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Tholeiite and Tholeiitic Series

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. E. Tilley and
I. D. Muir
C. E. Tilley
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge, England.
I. D. Muir
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge, England.
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Abstract

The restrictions proposed by Jung (1958) on the definition and use of the term tholeiite, and the more recent drastic proposal for its abandonment (Chayes, 1966) are considered. Both proposals are rejected and re-emphasis given in support of the broad use of the term both as a rock and magma type, and as a progenitor of an igneous rock series.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 104 , Issue 4 , August 1967, pp. 337 - 343
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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