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discontinuous reaction series

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magma crystallization

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    In igneous rock: Bowen’s reaction series

    …crystallization of common magmas, one discontinuous (the olivine-liquid-pyroxene reaction) and the other continuous (the plagioclase-liquid reaction). This was recognized first by the American petrologist Norman L. Bowen, who arranged the reactions in the form shown in Figure 5; in his honour, the mineral series has since been called the Bowen’s…

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