Omine Acid Rocks are distributed in the central mountainland of Kii peninsula and made of several hypabyssal plutons which are scattered for the stretch of about 40km in north-south direction.
One of them is called Shiratani pluton which is distributed in the southern part of the area. Shiratani pluton is composed of three rock types which are intruded, successively.
The chemical and modal compositions of bulk, phenocryst and groundmass in each rock type indicate differentiation of magma from basic to acid. The constituent minerals of each rock type suggest the behavior of magma at phenocrystic stage, in magma reservoir, and at groundmass stage, in situ.
The differentiation trend of magma proceeds to Q-Or join and changes to Or-apex in Q-Or-Ab system. It proceeds to Ab-Or join and changes to Or-apex in An-Ab-Or system.
The magma reservoir is recognized to be seated at most 20km underground. P. T. condition of magma reservoir is suggested to be about 740°C, 1kb water vapour pressure at the time when a intrusive magma (Shiratani type-1 granite) has begun to rise and intrude to the shallower place. Other two magmas have followed the previous one, after they have been more acid by differentiation in the magma reservoir (Shiratan type-2, type-3 granite).
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