Granite tectonic discrimination − Frost and Frost (2008)

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MALI : Na2O + K2O − CaO (wt. %)

ferroan
FeOt/(FeOt + MgO) (wt. %)
0.8

8
alkalic
0.6

magnesian cic
cal

4
ali−
alk
c
ali
− alk
alc
0.4

0
c

calcic
0.2

−4
−8
0

50 55 60 65 70 75 80 50 55 60 65 70 75 80
SiO2 (wt. %) SiO2 (wt. %)
1.3

silica−undersaturated silica−saturated
AI : Al2O3− (Na2O + K2O) (mol. %)

0.25

metaluminous metaluminous &

1.2

meta/peraluminous
(rarely peraluminous) peraluminous
1.1

0.15
ASI (mol. %)

peraluminous
1

0.05
0.9

peralkaline
0.8

metaluminous
−0.1
0.7

50 55 60 65 70 75 80 −1 −0.6 −0.2 0.2 0.6 1

SiO2 (wt. %) FSSI : (Q − (Lc + 2(Ne + Kp))) 100