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A folded and lightly-metamorphosed allochthonous thrust slice, representing a complete ophiolite succession (Penrose definition), has been mapped in the late Proterozoic shield of Saudi Arabia. This occurrence supports the suggestion that plate-tectonic motions operated during the late Proterozoic.
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Shanti, M., Roobol, M. A late Proterozoic ophiolite complex at Jabal Ess in northern Saudi Arabia. Nature 279, 488–491 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/279488a0
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