| Dedication |
| Acknowledgments |
| Preface |
| 1 |
Ophiolite concept and its evolution
Yildirim Dilek |
| 2 |
A personal history of the ophiolite concept
Eldridge M. Moores |
| 3 |
Identification of a mantle unit in ophiolites: A major step in the evolution of the ophiolite concept
Thierry Juteau |
| 4 |
N.L. Bowen, H.H. Hess, and ultramafic rocks: Perspectives on ophiolites before plate tectonics
Davis A. Young |
| 5 |
Ophiolites, ocean crust formation, and magnetic studies: A personal view
F.J. Vine |
| 6 |
Die ophiolithischen Zonen in den mediterranen Kettengebirgen (The ophiolitic zones in the Mediterranean mountain chains)
Gustav Steinmann (Daniel Bernoulli and Gerald M. Friedman, Translators) |
| 7 |
Where did Gustav Steinmann see the trinity? Back to the roots of an Alpine ophiolite concept
Daniel Bernoulli, Gianreto Manatschal, Laurent Desmurs, and Othmar Müntener |
| 8 |
Ophiolites, historical contingency, and the Wilson cycle
Martin F.J. Flower |
| 9 |
Where ophiolites come from and what they tell us
Adolphe Nicolas and Françoise Boudier |
| 10 |
Ophiolites and lost oceans: Rifts, ridges, arcs, and/or scrapings?
John Dewey |
| 11 |
Role of ophiolites in archipelago model of orogenesis
Kenneth J. Hsü |
| 12 |
Ophiolites and the interpretation of marine geophysical data: How well does the ophiolite model work for the Pacific Ocean crust?
James S. McClain |
| 13 |
Development of ophiolitic perspectives on models of oceanic magma chambers beneath active spreading centers
Peter Thy and Yildirim Dilek |
| 14 |
Geology of supra-subduction zones—Implications for the origin of ophiolites
James W. Hawkins |
| 15 |
Supra-subduction zone ophiolites: The search for modern analogues
Julian A. Pearce |
| 16 |
The Troodos Massif of Cyprus: Its role in the evolution of the ophiolite concept
Paul T. Robinson, John Malpas, and Costas Xenophontos |
| 17 |
The Troodos ophiolite and the upper ocean crust; a reciprocal traffic in scientific concepts
J.R. Cann |
| 18 |
The sheeted dike complex of the Troodos ophiolite and its role in understanding mid-ocean ridge processes
Robert J. Varga |
| 19 |
The evolution of ideas for the origin and emplacement of the western Hellenic ophiolites
A.G. Smith and A. Rassios |
| 20 |
Development of the ideas on the origin of Albanian ophiolites
Minella Shallo and Yildirim Dilek |
| 21 |
High-pressure and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belts—Subduction, recrystallization, exhumation, and significance for ophiolite study
W.G. Ernst |
| 22 |
The repeated rediscovery of mélanges and its implications for the possibility and the role of objective evidence in the scientific enterprise
A.M.C.  engör |
| 23 |
History of asbestos discovery and use and asbestos-related disease in context with the occurrence of asbestos within ophiolite complexes
Malcolm Ross and Robert P. Nolan |