Talk:Alkali basalt

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Alkali olivine basalt
Alkali olivine basalt should probably redirect here.  Volcano guy  07:21, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Possible plagarism
The body of the article appears to be plagiarized from "Petrology: Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic" by Harvey Blatt, ISBN 9780716737438. I have included the Google Books link to the e-Study guide for the book as proof. If somebody else can confirm this and fashion a suitable paragraph or two, we can get this page looking real nice.

https://books.google.com/books?id=iT38hUazpAYC&pg=PT198&lpg=PT198&dq=is+a+fine-grained,+dark-coloured,+volcanic+rock+characterized+by+phenocrysts+of+olivine,+titanium-rich+augite,+plagioclase+feldspar+and+iron+oxides&source=bl&ots=pOY9IB-RmJ&sig=6d9geaFbbrcXbxKSQ8SycVBPFdM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2so-M0qrJAhXHWD4KHV1wCsUQ6AEIMzAE#v=onepage&q=is%20a%20fine-grained%2C%20dark-coloured%2C%20volcanic%20rock%20characterized%20by%20phenocrysts%20of%20olivine%2C%20titanium-rich%20augite%2C%20plagioclase%20feldspar%20and%20iron%20oxides&f=false

JayEllRichy (talk) 04:37, 25 November 2015 (UTC)


 * I don't have a copy of Blatt et al.'s textbook but unless someone else can quote the possibly plagarized text from the textbook itself, I doubt that Wikipedia has plagarized this textbook in this Alkali Basalt article because:


 * I think the study guide has plagarized Wikipedia. I think that most, perhaps all, of the definitions in the study guide (published in 2014) for Blatt et al.'s geology textbook (3 editions published before 2007) appear to be plagarized from current or old versions of Wikipedia articles. I've also spot-checked some examples of this "publisher"'s series of study guides for a whole range of other geological and non-geological textbooks. These other guides also appear to include plagarized text of past and present versions of Wikipedia articles. Old versions of Wikipedia articles, edited before 2015, seem to give a particularly close match to the content of the study guides that I've checked. On the balance of probabilities, I think that it's too much of a coincidence that so much of the text in this set of study guides, for many textbooks on a wide range of subjects, can also be found as text added to Wikipedia articles by many unrelated Wikipedia editors, who often cited sources other than the textbooks referred to in the study guides' titles. I think this increases the probability that the study guide text came from Wikipedia, not from the textbooks. GeoWriter (talk) 00:05, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Article Evaluation
The page on Alkali Basalt is currently very short. All the information seems to be relevant, as the article presents the characterization of the Alkali Basalt, chemical composition in comparison to other basalts, and notable visual aspects. The article also includes some geographic locations where the Alkali Basalt can be found. Overall, the presentation seems scientific and accurate, though the language seems to be a little too context-specific, making it difficult to read for an audience unfamiliar with geology or volcanology. The article links to many other Wikipedia articles for related topics and definitions. Agauker3 (talk) 23:43, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Possible references for improving the article
Hi! This is a list of references I think are going to be useful in improving the Alkali Basalt article. This is not an exhaustive list, but a starting point. Along the way I might come upon others that complement or even replace these references. For instance, all of these are from peer-reviewed journals, but I think textbook sources would also be nice to have. (If you have any comments about these references, of suggestions of other references I should check out, please let me know!)

Fitton, J. G.; Dunlop, H. M. (1985). “The Cameroon line, West Africa, and its bearing on the origin of oceanic and continental alkali basalt.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 72(1): 23-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(85)90114-1

Green, D. H.; Ringwood. (1967). “The genesis of basaltic magmas.” Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 15(2): 103-190. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00372052

Le Bas, M. J.; Le Maitre, R. W.; Streckeisen, A.; Zanettin, B.; IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks. (1986). “A chemical classification of volcanic rocks based on the total alkali-silica diagram.” Journal of Petrology. 27(3): 745-750. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/27.3.745

Poldervaart, A. (1964). “Chemical definition of alkali basalts and tholeiites.” GSA Bulletin. 75(3): 229-232. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1964)75%5B229:CDOABA%5D2.0.CO;2

Yoder, H. S.; Tilley, C. E. (1962). "Origin of basalt magmas: an experimental study of natural and synthetic rock systems." Journal of Petrology. 3(3): 342-532. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/3.3.342

Agauker3 (talk) 19:46, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Looking for fellow editors to review my draft for this article
Hello fellow editors! I have finished drafting an initial version of what I think this article should look like, and I would really appreciate some feedback. This is my first time working on wikipedia articles and I am excited to put my best work forward! Check out the draft in my sandbox and please leave me comments on what I can improve. Thanks! Agauker3 (talk) 03:20, 17 October 2019 (UTC)