Batchelor {GCDkit}R Documentation

Batchelor and Bowden (1985)

Description

Plots data stored in 'WR' (or its subset) into Batchelor and Bowden's R1-R2 diagram.

Usage

Batchelor(ideal=TRUE)

Arguments

ideal

logical, plot ideal minerals composition?

Details

Diagram in R1-R2 space, proposed by De la Roche et al. (1980), with fields defined by Batchelor & Bowden (1985) as characteristic for following geotectonic environments:

Mantle Fractionates

Pre-plate Collision

Post-collision Uplift

Late-orogenic

Anorogenic

Syn-collision

Post-orogenic

Batchelor.png

Value

sheet

list with Figaro Style Sheet data

x.data

R1 = 4 * Si - 11 * (Na + K) - 2 * (Fe[total as bivalent] + Ti), all in millications; as calculated by the function 'LaRoche'

y.data

R2 = 6 * Ca + 2 * Mg + Al, all in millications; as calculated by the function 'LaRoche'

Author(s)

Vojtech Janousek, vojtech.janousek@geology.cz

References

Batchelor R A & Bowden P (1985) Petrogenetic interpretation of granitoid rock series using multicationic parameters. Chem Geol 48: 43-55. doi: 10.1016/0009-2541(85)90034-8

De La Roche H, Leterrier J, Grandclaude P, & Marchal M (1980) A classification of volcanic and plutonic rocks using R1R2- diagram and major element analyses - its relationships with current nomenclature. Chem Geol 29: 183-210. doi: 10.1016/0009-2541(80)90020-0

See Also

LaRoche figaro plotDiagram

Examples

#plot the diagram
plotDiagram("Batchelor", FALSE)

[Package GCDkit version 4.0 Index]