经过20多年的努力,中国蛇绿岩研究已取得了不少成绩。今后的研究工作中,应强调对中国典型蛇绿岩的研究,即结合我国的地质背景,以构造、岩石、地球化学互相配合,进行多学科、多手段的“立典式”研究;重视对蛇绿岩岩浆成因的研究,进而探索地球深部地幔过程与板块扩张机制;深入挖掘蛇绿岩各岩石单元中
所赋含的信息,为板块运动学和动力学提供更合理的解释;而对前寒武纪蛇绿岩的研究,尚处于探索阶段,宜十分谨慎。

The ophiolite research in China has achieved much progress during recent twenty years. Spatio-temporal distribution, diversity, classification, genesis and environment of the ophiolites in China have been deeply researched. In future research works, several points should be emphasized: the exhaustive study of typical ophiolite in China; the origin of ophiolitic magma and related mantle process, thereafter the mechanics of plate spreading; the analysis of the information carried by petrological units of ophiolite to provide a more reasonable explanation for plate tectonics. The identification and research of pre-
Cambrian ophiolite should still be paid more cautions.