Summary: Principles Of Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology | 9780521880060 | Anthony Philpotts, et al

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  • 3 Intrusion of Magma

  • 3.1 Introduction

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  • What is a dike?

    Steeply dipping sheet-like intrusions formed when basaltic magma rises through fractures and cools.
  • What is a diapir?

    Large dome-like bodies of rhyolitic magmas which solidify under the surface to form granite batholiths.
  • How can the advance of magma be tracked?

    • Pressure forcing magma upwards propagates fractures in through the lithosphere
  • 6 Classification of Igneous Rocks

  • 6.1 Introduction

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  • What is the most abundant element of Earth?

    Oxygen: more than 90%
  • 6.1.1 Meteorites

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  • What is a meteoroid?

    Meteors that have entered Earth's atmosphere.
    Most break up and disintergrate due to frictional heating.
  • What is a meteorite?

    Bigger meteors that have reached Earth's surface. 
    Most are derived from asteroids, primarily those in the asteroid belt (between Mars and Jupiter) but some are scattered throughout the solar system.
  • What are the three types of meteorites?

    1. Iron meteorites
    2. Stony iron meteorites
    3. Stony meteorites
  • What is a chondrule?

    • Composed of high-temperature minerals (e.g. pyroxene or olivine)
    • Spherical (~100μm-several mm)
    • Mostly fine-grained and glassy
    ~> Formed by rapid cooling of liquid droplets (of solar nebula condensation or impact-melts during planet formation)
    • Coarsely crystalline and irregular: slower cooling
  • 6.1.2 Compositions of magmas and rocks

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  • What are the seven major oxides?

    1. SiO2
    2. Al2O3
    3. FeO (Fe2O3)
    4. MgO
    5. CaO
    6. Na2O
    7. K2O
  • What are the rock-forming minerals, based on the 7 major oxide components of magma?

    • Clinopyroxene
    • orthopyroxene
    • olivine
    • garnet (only at high pressure)
    • amphibole
    • mica
    • quartz
    • plagioclase
    • alkali feldspar
    • feldspathoid
    • spinel (commonly: magnetite)
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