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On Rhythmical Layering of Rocks Formed from Basaltic Magma

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Formation of rhythmical layering in intrusive basic and ultrabasic rock bodies is explained in different ways, in particular, by the movement of microparticles (mineral clusters) of plagioclase and pyroxene within the basalt melt under the influence of thermal and gravitational forces. A model of cluster movement is proposed as a consequence of the forces appearing when ultrasonic elastic fluctuations pass through the melt. The model is based on fundamental dynamic equations. Depending on cluster density, wave parameters, and magmatic chamber size, in the melt there can form different combinations of rhythmically alternating layers of different composition.

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  1. Institute of Mathematical Geology, RANS, St. Petersburg, Russia

    A. B. Vistelius & V. M. Pavlov

  2. Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology, RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia

    A. B. Vistelius

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Vistelius, A.B., Pavlov, V.M. On Rhythmical Layering of Rocks Formed from Basaltic Magma. Mathematical Geology 35, 399–404 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024889823063

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