Origin of rhyolites by anatectic melting of granitic crustal rocks |
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| Authors: | J Keller |
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| Institution: | 1. Mineralogisches Institut der Universit?t, D-78, Freiburg, W-Germany
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| Abstract: | Rhyolitic pumice deposits on some East Aegean Islands are the remnants of a tuff sheet which covered formerly more than 2500 km2. The rhyolites originated by melting of granitic crustal rocks. The petrological properties leading to this conclusion are as follows: -mineralogical composition of the pumice being 60 wt % of glass and 40 % of relictic granitic minerals (quartz, plagioclase, potash feldspar, biotite) in «phenocrysts» up to 1 cm Ø. -phenomena of strong corrosion, resorption and melting of all light colored «phenocrysts» in the rhyolitic pumice. -mineralogical and chemical identity between pumice and granitic xenolites found in great quantity in the pumice tuff. -structurally transitional types between pumice and the granites in different state of melting. -eutectic composition of the pumice glass for a pressure of 2 kb. |
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