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Plutonic Rocks

Plutonic Rocks is an igneous rock formed by the slow crystallization of magma at significant depth within the Earth's crust, distinguished from volcanic rocks by its intrusive origin and typically coarse-grained texture.

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Intrusive Igneous RocksIntrusive Rocks

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Geochemistry of eocene calc-alkaline volcanic rocks from the Kastamonu area, Northern Turkey

Angelο Peccerillo, S. R. Taylor · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology · 1976 · 5.8K citations

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Naming materials in the magma/igneous rock system

Eric A. K. Middlemost · Earth-Science Reviews · 1994 · 4K citations

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Porphyry Copper Systems

Richard H. Sillitoe · Economic Geology · 2010 · 3.3K citations

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Petrogenetic implications of Ti, Zr, Y, and Nb variations in volcanic rocks

Julian A. Pearce, Michael J Norry · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology · 1979 · 2.9K citations

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To each plutonic rock its proper name

A. Streckeisen · Earth-Science Reviews · 1976 · 2.7K citations

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  1. MS
    M. Santosh

    China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China

    152 publications · 7.5K citations

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  2. MS
    Min Sun

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    75 publications · 8.5K citations

    50

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  3. SA
    Simon A. Wilde

    Curtin University, Australia

    61 publications · 10.9K citations

    47

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    Guochun Zhao

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    67 publications · 9.5K citations

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  5. FW
    Fu‐Yuan Wu

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    63 publications · 13.3K citations

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    130 h-index

    3.2K publications

    223.7K citations

  2. Institute of Geology and Geophysics

    Beijing, China

    111 h-index

    1.3K publications

    103.5K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    111 h-index

    2K publications

    134.5K citations

  4. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    102 h-index

    621 publications

    71K citations

  5. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    93 h-index

    581 publications

    49.8K citations

  6. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry

    Guangzhou, China

    90 h-index

    1.2K publications

    91.1K citations

  7. Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

    Beijing, China

    89 h-index

    1.1K publications

    76.3K citations

  8. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    84 h-index

    815 publications

    59.5K citations

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  1. Journal of Petrology

    781 publications · 75.3K citations

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  2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    670 publications · 69.5K citations

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  3. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

    709 publications · 65.3K citations

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  4. Lithos

    900 publications · 63.9K citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 538 publications · 56.4K citations

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