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The present paper documents the petrography, mineral chemistry and petrochemistry of the acid volcanics of St.Mary group of islands. These are essentially characterized by pyroxene bearing rhyolites with average 73.49 wt.% SiO2.All the rhyolites from these islands are acmite normative, hence peralkaline with phenocrysts of zoned plagioclase and sometimes hypersthene/augite. There is depletion of LREE with moderate negative Eu anomaly. The enhancement of HFSE elements indicates their compatibility with continental crust. These rhyolites have high equilibrium temperature (915°C) at relatively lower oxygen fugacity (10−16). The acidic lava flows are anorogenic, within plate rhyolites, generated during northern migration of Indian plate over Marion hotspot.
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Bhushan, S.K., Rao, K.N. & Vidyadharan, K.T. Petrography and Geochemistry of St. Mary Islands, near Malpe, Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka. J Geol Soc India 76, 155–163 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-010-0088-7
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