Chapter 8: Major Elements “Wet-chems”: gravimetric/volumetric.
Magmatism and Tectonics. Basaltic Lava Fountain and Flows – (Hawaii)
Major Element Variation Reading: Winter Chapter 8.
Chapter 8: Major Elements
Major Elements
Basalt: pl, augite, hypersthene, olivine, spinel (45-52 SiO 2 ) Ultramafic volcanics : komatiite : olivine, high Mg, low Ti kimberlite : olivine, phlogopite,
