Ofioliti成立于1976年，為蛇綠巖和現今海洋巖石圈及其沉積覆蓋的地球動力學、巖石學、地球化學、地層學、構造學和古地理領域的原始貢獻和評論提供了一個國際論壇。有關地幔地球動力學和蛇綠巖等造山帶演化的研究也很受歡迎。

Ofioliti was established in 1976, and provides an international forum for original contributions and reviews in the field of the geodynamics, petrology, geochemistry, stratigraphy, tectonics and paleogeography of both ophiolites and the lithosphere of present oceans, with their sedimentary cover. Studies of related topics such as the geodynamics of the mantle and the evolution of orogens including ophiolites are also welcome.