PRIMARY MINERAL SEQUENCE McClelland’s Weathering Sequence Bowen’s Reaction Series olivine pyroxene amphibole biotite calcium - rich plagioclase sodium - rich orthoclase ( k-rich ) muscovite quartz 800 ° C 1400 °C mafic (basic) intermediate felsic (acidic) Discontinuous Branch Continuous Branch ( orthoclase ) Less resistant More resistant
PRIMARY MINERAL SEQUENCE McClelland’s Weathering Sequence Bowen’s Reaction Series olivine pyroxene amphibole biotite calcium - rich plagioclase sodium - rich orthoclase ( k-rich ) muscovite quartz 800 ° C 1400 °C mafic (basic) intermediate felsic (acidic) Discontinuous Branch Continuous Branch ( orthoclase ) andesite dacite rhyolite Less resistant More resistant
AcidicIntermediate Mafic Coarse : granite monzonite gabbro Medium : (--) porphyry (--) porphyry diabase Fine : rhyolite latite andesite (Na), basalt (Ca)
p. 5-4, Field Book …, 2002
vesicular basalt (in lava flow) Kilbourne Hole, NM Schoeneberger
rhyolite from Organ Mtns, NM Schoeneberger