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Petrochemistry of the Scottish Carboniferous-Permian igneous rocks

  • Notes, Mémoires et Rapports de Volcanologie
  • Présenté à L’Assembée d’Édimbourg Septembre 1936
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The study of the petrochemistry, eruptive sequence and relative amounts of the Scottish Carboniferous-Permian igneous rocks leads to their genetic classification into three principal and two co-lateral series.

The origin of the series is attributed to the influence of alkali-volatile diffusion-differentiation of the primary magma corresponding to olivine-basalt.

The origin of the separate members of the series is attributed to crystallization-differentiation and in a lesser degree to diffusion-differentiation.

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Tomkeieff, S.I. Petrochemistry of the Scottish Carboniferous-Permian igneous rocks. Bull Volcanol 1, 59–87 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03028043

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