Geological Society of America (2015, 2017), the International Geological Congress (2016, 2020 now postponed), and published several special issues of the journals, such as Gondwana Research (2015), Lithosphere (2018), Earth Sciences (2019), as well as abstract volumes (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020) in the journal Acta Geologica Sinica. All these scientific activities and publications provided an excellent opportunity for international geologists and earth science communications to gather and exchange their new achievements and perspectives.

AB - IGCP-649 project "Diamonds and Recycled Mantle " (2015-2019) is aimed to carry out extensive and systematic research on the peridotites, chromitites, and related high pressure and reduced minerals such as diamond, moissanite and other unusual minerals, from different ophiolites and orogenic belts in the world, in order to understand the formation and origin of deep-mantle minerals in oceanic lithosphere, the origin of carbon for the ophiolite-hosted diamonds, the evolution of Earth's mantle and the dynamic process of ophiolite emplacement and also to provide new model for chromitite formation and exploration. Since 2015, the IGCP-649 workshops and field excursions have been held at the world well-known classic ophiolites and chromitites exposed areas, such as the North Qilian ophiolite in China (Yang et al., 2015a), the Troodos ophiolite in Cyprus (Yang et al., 2016), the Mayari-Baracoa ophiolites and chromitites in Cuba (Yang et al., 2017), the Massif du Sud ophiolite in New Caledonia (Yang and Shen, 2018), and the Semail ophiolite in Oman this year (2019). In addition to holding workshops and field excursions, the IGCP-649 project has also organized many scientific sessions on ophiolites and chromitites in world well-known international conferences, e.g., Goldschmidt Conference (2015, 2017, 2019), Annual Meeting of Geological Society of America (2015, 2017), the International Geological Congress (2016, 2020 now postponed), and published several special issues of the journals, such as Gondwana Research (2015), Lithosphere (2018), Earth Sciences (2019), as well as abstract volumes (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020) in the journal Acta Geologica Sinica. All these scientific activities and publications provided an excellent opportunity for international geologists and earth science communications to gather and exchange their new achievements and perspectives.

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U2 - 10.18814/epiiugs/2020/020067

DO - 10.18814/epiiugs/2020/020067

M3 - Other contribution to journal

AN - SCOPUS:85107872028

VL - 44

SP - 189

EP - 197

JO - EPISODES

JF - EPISODES

SN - 0705-3797

IS - 2

ER -