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JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 5, Pages 929-935Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/44.5.929
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calcalkaline; calcalkalic; subalkaline; tholeiitic; rock classification
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The terms calcalkaline and calcalkalic are currently defined and used in multiple and non-equivalent ways. Generally, the variation of total Fe as FeO/MgO within evolving subalkaline rock suites is regarded as the most distinctive character of calcalkaline compared with tholeiitic suites, reflecting the relative timing of phase saturation with Fe-Ti oxides, plagioclase, and ferromagnesian silicates. Other classification schemes are widely used, including a minority of adherents to the original formalized definition of 'calcalkalic' by Peacock (1931, journal of Geology 39, 54-67). Given the prevailing contradictory and confusing usage of these terms, which leads to miscommunication, it is proposed that the spectrum of subalkaline rocks be divided into high-, medium-, and low-Fe suites, complementing divisions made on the basis of K contents. The terms calcalkaline and calcalkalic should be restricted to rock suites that conform to Peacock's definition.
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