Major and some of minor components (Ni, Co, Sr and Ba) of twenty-two specimens of andesitic rocks from Goshikidai, Kagawa Prefecture were analyzed.
Most of the rocks occur as nearly horizontal plateau lavas with the following sequencies.
Characteristics of the Goshikidai rocks are their low iron contents and coexistences of two types of rocks with medium and high potash contents. The K
2O contents (about 1.6%) of L3 and U1 are near to those of common calc-alkaline andesite, whereas K
2O (about 2.6%) of the others fall within the range of high-potash andesite.
The mineral compositions and the textures of rocks depend not only on their nonvolatile components but also on their volatile components (water and oxgen). Fe
2O
3/FeO ratios of sanukite are extremely low.
Relations of Ni contents with Al
2O
3, Co and FeO
*/MgO were discussed.
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