The continental crust covers nearly a third of the Earth’s surface. It is buoyant—being less dense than the crust under the surrounding oceans—and is compositionally evolved, dominating the Earth’s ...
Arc magmatism is thought to have played a central role in creating continental crust because magmatic rocks — erupted as andesitic lavas and intruded to form plutons — found in subduction-related ...
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