Andes: Data collection of igneous rocks from Central Andes

In NORRRM: Geochemical Toolkit for R

Description

Compilation of more than 1500 major and trace element analysis of igneous rocks from Central Andes.

Usage

data(Andes)

Format

The format is a data frame with 1511 rows and 40 columns.

Details

This data set documents compositional variations of magmas since Jurassic time to Neogene period in the Andean orogeny.

Source

The database is also available in GEOROC (Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents). For full details see http://georoc.mpch-mainz.gwdg.de/georoc/ .

References

Mamani, M., Worner, G., and Sempere, T. 2010. Geochemical variations in igneous rocks of the Central Andean orocline (13 S to 18 S): Tracing crustal thickening and magma generation through time and space. Bulletin of Geological Society of America. v. 122, pp. 162–182.

See Also

TestTAS

Examples

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Example output

NORRRM documentation built on May 1, 2019, 10:55 p.m.