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This thesis covers two separate but complimentary themes. Firstly, work on the spinel composition of the ultramafic rocks of has provided evidence that they formed as Alaskan-type intrusions. This has implications both for prospectivity and for the understanding of neoproterozoi…

The Oman ophiolite is the largest and best preserved ophiolite in the world and records a switch from mid-ocean ridge (MOR) to supra-subduction zone (SSZ) setting. This study investigates the geochemical variability of chrome-spinel in the mantle sequence of the poorly known Uni…