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Some relations between common acid–basic associations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. J. Roobol
M. J. Roobol
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geography, University of West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica
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Summary

Net veined complexes and basic dykes with lobate or planar margins are commonly contained in granophyre and felsite. A study of three Tertiary centres reveals that the associations do not occur as distinct types but show gradational relations. Examples are used to illustrate a gradational morphological series. The interpretation of this series is best accounted for in terms of a basic magma invading an acid host. The factors considered capable of producing the described variations are (a) the volume of basic magma (and therefore amount of heat introduced), and (b) the degree of consolidation (ratio of crystals to melt) of the acid host.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 108 , Issue 6 , November 1971 , pp. 525 - 531
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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