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Pacific suite
One of two large groups of igneous rocks, characterized by calcic and calc-alkalic rocks. Harker (1909) divided all Tertiary and Holocene igneous rocks of the world into two main groups, the Atlantic suite and the Pacific suite. Because there is such a wide variation in tectonic environments and associated rock types in the areas of Harker's Atlantic and Pacific suites, the terms are now seldom used to indicate kindred rock types. Compare: Mediterranean suite
- 词性: noun
- 行业/领域: 采矿
- 类别 一般矿业; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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