S U M M A R Y New equation of state data for a weathered granite shocked to about 125 GPa are reported and combined with the Westerly granite data of McQueen, Marsh & Fritz (1967). The shock velocity (Us)-particle velocity (Up) relations can be fitted with two linear regressions: Us = 4.40 + 0.6Up for a range of Up up to about 2 km s-' and Us = 2.66 + 1.49Up for a range of about 2 to 5 km s-'. ...

The presence of heavy radioactive minerals in the studied granitoids from which Wadi sediments leads to study exposure emitted gamma rays terrestrial radionuclides, such as 238U, 232Th, and 40K. geological revealed that derived surrounding granitoids, syenogranite, alkali feldspar granite, quartz syenite. mineral analysis confirmed were enriched with minerals, uranothorite well monazite, zircon...

Shihuiyao Rb–Nb–Ta-rich granites from the Late Jurassic period are newly discovered rare-metal-bearing found in southern Great Xing’an Range, NE China. Further research of these may contribute to better understanding petrogenesis rare-metal and their associated mineralization mechanisms. The high-silica (SiO2 = 73.66–77.08 wt%), alkali-rich (K2O + Na2O 8.18–9.49 wt%) weakly mildly peraluminous ...

Previous research examining radon exposure from granite countertops relied on using a limited number of exposure scenarios. We expanded upon this analysis and determined the probability that installing a granite countertop in a residential home would lead to a meaningful radon exposure by performing a Monte Carlo simulation to obtain a distribution of potential indoor radon concentrations attri...

The dissolution of minerals plays an important role in the formation of soils and sediments. In nutrient limiting soils, minerals constitute a major reservoir of bio-essential cations. Of particular interest is granite as it is the major rock type of the continental land mass. Although certain bacteria have been shown to enhance weathering of granite-forming minerals, little is known about the ...

Charnockitic rocks form extensive orthogneiss plutons in many granulite terranes and are less commonly found in unmetamorphosed plutons, which have formed in various tectonic regimes. Geochemically, clearly igneous charnockites cover nearly the whole range of granite chemistry, from magnesian to ferroan and from calcic to alkalic. Pyroxenes from unmetamorphosed charnockitic rocks have compositi...

The accessory mineral assemblage (AMA) of igneous cumulate xenoliths in volcanoclastic deposits and lava flows the Carpathian back-arc basin testifies to composition intrusive complexes sampled by Upper Miocene-Pliocene basalt volcanoes. magmatic reservoir beneath Pinciná maar is composed gabbro, moderately alkalic alkali-calcic syenite, calcic orthopyroxene granite (pincinite). complex wider a...

The late Pan-African Fawakhir, Urn Had and Urn Effein Granite Plutons in the Egyptian Central Eastern Desert are small, elongate to circular bodies of pink monzogranite and syenogranite, and grey monzodiorite. Structural investigation of the intrusive contacts of these plutons reveals marginal sub-horizontal intrusive sheets as magma injection along preexisting flat-lying structures including m...

The Arrozal Granite, situated in the southwestern region of the State of Rio de Janeiro, has a granitic to granodioritic composition. It contains a strong mylonitic foliation along its border, passing gradually to a well-developed magmatic foliation towards its center. Structural analysis indicates that the Arrozal Granite was emplaced along the Além-Paraíba Shear Zone in a dextral transpressiv...