Discrimination diagrams for clastic sediments using major elements

1 Discrimination diagrams for clastic sediments using major elements 

Three types of discriminadon diagram are described below for sedimentary rocks, based upon major element chemistry. A further discriminadon diagram idendhes. sedimentary pfoveniince..  

When this diagram is used, samples with a high content of CaO as carbonate 

The fields arc oceanic island-arc, continental island-arc, active continental margin and passive margin.,  

Bivariate plots as sandstone discrimination diagrams (Bhatia, 1983) 

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