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Igneous petrology

a granite group with high alkalis, high iron to magnesium and high field strength elements, typical of anorogenic or within-plate settings.

In igneous petrology, A-type granite refers to a granite group with high alkalis, high iron to magnesium and high field strength elements, typical of anorogenic or within-plate settings. This meaning comes from Whalen (1987) in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.[1]

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References

Whalen, J. B., Currie, K. L., & Chappell, B. W. (1987). A-type granites: geochemical characteristics, discrimination and petrogenesis. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 95(4), 407-419. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00402202

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