Granitic rocks, from the southern Gyeongsang basin are of Cretaceous to early Tertiary age and have been divided into seven groups, A-G, as described in the previous paper (Lee, 1980). Recently, they were studied from the petrographic point of view.
These granitic rocks are described in terms of their rock forming minerals, mineral interrelationships, and average modal composition of each group. Seventy six new modal analyses have been measured and the petrographic characteristics of these rocks are discussed briefly. Some granodiorites of groups B, C and D are distinguished from other groups by containing hypersthene and augite. The Color Index of Outer zone granitic rocks (groups B-E) is clearly higher than that of Inner zone granitic rocks (group F). The Color Index of Tertiary granitic rocks (group G) is a little higher than that of Inner zone granitic rocks.
In modal composition, these granitic rocks contain relatively smaller amounts of K-feldspar and quartz, and more plagioclase and mafic minerals than those of the younger granites of the middle Ogcheon geosynclinal zone (Lee, 1971). In Qz-F-Mf triangular diagrams, acidic rocks in groups A
2, B, D, E, F and G plot in apparently the same area as the younger granitic rocks in the Ogcheon geosynclinal zone but group C does not. Generally, the younger granitic rocks of the Ogcheon geosynclinal zone are abundant in quartz and contain smaller amounts of mafic minerals and feldspar. In (Qz+K-f)-P1-Wf triangular diagrams, acidic rocks of groups B, D, E, F and G plot in the same area as the younger granitic rocks of the Ogcheon geosynclinal zone but groups A and C do not. This means, the southern Gyeongsang basin granitic rocks are generally more basic and contain smaller amounts of quartz and K-feldspar.
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