GeoPlotters

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s
e
i
r
e Banakite High-K r
4.0 s
e High-K dacite
n
l i Shoshonite
a i n e
k l
k a
High-K andesite
3.0 A
l l
a
K2O wt. %

l c -
Absarokite
High-K c a
K
basaltic
g h - Rhy
andesite H i i e s Dacite
2.0 r
e
lt Andesite
Kb
asa
e s e r
gh - Basaltic n
Hi
andesite l k a l i
c - a
C a l r i e s
1.0 s e
i e s
Basalt
- K
Low-K L o w Low-K dacite
Low-K rh

basaltic Low-K andesite

0.0
45 50 55 60 65 70
SiO2 wt. %
 Reference
Ewart, Anthony. "The mineralogy and petrology of
Tertiary-Recent orogenic volcanic rocks: with special
reference to the andesitic-basaltic compositional
range." Andesites: Orogenic Andesites and Related
Rocks 7 (1982): 25-98..

High-K rhyolite
K dacite
s
i n e
l
l k a
a

Rhyolite
cite

s e r
n e
s
r i e
Low-K rhyolite
w-K dacite

65 70 75
SiO2% K2O%
45 1.4
48 1.7
56 3.2
63 4.0
63 5.0
63 0.0
69 0.0
69 5.4
69 0.0
56 0.0
56 4.5
56 0.0
52 0.0
52 3.4
52 1.5
45 0.9
52 1.5
56 1.8
76 3.5
56 1.8
56 0.7
45 0.2
56 0.7
76 1.6