• DOI:10.1086/623788
Corpus ID: 140563237

Classification of Igneous Rock Series

@article{Peacock1931ClassificationOI,
  title={Classification of Igneous Rock Series},
  author={M. Peacock},
  journal={The Journal of Geology},
  year={1931},
  volume={39},
  pages={54 - 67}
}

M. Peacock

Published 1931

Geology

The Journal of Geology

Some rock series cannot be properly classified either as alkalic or as sub-alkalic. To meet this situation a simple extension of the present twofold classification is proposed; this takes the form of a fourfold division into alkalic, alkali-calcic, calc-alkalic, and calcic groups. It is shown, from a partial graphical representation of thirteen rock series, that the silica value at which the curves for total alkalis and for lime intersect (the alkali-lime index) is characteristic of a rock… CONTINUE READING

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