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The Bangong-Nujiang suture zone is underlain by a discontinuous and roughly EW ophiolite belt. Around Donqiao–Gyanco, ophiolitic and metasedimentary Palaeozoic series form nappes thrusted over Jurassic flysch series. All these series have undergone a late symmetrical folding accompanied by generally northward reverse faulting. Although strongly dismembered, a complete ophiolitic sequence comprising harzburgites with large podiform-type chromite deposits, wehrlites, cumulate gabbros, sheeted dolerite dykes, foliated garnet-bearing amphibolites and pillow lavas, has been found.
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Girardeau, J., Marcoux, J., Allègre, C. et al. Tectonic environment and geodynamic significance of the Neo-Cimmerian Donqiao ophiolite, Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, Tibet. Nature 307, 27–31 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/307027a0
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