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calc-alkalic series

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    In igneous rock: Classification of volcanic and hypabyssal rocks

    … and the iron-poor group called calc-alkalic. The former group is most commonly found along the oceanic ridges and on the ocean floor; the latter group is characteristic of the volcanic regions of the continental margins (convergent, or destructive, plate boundaries; see below Forms of occurrence: Distribution of igneous rocks on…

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    In igneous rock: Convergent plate boundaries

    …a tholeiitic series and a calc-alkalic series sometimes erupt from the same volcano. The former is characterized by lower magnesium, potassium, nickel, chromium, uranium, and thorium and a higher iron:magnesium ratio. Mineralogically, the tholeiitic series characteristically contains pigeonite (a low-calcium monoclinic pyroxene) in the groundmass of the basalts and andesites.…

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