GEO 421 Petrology

Lecture 3:  Classification of Calc-alkaline Rocks

 

 

Rock names to know really well are these:

 

PLUTONIC:  GRANITE – SYENITE – MONZONITE – GRANODIORITE – DIORITE – GABBRO

 

Volcanic:  rhyolite – trachyte – latite – dacite – andesite – basalt