Miyashiro, 1974

Miyashiro, A., 1974, Volcanic rock series in island arcs and active continental margins: American Journal of Science, v. 274, p. 321-355.
Separation of arc tholeiites from arc calc-alkaline volcanics

FeOtotal/MgO weight %

X
Y1
Y2
Y3
SiO2%FeOtotal%/MgO% MgO%/FeOtotal% 100*Mg/(Mg+Fetotal) (molar)
46.0
0.50
2.00
78.1
46.6
0.60
1.67
74.8
47.3
0.70
1.43
71.8
47.9
0.80
1.25
69.0
48.6
0.90
1.11
66.5
49.2
1.00
1.00
64.1
49.8
1.10
0.91
61.8
50.5
1.20
0.83
59.8
51.1
1.30
0.77
57.8
51.8
1.40
0.71
56.0
52.4
1.50
0.67
54.3
53.0
1.60
0.63
52.7
53.7
1.70
0.59
51.2
54.3
1.80
0.56
49.8
55.0
1.90
0.53
48.4
55.6
2.00
0.50
47.1
56.2
2.10
0.48
45.9
56.9
2.20
0.45
44.8
57.5
2.30
0.43
43.7
58.2
2.40
0.42
42.6
58.8
2.50
0.40
41.6
59.4
2.60
0.38
40.7
60.1
2.70
0.37
39.8
60.7
2.80
0.36
38.9
61.4
2.90
0.34
38.1
62.0
3.00
0.33
37.3
62.6
3.10
0.32
36.5
63.3
3.20
0.31
35.8
63.9
3.30
0.30
35.1
64.6
3.40
0.29
34.4
65.2
3.50
0.29
33.7
65.8
3.60
0.28
33.1
66.5
3.70
0.27
32.5
67.1
3.80
0.26
31.9
67.8
3.90
0.26
31.4
68.4
4.00
0.25
30.8
69.0
4.10
0.24
30.3
69.7
4.20
0.24
29.8
70.3
4.30
0.23
29.3
71.0
4.40
0.23
28.8
71.6
4.50
0.22
28.4
72.2
4.60
0.22
27.9
72.9
4.70
0.21
27.5
73.5
4.80
0.21
27.1
74.2
4.90
0.20
26.7
74.8
5.00
0.20
26.3
75.4
5.10
0.20
25.9
76.1
5.20
0.19
25.5
76.7
5.30
0.19
25.2
76.7
5.30
0.19
25.2
78.0
5.50
0.18
24.5

Arc
tholeiitic

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45

50

55

X and Y1 are in the original paper and are related by the

SiO2% = 42.8 + 6.4*(FeOtotal/MgO).

Y2 is the reciprocal of Y1, and Y3 was calculated by sligh

was actually taken from Miyashiro and Shido (1975), bu

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tholeiitic
Arc calc-alkaline

55

60

65

70

75

80

SiO2 weight %

l paper and are related by the equation:

and Y3 was calculated by slight reworking of the equation above. The equation
Miyashiro and Shido (1975), but it looks like and is supposed to be the same curve.