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Population density and zoning of olivine phenocrysts in tholeiites from Kauai, Hawaii
✍ Scribed by Sven Maaløe; Ole Tumyr; Dodie James
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1019 KB
- Volume
- 101
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-7999
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✦ Synopsis
The population density of olivine phenocrysts of the tholeiites display an exponential variation, which is typical of igneous as well as contact metamorphic rocks. The exponential variation is explained by a new growth probability model, which is consistent with experimental work. The forsterite content of the olivine phenocrysts decreases with decreasing size. Various phenocryst features suggest that the tholeiites first crystallized slowly in a magma chamber, after which they underwent crystallization for a short period of time in a feeder dyke before eruption took place.