Origin of rapakivi granites by stochastic modeling: Vyborg and Salmi Massifs

Grain sequences of Precambrian rapakivi granites of the Vyborg and Salmi Massifs have been compared with the stochastic model for ideal granite. These sequences show that classical rapakivi granites correspond to metasomatically weakly altered granites with a simple loss of Markov transitions from quartz and plagioclase. Observed parameters of the model indirectly indicate rapakivi magma had small volatile content and large viscosity which is also characteristic of many other Precambrian granites.