Abstract
BASALTIC rocks conform to two standard compositions—alkali-basalt or tholeiitic basalt. Both types of magma occur in continental as well as in oceanic areas1, but tholeiitic basalts are much more abundant than alkali-basalts. For example, the volcanoes of Hawaii were shown to consist largely of tholeiitic basalts with only a very thin cap of alkali-basaltic rocks1. The same holds for the volcanic rocks of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge2. In continental areas, the amounts of alkali-basaltic rocks are likewise very small in comparison with tholeiitic rocks.
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VERSCHURE, R. Possible Relationships between Continental and Oceanic Basalt and Kimberlite. Nature 211, 1387–1389 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2111387b0
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