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Reference 1212

Macdonald, Ray; Smith, Robert L; Thomas, John E (1992) U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, Report: P 1523, 214 pp., 1992

AuthorsMacdonald, Ray; Smith, Robert L; Thomas, John E
Year1992
SourceU. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, Report: P 1523, 214 pp., 1992
Pages214 pp.
PublisherU. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States USA
ISSN1044-9612
GeoRef1992-049812
Keywordsacidic composition; acidic magmas; alkalic composition; bibliography; catalogs; chemical analysis; classification; crust; data bases; data processing; differentiation; genesis; geochemistry; glasses; global; igneous rocks; magmas; major elements; metals; minor elements; obsidian; plate tectonics; rare earths; rhyolites; subalkalic composition; trace elements; USGS; volcanic rocks

Abstract

More than 200 new analyses for major and minor elements, including halogens, are presented for obsidians > 70 percent SiO sub 2 of worldwide occurrence. An additional 130 analyses for major elements are compiled from the literature. This data base establishes the patterns of chemical variation in obsidians in the context of five major plate-tectonic regimes of the Earth's crust, and in terms of major petrogenetic processes. All major and many minor elements are summarized individually.

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51Rhyolite yesyes
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40Rhyolite yesyes
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7Rhyolite yesyes
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148Rhyolite yesyes
147Rhyolite yesyes
MC73-1ARhyolite yesyes
M72-8Rhyolite yesyes
M72-21Rhyolite yesyes
M72-62Rhyolite yesyes
9Rhyolite yesyes
5Rhyolite yesyes
CD-3Rhyolite yesyes
CD-4ARhyolite yesyes
CD-5Rhyolite yesyes
CD-17Rhyolite yesyes
CD-22Rhyolite yesyes
CD-7Rhyolite yesyes
CD-20Rhyolite yesyes
CD-23Rhyolite yesyes
CD-30Rhyolite yesyes
CD-33Rhyolite yesyes
CD-8Rhyolite yesyes
CD-12Rhyolite yesyes
CD-14Rhyolite yesyes
CD-18Rhyolite yesyes
CD-19Rhyolite yesyes
CD-21ARhyolite yesyes
49Rhyolite yesyes
50Rhyolite yesyes
212Rhyolite yesyes
21Rhyolite yesyes
29Rhyolite yesyes
31Rhyolite yesyes
74Rhyolite yesyes
226Rhyolite yesyes
202Rhyolite yesyes
14Rhyolite yesyes
251Rhyolite yes
257Rhyolite yes
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