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Types of Igneous Plutons. p.140-141d. Volcano. Dikes. Laccolith. Sills. Volcanic Pipe. Original artwork by Gary Hincks. Dikes. Batholith. Fig. 6.08b. Stephen Marshak. Types of Igneous Plutons. p.140-141d. Volcano. Dikes. Laccolith. Sills. Volcanic Pipe.
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Types of Igneous Plutons p.140-141d Volcano Dikes Laccolith Sills Volcanic Pipe Original artwork by Gary Hincks Dikes Batholith
Fig. 6.08b Stephen Marshak
Types of Igneous Plutons p.140-141d Volcano Dikes Laccolith Sills Volcanic Pipe Original artwork by Gary Hincks Dikes Batholith
Fig. 6.10 W. W. Norton
Fig. 6.11a Stephen Marshak
Fig. 6.11de Paul Hoffmann
Fig. 6.18 W. W. Norton
Plate Tectonic Setting as a Context For Magma Generation 3) Divergent margins:Melting of lithosphere along ocean spreading centers 4) Melting of lithosphere & crust beneath continental rift zones 2) Convergent margins: Subduction of slabs of lithosphere 1) Mantle plumes & hot-spots
Fig. 6.14ab W. W. Norton
Ways To Melt Rock: Fig. 6.04a Lower pressure in the mantle (e.g. along divergent margins) W. W. Norton
Fig. 6.03 Rock moving from point A to point B in the mantle sees a decrease in pressure. W. W. Norton “Decompression melting”
Ways To Melt Rock Fig. 6.04a Raise the temperature of the surrounding rock to melting temperature W. W. Norton
Ways To Melt Rocks Fig. 6.04c Add water! W. W. Norton
Fig. 6.04b W. W. Norton
Making Silica-rich Magmas Fig. 6.05a W. W. Norton 1) Partial melting of mafic, or ultramafic rocks.
Making Silica-rich Magmas: 2) Assimilation of siliceous “country rocks”
Fig. 6.09ab W. W. Norton
Making Silica-rich Magmas Fig. 6.05c W. W. Norton 3) Fractional crystallization & gravity settling of early formedmafic minerals.