Quench textures in pillow basalt from the Andaman-Nicobar Islands,Bay of Bengal,India |
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Authors: | S H Jafri S N Charan |
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Institution: | (1) National Geophysical Research Institute, 500 007 Hyderabad, India |
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Abstract: | Tholeiitic pillow basalt from the South Andaman island, an integral part of the outer sedimentary arc of the Sunda-Burmese
double chain arc system in the Bay of Bengal, is characterized by the occurrence of several morphologies of quenched crystals
of plagioclase and pyroxene. Plagioclase shows a swallow tail, belt-buckle, rosette and closely spaced fan-spherulites pattern
while pyroxene has elongate parallel chain, dendritic, spherulitic and finely ornamented feathery spherulitic habit. Most
of these textures are identical to those reported from submarine basalts, lunar basalts, spinifex textured rocks and experimentally
produced textures. The occurrence of these quench textures in the Andaman basalt suggests that they were formed by rapid cooling
at 30–70°C/h in a submarine environment. |
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Keywords: | Andaman-Nicobar Islands quench textures clinopyroxene plagioclase basalt ophiolite |
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