Titania and alumina content of oceanic and circumoceanic basalt
Felix Chayes
Abstract
Felix Chayes
Abstract
Summary Most circumoceanic basalts contain less and most oceanic basalts considerably more than 1·75% of TiO2. The difference of TiO2 averages is large enough to require rejection of the hypothesis that circumoeeanie basalt results from the assimilation of sial by oceanic basalt.
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Summary Most circumoceanic basalts contain less and most oceanic basalts considerably more than 1·75% of TiO2. The difference of TiO2 averages is large enough to require rejection of the hypothesis that circumoeeanie basalt results from the assimilation of sial by oceanic basalt.
Key concepts: Basalt, Geology, Geochemistry, Assimilation (phonology), Philosophy, Linguistics