Collision vs. subduction-related magmatism: two contrasting ways of granite formation and implications for crustal growth
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2016.09.018
Abstract: Earth's continental crust is dominantly made of buoyant, felsic igneous material (granitoids), that were ultimately extracted from the mantle as a result of Earth's differentiation. Since felsic melts are not in chemical equilibrium with the… read more here.
Keywords: mantle; magmatism; late orogenic; collision ... See more keywords